9-21-15

Governor Bill Walker (NGP Photo) wrapped up his final day of meetings to discuss Alaska’s liquefied natural gas potential to prospective customers in Japan.  More from Office of the Governor. ADN Op-Ed by Paul Jenkins.  ... While Gov. Bill Walker was off doing whatever he was doing last week in Japan -- ostensibly trying to peddle Alaska liquefied natural gas he does not own -- he left a fuse smoldering here.  ...  Walker has a penchant for tossing monkey wrenches. He wanted to expand the $10 billion Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:01-09:00September 21st, 2015|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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9-20-15

Comment:  Peninsula Clarion by Rashah McChesney.   It was a friendly gathering, but Alaska LNG project representatives found themselves in the hot seat on Thursday during the first of two informal community meetings planned in Nikiski. For two hours, community stakeholder adviser Josselyn O’Connor and socioeconomic adviser Mark Jennings fielded questions ranging from  Yesterday's Forum On Alaska's Fiscal and Economic Future verified that Alaska has no consensus for avoiding the fiscal cliff. Alaska's future is the product of its own decisions, and that future looks dire. Only exceptional leadership can [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:01-09:00September 20th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, LNG|0 Comments
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9-19-15

Globe and Mail, by OSAMU TSUKIMORI.  Alaska could pay $70-million (U.S.) to $100-million for TransCanada’s 25 per cent stake in the midstream and upstream sectors of the proposed Alaska liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, Governor Bill Walker said on Thursday. Walker has recommended to legislators that the U.S. state should buy the stake, adding to a similar stake in a planned liquefaction plant and giving it a quarter share of the giant 20 million tonnes per annum export project.  More....

By |2016-03-13T03:55:25-09:00September 19th, 2015|LNG|0 Comments
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9-18-15 “Who’s On First?”

Petroleum News.  With Premier Christy Clark at the helm, the British Columbia government entered a two-day summit on Sept. 9 with about 500 First Nations leaders hoping to bridge the chasm on future economic, social and legal relations. Walker Returns to Japan To Market Gas He Does Not Control (But Japanese hospitality is so impressive!) Alert: Alaskans Concerned about a nearly 50% gap between state income and spending should attend Tomorrow's Forum On Alaska's Fiscal and Economic Future!  Here's the program and here's how to watch live. For additional reference, [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:01-09:00September 18th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Alaskanomics, Arctic Policy, Commentary|0 Comments
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9-16-15

  Today's relevant energy links from Consumer Energy Alliance: Dave, I’ve been meaning to tell you for a long time that your website is a great source of information on what is happening in the industry in our part of the world. - Tom Brennan (NGP Photo, autographing his book, Snowflake Rebellion) Bloomberg Business: New Yorkers Reap Lower Power Bills From Shale Gas Bonanza The shale boom has reached the Big Apple. Wholesale on-peak electricity prices for Manhattan and its four neighboring boroughs averaged $40.99 a megawatt-hour since the start of [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:01-09:00September 16th, 2015|Reader Comment|0 Comments
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9-15-15 “Tell It Like It Is”

Yesterday: LNG Prospects Lower.  Now: Hawaii, NOT a Prospective Customer For BC and Alaska Yes, Low Oil Prices Also Affect Service Industries and Their Thousands of Employees and Sub Contractors! EPA Alert Calgary's New "Tell It Like It Is Leader" Big OCS News Today: New Moratorium! Reader Commentary, Below, and Our Reaction Commentary, "Telling it like it is" carries with it a responsibility for diligence and judgment: We are honored to receive so many calls and emails every week, over many years, from readers throughout the world.  We hardly ever make [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:01-09:00September 15th, 2015|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Reader Comment, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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9-14-15 LNG Prospects Fading

See Sunday's TAPS Pioneer Op-Ed by Dave Haugen (NGP Photo-L) *     *    * Anchodrage Daily Planet, "Dealing with a $3.5 billion deficit", by Tom Brennan (NGP Photo) ALASKAN PIPE & LNG POLITICS / ECONOMICS.  ADN.  In a tense marathon meeting that one lawmaker likened to an “inquisition,” Republican legislators blasted the state’s gas line team after learning that a lack of agreement between the state and its partners in the massive Alaska LNG project may preclude a special session this fall, possibly leading to costly delays.    CANADIAN PIPE & LNG [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:01-09:00September 14th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Alaskanomics, Interior Energy Project (IEP), Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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9-13-15 Gas Pipeline Pioneer Haugen Pioneered Oil Pipe Too

Washington Examiner Op-Ed by David Haugen (NGP Photo) I am proud of my role in shaping Alaskan oil and gas development since the 1970s and in helping to produce "Pipeline Pioneers," a new film series available at arcticopportunity.org about the people who helped build one of the country's greatest and most critical engineering landmarks — the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS). The series depicts TAPS through my eyes and those of four other Alaska pioneers — Dave Norton, Scott Harter, Kathleen Dalton and state representative Benjamin Nageak. Since its construction in the 1970s, [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:55:25-09:00September 13th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Alaskanomics, Arctic Policy|0 Comments
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9-10-15 Once again–you read it here first!

