5-26-14 Memorial Day – As Russia Threatens Ukraine Will Alaska Invite Russian Support of Gas Pipeline/LNG Project?

Point of Personal Privilege: On this Memorial Day I honor the memory of Dad (Col. Dave Harbour) and Mom (Bobbie) who were married in Honolulu a few days after the Japanese attack in 1941...and fellow veterans and supportive families, past and present, who defended America's constitutional principles through the country's majestic history of freedom and prosperity.  -dh Russian Company Involvement In Alaska Gas Pipeline Project? (Refer to our 2-14-13 related posting.) One of our Pacific Rim readers writes over the weekend, "that Rosneft was granted by Exxon to come into [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:35-09:00May 26th, 2014|Commentary, Interstate Gas, LNG, Personal, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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5-20-14 – Gas Pipelines And State Revenue

Our faithful readers will remember the tributes offered them last week on behalf of retiring National Energy Board Chairman and CEO, Gaétan Caron.  Today, we provide our Canadian readers with the link to apply for a significant, temporary appointment as an NEB Board Member. Energy Questions For Voters To Ask Candidates What do daisies and dandelions have to do with energy and voting? by Dave Harbour Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs held an oversight hearing entitled “Oil and Gas Activities within Our [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:36-09:00May 20th, 2014|Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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5-19-14 Public – Private Gas Pipelines

Calgary Herald by Dan Healing.   It’s a classic case of too much of a good thing.  Burgeoning liquids-rich gas production in west central Alberta has overwhelmed the ability of gas plants to process the growing stream, Calgary producers warn, leading to lower production forecasts.   Brief Commentary, "Public - Private Gas Pipelines": We contrast three public-private gas pipeline projects, two of which are linked below, from weekend news reports/commentary.  As time goes on, we'll hear much more about these and other projects.  They cannot be precisely compared, in part [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:53:34-09:00May 19th, 2014|Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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5-8-14 – OCS Governors Grow Stronger

Yesterday, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe joined the OCS Governors Coalition, a powerful group of governors formerly chaired by Alaska Governor Sean Parnell.  Other governors working with Parnell and McAuliffe to "improve communication between federal and state officials on OCS issues", include : Governor Robert Bentley, Alabama; Governor Bobby Jindal, Louisiana; Governor Phil Bryant, Mississippi; Governor Pat McCrory, North Carolina (Chair); Governor Nikki Haley, South Carolina; and, Governor Rick Perry, Texas.     -dh Fairbanks News Miner.  Gov. Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) will be in Fairbanks today to sign Senate Bill 138, a landmark bill letting the state take [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:54:13-09:00May 8th, 2014|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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4-28-14 – Governor Sean Parnell: “Alaska Will Control Her Own Destiny”

CBC by Hannah Thibedeau.  Canada sanctions Russia (and, we suspect Russian energy companies could be in US/Canadian gunsights.  -dh) For over a decade the Inuvik Petroleum Show has provided participants with state-of-the-art information on northern projects, technology, and companies -- with unparalleled Arctic industry networking opportunity.  Your author chaired the Arctic exploration section in 2002 and, in addition to the business aspects we heartily recommend attendance from a personal and cultural viewpoint (See more photos here).  (As noted in this Russian blog, reproduced from our archives, our reports are distributed far [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:37-09:00April 28th, 2014|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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4-27-14

ADN OpEd, by Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo).  For too long, Alaskans' dream of a natural gas pipeline has been just that -- a dream. That changed last week with the groundbreaking passage of Senate Bill 138. For the first time in Alaska's history, we have alignment of all necessary parties for a project, authorization from the Legislature to proceed into the early engineering and design phase and a clear path forward on a gas line, the Alaska LNG Project.

By |2016-03-13T03:52:55-09:00April 27th, 2014|AGIA, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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4-25-14 Begich, Murkowski and Young Divided On EPA Overreach: You Be The Judge!

