10-26-13 Has Oil Tax Reform Made Alaska’s Investment Climate Half Full or Half Empty?”

Comment: Yesterday we editorialized about more evidence supporting Alaska's oil tax reform bill, including Caelus Energy's entry into Alaska partly in response to oil tax reform.   Today, Alex DeMarban (NGP Photo) of the Alaska Dispatch provided a more in-depth report in which he editorialized that: "The departure of Pioneer from Alaska seems to cut into a major plank of Senate Bill 21, a huge tax cut for the state's oil producers that was supposed to help Alaska's dwindling oil fields overcome competition from booming shale deposits in Texas and North Dakota." DeMarban then quoted from a [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:56-09:00October 26th, 2013|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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10-25-13

Our Commentary Goes Nationwide We find more evidence supporting the wisdom of oil tax reform by Dave Harbour CBC.  To avoid disturbing the site where ancient human bones were discovered, a Saskatchewan pipeline company says it will tunnel deep below.​ On Wednesday, we inventoried ways in which the Federal government was hamstringing job creation by blocking natural resource development (i.e. Thinking Critically About CNBC). Yesterday, we noted that the Steller Sea Lion is finally off the threatened species list. Today, Congressman Doc Hastings (NGP Photo) explains why citizens must still [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:57-09:00October 25th, 2013|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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10-24-13

ADN.  The eastern population of the Steller sea lion will be taken off the threatened species list, a federal agency announced Wednesday.  (Category: "It's about time."  See our commentary mentioning this and other inappropriate listings, earlier this week.  -dh) CBC by Margo McDiarmid.  After decades of being out of sight and out of mind, pipelines are booming again in Canada with proposals for 14 new or expanded oil and gas pipeline projects.  

By |2016-03-13T03:44:28-09:00October 24th, 2013|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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10-23-13 Why All Alaskans Should Support Oil Tax Reform: We’ve Proved It Works!

Commentary: We've Proven Tax Reform WORKS! This morning, Alaskanomics sheds light on how much film production tax credits have helped the economy.  Here's a Peninsula Clarion story that demonstrates how five separate tax incentives have leveraged more jobs and production in the Cook Inlet Area.  With these two examples of how moderate, competitive tax policy produces good results for Alaska, one wonders why several legislators and community activists are trying so hard to repeal SB 21, the "More Alaska Production Act" designed to increase Alaska North Slope production, jobs, Trans Alaska [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:57-09:00October 23rd, 2013|Alaska Taxes, Commentary|0 Comments
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10-22-13 Question CNBC’s Cramer; Question White House Political/Economic Advisors

Today's CNBC Comments Require Critical Thinking by Dave Harbour Have you ever heard smart people being interviewed about Alaska and/or energy issues and wondered how they could be so uninformed/devious (i.e. Could there be any other explanation?) This morning on CNBC, Jim Cramer spoke with Jason Furman.  The 42 year-old Furman is an alumnus of the Brookings Institute and the President's Council of Economic Advisers Chairman.  On energy, Cramer suggested that the government help with the labor shortage of energy producing states, addressing the mismatch between states with job shortages and states with employment shortages.  [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:57-09:00October 22nd, 2013|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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10-21-13

HOUSTON'S ENERGY DAY IS BIG SUCCESS!  Cities all over North America could emulate this model to interest children in Innovation, Science, Technology, Energy, Engineering and Math! Energy Day Festival Sparks New Interests for Houston Area Students  Mayor Parker and Event Organizers Urge Students to Pursue Careers in Energy  Houston, TX – Twenty thousand people turned out Saturday to applaud more than 85 Houston area teachers and students who were recognized at the third annual Energy Day Festival.  Elementary, middle school and high school age students participated in one of six contests exploring the science and [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:57-09:00October 21st, 2013|Alaska Taxes, Commentary|0 Comments
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10-20-13

HuffPost British Columbia and CP by Lauren Krugel.   There's nothing more urgent right now for Canada than to get into the liquefied natural gas export game, CIBC executive and former federal Conservative cabinet minister Jim Prentice (NGP Photo) said Wednesday. "LNG growth is unfolding in real time, all around the world. The lion's share of investment is up for grabs. The biggest winners are far from being determined," he said in prepared remarks to the Canada LNG Export Forum. "For Canada, nothing is more urgent right now than getting in the [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:10-09:00October 20th, 2013|LNG|0 Comments
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10-16-13 “It’s A Wonderful Life!”

