1-25-2015 REPORT ALERT: Federal Government Makes Economic War On Alaska and All American Consumers

      (NGP Photos, Left to right: Governor Bill Walker, Senator Lisa Murkowski, Senator Dan Sullivan, Congressman Don Young) REPORT ALERT: Federal Government Makes Economic War On Alaska and All American Consumers BY Dave Harbour ​While Alaskans have a right to be outraged that their statehood birthright and economic future are now threatened, AMERICAN CONSUMERS EVERYWHERE will feel the pain as this Administration continues to violate the spirit and fact of due process and threatens the very rule of law protecting every citizen.   Today, Robert Dillon of Senator Lisa Murkowski's Energy Committee office [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:37-09:00January 25th, 2015|ANWR, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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1-25-15, Sunday

Points of personal privilege: on this beautiful Sunday, we note the following personal items and leave you witha poetic prayer. 1.  Kudos to all but a big hug and kiss to Nancy for a career of accomplishment far above and beyond any call of duty! -dh From the Arctic Sounder: 'Last week seven directors of various nonprofits in the state were awarded a six-month break through the Rasmuson Foundation Sabbatical Program. The recipients come from five communities across the state and include professionals in arts, and health and social services. "Among [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:37-09:00January 25th, 2015|Personal|0 Comments
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1-22-15 White House Issues Arctic Executive Order

This afternoon, Alaska's newest US Senator spoke out on yesterday's Presidential Executive Order. On Thursday — just three weeks into the new year — the U.S. Senate chamber is set to surpass last year’s total of 15 amendment votes, thanks to a flurry of voting centered almost entirely on the Keystone XL pipeline.   Read more.... What happened to Alaska? Saudi.... CBC.  Irving Oil Ltd. is facing more questions about its use of a pipeline that was built on the property designated for the Canaport LNG facility.  Saint John struck a 25-year [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:37-09:00January 22nd, 2015|Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Government Waste, LNG|0 Comments
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1-21-15 US News Commentator Worries Walker Will Create Uncertainty

  Calgary Herald by Dan Healing.  Oil services company Baker Hughes Inc. will lay off about 7,000 workers — likely including hundreds in Canada — as it prepares for a downturn in orders because of the plunge in crude prices, the company said Tuesday.  The layoffs represent about an 11 per cent cut to the 62,000-plus workers Baker Hughes says it employs worldwide.  Company spokeswoman Melanie Kania said....  Read more. Is Governor Walker Creating An Uncertain Investment Climate? US News by John Burnett.  In recent weeks, the state’s newly elected governor, Bill Walker, has said and done [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:37-09:00January 21st, 2015|Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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1-20-15 Highlights

Today we focus on northern energy highlights so that readers can join us in appreciating the bigger picture and how each of our own special interests is framed within it.  (Send us your comments and go here for yesterday's related commentary.   -dh  Today, we would add these comments to the observations in yesterday's essay: Thanks to Dr. Scott Goldsmith (NGP Photo) and the diligent professionals at the institute of Social and Economic Research, we present this simple economic model/game.​  Our readers can change the assumptions to derive their own results and [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:37-09:00January 20th, 2015|Commentary|0 Comments
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1-19-15 Optimism Amid Challenges

Essay: Maintaining Optimism In A Challenging Environment An essay to assist both Alaska citizens and our thousands of readers abroad in understanding the critical circumstances now confronting the 49th state. By Dave Harbour (Send us your comments, and scroll up for tomorrow's related commentary!) America invented the term, “Keep a stiff upper lip”, exactly two hundred years ago in a book entitled, "Massachusetts Spy".  The Brits adopted the term and now oil producers throughout the world are repeating it to stay calm in the face of what may be a prolonged period of [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:38-09:00January 19th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, LNG|0 Comments
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1-16-15 BP to cut more jobs in response to continuing, low oil prices

Caution:  We would urge our Arctic oriented readers to carefully follow this BSEE Arctic/General OCS Research Plan, for if contracts are given to organizations or professors that are predisposed to be agenda driven, the results may be less than scientific, less than objective.  In short, one hopes we can avoid the situation wherein a Federal Administration sells leases, then does everything in its power to nullify action--at considerable expense to leaseholders and consumers.  -dh   But hold on....  Bradner has an update for this story. Alaska Attorney General Craig Richards ... said [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:38-09:00January 16th, 2015|Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Interstate Gas, Keystone XL|0 Comments
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1-14-15

Forbes by Brigham A. McCown.  The recent free-fall of crude oil prices has affected markets across the globe. Energy companies have responded by scaling back investments as their available capital shrinks. In British Columbia, delays are hampering the Pacific Northwest LNG project. Likewise, in Texas, a liquefaction project has been suspended off its coast by Excelerate Energy. Yet, meanwhile, Alaska is moving forward on an ambitious infrastructure project to develop and export its North Slope gas reserves.   The right hand column is undergoing construction and will be visible soon.  -dh

By |2016-03-13T03:41:25-09:00January 14th, 2015|Interstate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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1-13-15 Why Is ‘Climate Change/Global Warming’ Important To Energy Producers?

