3-10-15 Proud Of Our Newest Senator

Are We Proud Of Alaska's Newest U.S. Senator?  Yes We Are! (We are also delighted with the new, House Natural Resources Chairman, Rob Bishop.  Bishop replaced our longtime hero Chairman Doc Hastings and seems to be effectively and seemlessly moving forward.  More here....  -dh) During his tenure as Alaska's Attorney General Alaska's newest U.S. Senator, Dan Sullivan, brought lawsuits against the federal government for endangering Alaska's constitutionally reliant resource base. Sullivan later served as Commissioner of Natural Resources, continuing Alaska's stand against hostile instances of federal overreaching jurisdiction. As the 49th [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:33-09:00March 10th, 2015|Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, Keystone XL, LNG|0 Comments
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3-8-15 Walker’s Wall Of Gasline Opposition

ADN by Paul Jenkins.  "Walker's Wrong Way Pipeline...."  For useful references, see: 3-4-15, Legislators Push Back; 3-2-15, Walker and Legislature Tangle; 2-28-15 Walker Op-Ed; 2-28-15, Jenkins Op-ed re: Crazy as a loon/fox. Gov. Bill Walker now finds himself at loggerheads with lawmakers correctly cranky about his grandiose expansion plans for the $10 billion Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline. His idea is to have ASAP compete with the $65 billion Alaska LNG Project, even though that could ball up the state’s business relationship with producers, who have spent hundreds of millions getting this far, [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:33-09:00March 8th, 2015|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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3-6-15 Oil Investors Continue To Face Federal and State Obstacles

Alaska Journal of Commerce by Tim Bradner.  Just as things seemed to be going reasonably well for the large Alaska LNG Project, the $45 billion to $65 billion gas pipeline and liquefied natural gas initiative in which the state is a partner, Gov. Bill Walker may be throwing a wrench into the works.  More.... Houston Chronicle by Jennifer Dlouhy.  The Obama administration will decide soon whether to sign off on Shell's request for extra time to hunt for oil in Arctic waters, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said Wednesday. Without action, [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:33-09:00March 6th, 2015|Arctic Policy, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, OCS|0 Comments
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3-1-15 Governor Bill Walker Wanted To Kill the ASAP Project Before He Wanted to Strengthen And ‘Own’ It. -dh

In Today's ADN, Paul Jenkins opines that:  ... "With a pen stroke, Walker switched the board’s focus from pipeline to politics, with a different outlook and differing goals and needs. "Now, Walker wants to beef up ASAP, the Legislature’s baby, and have it compete with the larger project. ASAP started life in 2010 as a small-diameter, in-state backup to the producer's gigantic Alaska LNG Project to move gas from the North Slope to Nikiski. "ASAP was bumped up to a 36-inch diameter line, but Walker considered it uneconomical -- even [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:51:12-09:00March 1st, 2015|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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2-25-15 We Are Optimistic That Good Intent Will Win The Day Over Daunting Challenges!

We Are Optimistic That Good Intent Will Win The Day Over Daunting Challenges! A tale of two pipelines and two chief executives: President Barack Obama and Governor Bill Walker by Dave Harbour  (Note: By Friday more links, references and other minor modifications will be added for archive purposes.) We must be optimistic!  After all, who wants to even contemplate the bankruptcy of Alaska or the destruction of America's way of life? So in our Churchillian way, we will never, never, never, give in to pessimism and will fight to the [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:34-09:00February 25th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Interior Energy Project (IEP), Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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2-24-14 Australian Investor Comments On Governor Walker’s Gas Project Rhetoric!

TransCanada's Keystone XL: This IHS study finds that Keystone XL replace other heavy crude imports from countries like Venezuela. What if he vetoes? 5 Keystone XL pipeline hurdles still ahead Keystone XL pipeline will be approved, Greg Rickford predicts Keystone bill would be vetoed by Obama, White House says Keystone XL pipeline bill passes major hurdle in U.S. Senate Keystone XL pipeline project decision back in Obama's hands Australian Investor Speaks! Our Northern Gas Pipeline (NGP) friends will want to tune in today to Alaska legislative video conferences dealing with [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:34-09:00February 24th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Interior Energy Project (IEP), Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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2-23-15 We continue to wish Alaska’s new governor well, but hope there’s not a screw loose somewhere….

In tomorrow's posting, we'll explain why we struggle with the logic of recent public statements.  -dh Meanwhile, we urge our readers to carefully listen to Governor Bill Walker's words from his news conference last week. Then, we suggest that our discerning readers fill in any blank spaces by absorbing Walker's message in his Saturday, Mat-Su Frontiersman Op-ed piece: From Sunday's Fairbanks News Miner comes this related Op-ed by Senate Resources Committee Chairman, Cathy Giessel (NGP Photo):  See Harold Heinze's 2-21-15 letter to Senator Giessel, here. Walker sincerely shares the same goals as myself, [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:34-09:00February 23rd, 2015|Commentary, Interior Energy Project (IEP), Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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2-2-15 “Alaska’s Challenge of Cash & Energy Shortage: Part I”

 “Alaska’s Challenge of Cash & Energy Shortage: Part I” See Part II and Part III Additional references and historical background In “Alaska LNG Challenges” by Dave Harbour First, there is the Challenge of Cash Shortage. […]

