10-30-14 NPR-A Comment Period Over Today; PLEASE COMMENT

NGP Reader Comment Here: Bob Hoffman;  Reed Christensen; Brian Benson, et. al.  (Read our commentary: "Has Commentary Gone Crazy?" Comment: While our loyal readers are suspect about Federal Comment Periods -- with good reason -- we cannot afford to let any record of comment be overbalanced with armies of environmental activists.  NGP Readers everywhere: Please Comment Before Today's Deadline On National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska Permit Application.  Full background here. Please pay special attention to this statement on the issue by U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo) as you're not likely to read about [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:52-09:00October 30th, 2014|AGDC, Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas, Reader Comment, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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10-29-14 Stick With Both Pipeline Projects For The Time Being

  ADN by Dermot Cole.  Gov. Sean Parnell argues that the Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline is a priceless insurance policy against the possibility that the oil companies will decide by 2019 that they do not want to build a larger pipeline. Challenger Bill Walker counters that it is a pricey plan that would ensure energy costs in Anchorage would go up. He wants to stop spending money on ASAP as soon as possible. Parnell said the two gas lines should be pursued for the same reason that the proposed Susitna-Watana dam should remain in [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:52-09:00October 29th, 2014|AGDC, AGIA, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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10-24-14 White House “Conspires” With Enviro Activists

White House "Conspires" With Enviro Activists (i.e. as if we didn't know.  And, here's a playful, yet serious, video example.  -dh) Peninsula Clarion OpEd by Mike Chenault (NGP Photo) .  I’ve been involved in state politics for 14 years, and I have to say, the progress the Legislature and Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) have made together in the last 2 years is a real highlight.   We’re farther than ever getting a big gasline built. I’ve never seen all the necessary parties aligned like they are today. They’re spending money, committing [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:53-09:00October 24th, 2014|AGDC, AGIA, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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10-19-14

Anti-Fossil Fuel Demonstration a Bust... Due to Lack of Fossil Fuel Power   NPR Parnell, Walker continue to trade blows over Fairbanks' high energy prices.  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. Sean Parnell's campaign fired back at independent gubernatorial candidate Bill ... 30 years to deliver on a natural gas pipeline and has utterly failed,” Wright said. ... If he'd taken action, Fairbanks might have been getting gas today.”.  

By |2016-12-22T22:28:53-09:00October 19th, 2014|AGIA, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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10-17-14 Pipeline Hopes Spring Eternal

Pipeline Hopes Spring Eternal by Dave Harbour CBC News.  Premier Brian Gallant will use a four-day trip to Alberta to meet with business and political leaders to show his new government’s support for the Energy East pipeline. Gallant and Energy Minister Donald Arseneault will leave for Alberta on Sunday and he will meet with Premier Jim Prentice, TransCanada Corp. officials and spend time drumming up possible investment opportunities ​The Calgary Herald provides a report by the Canadian Press' Ross Marowitz this morning describing opposition in Quebec originating from the province's largest [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:53-09:00October 17th, 2014|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas|0 Comments
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10-12-14

In an Alaska Dispatch interview, Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) said, "With the passage of SB 138 earlier this year, we are taking steps toward construction of a natural gas pipeline. "Federal applications have been submitted, and my administration is now working with potential buyers in Japan. My administration continues to identify various financing mechanisms for the state's portion of this project; thanks to our solid credit rating, we have options."  Read more here.

By |2016-03-13T03:43:42-09:00October 12th, 2014|AGIA, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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10-10-14 “Interesting Moments” From Our Video Archives – Alaska’s Congressional Delegation Unites On LNG

Alaska Delegation Unites to Urge DOE Approval of Alaska LNG Export Application We continue to have high respect for Prime Minister Harper! This Week's Petroleum News Bakken - Petroleum News The Alliance's Rebecca Logan writes, "Great presentation yesterday morning by Greg Lalicker from Hilcorp!   Over 200 folks in attendance!!"  We are pleased to attach that presentation for your review.  -dh We know two Members of Alaska's Congressional Delegation who oppose President Obama's irresponsible use of Executive Orders and EPA's preemptive blockage of projects which destroys the concept of "due process" and "Rule of Law". [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:54-09:00October 10th, 2014|Federal Progress, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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10-6-14

