5-5-15 – Corruption In China’s State Run Oil Patch – Seattle Picks An Energy Fight With Alaska!

Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee TODAY Releases the Majority's Priorities (Videos) Chinese Corruption And An Alaskan Irony Van Meurs Hosts A June Shallow Water Leasing Workshop In Mexico City TODAY's Consumer Energy Alliance relevant energy news links! Seattle Is A Nest Of Alaska Friends and Critics by Dave Harbour  Associated Press: Seattle Mayor Ed Murray: Port needs new permit to host Shell's offshore Arctic drilling fleet Mayor Ed Murray threw a wrench into plans for a 400-foot oil-drilling rig to arrive in Seattle when he announced Monday that the Port of Seattle [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:22-09:00May 5th, 2015|Arctic Policy, Commentary, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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5-4-15 Never Again

"Never Again" by Dave Harbour Thirty years ago President Ronald Reagan visited the Holocaust Memorial at the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp in Germany. He spoke (Note: See video, after brief ad) of unspeakable crimes against humanity and asked his audience to resolve, "Never Again". Switch now to a fanciful world that is present day America.  Citizens focus on leading normal lives while abnormal world events portend tragedy, including: Rising Islamic terrorism, both domestic and worldwide emasculates the argument that Islam is a religion of peace and specifically targets America North Korean nuclear threats  Dangerous disputes [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:22-09:00May 4th, 2015|Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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4-29-15 Shell’s Deadline Approaches

Our Friends at the Alliance note that this Friday, May 1st is the deadline for comments on Shell’s Revised Exploration Plan (EP) for the Chukchi Sea. The EP can be found on The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) website at: www.boem.gov/shell-chukchi/ Comments are only accepted and considered by BOEM if they are submitted through the federal eRulemaking Portal. Click here to use the Portal. Points to consider for our comments: Shell’s revised Exploration Plan is complete and fully addresses all of the major activities associated with offshore exploration in the [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:52:56-09:00April 29th, 2015|Arctic Policy|0 Comments
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4-28-15

AP by Dan Joling.  A federal judge (today) will consider a request by Royal Dutch Shell PLC for an injunction against illegal boarding of Arctic-bound drilling equipment by activists from Greenpeace Inc.  (We reasonably expect the judge to provide Shell with the injunction; this action would demonstrate judicial support for the rule of law and against lawless behavior disguised as 'protest'.  -dh) Legislative Special Session Called Posted: 28 Apr 2015 12:22 PM PDT The Legislature adjourned yesterday, but the Governor called a special session to address Medicaid and the unresolved [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:22-09:00April 28th, 2015|Arctic Policy|0 Comments
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4-23-15 US Administration Should Emulate Canadian Regulatory System

ExxonMobil's Rex Tillerson Compliments Canadian Regulatory System, Chastises U.S. Administration (i.e. ...with good reason, as we have documented herein.   We would also observe that many U.S. and many Canadian decisions affect citizens of the other country, their economy and their very lives.  Therefore, as each others' largest trading partner, we should always be aware that our decisions encompass much more than simply "our" economy or "our" politics.  Tillerson is right.  From personal knowledge we are very familiar with NEB and FERC energy regulatory systems along with state and provincial systems.  Sometimes the US [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:22-09:00April 23rd, 2015|Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Keystone XL|0 Comments
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4-19-15 Pipeline Right of Way Bill Passes

Governor Bill Walker today applauded the House and Senate for passing his Gas Pipeline Right-of-Way bill with unanimous support. Once signed into law, SB70 will authorize the issuance of a right-of-way lease for a natural gas pipeline through a corridor in the Denali State Park, Willow Creek, Nancy Lake, and Captain Cook State Recreation Areas. “I want to thank the legislature today for passing this important piece of legislation,” said Governor Walker. “This right-of-way is a necessary component to building a future natural gas pipeline in Alaska. By setting the [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:22-09:00April 22nd, 2015|AGDC|0 Comments
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4-22-15 AGDC Lets Alaska Gas Pipeline Material and Weld Qualification Contract

KTUU News.  Disagreements over the state's operating budget continue to keep lawmakers in Juneau past the 90-day session.  Members of the Senate Finance Committee spoke out Tuesday for the first time since the session was extended Sunday night.                                                                                 "The cavalry of funding not coming over the hill to rescue us -- we don't have the money," said Senate Finance Co-Chairman Pete Kelly (Video File Photo).  More with video.... World Pipelines.  Exova, the global testing, calibration and advisory services provider, has been contracted by the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) to provide [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:52:55-09:00April 22nd, 2015|AGDC|0 Comments
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4-21-15

Fox Business News.   Gov. Bill Walker vetoed legislation Friday that sought to temporarily restrict participation of a state-sponsored corporation in an alternate gas pipeline project that he proposed.