Calgary Herald BY LAUREN KRUGEL, CP​.  “I was not a huge supporter of how actively the federal government was a year or two ago in promoting pipeline projects for its interests and taking on some of the opposers,” Ian Anderson told an Calgary business audience on Wednesday. ​Comment: Alaskans can be proud of the leadership role Governor Sean Parnell has assumed as Chairman of the OCS Governors Coalition--in support of responsible domestic energy exploration and production.  Here are photos of yesterday's meeting in Mississippi.  -dh     It's A Wonderful [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:11-09:00October 16th, 2013|Commentary|0 Comments
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10-11-13

Houston Readers: Next Saturday, October 19, Consumer Energy Alliance and the University of Houston will conduct another Energy Day.   Free Family Festival with food, games and events along with fascinating exhibits dealing with science, energy, technology, innovation and conservation. Where and When: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Hermann Square, City Hall, 900 Smith Street, Houston!  www.energydayfestival.org.     -dh CBC News.  ​Dozens of people showed up to a TransCanada public consultation on its pipeline proposal in Stittsville on Thursday evening. Energy Daily.  Extracting shale oil and gas reserves through [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:11-09:00October 11th, 2013|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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10-11-13

Area Development.  “This is a step forward for the Alaska LNG project and shows continued progress toward building Alaska’s energy future,” said Steve Butt, Senior Project Manager. “The work that we have put into the site selection process gives us confidence that the Nikiski site is the lead location for the LNG plant and terminal. The Nikiski site also results in a pipeline route that provides an access opportunity to North Slope natural gas by the major population centers in Fairbanks, Mat-Su Valley, Anchorage and the Kenai Peninsula.” ... A competitive, predictable [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:12-09:00October 11th, 2013|LNG|0 Comments
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10-8-13

(See our 10-4-13 story), "...in answer to a question dealing with final terminus of the pipeline and siting for an LNG export plant, she said that "over twenty sites have been evaluated and prioritized but it is premature to announce the location of the site at this point." Alaska Journal of Commerce by Tim  Bradner (NGP Photo of Bradner at Nikiski LNG Site, 2001).  North Slope producers and TransCanada Corp. have selected a site at Nikiski on the Kenai Peninsula as the proposed terminus for a 42-inch North Slope gas [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:12-09:00October 8th, 2013|Federal Obstruction, LNG, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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10-4-13

Major Gas Pipeline Player Points To Major Project Progress by Dave Harbour Yesterday, ExxonMobil's Point Thomson Production Manager told members of the Resource Development Council for Alaska that a large, Alaska LNG export project could be competitive--with qualifications. *     *     * The Thursday breakfast meeting opened to a sold-out audience in the Dena'ina Convention Center in downtown Anchorage.  President Phil Cochrane (NGP Photo) opened the meeting, introducing Karen Hagedorn's presentation on both Point Thomson progress and outlook for a major Alaska North Slope (ANS) natural gas export project. Hagedorn, [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:13-09:00October 4th, 2013|You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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10-3-13

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said claimants should not be paid for fictitious or wholly non-existent losses. ​ As part of today's decision, the Fifth Circuit also reversed the District Court's denial of BP's motion for a preliminary injunction staying the payment of business economic loss claims under the agreement. The Fifth Circuit has ordered the District Court to "expeditiously craft" an injunction that stays payments to people who did not suffer "actual injury traceable to loss from the Deepwater Horizon accident" until the matter is "fully [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:13-09:00October 3rd, 2013|Commentary|0 Comments
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10-1-13

Feds Reject ANWR Exploration Offer.  News Miner/AP.  A spokeswoman for Gov. Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) says the state is evaluating its options after its exploration plan for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was rejected again.  The latest rejection came last month from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Daniel Ashe. In a letter to then-Natural Resources Commissioner Dan Sullivan, dated Sept. 20, Ashe said in part that the state misinterpreted agency regulations and submitted a plan years too late. Natural Resources Committee: Obama Administration Assault on American Mining Jobs On Thursday, [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:43:28-09:00October 1st, 2013|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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9-27-13

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) yesterday issued a Call for Information and Nominations relating to a potential oil and gas Lease Sale 237 scheduled for the Chukchi Sea Planning Area off of Alaska in 2016.  The Republic — Kevin Sweeney is returning as Sen. Lisa Murkowski's state director.  Sweeney will replace Miles Baker, who will serve as director of government relations and external affairs for the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. That's the group charged with advancing an in-state gas line in Alaska.  Alaska North Slope Borough Mayor Charlotte Brower (NGP Photo) welcomed news late yesterday that the U.S. Senate has [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:14-09:00September 27th, 2013|Federal Obstruction, Federal Progress, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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