One Federal Comment Period Ends As Others Arise: The Federal-Enviroactivist Strategy To Kill Alaska’s Economy Continues

NGP READERS: PLEASE COMMENT.  This coming Friday, July 15, comes the next deadline for comments about an Environmental Assessment regarding Beaufort Sea OCS development.  Then, lock and load for the next wave of regulatory onslaught: the July 25th deadline public comment on Revised Beaufort Sea Exploration Plan (EP) and associated Oil Discharge Prevention and Contingency Plan (ODPCP).  Please send your comment to the agency, then send us a copy for posting here, where your position becomes Internet searchable.  Here is the brief testimony your author filed today.  -dh Commentary:  Monday was the deadline for commenting on [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:27-09:00July 13th, 2011|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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Consumers Flood Government With Pro-Chukchi OCS Comments – Mackenzie Pipeline Boosted With New Exploration Licenses

Companies commit millions to secure exploration licenses despite concerns over pipeline prospects Thandiwe Vela Northern News Services Published Friday, July 8, 2011 NWT - The recent call for bids on Northwest Territories land parcels has ended with oil and gas companies committing more than $500 million to secure exploration licenses in the Central Mackenzie Valley.  ... "We are pleased with the bidding results," Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment Bob McLeod (NGP Photo) said, adding the high value of bids shows the industry's renewed confidence in the NWT oil and gas reserves. "These [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:27-09:00July 12th, 2011|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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The Battle Continues And We Cannot Grow Weary

The Battle Continues And We Cannot Grow Weary El Paso's Ruby Enriches Nevada Alberta Tory leadership candidate Gary Mar, wants to bog down Canada's natural resources prosperity with environmental obstruction.   -dh New gas pipeline for Kenai Peninsula?   Today's top Priority: Today is the deadline for Chukchi SEIS Comment.  Here is how to comment.  Then send us your comment to post here, tomorrow.  It can be as simple as: "Please allow Alaska OCS development to proceed quickly; domestic energy is essential to America's economic recovery."  Note: since today is the deadline, either [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:27-09:00July 11th, 2011|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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Joe Henri Adds Statehood Perspective – Marilyn Crockett to Retire – Rachael Petro Hits Investment Climate

  Next Monday, July 11 is the deadline for comment on Chukchi OCS development.  Here's a website for easy, automated comment.  -dh Calgary Herald by Rebecca Penty.  An article in the Wall Street Journal championing TransCanada Corp.'s proposed Keystone XL pipeline as an economic driver for a country hurting for jobs is evidence of support south of the border, president and CEO Russ Girling said Thursday.  The TransCanada executive said the opinion piece suggested the last phase of a $13-billion pipeline project would offer economic stimulus to a country facing a high unemployment rate [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:28-09:00July 8th, 2011|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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Alaska Statehood Act Passed 53 Years Ago TODAY; Sadly, Alaska is among the “worst of the worst”

July 11 is the deadline for comment on Chukchi OCS development.  Here's a website for easy, automated comment.  -dh Alaska's Statehood Act is 53 years old today.   (Below is an email alert we issued on the subject and reader Joe Henri's first hand perspective.)  Today your author addresses the South Anchorage Rotary Club, suggesting that, "Alaska's Constitution Could Guide Us Through Alaska's Greatest Challenge: Breathing Life Back Into the Trans Alaska Pipeline"   -dh CNBC completed a ranking of state business climates and found  Alaska to be among the bottom [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:28-09:00July 7th, 2011|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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Remembering North Dakota

Yesterday, ADN's Becky Bohrer reported that lack of progress on AGIA pipeline is making lawmakers "Antsy". Remembering North Dakota by Dave Harbour While the main purpose for my trip to North Dakota was to attend the annual meeting of the Interstate Oil and Gas Association (IOGCC), I returned home with a nostalgic impression of how today's North Dakota represented yesterday's Alaska.  North Dakota is confident.  Alaska, as noted in the story link above, is 'antsy'. more coming....

By |2016-12-22T22:33:29-09:00July 4th, 2011|AGIA, Commentary, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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7-1-11 Margy Johnson Comments On NGO Responsibility – We Celebrate Canada Day Going Into The Independence Day Weekend

"Let Freedom Ring" Today is Canada Day and Monday is America's Independence Day.   We are aware that these celebrations are partly a celebration of our two counties' independence, partly a commitment to defend freedom for future generations. Meanwhile, here's an editorial comment from a community leader and NGP reader, Margy Johnson (NGP Photo) as she reflects on events of the last few days.  -dh Margy Johnson file photo by Dave Harbour. Today she counsels Alaska's beneficiaries of oil wealth to support an investment climate attractive to oil investment. [...]

By |2017-07-04T13:10:58-09:00July 1st, 2011|Commentary, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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Notes From the Road, Day Eight In North Dakota: Admiring North And South Dakota Governors and Alaska Citizens Who Defended Alaska Last Night!

