5-31-13 Feds Will Listen Then Do What They Wanted To Anyway

In Dan Healing's Calgary Herald story yesterday... ...he noted that, "Saving the oil and gas industry's market access woes would add 20,000 extra direct jobs over the next 10 years, according to a report by an industry group."   Market access is another current challenge Canada and Alaska share--including the environmental and political roadblocks which constantly delay and threaten defeat of otherwise prospective projects that could sustain quality of life for this and future generations.  -dh Homer News by Molly Dischner.  Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) left the Legislature's budget largely intact when he signed off on $6.8 [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:44-09:00May 31st, 2013|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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5-30-13

Moving oil and gas: Pipe dreams turn into a money ... - Calgary Herald - Since 2007, Canadian pipelines have delivered more than $100 billion worth of energy to Canadian consumers. For our readers who will be in Washington next week or monitoring our issues, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation will hold a legislative hearing on Thursday, June 6th on seven public lands bills.  Some of these directly or indirectly impact northern energy projects, particularly the ones dealing with Anchorage land transfers, monument designations, wild and scenic rivers and uses of the Antiquities Act.  -dh [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:44-09:00May 30th, 2013|Federal Obstruction, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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5-24-13 Notes From The Road

  Commissioner of Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to Keynote ... - DigitalJournal.com (press release) - ... of Fish and Game, Halliburton Energy Services, Alaska Railroad Corporation, Port MacKenzie, AK, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) – Alaska, Port of Anchorage, AK, U.S. Geological Survey, AK, Alaska Gasline Development Corporation and many more. Parnell spares budget vetoes, signs SB21 - Alaskajournal.com - Parnell announced his final budget May 21 after also signing legislation to change oil taxes and authorize the Alaska Gasline Development Corp.'s efforts to create a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope. The total represents a $1.1 billion, or 14 ... [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:45-09:00May 24th, 2013|Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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5-23-13 Notes from the road: Cuenca

Earlier this week Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) proposed state assistance to the federal government in support of developing the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.  Here is the letter to the Secretary of the Interior which containes the state offer.  -dh Yesterday, U.S. House of Representatives Resources Committee Chairman, Doc Hastings (NGP Photo), participated in an interview on the Keystone XL Pipeline-here.   Yesterday the U.S. House of Representatives  Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held hearings critical to Alaska's energy future: H.R. 1964 (Hastings of WA), To amend the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:45-09:00May 23rd, 2013|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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5-22-13 Notes From the Road (Quito)

Support Tax Reform Law!   From our friends at the Resource Development Council for Alaska (RDC).   "...there is currently a signature gathering referendum effort taking place to repeal SB21, the oil tax reform bill signed in to law by Governor Parnell.   In an effort to give the thoroughly vetted new tax structure time to work, the Alaska Support Industry Alliance is using its independent expenditure group, "We Are Alaska," to run a campaign educating Alaskans on what SB21 has accomplished and explaining why signing the referendum could be [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:45-09:00May 22nd, 2013|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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5-21-13 – Notes from the road….

Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) announced an exploration proposal for the state to finance development of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) 1002 Area, that the Congress designated for oil and gas development.   a“Accurately defining the oil and gas resource potential is a critical part of understanding the value of the 1002 Area to the nation,” Governor Parnell said. “The federal government has the responsibility to do this under federal law, but is clearly reluctant to do so. Therefore, we are stepping forward with our expertise and financing to provide a detailed [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:45-09:00May 21st, 2013|Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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5-20-13 – Notes From the Road

(Note from the road: meeting with members of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission Today, Point Clear, Ala.  -dh) Fairbanks News Miner by Dermot Cole.  The eventual cost to the consumer and the number of new consumers who would be able to hook up to natural gas are key questions for the Regulatory Commission of Alaska as it decides which entity will be allowed to serve portions of the Fairbanks area beyond the current Fairbanks Natural Gas service area. Oil and Gas Journal, by Nick Snow.  The US Department [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:53:34-09:00May 20th, 2013|Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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5-17-13 On The Road…From Seattle

