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 [...]
4-24-14
LNG Industry. The Alaskan Legislature has passed Senate Bill 138, a bill that will advance the Alaska natural gas pipeline and LNG project. With the passage of this legislation, Governor Sean Parnell’s (NGP Photo) bill to advance a large-diameter Alaska natural gas pipeline project, Alaska is poised to become an owner in the Alaska LNG Project. Historic moment Parnell commented: “This is truly a historic moment for Alaskans. By passing Senate Bill 138, the Legislature has put Alaska on a path to controlling her own destiny by becoming an owner [...]
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4-23-14
TODAY: Commonwealth North Series Discussion on Alaska's Investment in a Natural Gas Pipeline, noon, in Anchorage. Register here. In our continuing effort to document the effect of oil industry investment on the Alaska economy, we provide this information and link from the Prudhoe Bay Gathering Center 2 module, under construction at the NANA Development Corp Big Lake facility; we thank Dawn Patience of BP Alaska for this information. (Photo left, BP Lead Project Engineer Kara Dunphy and Nana Development Project Manager Fred Elvsaas, son of an old friend from Seldovia, Ak.) [...]
4-22-14 Deadline TODAY For NPR Project Comment – Dan Fauske Briefs Sitka Chamber On Alaska Gas Project Gallery4-22-14 Deadline TODAY For NPR Project Comment – Dan Fauske Briefs Sitka Chamber On Alaska Gas Project
AGDC, Alaska Taxes, Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, You Read It Here First
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 [...]
4-21-14
Alaska Dispatch. The Alaska Legislature endorsed Gov. Sean Parnell’s gas pipeline negotiations Sunday, approving plans to spend close to $100 million in the short term and agreeing to collect future taxes in the form of a share of the natural gas, instead of in cash.
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 [...]
4-11-14 LNG Jobs For Alaskans In BC?
Northrim Bank and its President, Joseph Beedle (NGP Photo), hosted a packed house economic briefing yesterday at the Dena'ina Convention Center in Anchorage featuring Economists Mark Edwards and Bill Conerly. We'll have more for readers by Monday. -dh Opportunity For Alaskans In Canada? Petroleum News: British Columbia Premier Christy Clark, supported by a delegation of top cabinet ministers and petroleum leaders, has persuaded the Canadian government to declare that the LNG sector is a potential “nation-builder” which could create 100,000 jobs. Although the accord signed in Ottawa earlier in April is [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
4-1-14
Fairbanks News Miner. House Speaker Mike Chenault on Monday said he plans to propose allowing out-of-state residents to serve on the board of directors of a corporation that could play a key role in a major liquefied natural gas project in Alaska. In a memo to lawmakers, Chenault, R-Nikiski, said he will offer the amendment to SB124, a bill to extend the sunset date of the Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, during a House Rules Committee hearing Thursday. Chenault said he would have preferred to find another bill [...]
3-26-14 Parnell Creates LNG Project Municipal Advisory Board
Fairbanks News Miner by Matt Buxton. After local mayors raised concerns over how the state’s natural gas pipeline deal could deprive communities of millions in property taxes, Gov. Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) established a board tasked with reviewing the pipeline. Parnell signed an order creating the Municipal Advisory Gas Project Review Board, which will “develop a framework for assessing the impact and benefits, especially on communities, of a future Alaska natural gas line,” according to a press release Tuesday.
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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) [...]