6-27-14 Walt Parker

Point of Personal Privilege.  Upon arriving at my first Alaskan Job with Alaska Methodist University in 1971 (i.e. now, APU), I was greeted warmly by a number of new friends.   One of those, was Walt Parker (NGP Photo, Circa. 2007), in whose company I spent hours discussing the future of Alaska, the relationship of Alaska's Constitutional principles to the state's prosperity, local land use planning in Anchorage, Alaska Native land claims and the importance of properly developing Alaska's natural resources. It is, therefore, with sadness for loss of his [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:54:16-09:00June 27th, 2014|Personal|0 Comments
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6-25-14 “This is Alaska’s time — and it feels like we’re back in the game” – ConocoPhillips Alaska President Trond-Erik Johansen

Resource Development Council for Alaska Report Below Publisher's Note: Our friend, Alaska Salmon Alliance Executive Director Arni Thomson (NGP Photo) provides us with this link to the Seattle Times: "North Dakota is booming, and its largest city has reinvented itself, attracting creative types and energetic entrepreneurs."   Recently, we pointed out that Alaska had the lowest domestic product gain of any state, during 2013...in sharp contrast to other oil producing states that are moving ahead of Alaska, including North Dakota, Texas and even California. Our friend from Senator Lisa Murkowski's Energy Committee Staff, Robert Dillon (NGP Photo), today [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:20-09:00June 25th, 2014|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Federal Progress, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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6-20-14 Happy Birthday To Prudhoe Bay!

AJC by Tim Bradner: Gov. Sean Parnell terminated TransCanada AGIA pipeline contract.  (Also see our report two days ago.  -dh) From Mail Online: Russian agents are secretly working with environmental campaigners to halt fracking operations in the UK and the rest of Europe, the head of Nato warned yesterday.  (Do we believe this effort does not extend to Canada and the Unites States?  -dh) Refer to the Federal Coordinator's new webpage for public information on the Alaska LNG Project.  -dh Prudhoe Bay and TAPS: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! EPA WARNING!!! Commentary by Dave Harbour [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:21-09:00June 20th, 2014|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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6-9-14 Young Republicans Sponsor Nonpartisan Oil Tax Forum

Calgary Herald by Stephen Ewart: Two pipelines, two countries: A waiting game without end Young Republicans Sponsor Open Meeting To Hear Experts Discuss Oil Tax Reform Report and Commentary (We remind our readers that since accuracy of our archives is of primary concern, we solicit factual additions/corrections and will quickly make necessary changes.  -dh) by Dave Harbour Last night at Anchorage's Loussac Library, Young Republicans had assembled a VIP Panel to brief the general public on an oil tax reform issue scheduled for a vote on Alaska's upcoming primary election ballot [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:21-09:00June 19th, 2014|Alaska Taxes, Commentary|0 Comments
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6-18-14 – Alaskan & Canadian Pipeline Projects Move Foreward

The Republic — Gov. Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) announced Tuesday that the state and TransCanada Corp. have formally ended their relationship under terms of the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act, clearing the way for a new partnership to pursue a major gas project. The development was expected, after the state, TransCanada, the North Slope's three major players and Alaska Gasline Development Corp. agreed to work together to pursue a liquefied natural gas project. State lawmakers earlier this year approved state participation in the mega-project, setting the stage for a new agreement [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:21-09:00June 18th, 2014|LNG|0 Comments
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6-17-14 Alaska Is Dead Last In Gross Domestic Product Gain In 2013 – Obama Moves To Zone Oceans

Today, Congressman Doc Hastings (NGP Photo) said, "...the Obama Administration has threatened to impose ocean zoning to shut down our oceans, and today the President is making good on that threat."  (We began updating readers on this threat of Executive Overreach years ago.  Scroll down to 'Current Event #4' , on this page.   Also see Washington Post News Alert which mentions involvement of White House Chief of Staff John Podesta, a leading player in the Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal.  -dh) Globe & Mail by Peter Tertzakian.  Rising instability may make $100-a-barrel oil seem [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:21-09:00June 17th, 2014|Alaska Taxes, Arctic Policy, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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6-16-14 Brooks Range Petroleum’s Alaska North Slope Progress!

Globe & Mail: The Harper government is set to announce a key decision on Enbridge Inc.’s politically charged Northern Gateway project.... (Shawn McCarthy) Leader-Post: "...high capital costs of building liquefied natural gas plants on British Columbia’s coast...." (Derrick Penner) ADN Commentary by Tim Bradner (NGP Photo):  "...the 'GTL' option may be another way to commercialize stranded gas on the North Slope." Today's Consumer Energy Alliance News Links Brooks Range Plans Mustang Development Production Within Two Years  by Dave Harbour ​Since accuracy of our archives has been our constant goal for over a decade, [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:22-09:00June 16th, 2014|Alaska Taxes|0 Comments
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6-12-14

