7-28-15 Is Climate Change Science Settled?

See our Facebook commentary this morning re: Climate Change  -dh From the Senate Energy Committee: See How Envronmental Extremism is Destroying California Lives Aussie Oil and Gas Observer: The smashing of the Shanghai stock market yesterday – an 8.5% fall (the biggest one day decline in eight years) – has reverberated around the world in both stock markets and commodity markets, and oil was not left out of the carnage.    ***    Japan’s average LNG price (per mmbtu) for June was down again – at US$8.65.  Volumetrically this figure is [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:04-09:00July 28th, 2015|Commentary, LNG, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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7-20-15 BC LNG Moves Forward

Vancouver Sun by Dirk Meissner.   Commentary: Could the Alaska gas pipeline/LNG project's need for fiscal certainty be modeled after BC's attempt to provide a 25 year window of certainty for investors? Alaska Governor Bill Walker (NGP Photo) has pledged to seek a fiscal certainty for Alaska's gas.  But we have observed that since the major producers own both oil and gas facilities in the state, providing certainty for only the gas still leaves investors vulnerable to predatory taxation. Unfortunately Alaska has a long history of increasing or enacting oil taxes [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:14-09:00July 20th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, LNG|0 Comments
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7-8-15 Larry Persily’s Outstanding Gas Pipeline/LNG Project Essay

Pipeline Building Is A Choreography Of Coordinated Steps By Larry Persily  lpersily@kpb.us July 7, 2015 Other recent Persily work   (This update, provided by Larry Persily (NGP Photo) of the Kenai Peninsula Borough mayor’s office, is part of an ongoing effort to help keep the public informed about the Alaska LNG project.) The Alaska LNG project is a planning and coordinating effort of immense proportions. Not surprising when you consider that the pipeline construction alone requires piecing together about 115,000 40-foot-long sections in precise order, in rough terrain, in remote locations — and with [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:14-09:00July 8th, 2015|LNG|0 Comments
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6-25-15 Uphill Road For An Alaska LNG Project

It's An Uphill Road For An Alaska LNG Project Whether most Alaskans appreciate it or not, the best hope for a successful, Alaska LNG project is that Alaska's largest producers support it.  Today, we analyze why that so. by Dave Harbour Alaskans have consistently supported higher taxes on Alaska's oil companies and higher spending on social services -- with some exceptions.   The Alaska tax and spend model is not unlike the model employed nationally, in Washington D.C., except national leaders are capable of spending more than they take in by merely [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:15-09:00June 25th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, LNG|0 Comments
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6-16-15 Is Alaska’s Governor Seeking Control Of The Ak LNG Project; Or, A Governent Owned Project?

Alaska Governor Bill Walker's June 8 Letter To AK LNG Participants Doesn't Exactly Radiate Cooperation  by Dave Harbour (In fairness, we wish to provide this comment from an anonymous reader.  -dh) Today, we ask if Alaska Governor Bill Walker (NGP Photo) is seeking cooperation with participants in the AK LNG project, or is he seeking to control those free market participants, or is he angling toward a separate, government owned project?   Here is a letter Walker sent yesterday to House and Senate resource committee leaders which included the copy of a letter [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:16-09:00June 16th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, LNG, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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6-12-15

KTVA VIDEO.  Alaska is on track to build the largest natural gas project in the world, according to the Alaska Gasline Development board. They say the U.S. Department of Energy’s license approval is big news — it means Alaska will be allowed to sell its liquefied natural gas (LNG) to any country in the world. Before, only countries on the United States’ free trade list were allowed. It will open the market into Asia, where countries like Japan are in desperate need of LNG. “Getting that, I can’t say enough, it’s a [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:54:14-09:00June 12th, 2015|Federal Progress, LNG|0 Comments
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5-28-15 Murkowski Cheers LNG Export Approval … Urges Repeal of Oil Export Ban

Comment: We remind our Canadian and U.S. readers that with so much North American oil and gas existing and potential production and with so many more LNG export projects than the market can accommodate, any major news such as the Alaska LNG export approval today affects investors, jobs, treasuries and economies in both countries.  -dh BREAKING NEWS TODAY!  U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today cheered the Department of Energy’s approval of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export license for Alaska’s massive North Slope natural gas resources.  READ ENTIRE STATEMENT HERE....  Our [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:18-09:00May 28th, 2015|Arctic Policy, Federal Progress, LNG|0 Comments
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5-27-15 Meetings For Our Readers

