7-18-13 Prentice Pitches For Prosperity

  BP's Worldwide Statistical Review of Energy We archived BP's 2012 statistical review here. Today, we have the 2013 review and without further editorial comment (i.e. except to note how important domestic energy production is to a country's, state's or province's prosperity), we introduce the review with an email announcement from the company's chief economist, Christof Ruhl, kindly provided by Dawn Patience: July 16, 2013   It’s been a while since my last post – because my team and I have been on the road since the launch of the Statistical [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:25-09:00July 18th, 2013|Federal Obstruction, Notes From the Road, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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7-15-13 Defending the Rule of Law and Constitution

Defending the Rule of Law and Constitution Against Federal Overreach Confidence in American authority is based on a fair, responsible, predictable and not arbitrary exercise of power by three independent branches of government created and defined by the Constitution.  The proper exercise of power may be summarized as 'The Rule of Law' as opposed to a less reliable "Rule of Man".  Maintaining The Rule of Law depends on the integrity of its defenders.  When a governmental branch overreaches its Constitutional authority in its exercise of power it debases the Rule of Law, endangering the [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:25-09:00July 15th, 2013|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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7-13-13 National Ocean Policy Council Update

Here is your important National Ocean Policy Council Monthly Report: I. Mid-Atlantic Regional Planning Body Announces Public Webinar, Membership Roster II. U.S. House Of Representatives Passes Two Bills With National Ocean Policy Provisions III. Great Lakes Boating Magazine Addresses NOP, Calls NOPC “The Voice of Boaters” IV. Petition Cites NOP As Justification For Protection Of 81 Species Under ESA V. NRC Report Calls For National Sustainability Policy, Cites NOP As Model I. Mid-Atlantic Regional Planning Body Announces Public Webinar, Membership Roster   In an email announcement, the federal, state, and [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:26-09:00July 13th, 2013|Coastal Management, Federal Obstruction, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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7-9-13 Beware Of New Fracking Movie Hoax

From American Energy Alliance: Morning Energy News - July 9, 2013   Let us save you three hours of avant garde, pouty whisper-narration: this is Gasland 1 retold with every inaccuracy, hoax, and outright lie. Don’t watch this movie, not because it’s so terribly presented and lacks any kind tie of reality, but because time is precious and there are so many better ways to spend those three long hours. Washington Free Beacon (7/8/13) reports: “Environmentalist filmmaker Josh Fox presents a hoax perpetrated by a Texas activist designed to malign an innovative oil [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:26-09:00July 9th, 2013|Fracking, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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7-8-13 – Questions and Answers About Alaska’s Tax Reform Legislation

Fairbanks News Miner by John Coghill (NGP Photo).  Coghill provides answers to questions about oil and gas tax reform legislation and the current attempt by referendum to repeal tax reform.   OUR COMMENTARY: We compliment Senator John Coghill this morning for two reasons: 1) his insight on oil and gas issues, and, 2) his political courage.   First, on the issue.  Sunday's News Miner featured his Opinion piece wherein he provided 'Questions and Answers' about the recent passage of oil and gas tax reform legislation and the current effort to [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:26-09:00July 8th, 2013|Alaska Taxes, Arctic Policy|0 Comments
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7-7-13 ANS Production Drops Below 500k Barrels/Day As Cook Inlet Production Rises

Petroleum News by Kristen Nelson.  Alaska North Slope crude oil production dropped below 500,000 barrels per day in June, averaging 497,582 bpd, down 6.95 percent, from a May average of 534,741 bpd, while much smaller Cook Inlet production volumes saw a 5.4 percent increase to 13,571 bpd in May over April. Note: Legislators have given Cook Inlet Producers favorable tax incentives for several years--resulting in more exploration and infrastructure investment.  North Slope producers have been given punishing taxes until this Spring when the legislature enacted tax reform.  However, that reform [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:55:05-09:00July 7th, 2013|Alaska Taxes, Commentary|0 Comments
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7-6-13 – Like Alaska, British Columbia Faces Reality of Global Competition

Petroleum News Alaska by Gary Park.  Japan’s largest importer of LNG has delivered a sharp jolt to the British Columbia government: Drop the idea of a tax on gas exports or put its LNG dreams in danger.  Tepco, Tokyo Electric Power Co., also prodded the government to resolve the concerns raised by First Nations about the construction of pipelines from northeastern British Columbia gas fields to coastal liquefaction terminals.  A company spokeswoman said uncertainty hanging over the LNG projects, including taxation on Greenfield operations, could slow or stop plans.  Tepco [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:27-09:00July 6th, 2013|LNG|0 Comments
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7-5-13 The White House Fatāwā On Energy Consumers and Taxpayers

