Meet Chairman Caron at the Inuvik Petroleum Show If You Can! – Attend Federal Coordinator Conference on Future of Alaska – TransCanada Trades Pipeline Interest – Commentary: Some Alaska Lawmakers are Adroit

The Deadline Is Friday: For Protecting Public Use of the Oceans and Great Lakes.  Use This Webpage to Easily Comment by the Friday Deadline On Another Example Of Federal Overreach -- As Washington Bosses Seek To Zone (Restrict) Ocean Use. "Alaska's economy is overwhelmingly dependent on oil, and if Alaska is going to maintain a healthy economy years into the future it needs more oil and it also needs a gas line," said Federal Coordinator Larry Persily (NGP Photo-l). "Without billions of dollars in new investment, the longevity of the oil [...]

By |2016-03-13T04:03:44-09:00April 27th, 2011|Federal Coordinator, Federal Obstruction, NEB|0 Comments
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We Say “Strip EPA’s OCS Oversight” and Congress Is Listening – Calgary Debates Replacement for Jim Prentice

  Fox News via Alaska Standard, By Dan Springer.  Shell Oil Company has announced it must scrap efforts to drill for oil this summer in the Arctic Ocean off the northern coast of Alaska. The decision comes following a ruling by the EPA’s Environmental Appeals Board to withhold critical air permits. The move has angered some in Congress and triggered a flurry of legislation aimed at stripping the EPA of its oil drilling oversight.  Shell has spent five years and nearly $4 billion dollars on plans to explore for oil in the [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:54-09:00April 26th, 2011|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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Anchorage-Fairbanks Wind Farms Court Partners

ADN by Rosemary Shinohara.  In months of trying, backers of the Fire Island wind farm haven't been able to sign up any utilities as customers.  Jim Posey (NGP Photo), head of city-owned Municipal Light and Power, says ML&P can get a better deal elsewhere, even if it comes down to importing liquefied natural gas to spin its generator turbines.  Chugach Electric Association is seriously negotiating for a wind contract, say officials of Cook Inlet Region Inc., sponsor of the Fire Island project. Chugach officials, saying their negotiations are confidential, declined [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:57:26-09:00April 24th, 2011|Alternate Energy|0 Comments
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Happy Earth Day; and, Don’t Forget Energy Day 2011! – Feds Waste Money on Environmental Propaganda Program Kicking Off Today

From: fws-news-bounces@lists.fws.gov [mailto:fws-news-bounces@lists.fws.gov] On Behalf Of FWS News and Information Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 2:03 PM To: fws-news@lists.fws.gov Subject: [fws-news] The Climate of Conservation in America: 50 Stories in 50States **************************************************************  Contact: David Eisenhauer 703-358-2284 David_Eisenhauer@fws.gov The Climate of Conservation in America: 50 Stories in 50 States Starting this Earth Day, April 22, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will launch a series of 50 stories for 50 consecutive weekdays that will explore the many ways accelerating climate change is impacting or may impact fish and wildlife across America. No geographic region [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:54-09:00April 22nd, 2011|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Global Warming|0 Comments
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Exxon Joins ConocoPhillips and BP On Investment Climate Position

Last week, ConocoPhillips and BP leaders adopted investment climate/tax reform positions supporting passage of HB 110 in the Alaska legislature.  Our friend, Bill Brackin of ExxonMobil provides a copy of the position paper below, signed by EM Production Company President Rich Kruger (NGP Photo):                        UNITE FOR A BRIGHT ALASKAN FUTURE    Alaska remains full of opportunity and promise. From the very first     Native Alaskans to all the citizens who live and work in the state    today, Alaska's challenges have been met by those willing to look beyond    the [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:55-09:00April 21st, 2011|Alaska Taxes|0 Comments
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A Porsche at Prudhoe? – Kenai LNG Still Shipping to Japan – State Pays Exxon for Gasline Work – Southeast Alaska Plans Energy Conference

Regina Leader-Post by Howard J. Elmer.  A group of Italian Porsche enthusiasts dreamed up the trip I'm on right now. ... The trip they planned started in Vancouver, headed north to Whitehorse, where I've joined the tour; it will now carry on north to the edge of the continent at Deadhorse, Alaska, on Prudhoe Bay. That's the why of my trip. And which are the two closest towns to the beginning and end of this journey? Whitehorse and Deadhorse. I have to hope the names are simply a coincidence and not [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:55-09:00April 21st, 2011|AGIA|0 Comments
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State Senate Blocks Oil Tax Reform and Now Blocks The Budget

ADN by Sean Cockerham.  Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo-L) sent a letter to legislators blaming the Senate for the logjam. The governor's office then confirmed that Parnell is not going to negotiate with the Senate over what projects he may or may not veto. That closes what senators thought could be an exit out of the special session.  "Writing a letter like this is like throwing a bomb down the chimney," said Sitka Republican Sen.Bert Stedman (NGP Photo-R).  Stedman said Parnell earlier expressed openness to talking about projects and working out a deal. [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:55-09:00April 20th, 2011|Alaska Taxes, Commentary|0 Comments
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Senator Mark Begich Has The Right Idea But Beware the Potholes!