Alaska LNG Reviews Pipeline Route With Government Agencies, by Larry Persily (NGP Photo) on behalf of the Kenai Peninsula Borough   Petroleum News: Canada's Mackenzie Gas Project Still Breathing!   Today: funeral services for our longtime friend, energy advocate and "Alaska's Diplomat", Chuck Becker (NGP Photo). Tomorrow: the big LNG meeting in Anchorage, open to media and the public. Next Week:  The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) will hold its 2015 EIA Energy Conference on June 15 and 16 at the Renaissance Downtown Hotel in Washington, DC. The EIA Energy Conference has become a premier forum [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:18-09:00May 27th, 2015|LNG, Personal|0 Comments
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5-18-15 New EIA INTERNATIONAL Portal; LNG Links Courtesy of Larry Persily

EIA launches redesigned International Energy Portal Today, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) launched a redesigned International Energy Portal to improve access to international energy data and trends in global energy markets. "With most of the future growth in energy consumption expected to occur outside of the United States and with increasingly interconnected world energy markets, a clear perspective on the international energy landscape is critically important, and EIA's redesigned International Energy Portal makes it easier to gain insight into global energy developments," said EIA Administrator Adam Sieminski. From our Energy Information [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:20-09:00May 18th, 2015|LNG|0 Comments
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4-21-15

Fox Business News.   Gov. Bill Walker vetoed legislation Friday that sought to temporarily restrict participation of a state-sponsored corporation in an alternate gas pipeline project that he proposed.

By |2016-03-13T03:52:55-09:00April 21st, 2015|LNG|0 Comments
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4-20-15 Could Alaska’s Governor Be An Alaska Gasline Obstacle?I

KTUU Opinion by Senator John Coghill (NGP Photo).   Respectfully, Gov. Bill Walker, with the best of intentions, has proposed “up-sizing” the Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline project, ASAP, as leverage for prospective negotiations with producers in the Alaska liquefied natural gas project, AKLNG. On its face that “sounds good.” Unfortunately, up-sizing ASAP may result in significant negative consequences. As we listened to testimony this session, a few themes developed: 1. the State, if Governor Walker continues on his path, may itself become a “risk factor” for alignment with AKLNG, and 2. if the [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:52:55-09:00April 20th, 2015|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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4-17-15 Will Excessive Pride Hinder Governor Walker’s Ability to Succeed?

Sen. Murkowski: Iran Oil Could Hurt U.S. Production if Prohibition on Exporting Domestic Crude Oil isn’t Lifted Restrictions on U.S. Oil Trade Amount to “Domestic Sanctions” Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today drew attention to the potential impact that ending sanctions against Iran could have on U.S. production if the outdated prohibition on exporting domestic crude oil is not also lifted. Click to view video Will Excessive Pride Hinder Governor Walker's Ability to Succeed? by Dave Harbour On February 25, we expressed optimism that Alaska's new, "'All Alaska' [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:22-09:00April 17th, 2015|Commentary, Interior Energy Project (IEP), Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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4-14-15

LEGISLATIVE NEWS RELEASE: New Bills Seek Savings for Electricity Along Railbelt SB105 and HB187 would create the Railbelt Electric Transmission Authority FROM ALASKANOMICS:  Update on the Alaska LNG Project- Anchorage Make it Monday Forum Posted: 13 Apr 2015 04:16 PM PDT The companies working on the Alaska LNG project are working hard to keep the project rolling through the next stage. In the summer of 2015, there will be continuing fieldwork as the project prepares for the Environmental Impact Study (EIS). The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will conduct one [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:23-09:00April 14th, 2015|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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4-7-15 Gasline Confirmations Today

  Calgary Herald by Stephen Ewart.  Record oil production, increasingly complex energy transportation issues and unprecedented public engagement aren’t enough to prevent a nearly 25 per cent cut to the budget and large reduction in staff at the National Energy Board over the next two years. News of the “operational realities” confronting the NEB — which will mean 73 fewer employees — emerged late last week with release of its 2015-16 Report on Plans and Priorities. The reason for the drop-off in funding is easily explained.(More) KTOO.  The Senate Finance Committee plans confirmation hearings for Gov. Bill Walker’s appointees to the Alaska [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:23-09:00April 7th, 2015|Federal Obstruction, Interior Energy Project (IEP), Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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3-31-15 Legislative Leaders Focus On Gasline Details – Commentary, “Proud as Quixote”

Peninsula Clarion and This Webpage, By Reps. Mike Chenault (R) and Mike Hawker (L) We want to work with our new Governor to progress this great State forward, especially knowing Our Commentary: The two legislators above created the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) concept as an insurance policy for transporting Alaska North Slope (ANS) gas to citizens and to an export facility.  The current governor - who opposed the AGDC/ASAP gasline concept before he supported it .... more coming.... ...en route from South America to a stop in Mexico City, then two days in [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:24-09:00March 31st, 2015|AGDC, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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