ADN by Lisa Demer.  The group "We Are Alaska" is coming out against the referendum with radio ads, a Facebook page and Twitter feed. It is being funded by the Alaska Support Industry Alliance. The Alliance is a trade organization with some 500 member groups that support the oil industry and employ people such as engineers, drillers and electricians, but also bankers, caterers and educators. The career and technical education department of the Anchorage School District is listed as an Alliance member, for instance.  There are now organized efforts on [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:46-09:00May 17th, 2013|Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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5-16-13

Fairbanks News Miner.  Congressman Don Young  (NGP Photo) has filed legislation that would toss out the recently completed management plan for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.    ...   The bill, HR1964, would nullify a plan adopted by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management in February, Young said. The plan administratively withdrew about half the reserve from oil and gas leasing.  (See more on this story below.) Alaska Dispatch by Pat Forgey.  "We're in a process of evaluating how we want to adjust the capital program," says Matt Fox, ConocoPhillip's executive [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:46-09:00May 16th, 2013|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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5-15-13

The public service goal of Northern Gas Pipeline is to educate.  Will you join us as a Public Service Sponsor or Stakeholder?  -dh ELECTED OFFICIALS EVERYWHERE, LISTEN!   Calgary Herald by Eric Pedersen.  The hard lesson of "be careful what you wish for, as you may just get it," has been learned by all the First Nations people along the route of the Mackenzie Valley pipeline. More than 20 years later, it is still not built, and now, with low gas prices, it will never be built. All the economic benefits have been lost forever. [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:46-09:00May 15th, 2013|Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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5-14-13

Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming supports free trade and freedom to export LNG, an issue critical to the future of Alaska gas pipelines.  -dh Ocean Policy: Obama's End Run Around Congress and The Constitution.  We began alerting readers to the White House move to zone the oceans and further restrict freedom of citizens four years ago and have added more details since then.  We applaud Representative Millett's current observations, expressed here.   When our readers click to the actual article and scroll down to the comment section they will be [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:46-09:00May 14th, 2013|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, LNG|0 Comments
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5-8-13

Today in Washington, House Natural Resources Chairman Doc Hastings (NGP Photo) called the “DOI Hydraulic Fracturing Rule: A Recipe for Government Waste, Duplication and Delay.”  See full text here. APRN, by  Alexandra Gutierrez.  If this legislative session was all about oil, the next one could be more focused on natural gas. The end goal is a pipeline capable of moving the massive supply of gas on North Slope to market. APRN’s Alexandra Gutierrez reports that the state is looking at the issue of getting a project online from multiple angles. [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:47-09:00May 8th, 2013|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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5-7-13 Offshore Technology Conference Features Coastal Governors Supporting Energy Development

Senator Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo) today criticized the Interior Department’s budget proposal for attempting to make Alaska pay for the decades-old broken promises of the federal government. Alberta Oil: Could the N.W.T.’s Canol shale be the next Bakken? Two former Democratic senators say Congress and the Obama administration should not stand in the way of natural gas exports.   CBC News: Enbridge Gas New Brunswick has won its legal challenge of provincial regulations that stipulate how the Energy and Utilities Board sets distribution rates. Yesterday, at Houston's Offshore Technology Conference, Alaska was [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:48-09:00May 7th, 2013|Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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5-6-13

 Calgary Herald.  Less than five months after his appointment, Bryan Gould is no longer president of Athabasca Oil Corp., the company announced Monday. Commentary: Today in Houston, the Offshore Technology Conference features the Outer Continental Shelf Governors' Coalition -- including Alaska Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) -- discussing the need for better federal-state communication on OCS policymaking and the benefits of OCS development for coastal states and FYI: Today's Email Alert. Sign up for free subscription, above, right. energy consumers. We will provide an update on the conference tomorrow.   We compliment Governor [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:48-09:00May 6th, 2013|Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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5-5-13: In Memoriam, Ken Stout

Point of personal privilege.  Today we honor our friend Ken Stout (NGP Photo-R), a great American veteran, a public servant, father and husband who acquitted himself well, and, like Paul of old, served Our Lord wherever he went, consistently.  This good and faithful servant made a difference, was loved by many and will be missed by all who knew him.  -dh ADN by Tim Bradner (NGP Photo).  Last week was energy week in Anchorage. There were two important conferences back to back. The first was the Alaska Energy Authority's annual [...]

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