7-25-17 While we are away on assignment…

...there's this, from our friend, Pedro van Meurs: ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, DESIGN AND MODELLING OF PETROLEUM FISCAL SYSTEMS London, UK December 4 - 6, 2017   NEW COURSE: ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, DESIGN AND MODELLING OF PETROLEUM FISCAL SYSTEMS Pedro van Meurs (l). Northern Gas Pipelines photo with publisher (r) This is to announce that a new 3-day computer inter-active course Economic Analysis, Design and Modelling of Petroleum Fiscal Systems is scheduled to take place in London on 4-6 December 2017.   The course is developed by Van Meurs Corporation and will be held in [...]

By |2017-07-26T06:15:08-09:00July 25th, 2017|Alaska Taxes, Competition, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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7-21-17 We bet that of our NEB and Energy Committee stories most of our readers, “first saw it here”!

As we work on an assignment today, we wish our readers a personally fulfilling weekend!           -dh Judge rules that NEB must reconsider BC natural gas pipeline jurisdiction  CBC.ca   A Federal Court of Appeal judge has ruled the National Energy Board must reconsider whether a proposed TransCanada Corp. natural gas pipeline in ... Will US sell hundreds of millions of barrels of oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve? Committee Reviews Key Interior and Energy Nominees  Murkowski Plans to Use Extra Weeks of August Session to Push for Timely [...]

By |2017-07-21T12:20:06-09:00July 21st, 2017|You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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7-20-17 TODAY IN CONGRESS. MONDAY TAPS. A WORKABLE ALASKA GTL SCHEME?

Murkowski Welcomes Nomination of Joe Balash for Key Role at Interior Members Discuss Bills to Bring Much Needed Reforms to the Endangered Species Act Varcoe: New BC energy minister faced with rekindling Canada's bold LNG dream Prospects For Exporting Alaska LNG?  Reference: U.S. LNG exporters could lose money for years, analysts say, Price competition holding back Canada’s LNG export hopes, Exxon drops plans to develop 46 tcf gas field offshore Indonesia (Links from Larry Persily) Is Gas To Liquids In Alaska's Future (Scroll down)? TODAY: HOUSE COMMITTEE MOVES TO IMPROVE MINING [...]

By |2017-07-20T10:10:36-09:00July 20th, 2017|AGDC, Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Alaskanomics, Commentary, Competition, Federal Progress, Global Warming, LNG, TAPS and North Slope Oil|0 Comments
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7-19-17 What Do Alaska & Ecuador Have In Common … Besides Our Vacation Home In Cuenca, High In The Andes?

Alaska Oil Production = Ecuador's (+/-) Ecuador, Courtesy: BBC Alaska Petroleum, courtesy USGS Note that while Alaska was once the largest US oil producing state at over 2 million barrels/day, its Trans Alaska Pipeline System  (TAPS) is currently 3/4 empty.  Ecuador, a small OPEC producer taps from its reserves about the same as Alaska now produces, a little over 500k barrels/day. This WALL STREET JOURNAL story attracted the attention of our Mid-Atlantic energy analyst friend in his commentary below, which should interest our US and Canadian [...]

By |2017-07-19T12:15:48-09:00July 19th, 2017|Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Alaskanomics, Arctic Policy, Commentary, Competition, Federal Progress|0 Comments
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7-18-17 Today in Congress it’s “all about Alaska”!

Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing on onshore oil and gas development in Alaska. Panel members highlighted the many benefits for Alaska and the Lower 48 if the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) were opened for responsible exploration and development. “Energy development in the State of Alaska is a key component of achieving American energy independence. Enabling new opportunities for exploration and development, especially in the NPR-A and in ANWR, will create thousands of good jobs [and] [...]

