3-24-14

Washington Post Editorial.  DEBATE HAS raged over whether the United States can fight Vladimir Putin on the Russian president’s most favorable ground: energy politics. It can, and it should, particularly because there’s an obvious path forward that coincides with the United States’ — indeed, the world’s — economic interests. That path is lifting irrational restrictions on exports and making it easier to build natural gas export terminals. Comment:  This comment and our archives will supplement the adjacent story.   Late last year we began documenting with more and more detail the relationship of socialist [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:40-09:00March 24th, 2014|Arctic Policy, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Interstate Gas|0 Comments
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3-20-14 Learning From History

What Does This Week's Gas Pipeline Effort Have To Do With The August Primary Election? by Dave Harbour                                 Thirty-three years ago this week, Alaska's governor, Jay Hammond (NGP Photo), gathered with House and Senate leadership to announce bipartisan legislation aimed at reforming oil taxes. Point of Personal Privilege:   We celebrate the life and mourn the passing of our great friend, Dr. Milton Byrd (NGP Photo).  (See our later update and obituary on March 3, 2014)   [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:40-09:00March 20th, 2014|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, Notes From the Road, Personal|0 Comments
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3-17-14 Is Alaska Flirting…?

Part IV: Can Alaska be a place where A DEAL IS A DEAL? Competition Perspectives: Part IV (Part I, Part II, Part III) Is Alaska Flirting With The Last Gas Pipe Straw? by  Dave Harbour We had written a very long commentary which tried to shed light on the effect of currently discussed issues on Alaska investment climate competitiveness.  We then delved into the effect various pending decisions could have on prospects for an economically feasible gas pipeline. And we concluded that, as in Canada's MGM case, investors would do the best [...]

By |2018-08-31T12:54:04-09:00March 17th, 2014|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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3-13-14 Is Alaska Flirting With The Last Gas Pipe Straw?

Is Alaska Flirting With The Last Gas Pipe Straw? Competition Perspectives: Part IV (Part I, Part II, Part III) by  Dave Harbour ​(Read More) Our friend, John Hofmeister (NGP Photo), former Shell President, offered this "quotable quote" on the energy situation during his interview with the Oxford Club's Energy and Infrastructure Strategist Dave Fessler:   Please Consider Testifying Today, Friday, March 14 on HB 77: Improve Alaska's Permitting Efficiency (We at NGP believe this is one rather small but important way citizens can improve Alaska's investment climate--rather than our usual challenge to fight off additional investment climate attacks!  -dh) Our friends at the [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:40-09:00March 14th, 2014|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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3-13-14

Alaska Public Media by Alexandra Gutierrez.  The latest version of a bill advancing a natural gas megaproject restores language concerning collective bargaining.  The Senate Finance Co-Chair Pete Kelly announced on Tuesday evening that the committee will scrap the less specific language they had planned to use when dealing with labor terms. Commentary: The following post by the Pebble Project precisely reflects the editorial position we have taken for several years.   We would add that the White House has no business lecturing Russia and other nations on the importance of [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:40-09:00March 13th, 2014|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, Notes From the Road, Rule Of Law|0 Comments
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3-11-14 Competition Is Not Only About Markets…A Sovereign Ignores A Competitive Investment Climate At Its Peril

The Human Temptation To Ignore The Value Of  A Competitive Investment Climate Competition Perspectives: Part II (Part I, Part III) by Dave Harbour The North American platter is heavy with energy sustenance, now manifested by the boom in oil and gas shale productivity. Last week, the office of the Federal Coordinator for the Alaska gas pipeline project summarized current and developing trends in Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) competition for markets. Earlier, we commented on the same subject. Over the Weekend, we hear from British Columbia that a new taxing regime on LNG [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:40-09:00March 11th, 2014|Commentary, Interstate Gas, LNG, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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3-10-14

Fairbanks News Miner/AP.  Allowing municipalities in on natural gas pipeline negotiations would be as “impracticable as having 60 legislators sitting at the table,” Gov. Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) wrote to four local governments concerned about property tax deals the state could cut with producers.  Municipalities, including the Fairbanks North Star Borough, have raised concerns about agreements the state penned with North Slope producers and TransCanada that could allow the gasline to make payments based on throughput in lieu of traditional property taxes.