Governor Sean Parnell Tells Washington Journalists of Plan to Boost Alaska Oil Production To 1 Million Barrels/day. Julie Hasquet of Senator Mark Begich's Office and Megan Hermann of Senator Lisa Murkowski's Energy Committee office Provided This Link To Pipeline Throughput Study Shell's Marvin Odum Optimistic About Arctic, reports AP's Dan Joling USGS Boosts Estimate of Cook Inlet Oil and Gas, reports ADN's Erika Bolstadt (Written en route from Bismarck to Anchorage...IOGCC stories and photos will appear here.  -dh) Alaskans Turned Out Last Night To Defend Alaska's Future!  Soldiers From International Environmental [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:43-09:00June 30th, 2011|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Notes From the Road, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT! – Notes From the Road, Day Eight In North Dakota: Oil and Gas Commissioners Hear From Four Governors

Come EAT, DRINK and TESTIFY at the Chukchi hearing today, June 29th at 5:30 p.m. at the Loussac Library. Fill out a comment card and enjoy a hot dog and drink before the hearing. The hearing itself will begin at 7 p.m.  If you can't attend the Anchorage event today, you can EASILY file an electronic comment here! We have been very respectful of the commitment by some elected officials to fight for Alaska's future by participating in these hearings.  This particular one could establish a record for federal decision making that will result [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:43-09:00June 29th, 2011|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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Notes From the Road, Day Seven In North Dakota: Visiting the Antelope Valley Power Plant and Dakota Gasification Plant, A Powerful Combination!

 ...more 'Notes from the road' and photos coming.  Today we are attending meetings in Bismarck with the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission. Yesterday, we urged all readers, including elected officials, to become actively involved in tomorrow night's BOEMRE hearing that could well determine Alaska's future.  It is of such importance, I sense that any other legislative activity is virtually moot or meaningless next to the priority of attending a hearing whose record could result in a sustained, Alaskan economy.  Today, we are delighted to provide readers with the copy of [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:43-09:00June 28th, 2011|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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Notes From the Road, Day Six In North Dakota – WEDNESDAY IS A BIG DAY – Has Alaska’s Real Estate Market Really Escaped The Denali Gas Pipeline Loss?

ADN Op-Ed by Chris Stephens (NGP Photo).  Our commercial real estate market is plagued by uncertainty for the second year. The causes of that uncertainty include the national recession, questions over the prospects for construction of a gas pipeline from the North Slope to the Lower 48, delays in Shell Oil's efforts to explore the Chukchi Sea, and pessimism about future oil company investment in the face of North Slope production declines.  The Legislature's inconclusive debate this past session about reducing oil taxes to stimulate production created additional uncertainty.  Recent news that the [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:44-09:00June 27th, 2011|Commentary, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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Notes From The Road, Day Four: Bismarck Scenes

Notes From The Road, Day Four: More on Williston and the Trip Home by Dave Harbour (Yes, we skipped day three because most of that day was spent back in the Bismarck hotel room writing, preparing client reports and editing photos.  -dh) Yesterday, I ran out of gas before completing the entry, so let's begin with our meeting with Tanya Vachal (NGP Photo), Williston's North Dakota Job Service Guru: a dedicated professional determined to help her hundreds of job seeking clients.   As you read in an earlier entry, this [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:44-09:00June 25th, 2011|Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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Notes From the Road, Day Two – Is Alaska Losing or Has It Lost Its Competitive Edge?

  Notes From The Road, Day Two: Williston to Bismarck by Dave Harbour Comment:  In the stories below, one is left shaking one's head.  The Alaska State Senate has refused to support Governor Sean Parnell's call for tax reform leading to more oil and gas investment on state lands.  At the same time, Alaska's U.S. Senators are calling for the Administration to improve a sour federal land investment climate steming from restrictive regulatory policies.  The adult in the room wants to say, why don't the state and federal decision makers [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:44-09:00June 24th, 2011|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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Notes From the Road, Day One – N.D. Reminds Me Of What America/Alaska Used To Be, Still Could Be — We Should Seek Balance

Dan Joling of the AP reports Alaska officials are Thrilled with Cook Inlet Lease Sale.  Could this be light at the end of a slow-development tunnel--or a sign that producers now believe the Regulatory Commission of Alaska will not unreasonably disapprove gas sales agreements to utilities as it did in 2006-7?  -dh Help Alaska Continue To Produce Energy For the Country While Invigorating the National Economy! Notes From the Road, Day 1: Bismarck to Williston by Dave Harbour Yesterday, I was visiting oil industry folks in Bismarck, and today am [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:44-09:00June 23rd, 2011|Commentary, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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IOGCC Endorses Robust and Safe Alaska OCS Programs – Persily and McLeod Discussion Thursday

TODAY:  Reminder for US Readers to Protect America's Economy and Alaska's Future: Please Comment Today On The Chukchi Sea Exploration Program That Will Prevent Importation of Billions of Barrels of Foreign Oil and Create Tens of Thousands Of American Jobs.  -dh YESTERDAY: We admire the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission -- representing all of America's oil and gas producing states -- and a majority of the country's governors, for supporting a robust and safe Alaska OCS development program!  -dh THURSDAY: Larry Persily (NGP Photo-l) and Northwest Territories Minister Bob McLeod (NGP   Photo) will [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:45-09:00June 21st, 2011|Personal|0 Comments
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