See this week's Petroleum News headlines, including these: Alaska LNG team in place - 10/05/2014 (Full story) Three project offices for the Alaska LNG Project — in Anchorage, Houston and Calgary — are up and running, legislators were told Sept. 29 in Anchorage at the first public update on the project since enabling legislation was signed into law in May. Steve Butt, overall manager for the Alaska LNG  Guide to Alaska natural gas projects - 10/05/2014  Pipeline to Southcentral A 737-mile, 36-inch buried pipeline from the Prudhoe Bay field on Alaska's North Slope to the [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:45:01-09:00October 6th, 2014|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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10-2-14

Fairbanks News Miner Op-Ed by Susan Bell.  Thanks to the Alaska Industrial Development Authority’s (AIDEA) lead role on Gov. Parnell’s Interior Energy Project, lower energy costs are in sight. Working closely with the Alaska Energy Authority and local utilities to develop North Slope gas, AIDEA’s efforts will significantly increase access to lower cost natural gas in the near future. Expansion of the Fairbanks distribution system and construction of the North Slope pad are significant and visible project milestones.   PennEnergy TransCanada Corp. sells stake in Bison Pipeline for US$215 million Calgary Herald, [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:55-09:00October 2nd, 2014|Interstate Gas|0 Comments
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9-27-14 Lower 48 LNG Projects Move Ahead

JD SUPRA BUSINESS ADIVSOR.  Shortly after finalizing its revised procedures for reviewing pending liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) export applications, the Department of Energy (“DOE”) issued final authorizations for two facilities to export LNG to countries that do not have a Free Trade Agreement with the United States (“non-FTA countries”).   *** The DOE’s revised procedures apply only to exports from the lower-48 states and explicitly exclude Alaska, given the potential utility of issuing conditional authorizations for unique Alaskan projects.              More here.....

By |2016-03-13T03:56:30-09:00September 28th, 2014|Interstate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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9-24-14

  Calgary Herald Midstream startup building first gas plant Calgary Herald, By Dan Healing, ... to remove condensate from its liquids-rich gas so it qualifies for transport in a dry gas pipeline.       CBC.ca TransCanada work on St. Lawrence port suspended by Quebec court order CBC.ca, The TransCanada Energy East pipeline project includes converting an existing naturalgas pipeline to an oil transportation pipeline. This project is ... Petroleum News by Kristen Nelson.   Three projects are under way to deliver North Slope natural gas to Alaskans - and on three different scales and timelines. Personal note: [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:56-09:00September 24th, 2014|AGDC, Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, Personal|0 Comments
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9-23-14

Pipeline stake expected to fuel Veresen LNG project, Calgary Herald, By Dan Healing, Calgary Herald September 22, 2014 7:37 PM ... US pipeline investment will better connect U.S. Rockies gas with Veresen Inc.'s ... Alaska Dispatch News by Dermot Cole.  The key question mark about the state-backed effort to expand natural gas distribution in Fairbanks remains the price, with the release of new information put off until the end of the year. The staff and board of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority say the revised timetable on the gas trucking plan has nothing to do with the fall election, but is a consequence of [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:08-09:00September 23rd, 2014|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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9-11-14

FERC Approves Alaska LNG Project Pre-filing Request.   Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) said yesterday. "Alaska is well-positioned to bring gas to Alaskans and markets beyond." See Pipelines International Report.  -dh *     *     * We consider this Alaska Journal of Commerce piece by Tim Bradner to be the most enlightening analysis to date of the Alaska LNG Project perspectives of Governor Sean Parnell and his challenger, Valdez lawyer Bill Walker (NGP Photo).  -dh Calgary Herald by James Wood.  Alberta’s new point man in Washington believes the tide is [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:55:25-09:00September 19th, 2014|Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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9-17-14 Comment Now On EPA Overreach In Alaska. Deadline Friday!

Comment Before Friday On 1) EPA's Overreaching Jurisdiction, 2) Erosion Of America's Rule Of Law, And 3) Attack On Our Constitutional Right Of Due Process.  All Americans In General And Particularly Every Alaskan Are Entitled To Be Outraged!  Reference: Our many editorials on this issue, including this one, and this.  Is This The Country The Founders And So Many Generations Have Loved, Then Defended With "...Our Lives, Our Fortunes And Our Sacred Honor?"  -dh From Deantha Crockett (NGP Photo), Executive Director of the Alaska Miners Association, comes this action request which we heartily endorse: Friday, September [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:09-09:00September 17th, 2014|Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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