Alaska budget and gasline Comments, ADN by Tim Bradner (NGP Photo).    I have sympathy for new Gov. Bill Walker walking into this.  So far — with one exception — Walker’s actions have been quite reasoned. He prudently ordered a stop to unobligated spending on several high-profile state development projects and put off submitting a revised state budget until January to allow his team to develop a plan. Note to readers and public service advertisers:  the right hand column normally appearing here is being reconstructed.  Thank you for your patience.  -dh [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:38-09:00January 13th, 2015|Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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1-12-15 KEYSTONE GAINS SUPPORT (SCROLL DOWN FOR SATURDAY’S PRENTICE STORY)

Responding To The Oil Price 'Crisis' Commentary:   While consumers rejoice, low oil prices cause "crises" to those governments and economies that are highly dependent on a high price for the volatile oil & gas commodities they produce. It may be instructive for decision makers in Alaska and Alberta, for example, to observe -- as they develop their own creative solutions -- ideas from abroad. Here is what the Ecuador’s Vice President Jorge Glas said yesterday in a Radio announcement about that country's dependence on falling oil prices (See our earlier story [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:38-09:00January 12th, 2015|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Keystone XL|0 Comments
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1-11-15 Governor Orders Public Disclosure For Sensitive\Confidential Industry Interactions

Houston Chronicle.  The board of the state corporation expected to be a key player in efforts to advance a major liquefied natural gas project in Alaska is trying to determine how it can operate if members do not sign confidentiality agreements.  ...  Dan Fauske (NGP Photo), president of the gas-line corporation, also known as AGDC, said a confidentiality pledge is needed because information is shared between the two gas-line projects being pursued by AGDC — the liquefied natural gas project and a stand-alone in-state gas pipeline — to reduce costs. [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:40:49-09:00January 11th, 2015|AGDC|0 Comments
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1-10-14 Premier Jim Prentice Keeps Keystone XL At Top Of Agenda

Calgary Sun.  Statement from Premier Jim Prentice (NGP Photo) on the Nebraska Supreme Court ruling Premier Jim Prentice issued the following statement after the Nebraska Supreme Court upheld a state law granting the governor the authority to approve the Keystone XL route through the state: “Today’s ruling in Nebraska clears the path for approving the Keystone XL pipeline. “This ruling clarifies the regulatory process in Nebraska allowing the State Department to proceed with the Presidential Permit for the cross-border portion of the pipeline based on its own findings. The facts support [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:38-09:00January 10th, 2015|Federal Obstruction, Keystone XL|0 Comments
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1-9-15 Will The Keystone XL Ever Be Built?

Today is the Alliance's Meet Alaska Conference in Anchorage Will The Keystone XL Ever Be Built? (See Senator Murkowski's Release Today) by James R. Halloran, Independent Energy Analyst Most of the readers know we deal with trends, not forecasts. We have only made three forecasts that involved “a rate and a date” in fifteen years; our record is 2-1, and would be perfect if natural gas had moved $0.10 higher in 2013. However, we have gone out on a bit of a limb with two forecasts recently. The first one is well known:The [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:38-09:00January 9th, 2015|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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11-7-14 Alaska Governor Acts On Gasline And Legislators React – President Makes Preemptive Attack On Keystone XL

See Our Earlier Commentary: "Is Alaska Beginning A New Year Of Accomplishment or Acrimony?" (Other references) ADN by Dermot Cole.  Gov. Bill Walker (NGP Photo) took a major step toward revising the way the state is dealing with a proposed gas pipeline by removing three members of the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. board and instructing two commissioners not to sign a secrecy pledge proposed by the Parnell administration. (Comment: We do not know enough about all the circumstances to comment on the rightness or wrongness of the Governor's action or legislative reactions.  We do [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:38-09:00January 7th, 2015|AGDC, Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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1-6-14 BP Is Major Alaskan Investor and America’s Largest Energy Investor

We have a new report this morning that: "BP contributes $143 billion to the U.S. economy and supports nearly 220,000 jobs".  In that report, BP America's Chairman and President John Mingé (NGP Photo) writes of Alaska that, " We are spending heavily to continue developing the giant Prudhoe Bay field after selling interests in four other Alaska fields.  We also are working to advance the Alaska LNG project, which will help transport North Slope gas to global markets. Alaska voters supported these efforts by keeping in place a historic tax reform measure [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:38-09:00January 6th, 2015|You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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