Natural Gas Roundtable and Senate Natural Gas Caucus Luncheon Today, June 12th at the Hart Senate Office Building, Room SH-902. The invited speakers are: U.S. Sens. Mary L. Landrieu (D-La.), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) and John Barrasso (R-WY).  The Hill.  Chairwoman of the committee, Mary Landrieu, and her ranking member, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo), are discussing ways they might be able to swap President Obama's nominees to the nation's top energy regulatory commission.   Global Post/Canadian Press.  Alberta Tory leadership candidate Jim Prentice (NGP Photo) says he's the [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:22-09:00June 12th, 2014|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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6-11-14 LNG Exports Are In America’s National Interest

ADN -- A 13-pound, battery-powered drone catapulted from a Prudhoe Bay gravel pit on Sunday has become the first authorized commercial operation by an unmanned aircraft over land in the United States.  (See our breaking news alert from yesterday.) Our friend, Katy, of energycitizens.org, write us today that, "Recent events in Ukraine and other parts of the world have made it abundantly clear that the United States can no longer sit on the sidelines.  (See our related editorial.) "By increasing liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports", she writes, "we have an [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:22-09:00June 11th, 2014|LNG, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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6-10-14 Alaska Natives Support Oil Tax Reform

2:24 PM, ADT: You Read It Here First.  From Julie Hasquet at BP comes this breaking news:   "BP and AeroVironment are deploying an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS, BP Photo) technology at Prudhoe Bay, marking the first time (i.e. our emphasis added) the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted permission for UAS routine commercial services over land in the United States. "The UAS technology has potential to improve safety, efficiency and the reliability of BP’s Alaska North Slope infrastructure and maintenance programs. "BP’s vendor, AeroVironment, is performing high-accuracy land surveying and [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:22-09:00June 10th, 2014|Alaska Taxes, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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6-9-14 Polar Bears Are Cuddly and ‘Political Shenanigans’ Abound!

World Energy, by George Backwell.  ...a fraction of natural gas projects ... will become reality as high costs and weakening gas prices.... Alaska Dispatch, by Brigham McCown.   As political shenanigans continue to delay approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, Alaska voters hold the key to avoiding a similar fate for what could be North America’s largest pipeline project (i.e. Natural gas pipeline).   Washington Examiner by Mark Tapscott.  Another scientist has more bad news for global warming advocates who claim that Americans are killing Arctic Polar Bears....  *** Professor Matthew Cronin [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:22-09:00June 9th, 2014|Arctic Policy, Coastal Management, Global Warming, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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6-6-14 Alaska D-Day Energy Speech and CBC 70th Normandy Rememberance – Pedro van Meurs On Mexican Constitutional Amendments

Pedro van Meurs On Mexican Constitutional Amendments 70th Annual Remembrance Of The Normandy Invasion: D-Day by Dave Harbour We're now watching the Canadian Broadcast Corporation's 70th D-Day Anniversary remembrance online, here. Earlier this morning in Alaska, we heard former Anchorage Mayor George Wuerch (NGP Photo), a Marine veteran himself, give a moving address to the Alaska Miners Association in his role as Chairman of Veterans For Energy Security (Alaska Chapter). His speech title could, indeed, have been, "National Security Depends On Energy Security". Wuerch reminded the audience that the attack on Pearl Harbor (Your [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:23-09:00June 6th, 2014|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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6-5-14 Alaska North Slope Gas Conditioning Plant Challenges

Comment: We associate a current Governing Magazine article by Liz Farmer, below, with Matt Buxton's excellent News Miner review of Alaska gas pipeline project funding.   We have long alerted readers that with government participation in the traditional, private market comes an unintended list of future consequences to be faced by not only this, but future generations of public officials who had little or nothing to do with the original public funding decisions.   Current and future citizens, in these circumstances, should be prepared to absorb the same risks taken by [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:23-09:00June 5th, 2014|Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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6-4-14 PLF Is An Important Ally Also Fighting Federal Government Overreach

    Globe & Mail by CP.  TransCanada Corp. says it plans to build a $1.9-billion pipeline to help feed Chevron Corp. and Apache Corp.’s proposed liquefied natural gas facility near Kitimat, B.C. Yesterday ExxonMobil's Karen Hagedorn briefed the Fairbanks community on Point Thomson project status.  Read Dermot Cole's ADN story here and see our report of Sofia Wong's Friday Point Thomson briefing in Anchorage, here.  Last night, Alaska Public Media aired this audio of a recent Commonwealth North panel discussing Alaska state investment in an ANS gas pipeline/LNG project that includes Alaska producers, [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:23-09:00June 4th, 2014|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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6-3-14

Wall Street Journal TODAY re: Yesterday's Climate War Beginning: EPA War on Coal (Dan Kish Video), Coal Cutting Cuts Jobs, Carbon-Income Inequality. Globe & Mail by Peter Tertzakian.  Last week Total SA and their consortium partners shelved the $11-billion Joslyn oil sands project. Predictably, the belt-tightening announcement triggered the usual self-flagellating notions like, “Canadian oil and gas isn’t competitive,” and “The future of the oil sands is dim.” But .... Tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission will hold its monthly public meeting at 333 W. 7th Avenue [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:23-09:00June 3rd, 2014|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Federal Progress|0 Comments
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