10-23-10 – LNG and State Spending

Alaska Dispatchby Scott Woodam.  At the end of September, the major North Slope gas producers notified Gov. Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) of their new agreement toward an Alaska liquefied natural gas project. Depending whom one asks, the new agreement pertained to either hijacking the state-subsidized Alaska Gasline Inducement Act (AGIA) and using it as a lever to pry oil tax reductions out of the Alaska Legislature, or to finally building a long-discussed liquefied natural gas transportation project leading from Alaska's North Slope to tidewater somewhere in Southcentral. Thoughts on Alaska Oil and Gas, [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:41-09:00October 23rd, 2012|LNG|0 Comments
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6-28-12

Globe and Mail by Josh Wingrove.  With high energy royalties and soaring land lease sales, Alberta inched closer to a balanced budget last year.The province’s fourth-quarter report for the 2011-2012 fiscal year, released Thursday, shows a total deficit of just $23-million on its $39-billion budget. It had been forecasting a $3.4-billion deficit.  The changes come as welcome news to Alison Redford’s government, which has been under fire from the official opposition Wildrose Party for not managing to balance the books even as the province is awash in energy wealth.  “We [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:54:16-09:00June 28th, 2012|Federal Coordinator, LNG|0 Comments
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6-21-12 “Welcome to Alaska, John Hofmeister!”

Calgary Herald/CP.  Encana Corp. (TSX:ECA) will invest an additional $600 million this year to significantly increase production of valuable liquids-rich natural gas amid a prolonged downturn in the price of so-called dry gas. Today, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (NGP Photo) delivered the following statement on the House floor, in support of H.R. 2578, The Conservation and Economic Growth Act – a package of 14 public lands bills that will cut federal red tape, boost economic development, protect the environment, and create American jobs.   Commentary: Yesterday at [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:07-09:00June 21st, 2012|Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, Propane|0 Comments
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Private Fairbanks LNG Project Trumps Government Plan – Alaska Lawmakers Focus On Gas Projects

CHECK OUT ENERGY DAY, OCTOBER 15, 2011 -- CELEBRATE AMERICAN ENERGY: A GOOD IDEA FOR ALL OF NORTH AMERICA! We have preordered the new book by respected Alaska Dispatch Co-Founders, Tony Hopfinger and Amanda Coyne: Crude Awakening: Money, Mavericks, and Mayhem in Alaska   Federal Gas Pipeline Coordinator, Larry Persily (NGP Photo-r) will address Commonwealth North today: noon, ANGDA Conference Room, 411 West 4th Avenue, Yellow Sunshine Mall, Anchorage.  (More from ADN where Persily formerly served with distinction as a journalist and editor.  -dh) Alaska State Legislature: (Comment.  We hear from a [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:22-09:00August 12th, 2011|AGIA, Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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OCS Comment Deadline Today – Legislative Gasline Caucus Meets Today – Canada’s Stockwell Day Weighs In – Fairbanks Natural Gas Op-Ed

 TIME TO TAKE ALASKA OUT OF THE ICEBOX - Wall Street Journal TODAY: Another Important Deadline; here is how to easily comment!  Your OCS comment by TODAY's deadline makes the legal record more supportive of reasonable OCS exploration for Alaska and the benefit of all Americans. A reasonable OCS program will help save Alaska's economy and protect America's economic recovery and national security.  Send us your comment and we will post it to make it Internet searchable!  Meanwhile, here are comments from Jason Brune (NGP Photo),Bob Hoffman, Kaye Laughlin and myself.  Others who submitted [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:24-09:00July 25th, 2011|Federal Obstruction, Intrastate Gas, LNG, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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6-1-11 Bill Walker Wants His Way And Others To Pay – Trans Canada Project Could Use Existing Pipes

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Enforcement, and Regulation (BOEMRE) is accepting comments on the development of offshore oil and natural gas in Alaska's Chukchi Sea.  With years of studying the potential impacts of production and ensuring all safety precautions have exceeded standards; and, with the country's need for domestic energy and jobs, we can make our views known today, here.  The Chukchi is one source for replenishment of declining volumes of oil traversing the 2/3 empty Trans Alaska Oil Pipeline System (TAPS).  A gas pipeline is important.  But keeping [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:54:14-09:00June 1st, 2011|Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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Are Alaskans “Citizens” or “Sovereigns”?

                                    Bill Walker is the sort of man I would like to have as a next door neighbor: kindly, thoughtful, a good listener, slow to anger, and, he loves Alaska.  Just because a person has attractive personal qualities, does not qualify him to dictate Alaska state policies.  If Bill were elected, be sure that he would do all within Alaska's "sovereign" power to dictate gas pipeline policy to the free market.  And, if [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:57:26-09:00October 26th, 2009|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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Weekend News Doesn’t Wait Until Monday!

Governor Parnell Meets National People's Congress Chairman Wu Bangguo: Does our Mutual Future Portend More Than Fish and Tourism? (Commentary)     *     More on Enstar Last Chance to Comment on OCS Leasing Before 9-21 Deadline... ...and we prepare for next week's Oil and Gas Congress!   NGP Commentary.  Your author drove to the Hilton Anchorage on Saturday to witness a rare event in the great, second-floor ballroom.  The leader of the People's Republic of China, National People's Congress, Chairman Wu Bangguo (NGP Photo-r), traveling with an entourage of about 120--plus [...]

By |2021-03-18T09:11:34-09:00September 13th, 2009|AGDC, China, Commentary, Interstate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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