1-22-12

Personal note: The Frontiersman featured a photo-story we provided which included photos.  Enjoy.  -dh Fairbanks Daily News Miner: Matt Buxton A developing science might be key to extending the trans-Alaska pipeline's life A fledgling technology that was presented to the Senate Resources Committee in Juneau on Wednesday might be the key that could more than double the commercially developable oil on the North Slope.   Tacoma News Tribune: Wesley Loy Alaska Supreme Court to hear Point Thompson case "Here's a road map to a gas line in Alaska's interest: First, [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:55-09:00January 22nd, 2012|Personal|0 Comments
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1-19-12 New Tax Bill Introduced

Comment.  Yesterday SB 167 appeared as a new bill though it appears to be the same decoupling bill (SB305) that Senators Bert Stedman (L) & Joe Paskvan (NGP Photos) sent to the Governor in 2010, and was subsequently vetoed by the Governor.  It appears to do nothing to improve Alaska's investment climate by reducing oil taxes, reducing progressivity, or increasing credits (like HB110).  Some are predicting that it could morph into the Senate's own version of an oil tax bill this session (eventually).        -dh

By |2016-12-22T22:32:55-09:00January 20th, 2012|Alaska Taxes|0 Comments
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1-18-12

Personal:  Jack Power's (NGP Photo) family and friends will meet together next week; we encourage his large extended group of family and friends, customers and acquaintances to come: Monday, visitation, Evergreen Memorial, Downtown, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, service and visitation, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Celebration of Jack Powers' life, Tudor Bingo Hall, 4 p.m., POTLUCK, with beverages provided. Anchorage Daily News: Becky Bohrer Senate should make own tax bill, president says - Senate President Gary Stevens said Tuesday that he would like the Senate to come up with [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:41:59-09:00January 18th, 2012|Personal|0 Comments
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12-19-11 (Personal News Update)

Northern Gas Pipelines was born in 2001.  In 2003, our publisher joined the Regulatory Commission of Alaska for the five-year remaining term of a departing commissioner.  In 2008 he created this new webpage, linked to the archives of the old (Search both archives by entering search terms in the upper left column).  On October 3, 2011, he once again took leave from the gentle readership to fulfill a public sector assignment.  Readers will find regular entries of links below that maintain the chronology of the archives, but no new editorial [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:58-09:00December 19th, 2011|Commentary|0 Comments
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11-2-11

ADN by Becky Bohrer.  Gov. Sean Parnell said Wednesday that he met for several hours with the chief executive of BP during the first leg of his European trip, touching on issues ranging from a natural gas pipeline to how Alaskans might benefit if oil taxes are cut.  Parnell said he told Bob Dudley he wants to get Alaska's gas to market as soon as possible. Last week Parnell told an oil and gas group that if the gas market has truly shifted from the Lower 48 to the Pacific [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:46:00-09:00November 2nd, 2011|AGIA|0 Comments
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11-1-11

ADN Editorial.  Gov. Sean Parnell (NGP Stock Photo) has for the last few years counseled patience on the gas line development headed by TransCanada. Apparently his patience is running out. The governor now says he'd like to see the major North Slope producers -- Exxon Mobil, BP Alaska and Conoco Phillips -- join in a project to pipe Alaska's gas to Valdez, where it would be liquefied and shipped in tankers to Asian customers. ADN by Becky Bohrer.  Gov. Sean Parnell is making his first state-sponsored trip overseas, meeting with [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:45:15-09:00November 1st, 2011|AGIA|0 Comments
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Shell’s Permit to Environmental Appeals Board

ADN/AP by Dan Joling.  Earthjustice is asking the EPA Environmental Appeals Board to examine the air permit granted last month to one of Shell's two drill ships, Discoverer. It filed the appeal on behalf of 11 environmental or Alaska Native groups.  Earthjustice attorney Colin O'Brien said from Juneau that the Discoverer and a fleet of support vessels would emit tens of thousands of tons of carbon dioxide, more than 300 tons of nitrous oxide and tons of other pollutants. The drilling rig, he said, is not just a boat with [...]