By |2017-07-18T14:02:14-09:00July 18th, 2017|Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Alaskanomics, ANWR, Arctic Policy, Commentary, Federal Progress, NPR-A|0 Comments
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7-17-17 Having A Competent Governor Is Critical To 1) Balancing the Budget, and 2) Attracting Investment & Jobs

7-17-17 = WHAT A LUCKY DATE TO ANNOUNCE A GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDACY -- FOR A PRO-FREE ENTERPRISE, PRO NATURAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, PRO FAMILY, PRO DISCIPLINED GOVERNMENT SPENDING LEADER WITH EXTRAORDINARY SKILLS AND COURAGE! Mike Dunleavy files for governor  Suzanne Downing  July 17, 2017  Alaska News, Politics  8 Comments Senator Mike Dunleavy, Candidate for Governor of Alaska Sen. Mike Dunleavy of Wasilla filed a letter of intent with the Alaska Public Offices Commission today to run for governor. He is a Republican. Dunleavy, who represents District E, left the Republican caucus earlier this spring after breaking with [...]

By |2017-07-18T09:22:11-09:00July 17th, 2017|Alaska Taxes, Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Alaskanomics, Arctic Policy, Commentary, Competition, Control Government Spending, LNG, OCS|0 Comments
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7-12-17 EPA Returns Rule Of Law To Pebble Partnership – BOEM ‘Conditionally’ Approves Eni’s Beaufort Sea Exploration Plan

Today we provide readers with this breaking announcement from the Pebble Partnership.  We believe this announcement, in reality, acknowledges that the rule of law has returned to Alaska natural resource projects in general.  See our editorial.  -dh EPA Withdrawal Notice A Welcome Return to Normal Permitting for Pebble Pebble Project's Alaska State Lease area The Pebble Partnership welcomed Tuesday's announcement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that is has initiated steps to withdraw its Proposed Determination restricting development at the Pebble Project. PLP CEO Tom Collier had the following [...]

By |2017-07-12T16:34:33-09:00July 12th, 2017|Alaskanomics, Arctic Policy, Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Federal Progress, Ocean Policy, OCS, Rule Of Law|0 Comments
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7-11-17 Congress Puts Alaska In The Spotlight

Subcommittee to Consider Ways to Develop Alaska’s Onshore Energy Resources FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 11, 2017 CONTACT: Parish Braden or Molly Block (202) 226-9019 Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at 2:00 PM in 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will hold an oversight hearing titled “Promoting Onshore Oil and Gas Development in Alaska.”  WHAT: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources oversight hearing “Promoting Onshore Oil and Gas Development in Alaska”  WHEN: Tuesday, July 18 2:00 PM WHERE: 1324 Longworth House Office Building  Visit the Committee Calendar for additional information once it is made [...]

By |2017-07-11T11:07:34-09:00July 11th, 2017|Alaskanomics, ANWR, Arctic Policy, Commentary, Energy Calendar Dates, Federal Progress, NPR-A, Ocean Policy, OCS, Pedro van Meurs|0 Comments
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7-10-17 Wind Energy Blowout Week

A Wind Update From our Mid-Atlantic energy analyst friend (i.e. who prefers to remain anonymous): Blowout week, batteries and offshore wind Don and Monica Kotowych at Grouse Mountain BC by Dave Harbour, IOGCC Meeting, 6-2-12 ...we link Euan Mearns’ Blowout Week collection of links to major energy articles from the past week, with a host of excerpts and links to many timely energy topics. The excerpt delivery approach follows our effort to pass along the basic part of a story quickly. This is perfect in our time-challenged society. http://euanmearns.com/blowout-week-184/ [...]

By |2017-07-11T11:32:56-09:00July 10th, 2017|Alternate Energy, Commentary, Competition, Crony Capitalism, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Global Warming, Pedro van Meurs|0 Comments
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7-9-17 Memos Won’t Get An Alaska Gas Pipeline

A Memo Does Not An Energy Project Make, according to Paul Jenkins who provides this viewpoint in an ADN op-ed piece this weekend.  -dh   Memo to: bla, bla, bla. Non committal. Bla, bla. With conditions. Bla, bla. If economically feasible. Bla, bla. We'd love to have Alaska gas under the right economic conditions. Bla, bla. Assuming pipeline/LNG tariff and taxes and producer prices are acceptable to us. Bla, bla....  "This project is Alaska's get well card," bla, bla.... Reading the breathless news that Korea Gas Corp. [...]