Commentary.  As reported in the The Alaska Dispatch today by Patti Epler, Senator Mark Begich is proposing legislation creating a Federal Coordinator to expedite Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) exploration and development in federal waters (S.843).  The model for this is not new, first designed as a "Federal Inspector" position with passage of the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Act of 1976, then recreated as a "Federal Coordinator" position in the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act of 2004.   -dh  When the concept first appeared we commented and, while we credit Senator Begich for [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:56-09:00April 19th, 2011|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Federal Progress|0 Comments
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Scott Hawkins Has It Right!

Our Canadian Friends face pro- and anti-development struggles in the North as well.  See this Globe and Mail Story by Nathan Vanderklippe. Commentary:  Our thanks to Alaska entrepreneur-economist Scott Hawkins for this summary of our current investment climate 'fix'.  Earlier this weekend I wrote the following comment in response to intrasigence of legislators bent on keeping their ill gotten gains at the expense of Alaska's future: "The Senate Fiddles While Rome Burns. Senators hurriedly constructed ACES in a month of chaos, but to modify it after years of proven failure [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:56-09:00April 18th, 2011|Alaska Taxes, Commentary|0 Comments
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Another Big Rally Yesterday For Tax Reform! – House Speaker Resists Senate Power Play

Here is Keith Silver's (NGP Photo-L) testimony to the Alaska Legislature about how he was laid off from his position on the North Slope.   He explains that it's not just his job that was lost.  North Slope investment losses trickle down to the support staff in Anchorage as well.   ADN by Richard Mauer.  In a lunchtime address and rally on Thursday billed by the Make Alaska Competitive Coalition as BP's chance to present "specific commitments" should the cuts pass, John Minge (NGP Photo-R) was short on details -- he [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:56-09:00April 15th, 2011|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Personal|0 Comments
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4-13-11 Monday, The State Senate President Argued For An Unsustainable Economy, Subsidized By Predatory Taxes…. Tuesday, Senators Agreed On An Unsustainable $3 billion in Capital Spending. Now, Legislators Want A New Building For Themselves

Three Comments: Alaska's Unsustainable Economy Is Based On Predatory Taxes And Wasteful Spending by Dave Harbour (See TransCanada's Newest Edition of "Update Magazine") Comment 1 of 3:  Here's a concept: a gasline can only materialize when the markets call for construction and when investors believe they will make a reasonable return on and of their investments.  Since the three major Alaska North Slope producers are the major potential gas pipeline investors, they must believe that their Alaskan assets are safe from unpredictable expropriation by Alaska through imposition of future, predatory tax policies. [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:57-09:00April 13th, 2011|ACES, Alaska Taxes, Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Commentary|0 Comments
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Senate President Supports High Oil Taxes – Tom Brennan Offers Economics 101 For Legislators Who Listen….

Comment:  Anchorage Daily Planet's Tom Brennan (NGP Photo) has offered the Alaska Senate an important lesson on Alaska oil investment economics 101.    We have already commented at length on the importance of moderating Alaska's predatory oil tax investment climate.  Senator Stevens' approach (below) is obviously to sqeeze every drop of blood possible out of today's turnip, leaving no incentive for investors that would sustain an economy for future generations of Alaskans.  Between Stevens' anti-investment climate position and Obama's job killing policies Alaska's economy this week is much closer to the [...]

By |2016-03-13T04:07:17-09:00April 12th, 2011|Alaska Taxes, Commentary|0 Comments
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Another Successful Rally for Tax Reform! – Continuing Our Photo Assignment: Fiesta San Antonio!

ADN by Richard Mauer.  The head of ConocoPhillips Phillips responded to critics of the governor's oil tax break Thursday, pledging to increase investments by up to $5 billion in existing North Slope fields if the new tax rules take effect. On special assignment this week to photograph Fiesta San Antonio, we realize this is the historic, 175th Anniversary of the Battle of the Alamo (NGP Photo).   Today, Texans "Remember the Alamo" in an inclusive sense, with all segments of the population celebrating the rich history of freedom and independence symbolized by the Alamo.  [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:57-09:00April 8th, 2011|Alaska Taxes|0 Comments
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