7-18-14 Fairbanks LNG Project Briefing Last Night

AP by Becky Bohrer.  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ... proposing restrictions that would essentially block development of a massive gold-and-copper prospect ... ADN by Sean Cockerham.  Supporters of the embattled Pebble Mine project in Alaska are making a desperate effort in Congress and the courts to keep it alive ...         Below is last night's report on the Fairbanks LNG project briefing and here is the link to Tuesday's meeting in Anchorage.  -dh Fairbanks News Miner by Matt Buxton.  The man in charge of the Alaska [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:17-09:00July 18th, 2014|Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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7-17-14 Gas Pipeline/LNG Project Public Meetings

Fairbanks LNG/Gas Pipeline Project Meeting Tonight In Fairbanks.  Details....  Tuesday's Anchorage Meeting Report Below: KSKA (Audio here) by Anne Hillman.  The Alaska LNG Project hosted a community meeting in Anchorage on Tuesday night. About 90 people listened to an explanation of the newest version of a plan to get natural gas from the North Slope to market. Project manager Steve Butt (NGP Photo) explained this project is different from previous failed attempts to build a gas pipeline. “An LNG project is when resource owners work together to create an infrastructure to connect [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:54:44-09:00July 17th, 2014|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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7-16-14 Inuvik Suffers Gas Pipe Loss While Alaska and BC Plan For LNG Exports

CBC.  The price of houses in Inuvik has dropped by 10 to 15 per cent in the last three years — ever since plans for the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline were set aside, according to a local realtor..., Jim Weller ... with Coldwell Banker.... Petroleum News.  Parnell names municipal advisory board. Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell has named members of the Municipal Advisory Gas Project Review Board... Petroleum News.  BC's LNG list grows.  British Columbia's lineup of LNG proposals has grown to 15 with U.S.-based WesPac Midstream requesting a 25-year export license from the National Energy Board to [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:17-09:00July 16th, 2014|Federal Progress, LNG, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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7-15-14 LNG Forum In Anchorage Tonight

Today's LNG Community Meeting In Anchorage EPA Land Grab By Bill White   It’s been clear that the executive branch of the federal government is working overtime to extend its authority. This started long before Obama became president, but it has accelerated at an alarming rate since he took office. Obama’s administration has put out more regulations per week than any before, each of which extends EPA's authority to reach into people’s lives and control them and their businesses. While the IRS has the reputation of being the most insidious of all government [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:18-09:00July 15th, 2014|Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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6-25-14 “This is Alaska’s time — and it feels like we’re back in the game” – ConocoPhillips Alaska President Trond-Erik Johansen

Resource Development Council for Alaska Report Below Publisher's Note: Our friend, Alaska Salmon Alliance Executive Director Arni Thomson (NGP Photo) provides us with this link to the Seattle Times: "North Dakota is booming, and its largest city has reinvented itself, attracting creative types and energetic entrepreneurs."   Recently, we pointed out that Alaska had the lowest domestic product gain of any state, during 2013...in sharp contrast to other oil producing states that are moving ahead of Alaska, including North Dakota, Texas and even California. Our friend from Senator Lisa Murkowski's Energy Committee Staff, Robert Dillon (NGP Photo), today [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:20-09:00June 25th, 2014|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Federal Progress, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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6-18-14 – Alaskan & Canadian Pipeline Projects Move Foreward

The Republic — Gov. Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) announced Tuesday that the state and TransCanada Corp. have formally ended their relationship under terms of the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act, clearing the way for a new partnership to pursue a major gas project. The development was expected, after the state, TransCanada, the North Slope's three major players and Alaska Gasline Development Corp. agreed to work together to pursue a liquefied natural gas project. State lawmakers earlier this year approved state participation in the mega-project, setting the stage for a new agreement [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:21-09:00June 18th, 2014|LNG|0 Comments
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6-11-14 LNG Exports Are In America’s National Interest

ADN -- A 13-pound, battery-powered drone catapulted from a Prudhoe Bay gravel pit on Sunday has become the first authorized commercial operation by an unmanned aircraft over land in the United States.  (See our breaking news alert from yesterday.) Our friend, Katy, of energycitizens.org, write us today that, "Recent events in Ukraine and other parts of the world have made it abundantly clear that the United States can no longer sit on the sidelines.  (See our related editorial.) "By increasing liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports", she writes, "we have an [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:22-09:00June 11th, 2014|LNG, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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6-5-14 Alaska North Slope Gas Conditioning Plant Challenges

Comment: We associate a current Governing Magazine article by Liz Farmer, below, with Matt Buxton's excellent News Miner review of Alaska gas pipeline project funding.   We have long alerted readers that with government participation in the traditional, private market comes an unintended list of future consequences to be faced by not only this, but future generations of public officials who had little or nothing to do with the original public funding decisions.   Current and future citizens, in these circumstances, should be prepared to absorb the same risks taken by [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:23-09:00June 5th, 2014|Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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6-2-14 – Point Thomson On Schedule – Obama Exercises Climate Power – World LNG Supply Explodes!

Alaskan and Canadian Producers And Governments Are Sure To Keep Alert To Changing Conditions In The World LNG Market  (Read More) Michael Whatley (NGP Photo), former staff director and chief counsel for the U.S. Senate Energy Public Works Clean Air and Climate Change Subcommittee, raised a warning flag that EPA regulations will disproportionately affect energy consumers in states in the Midwest and Southeast that are heavily reliant on coal to generate electricity. Here is more Consumer Energy Alliance analysis. Today at 10:30 a.m. EDT, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy delivered [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:23-09:00June 2nd, 2014|Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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5-30-14 EPA Action Could “Annihilate” Business Investment

EPA Action Could "Annihilate" Business Investment Alaska Senator Cathy Giessel (NGP Photo) responded this week to a California-based environmental activist who told the Wall Street Journal Alaskans favor more EPA controls in the state.   "The NRDC is urging EPA to issue the first pre-emptive veto in the 43-year history of the Clean Water Act," Giessel wrote. "If successful, this veto will annihilate business investment in my state and throughout our country. EPA is being litigated for its actions and rightly so. We can only hope our courts stop EPA’s usurping of power [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:24-09:00May 30th, 2014|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, LNG|0 Comments
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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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5-8-14 – 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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