By |2017-07-08T11:25:01-09:00July 8th, 2017|LNG|0 Comments
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7-8-17 Secretary Acts To Reduce Regulatory Delay and Expedite Lease Sales

Murkowski: New Secretarial Order Will Help Reduce Permitting Delays Ryan Zinke. Northern Gas Pipelines file photo by Dave Harbour U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski. Northern Gas Pipelines file photo by Dave Harbour HOMER, AK - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following statement after Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke issued a Secretarial Order directing the Department to hold regular onshore oil and gas leasing sales and to reduce delays in the processing of Applications for Permits to Drill (APDs) “After years of bureaucratic delay that held back [...]

By |2017-07-08T10:48:22-09:00July 8th, 2017|Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Arctic Policy, Federal Progress|0 Comments
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7-6-17 President Trump Offered Poland Energy and Missile Defense Lifelines

Today President Trump announced to an admiring crowd in Warsaw that Poland should not be dependent upon a single source of energy.  As the President leaves Poland for Germany -- and a demanding G-20 summit -- he leaves behind a legacy of warm cooperation.   That legacy on the one hand includes Poland's continuing commitment to NATO and on the other hand a US commitment to provide an alternate fuel supply of LNG as well as a missile defence program.    See related stories below.  -dh  (Photo: President Trump in [...]

By |2017-07-06T12:12:40-09:00July 6th, 2017|Commentary, Federal Progress, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, NARUC, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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7-5-17 Energy Evolution Continues – North Korean Threat Approaches Climactic Conclusion

At 3 p.m. EST today we witnessed U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley's speech regarding the dangerous conditions evolving from North Korea's latest threatening missile test.  She offered the U.N. members a choice: act together to impose serious sanctions or expect the U.S. to act to defend itself.   Here for reference is a "Korea" speech we offered the Alaska World Affairs Council last October and a Washington Times Op-ed on Korea we provided last November.  -dh The Day After America's Fourth Of July, We Pray The Energy Evolution Continues In Freedom For [...]

By |2017-07-05T11:00:23-09:00July 5th, 2017|Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Alaskanomics, Canadian Energy Policy, Commentary|0 Comments
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6-28-17 RDC Annual Conference Attracts US Mining Leader

Commissioner Colette Honorable. Northern Gas Pipelines file photo by Dave Harbour U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski. Northern Gas Pipelines file photo by Dave Harbour Personal Commentary: Several years ago your publisher had the honor to serve as vice chairman of the NARUC (National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners) Gas Committee.  Also serving on the committee was Arkansas regulatory commissioner, Colette Honorable.  Colette has served the FERC, as Senator Murkowski notes below, with distinction.  She has also been a highly accomplished and congenial colleague and friend.  We [...]

By |2017-06-28T09:19:21-09:00June 28th, 2017|Commentary, Federal Progress, Personal|0 Comments
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6-26-17 More Detail On BP’s Global Energy Review

Continued Today From Our 6-19-17 Posting: BP’s Global Energy Review Damian Bilbao, BP Alaska Exploration, Inc., Global Energy Review 2017 Stay tuned for more on Damian Bilbao's presentations yesterday to the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce and the World Trade Center-Anchorage on BP's Statistical Review.    -dh Energy markets in transition: BP Statistical Review shows long-term shifts underway Strong oil demand and weaker supply growth rebalance oil markets; inventories continue to weigh on oil prices Energy mix shifting; rising renewable energy offsetting steep falls in coal use  Carbon [...]

By |2017-06-30T09:27:21-09:00June 26th, 2017|AGDC, AGIA, Alaska Governor Bill Walker, Alaska Taxes, Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Federal Progress, Fracking, Global Warming, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, TAPS and North Slope Oil, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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