By |2017-08-29T12:48:25-09:00February 2nd, 2015|AGDC, Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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1-30-15 NWT Reviews Another Mackenzie Pipeline Option As Financially Strapped Alaska Moves To Purchase A City Utility

Commentary: In conspicuous contrast to President Obama and environmental extremists on both sides of the border, Northwest Territories Premier Bob Mcleod (NGP Photo) joins Alberta Premier Jim Prentice, as a longtime proponent of prudently constructed and managed pipelines.   In fact, McLeod sees pipelines for oil and gas as being one way of increasing the wealth and stature of his people as well as the NWT's economic independence from Ottawa.  See story below.  -dh Toronto Sun by DAVID AKIN, The Northwest Territories announced Thursday it will begin a feasibility study that could [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:36-09:00January 30th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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1-29-15 Shell To Explore Chukchi Sea This Summer!

Shell Plans To Explore The Chukchi This Summer! Related Photo Cutline, Journal of Commerce, by Tim Bradner.  Alaska Gasline Development Corp. President Dan Fauske (NGP Photo) said the change in the Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline project to increase the capacity to a 36-inch diameter and use high-strength steel could allow up to 2.6 billion cubic feet per day to be shipped. That improves the economics of the project compared to previous restrictions that limited it to no more than 500 million cubic feet per day.  (Bradner's is one of the most [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:36-09:00January 29th, 2015|AGDC, Arctic Policy, Coastal Management, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, OCS|0 Comments
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1-16-15 BP to cut more jobs in response to continuing, low oil prices

Caution:  We would urge our Arctic oriented readers to carefully follow this BSEE Arctic/General OCS Research Plan, for if contracts are given to organizations or professors that are predisposed to be agenda driven, the results may be less than scientific, less than objective.  In short, one hopes we can avoid the situation wherein a Federal Administration sells leases, then does everything in its power to nullify action--at considerable expense to leaseholders and consumers.  -dh   But hold on....  Bradner has an update for this story. Alaska Attorney General Craig Richards ... said [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:38-09:00January 16th, 2015|Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Interstate Gas, Keystone XL|0 Comments
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1-14-15

Forbes by Brigham A. McCown.  The recent free-fall of crude oil prices has affected markets across the globe. Energy companies have responded by scaling back investments as their available capital shrinks. In British Columbia, delays are hampering the Pacific Northwest LNG project. Likewise, in Texas, a liquefaction project has been suspended off its coast by Excelerate Energy. Yet, meanwhile, Alaska is moving forward on an ambitious infrastructure project to develop and export its North Slope gas reserves.   The right hand column is undergoing construction and will be visible soon.  -dh

By |2016-03-13T03:41:25-09:00January 14th, 2015|Interstate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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11-7-14 Alaska Governor Acts On Gasline And Legislators React – President Makes Preemptive Attack On Keystone XL

See Our Earlier Commentary: "Is Alaska Beginning A New Year Of Accomplishment or Acrimony?" (Other references) ADN by Dermot Cole.  Gov. Bill Walker (NGP Photo) took a major step toward revising the way the state is dealing with a proposed gas pipeline by removing three members of the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. board and instructing two commissioners not to sign a secrecy pledge proposed by the Parnell administration. (Comment: We do not know enough about all the circumstances to comment on the rightness or wrongness of the Governor's action or legislative reactions.  We do [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:38-09:00January 7th, 2015|AGDC, Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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1-1-15 The New Year Begins!

Alaska Journal of Commerce by Tim Bradner (NGP Photo-L).   Gov. Bill Walker (NGP Photo, above) and his new administration are still settling in as state legislators are packing up to head to Juneau for the 2015 session. The annual political poker game begins Jan. 20 when the state Legislature convenes.   Walker will be at the table. So will House Speaker Mike Chenault (NGP Photo-Far R)​; Senate President Kevin Meyer (NGP Photo-R)​; House Democratic Minority Leader Chris Tuck (NGP Photo-R)​; and Senate Democratic Minority Leader Berta Gardner (NGP Photo)​.   Alaska Dispatch/AP by James MacPherson.   Forget South Dakota. North Dakota's most similar sister [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:39-09:00January 1st, 2015|AGDC, Alaska Taxes, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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12-19-14 Chevron Exits ‘Economically Uncertain’ Arctic OCS – Regulators Question Alaska’s Arctic Gas Project

Contact:  Pedro van Meurs President, Van Meurs Corporation PO Box CR-56766 # 1261 Nassau, Bahamas Phone: 1.242.324.4438 Fax: 1.242.324.4439 E-mail: info@vanmeurs.org On December 11, 2014, the National Hydrocarbon Commission of Mexico announced the proposed terms for the shallow water bidding round, consisting of the Bid Conditions and the Model Contract.  Our friend, Pedro van Meurs (NGP Photo), along with J. Jay Park, Q.C., prepared a joint commentary on both these documents. This report is available for free to interested parties.  Click Here to download the document. TODAY'S CEA ENERGY LINKS BP's Alaska Hire rate [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:48-09:00December 18th, 2014|Coastal Management, Interstate Gas, LNG, OCS|0 Comments
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