President Obama's Climate Action Plan by Dave Harbour There is nothing significantly "good" about Obama's simultaneous attack on American taxpayers, energy consumers and the free market.     His "Climate Action Plan" will lead America away from energy Report and Commentary: CANADA.  (Draft, subject to edits) In Canada, the environmental community continues a more than 40 year strategy for opposing development.  It flowered in the 1970s as various environmental activists, church activists and other liberal allies created a 'moratorium' strategy for blocking construction of the original Alaska/Canada natural gas pipeline.  [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:27-09:00July 4th, 2013|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Fracking, Global Warming|0 Comments
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7-4-13

Happy Independence Day Egypt and America; Defend Your Constitutions Against All Enemies, Both Foreign and Domestic!  -dh Alaska Extends TransCanada Agreement Platts.  Alaska has extended an agreement with TransCanada that sees the state offer subsidies for the firm's work on a natural gas pipeline and LNG export project in the state, a state official said Wednesday. The previous agreement expired June 30.  Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) is still unhappy with the rate of progress on the project, but the state believes TransCanada and North Slope producers are making progress toward a [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:27-09:00July 4th, 2013|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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7-1-13 More On The Coal War

 More today on Obama's coal war from Money Morning, Consumer Energy Alliance and American Energy Alliance Strangling the US Economy by Executive Order Money Morning by Martin Hutchison.  Last Tuesday, President Obama announced his "Action Plan on Climate Change." One of main "actions" is to kill a core piece of the US energy sector.   Among other things, he promised to use the Environmental Protection Agency regulation of carbon emissions to phase the U.S. out of coal fired power, even for existing stations.   ...environmentalists praised this move as a [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:28-09:00July 1st, 2013|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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6-30-13 Following Rome Down The Road To Ruin

Sunday Commentary Reference: Washington Times, 6-28-13, Victor Davis Hanson by Dave Harbour This morning, we were reminded by a Washington Times column, also printed in the Anchorage Daily News today, of how in its latter days, Rome debased its previously purer coins with alloys, increased taxes on productive farms, offered free games and food to the masses and counted on its military to continue defending a crumbling culture.   51% Say U.S. Economy is in Recession One evidence of North America's crumbling culture is the frequency and ferocity of political [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:28-09:00June 30th, 2013|Commentary|0 Comments
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6-29-13 Tomorrow (6-30-13) Is An Important Day For Alaska!

COMMENTARY: We have never sent an email alert out over the weekend.  We did so today because we fear that -- no matter how one feels about a certain project -- the federal government is very close to setting a precedent that will forever compromise the "Rule of Law" in the United States of America.     Americans for Tax Reform have pointed out that the EPA killing an Alaska mine project before a permit for review is submitted is like  a judge issuing a verdict before hearing the case.   [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:28-09:00June 29th, 2013|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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6-28-13 Do frivolous claims take advantage of BP’s good faith Gulf efforts and increase consumer costs?

TODAY, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2231, the Offshore Energy and Jobs Act, with a bipartisan vote of 235-186.  This legislation, sponsored by Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings, would expand OCS energy production in order to create new American jobs, lower energy prices, grow our economy, and strengthen America’s national security.   LAST NIGHT: US House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings joined Fox Business to discuss expanding energy development in HR 2231 and President Obama's war on coal.     (Watch Here) Remember the Calgary floods: sing along [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:28-09:00June 28th, 2013|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Reader Comment, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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6-27-13 – Pay Attention to RDC

  Alaska Dispatch by Alex DeMarban. Unemployment in Anchorage has dropped to one of the lowest levels in years, thanks in large part to a "mini-boom" in Cook Inlet and steady growth in other key areas, according to an official with the Anchorage Economic Development Corp (AEDC).   Unemployment in Anchorage fell in May to the "crazy low" figure of 4.7 percent -- the lowest in five years, according to Bill Popp (NGP Photo), the group's president.   ...   "We are the envy of much of the nation," Popp [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:41-09:00June 27th, 2013|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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6-26-13 Time To Unlock OCS Resources

CBC News: Joe Oliver says Keystone is in 'national interest of both our countries' The Hill, OpEd by Congressman Doc Hastings (NGP Photo).  It’s time to take action to create more than 1 million new American jobs and generate $1.5 billion in new revenue. This would significantly boost our economy and help to further remove us from the grip of foreign oil.  The president wants to continue to keep our offshore energy resources locked up, but this week, the House will take significant action to set it free. We owe it [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:41-09:00June 26th, 2013|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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