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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1-27-15 Supporting a job creating mine and associated gas pipeline

Urgent note from our friends at the Alaska Support Industry Alliance. Our emailed submission:  Please register this as a voice in support of the proposed Donlin Mine and its associated gas pipeline.   The pipeline enables the favorable economics developed by Donlin management and serves the public interest.     A critical advantage is that rural residents will be given a new energy lifeline at the most reasonable possible price for fuel.  Furthermore, provision of numerous well paying, local jobs is a project component desperately needed in the proximity of [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:37-09:00January 27th, 2015|Commentary, Intrastate Gas, Reader Comment|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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12-28-14 Walker Takes Year-End Steps To Cut Spending

Walker orders new spending on Alaska megaprojects stopped.  Alaska Dispatch.  Following Governor Bill Walker's (NGP Photo) order, the state agency responsible for the smaller pipeline, the Alaska Gasline Development Corp., plans to only continue work ...     Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman Walker halts bridge and dam spending.  Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman ... Road, the Kodiak Launch Complex, and the Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline Project — are also ... Notably absent from the list is the larger of the state's two natural gas pipeline projects, which would bring gas from the North Slope to ... Gov. Walker halts megaprojects - Juneau Empire (subscription)  

By |2016-12-22T22:28:47-09:00December 28th, 2014|AGDC, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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12-22-14 Alaska Gas Project In Doubt – White House Still Stalls Keystone XL – Premier Creates Confusing Fracking Obstacle

Petroleum News by Alan Bailey (NGP Photo).  New Fracking Obstacle: What the heck is a "Social License?" CBC News by Jacques Poitras. Premier Brian Gallant says gaining social license will be one of the five conditions hydraulic fracturing will have to meet if his government is to lift its moratorium on the technique. Steve Moran, the chief executive officer of Corridor Resources, says it’s a frustratingly vague concept that he doesn’t know how to achieve. "Even the premier when he was asked didn't really have an answer in terms of what that [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:48-09:00December 22nd, 2014|AGDC, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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12-2-14 Kendall’s Successful Lease Sale 193 Hearing – Prentice Persevers – Governor Walker Is “Pro Oil”

CBC.  Jim Prentice says 'nation-building' pipelines crucial to Canada's future  ***  Waterloo Record.  'We can do business:' Prentice to discuss Energy East with Ontario and Quebec E&E Publishing by Kriz Hobson.  In late November, incoming Alaska Governor Bill Walker (NGP Photo) gave a short speech to a packed resource industry meeting filled with some of his most hard-line critics. Walker, who won the Alaska governor's race by a scant 6,000 votes and takes office today, assured the group that he'll fight for increased oil and gas extraction in the state. "You can't be anything but pro-oil development in this state to [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:49-09:00December 2nd, 2014|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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11-30-14

    Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman What's next for Sean Parnell? Juneau Empire (subscription) Sean Parnell welcomed his first grandchild into the world. ... Another is making sure that the (liquefied natural) gas pipeline project stays on track.  

By |2016-12-22T22:28:49-09:00November 30th, 2014|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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11/27/14 Canadian and American Leaders Make Pipelines A Political Issue

Alaska Dispatch by Alex DeMarban.  Gov.-elect Bill Walker (NGP Photo) on Monday began the thorny task of meeting with officials from the Alaska Gasline Development Corp., an entity he targeted during his campaign as ripe for cuts, with its high salaries and the state's dueling gas pipeline projects. Commentary.  We have long respected the objective reporting and wise commentary that the Calgary Herald provides its fortunate readers.  Today, Editorial Board writer, David Marsden , provides a concise, common sense, pipeline perspective.  In it, he reveals the harmful and illogical pipeline agendas embraced by [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:50-09:00November 27th, 2014|AGDC, AGIA, Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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11-26-14 U.S. Thanksgiving Prayers and Pipelines

US Thanksgiving 2014: Americans Thankful For Plenty Should Be Thankful To Their Creator and Their Devout Predecessors! -dh ADN by Alex DeMarban.  Gov.-elect Bill Walker (NGP Photo) on Monday began the thorny task of meeting with officials from the Alaska Gasline Development Corp., an entity he targeted during his campaign as ripe for cuts, with its high salaries and the state's dueling gas pipeline projects. Western Canadian pipelines may be looking better but they, Keystone XL and Energy East still have their challenges.          -dh   Quebec won't be pressured [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:50-09:00November 26th, 2014|Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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11-25-14 Alaskanomics’ Northern Energy Report (RDC)

RDC Alert! (Send us your ARCTIC OCS comment for our archives!)  Petroleum News reports what the Russians are doing in the OCS! Reader Steve Borell provides this link: Germany overreacted by diminishing nuclear power in wake of the ​Fukushima ​disaster--and now is desperate for more coal fired power!  -dh Calgary Herald by James Wood.  Alberta Premier Jim Prentice sees opportunity trumping obstacles.  -dh Today's Consumer energy Alliance energy links. Pebble Partnership's short term judicial victory; but the jury is still out on the long term result of EPA coordinating with environmental activists to [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:50-09:00November 25th, 2014|Alaska Taxes, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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11-20-14 Can Prentice Rescue Keystone?

   Video   TIME Prentice heading to Washington after Keystone pipeline falls short of approval Edmonton Journal Prentice heading to Washington after Keystone pipeline falls short of approval ... Premier Jim Prentice will travel in January to Washington, D.C., where he ... additional action on greenhouse gas emissions to win Obama's approval of KTNA Radio: Listen to the Audio.  The State of Alaska has made many attempts to build a gas pipeline.  Currently, a lot of effort is being put into the Alaska LNG Project, a partnership between the state, the three largest oil producers, and Trans-Canada.  The project [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:50-09:00November 20th, 2014|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|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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10-16-14 Our Keystone XL Pipeline Poem – “Opportunity Lost?”

Here's Our Little Ode To A Big American Pipeline Policy Tragedy Saturday is ENERGY DAY in Houston! Houston readers: a great family event (VIDEO)!   To our other readers throughout the US and Canada: Contact CEA to replicate the model!   CNBC's Art Cashin On Oil Prices.  Readers can draw their own conclusions about how energy prices can affect the feasiblity of oil and gas pipeline and LNG projects.  -dh Macleans by Andrew Leach.  If you ask Jim Prentice, the premier of Alberta, what keeps him up at night, he might say pipelines, [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:53-09:00October 16th, 2014|Federal Obstruction, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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