By |2016-12-22T22:29:40-09:00March 10th, 2014|Alaska Taxes, Interstate Gas|0 Comments
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3-9-14

Petroleum News.  Faced with rising costs and uncertain about the impact of a proposed tax, some of the biggest LNG players in British Columbia are on the hunt for partners as they voice concern about the province’s ability to compete with other export countries. 

By |2016-03-13T03:52:53-09:00March 9th, 2014|Interstate Gas, LNG, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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3-5-14 LNG Competition

Tough competition expected among new LNG projects by Bill White, Office of the Federal Coordinator bwhite@arcticgas.gov [1]  March 4, 2014 Bill White and Office of the Federal Coordinator, under leadership of Larry Persily, provide a useful service to government and industry with scholarly essays on issues and facts related to disposition of Alaska North Slope Gas.  In this piece, White carefully analyzes various aspects of Alaska LNG competition. Please also see our 2-12-14 commentary on the same subject.  -dh HOUSTON — Too many potential liquefied natural gas export projects are chasing the expected [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:41-09:00March 5th, 2014|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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3-4-14 Palin Predicted Ukraine – Romney Advocated Stand Against Russia

BP today announced its intention to establish a separate business to manage its onshore oil and gas assets in the US Lower 48. See today's Globe & Mail piece on Asian LNG competition for price   Comment: Yesterday we noted that two legislators are planning for a new oil revenue stream should voters adopt an August Primary Ballot proposition to repeal oil tax reform.   That revenue stream will be based on a new policy emphasis on state investment and equity into oil and gas exploration and development projects.  These are the [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:41-09:00March 4th, 2014|Alaska Taxes, Arctic Policy, Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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2-27-14

Early Thursday News:   This morning, we board our favorite airline, Alaska (NGP Photo, "Rockey Mountain High"), heading to Miami then on a wonderful partner airline (American) bound for writing and photography in Ecuador for a few weeks.  Never fear, dear reader: every day we keep close in touch with goings on in the energy scene through our friends and associates from Inuvik to Calgary, Toronto, Washington, Houston, Williston, Juneau, Anchorage, Faribanks and Barrow...and beyond.  You are our priority, and we'll keep you informed!  -dh Juneau Empire by Matt Woolbright.  Leaders [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:41-09:00February 27th, 2014|Interstate Gas, LNG, Notes From the Road, OCS|0 Comments
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2-12-14 Alaska LNG Challenges

Alliance Profile: M-I SWACO a Schlumberger Company: From Drilling through Production, Focused on our Customers Alaska LNG Project Faces Market Challenges...And Political Challenges Competition Perspectives: Part I (Part II, Part III) by  Dave Harbour Alaska and Mackenzie Delta producers are eyeing LNG exports to Asia as this generation's best option for monetizing Arctic gas.   Previous generations were close: with the Arctic Gas project in the 1970s (i.e. including TransCanada); displaced by the Alcan project in the 1980s (i.e. vigorously opposed by TransCanada); and the Alaska Highway gas pipeline project given new life with [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:42-09:00February 12th, 2014|Arctic Policy, Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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2-6-14

Washington Times Commentator Robert Skinner wonders if Obama is breaking US-Canada tradition of energy cooperation.  See our earlier report of Robert Dillon's Keystone analysis.  -DH The Pebble Partnership (PLP) this week announced that Pebble CEO John Shively (NGP Photo) will assume the role of Chairman of the Board of Directors—a move that allows Shively to be a part of the strategic leadership team for advancing the project. With this move, PLP is appointing Tom Collier to the position of CEO for the company.  (Read more here.) VIDEO LEFT (audio link): Yesterday [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:50-09:00February 6th, 2014|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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2-3-14 – Arctic Gas Leadership

Globe and Mail by Brent Jang.  Northwest Territories Premier Bob McLeod (NGP Photo) says the key to reviving dormant plans for the Mackenzie Valley pipeline will be to transport natural gas from the Arctic into British Columbia instead of Alberta.  Private-sector proponents of the Mackenzie line consider the NWT project to be currently uneconomic, based on market conditions of plentiful gas supplies in North America. Arctic Gas Leadership by Dave Harbour We have much respect for the 12th Premier of the Northwest Territories, Bob McLeod, and for his dedicated leadership of a huge, 440,000 square mile area that is about [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:50-09:00February 3rd, 2014|Arctic Policy, Interstate Gas|0 Comments
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