IOGCC Acts To Protect States' Rights And Create Regulatory Solutions For O&G States From Alaska to Alabama! (Register for the 2014 Midyear Issues Summit: Biloxi, MS) EIA Natural Gas Weekly Update, 4-24-14.  Data and highlights of natural gas in the United States. Globe & Mail by SHAWN MCCARTHY AND ERIC ATKINS.  Oil producers in Canada and the United States could see their plans for aggressive expansion of crude-by-rail short-circuited if American regulators follow Ottawa’s lead and force the industry to retire or retrofit tank cars built before 2011. ADN Op-Ed by Senator Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo).  What would Alaskans say if a federal agency retroactively [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:37-09:00April 25th, 2014|Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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4-22-14 Deadline TODAY For NPR Project Comment – Dan Fauske Briefs Sitka Chamber On Alaska Gas Project

BP agrees to sale of interests in four Alaska North Slope assets Calgary Herald by Dan Healing.  Oilsands company reports 13,400 barrels per day in Q1.  Calgary Herald by Deborah Yedlin.  Will there ever be an end to the largely uninformed commentary and analysis about the oilsands and the evils of the Keystone XL pipeline? ... former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, ..., sent Barack Obama a letter urging rejection of the project. See comment of one of our readers, submitted today! Today is the last day to show support for [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:38-09:00April 22nd, 2014|AGDC, Alaska Taxes, Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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4-20-14

Juneau Empire Editorial.  ...   As the state prepares to build the next pipeline, we should remember the lessons of the 1970s but temper them with the knowledge we’ve gained since then: Local hire is best, but local hire alone won’t build the best pipeline.  This week, we watched as the Alaska Legislature passed a bill that allows non-Alaskans to serve on the board of the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation.  It’s a smart move: Alaska already allows nonresidents on the boards of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation, Alaska Aerospace Corporation [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:52:55-09:00April 20th, 2014|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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4-10-14 Hostility Toward Alaska’s Major Investors

COMMENTARY: "Alaska Should Never Become Like Hostile Argentina!"  In this video of yesterday's Senate Resources Committee meeting a minority senator (i.e. Hollis French {NGP Photo} of Anchorage) proposes that witnesses be required to testify under oath.  This unprecedented (or at least rare) action is sure to further convince investors that Alaska is a risky place to do business.  Some might say, "Well, we have the statutory right to interview witnesses under oath."  Our concern with that clever response is, "Fine, then why not interview all witnesses under oath?  Why just interview major investors under [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:38-09:00April 10th, 2014|Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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4-8-14 What Do Underfunded Pensions Have To Do With An Alaska Gas Pipeline?

Remember this announcement, 5 years ago today?  ANCHORAGE, April 8, 2008 - BP [NYSE: BP] and ConocoPhillips [NYSE: COP] today announced they have combined resources to start Denali - The Alaska Gas Pipeline. The pipeline will move approximately four billion cubic feet of natural gas per day to markets, and will be the largest private sector construction project ever built in North America. The project combines the financial strength, arctic experience and technical resources of two of the most capable and experienced companies in the world. Globe & Mail.  The [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:39-09:00April 8th, 2014|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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4-7-14

WILD CANADA: This spectacular four-part series on the wildlife and the wild lands of Canada reveals a Canada that few have seen before.  This morning, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo) ... This afternoon at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, readers may watch a legislative hearing (i.e. live streaming) in Juneau before the Senate Resources Committee.  One of the items heard will be "Updates From The Field", including testimony concerning Alaska's tax and investment climate by Alaska Support Industry Alliance representatives, Rebecca Logan and Doug Smith (See photos).   ... commented on Rio [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:39-09:00April 7th, 2014|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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4-2-14

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today released a report demonstrating that the Department of Commerce retains the power to modernize its regulations and allow condensate exports.   The report contains more than 40 pages of Commerce Department decisions from the 1970s and 1980s on expanded exports of residual fuel oil, petroleum coke, butane, specialty naphtha, and other petroleum-related products. Fairbanks News Miner by Matt Buxton.  Mayors from communities along the route of a proposed natural gas pipeline still are wary about the project’s impacts despite Gov. Sean Parnell’s creation of a project [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:39-09:00April 2nd, 2014|Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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3-28-14

Juneau Empire.  Roger Marks (NGP Photo), a petroleum economist in private practice, gives the House Resources Committee his evaluation of Senate Bill 138 and the associated proposed North Slope natural gas commercialization proposals at the Capitol on Thursday. National Journal.  Two facts should keep Interior Secretary Sally Jewell awake at night. First, if Republicans win the Senate, Alaska's Sen. Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo) will wield tremendous leverage over Jewell's department. She would lead both the Energy and Natural Resources Committee that oversees the department and the Appropriations subcommittee that controls its [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:51:55-09:00March 28th, 2014|Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas|0 Comments
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