By |2016-03-13T03:52:55-09:00April 21st, 2015|LNG|0 Comments
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4-20-15 Could Alaska’s Governor Be An Alaska Gasline Obstacle?I

KTUU Opinion by Senator John Coghill (NGP Photo).   Respectfully, Gov. Bill Walker, with the best of intentions, has proposed “up-sizing” the Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline project, ASAP, as leverage for prospective negotiations with producers in the Alaska liquefied natural gas project, AKLNG. On its face that “sounds good.” Unfortunately, up-sizing ASAP may result in significant negative consequences. As we listened to testimony this session, a few themes developed: 1. the State, if Governor Walker continues on his path, may itself become a “risk factor” for alignment with AKLNG, and 2. if the [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:52:55-09:00April 20th, 2015|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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4-17-15 Will Excessive Pride Hinder Governor Walker’s Ability to Succeed?

Sen. Murkowski: Iran Oil Could Hurt U.S. Production if Prohibition on Exporting Domestic Crude Oil isn’t Lifted Restrictions on U.S. Oil Trade Amount to “Domestic Sanctions” Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today drew attention to the potential impact that ending sanctions against Iran could have on U.S. production if the outdated prohibition on exporting domestic crude oil is not also lifted. Click to view video Will Excessive Pride Hinder Governor Walker's Ability to Succeed? by Dave Harbour On February 25, we expressed optimism that Alaska's new, "'All Alaska' [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:22-09:00April 17th, 2015|Commentary, Interior Energy Project (IEP), Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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4-14-15

LEGISLATIVE NEWS RELEASE: New Bills Seek Savings for Electricity Along Railbelt SB105 and HB187 would create the Railbelt Electric Transmission Authority FROM ALASKANOMICS:  Update on the Alaska LNG Project- Anchorage Make it Monday Forum Posted: 13 Apr 2015 04:16 PM PDT The companies working on the Alaska LNG project are working hard to keep the project rolling through the next stage. In the summer of 2015, there will be continuing fieldwork as the project prepares for the Environmental Impact Study (EIS). The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will conduct one [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:23-09:00April 14th, 2015|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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4-13-15

Juneau Empire/AP by Mark Thiessen.  The federal government began the review process Friday on Royal Dutch Shell’s plans to continue a drilling program it halted in 2012 in Arctic waters off Alaska’s northern shore. Today's relevant energy links from Consumer Energy Alliance:  Carteret County News-Times: Hearing focuses on seismic testing (working story) The N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources has heard from a variety of people on proposals to conduct seismic surveys off the coast of North Carolina. Seismic surveys are a method of searching for offshore oil and gas deposits. [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:23-09:00April 13th, 2015|OCS|0 Comments
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4-7-15 Gasline Confirmations Today

  Calgary Herald by Stephen Ewart.  Record oil production, increasingly complex energy transportation issues and unprecedented public engagement aren’t enough to prevent a nearly 25 per cent cut to the budget and large reduction in staff at the National Energy Board over the next two years. News of the “operational realities” confronting the NEB — which will mean 73 fewer employees — emerged late last week with release of its 2015-16 Report on Plans and Priorities. The reason for the drop-off in funding is easily explained.(More) KTOO.  The Senate Finance Committee plans confirmation hearings for Gov. Bill Walker’s appointees to the Alaska [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:23-09:00April 7th, 2015|Federal Obstruction, Interior Energy Project (IEP), Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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4-3-15 Gas Line Collision

Our Great Concerns With Walker's Policies AJOC by Tim Bradner  With about two weeks left on the clock, the 2015 session of the Legislature seems set to end with a big bang. A collision is shaping up between legislators and Gov. Bill Walker (NGP Photo) over the governor’s vision of a large state-led gas pipeline.     Notes from the road (Reference Bradner Commentary Above): We have little time to write while traveling (Today in L.A. on the way to Anchorage).  We do note that as the Alaska legislative session comes to [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:52:56-09:00April 3rd, 2015|Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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