By |2016-03-13T04:10:06-09:00October 25th, 2011|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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10-21-11

Commonwealth North by Josh Wilson (NGP Photo).  Our next meeting is today, October 21 from 12-1 at ANGDA located at 411 West 4th Avenue in the Yellow Sunshine Mall on the lower level across from the Saturday Market parking lot. Commonwealth North’s Energy Action Coalition is hearing presentations from all the major natural gas projects and comparing them against common criteria. This week’s presenter will be Harold Heinze (NPG Photo), CEO, ANGDA, who will present the Alaska Pipeline Project proposal to bring North Slope natural gas to market, specifically focusing on two [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:44:11-09:00October 21st, 2011|AGIA|0 Comments
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10-19-11

Last night, the federal coordinator's office for an Alaska North Slope natural gas pipeline sponsored a  public forum in Anchorage (and streamed live on the web) to discuss the state's options for assisting in gas line development. The panelists reviewed potential fiscal options that could help in developing an out-of-state and an in-state line, and how the state could benefit from looking at the two projects as a package. Panelists photos below, l-r: Gregg Erickson, longtime Alaska economist; Joe Dubler; Chief Financial Officer of the state-run Alaska Gasline Development Corp ; William Garner, senior [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:43:57-09:00October 19th, 2011|AGIA|0 Comments
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10-17-11

Office of the Governor.  October 17, 2011, Buffalo, New York – Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) today assumed the chairmanship of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC). The organization represents 30 oil-and-gas-producing states. The IOGCC also has several international members, including Canadian provinces. Governor Parnell takes over from Governor Mary Fallin of Oklahoma.  As chairman, Governor Parnell will set the direction for the IOGCC and provide a leading voice for domestic oil and gas production while ensuring the protection of the environment. Several other Alaska governors have served terms [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:13-09:00October 18th, 2011|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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11-12-11

Fairbanks News Miner by Jeff Richardson.  The Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce renewed its push to reform the state’s oil tax system Tuesday, hosting a panel of business leaders to discuss the looming problems behind declining North Slope production. ... “The momentum is slowing,” Northrim Bank President Joe Beedle (NGP Photo) said. “As we look at our budgets and growth for the future, we’re concerned.” ADN by Sean Cockerham.  Regulators have approved a deal for Chugach Electric Association to buy Fire Island wind power, a move that should allow Cook Inlet Region Inc. [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:45:30-09:00October 12th, 2011|Alaska Taxes|0 Comments
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Life After The Pipeline? – Keystone Progress

Calgary Herald by Rebecca Penty.  As the final hours of public hearings on one of North America's largest energy projects were set to begin, Russ Girling was taking in a bird's-eye view of his company's planned megapipeline route through a key battleground - Nebraska.  Having ditched his suit and tie for work boots after meetings in Washington over the $7-billion, 2,700-kilometre cross-border Keystone XL, the TransCanada Corp. CEO tracked the pipeline's right-of-way over the state 30 metres up in a helicopter. ADN by Sean Cockerham.  A new report from the University of [...]

By |2016-03-13T04:03:43-09:00October 3rd, 2011|Personal|0 Comments
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Supporting Cancer Survivors

Today we take personal privilege to inform readers of a wonderful event tomorrow organized in support of Cancer survivors.  Organizers met last Friday, 9-16 to fine tune the plan. This 'dream team' included Shelley Romer (Alaska Cancer Care Alliance), Christina Anderson (Willow Environmental) and Michael Zoske (Art Services North). James Pepper Henry, of course, provides a career of accomplishment and a wonderful venue at a reasonable price ... and has already captured a place in America's history as one of the best Museum managers anywhere!  Facebook Reference With Photos. This [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:15-09:00September 23rd, 2011|Personal|0 Comments
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Obama Defies Congress – Begich Urges Alaska Gas Pipeline Loan Guarantee

ADN by Becky Bohrer.  U.S. Sen. Mark Begich (NGP Photo) has urged the state to consider a loan guarantee that would help with financing for a major Alaska natural gas pipeline.   September 21, 2011, Anchorage, Alaska – Governor Sean Parnell today offered testimony at an oversight hearing on “ANWR: Jobs, Energy and Deficit Reduction,” held by the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, chaired by Representative Doc Hastings (R-WA).  “Some of our nation’s richest oil reserves exist along the coastal plain known as ANWR,” Governor Parnell said. “It’s accessible. It’s extractable. [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:16-09:00September 23rd, 2011|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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9-22-11 A Big Day For ANWR Debate

Virtually the entire economy of Alaska, as we know it, depends on 'throughput' of a strong, dependable stream of crude oil traversing Alaska via the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS).  As State government spending expands at unsustainable double digit rates, pipeline throughput declines at a 5-6% rate.  ANWR, adjacent to Prudhoe Bay, has the potential to increase and sustain pipeline throughput for many years to come.  A part of ANWR, the 1002 area, was designated by Congress for 'future' oil and gas development.  The Obama administration via the US Fish [...]

By |2019-02-10T15:20:06-09:00September 22nd, 2011|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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