We love the Energy Producing States Coalition's advocacy for domestic energy and join the group in welcoming a new legislative member, Pennsylvania's Representative Pam Snyder (Photo).  -dh Calgary Herald, by Geoffrey Morgan.Suncor Energy Inc.’s Steve Williams blasted the “stupidity” of pipeline politics in the U.S. and Canada.... Our Readers will be interested in Tom Brennan's (NGP Photo) Sunday, Anchorage Daily Planet review of the role Exxon, ARCO, Tom, Hank Rosenthal and others -- including your author -- played in Alaska Waterfowl enhancement policies of the 1970s and 80s.  -dh Exxon CEO Rex [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:02-09:00September 10th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, LNG, Reader Comment, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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9-9-15

ADN.  Alaska Gov. Bill Walker’s administration plans to propose reducing the state’s $600 million oil and gas tax credit program, cutting back on breaks to industry that are no longer needed, Revenue Commissioner Randy Hoffbeck said Tuesday. In a meeting in Anchorage of a state Senate working group on tax credits, Hoffbeck told assembled lawmakers and industry representatives that state payments aimed at reviving a flagging natural gas industry in Cook Inlet had worked. There are no longer fears of a shortage in Anchorage and elsewhere in Southcentral Alaska, he [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:56:31-09:00September 9th, 2015|Alaska Taxes|0 Comments
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9-8-15 ConocoPhillips Plans New NPR Well Sites

Important Tax Credit Hearing Occuring Today In Alaska: Details Here Larry Persily's relevant energy links Juneau Empire Op-Ed by Caroline Higgins (NGP Photo).   Last week, Alaskans welcomed President Obama to our state.   ...opportunity to let the world know how we Alaskans feel about developing our plentiful natural resources.... Here is the perspective we Alaskans need to remember and share: Alaskans support resource development in huge numbers. Just last year, Consumer Energy Alliance surveyed Alaskans for their views on offshore oil and gas drilling in the Arctic. They found that [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:02-09:00September 8th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Commentary|0 Comments
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9-7-15 BLM Cleanup Progress: Thanks to an Alaska Senator and Chairman of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission

BLM completes Cape Simpson cleanup work - 09/06/2015 (Login to read Full story) The federal Bureau of Land Management said Sept. 1 that it has completed cleanup of Cape Simpson legacy well sites in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. BLM said it facilitated removal of surface debris through an inter-agency agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The corps contracte.... Read the 'rest of the story', beginning in 2012 and long before....  -dh

By |2016-03-13T03:56:31-09:00September 8th, 2015|Federal Obstruction, Federal Progress|0 Comments
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9-3-15 Shell’s Arctic Exploration Bodes Well For Alaska!

What’s at stake for Alaska in Shell’s Arctic drilling program?   Reader Op-Ed By Paul Fuhs (NGP Photo) A lot has been said by many people about Shell’s Arctic drilling program but I have yet to see a real analysis of what it would mean for Alaska and our people. Some have said :  “Well, it is in Federal waters so we won’t get anything out of it.”  I just don’t believe that is true.  Here are some of the direct benefits we will receive if Shell is successful in [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:02-09:00September 3rd, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Arctic Policy|0 Comments
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9-1-15 President Obama Visits Alaska

See a broad array of Presidental visit news and feature items in today's (9-1-15) Alaska Dispatch News Comment: President Barack Obama dined last night at the Anchorage home of Alaska Dispatch Publisher Alice Rogoff (NGP Photo).  We hope that in addition to climate change issues, Alaska's major publisher was able to also discuss other matters.  Read other national and international news accounts of President Obama's Alaska visit, here.   We provided additional links, yesterday, here. Alaska's dependence and constitutional reliance on natural resources largely rest upon Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) sustainability. [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:02-09:00September 1st, 2015|Arctic Policy, Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Federal Progress|0 Comments
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8-31-15

As President Barak Obama begins his Alaska visit today, we bring readers these observations from our energy consultant friends...and others (i.e. ADN, NYT, CNN, NPR, CBS, Reuters, USA Today (Note: "Climate Change" overtakes energy as focus of trip...consistent with the Obama policy of elevating climate change as top 'national security' priority.  -dh) Our great Aussie energy consultant friend begins the week with this observation, beginning with news of an ENI natural gas discovery in Egyptian waters, almost equal to the 35 TCF of stranded Alaska North Slope gas. Italian oil and gas giant ENI [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:02-09:00August 31st, 2015|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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