7-22-15 Arrogant EPA Refuses To Testify On ESA

"Investment In Arctic Is Paramount", by Anne Seneca, President, Consumer Energy Alliance-Alaska Politico: House GOP launches fresh salvo at EPA on endangered species By Elana Schor House Natural Resources Committee Republicans say EPA is snubbing their request to testify next week on whether it abided by Endangered Species Act rules that the GOP hopes will provide a new weapon against the Obama administration’s power plant emissions rules. The House Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop’s species protection probe began in the spring, when Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe admitted that EPA [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:13-09:00July 22nd, 2015|Arctic Policy, Federal Obstruction, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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6-16-15 Is Alaska’s Governor Seeking Control Of The Ak LNG Project; Or, A Governent Owned Project?

Alaska Governor Bill Walker's June 8 Letter To AK LNG Participants Doesn't Exactly Radiate Cooperation  by Dave Harbour (In fairness, we wish to provide this comment from an anonymous reader.  -dh) Today, we ask if Alaska Governor Bill Walker (NGP Photo) is seeking cooperation with participants in the AK LNG project, or is he seeking to control those free market participants, or is he angling toward a separate, government owned project?   Here is a letter Walker sent yesterday to House and Senate resource committee leaders which included the copy of a letter [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:16-09:00June 16th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, LNG, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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6-11-15

  Tomorrow....     Commentator Thorpe Watson advises us to get ready for a medieval lifestyle.  This morning he emails us that: The G7 countries have declared war on hydrocarbon fuels (aka “fossil fuels”).    They have pledged to end the production and use of coal, oil, and gas by 2100. (The Telegraph  9 June 2015 “G7 pledges to end fossil fuel use this century”).   In other words, it is a pledge to commit economic suicide and to make us more vulnerable to natural climate change. It is a bleak [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:16-09:00June 11th, 2015|Arctic Policy, OCS, Reader Comment, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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6-2-15 New Alaska North Slope Discoveries!

NEW Alaskan Discoveries Are Significant: See TODAY'S NEWS!  (Note: we thank Rebecca Logan {NGP Photo}, Alliance General Manager, for alerting us to this important announcement!) Keystone XL Commentary by Robert Dillon (NGP Photo), U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee TODAY'S RELEVANT ENERGY LINKS, COURTESY OF CONSUMER ENERGY ALLIANCE     Calgary Herald British Columbia's energy projects lure companies stung by Alberta downturn Calgary Herald Still, all of the LNG terminals proposed for the British Columbia coast remain in the planning stage while gas and crude- oil pipeline projects face ...     CBC.ca Kinder Morgan Trans [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:17-09:00June 2nd, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Reader Comment, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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5-21-15 In Memoriam: Chuck Becker; Our Recent Commentary Reverberates

Today's News and Commentary In Memoriam Point of personal privilege: Our great friend, Chuck Becker, passed away this morning (Photos).  Today, family and countless friends are mourning his passing.  We will attempt to provide more official information as the family makes it available. Chuck and I met in the mid-1970s in Washington D.C.  Another dear friend, the late Anchorage Mayor George Sullivan was his client and I was representing the first North Slope gas project, the Arctic Gas Consortium, with Washington and Anchorage offices. After Chuck had moved to Anchorage and completed his [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:20-09:00May 21st, 2015|Arctic Policy, Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Personal, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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3-20-15 Alaskan and Canadian Energy Investors Face a Competitive New World

See this week's Petroleum News, just released. Compared to Russian and Canadian Arctic energy initiatives, U.S. efforts are pathetic.  Russia's Arctic power could well influence competitive factors discussed below in ways detrimental to the world's democracies.  Read more....    -dh  Decision makers: look below, and ignore the competitive, new, worldwide oil & gas market at your own peril and at the risk of removing opportunities from your succeeding generation of young, hopeful, ambitious children that you and your friends enjoyed.  -dh Today, an energy analyst friend privately opines on natural gas pricing, [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:32-09:00March 20th, 2015|Arctic Policy, Commentary, Competition, LNG, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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3-16-15 The Future of Oil Prices According to An Astute Reader – Senators Sullivan’s Reputation Spreads

Our friend, Rob Bradley (File Photo-R) of the Master Resource Blog, saw U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan's (NGP Photo) Maiden Senate Speech on this website and has further promoted it to his large international audience (here).  (Our original coverage and speech text)  -dh Halloran Opines On Proposed Ohio Severance Tax and Future of Oil Prices Republican Governor Proposes Ohio Severance Tax?  Our friend, Independent Energy Analyst James R. Halloran (File Photo) just returned from the Ohio Oil and Gas Association Winter Meeting where he reported that, "the big issue is Governor Kasich’s proposal for a (completely [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:33-09:00March 16th, 2015|Personal, Reader Comment, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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3-13-15 Apology to Canada (and the world)

See Alaskanomics Posting of Mike Bradner's Column Re: State Spending.  Why do we at Northern Gas Pipelines often focus on the importance of a 'sustainable Alaska budget'?  Because if the state cannot control spending and continues deficit spending, no infrastructure project in the future will be safe from sudden, unplanned, predatory taxation to stave off bankruptcy: hence, no gas pipeline.  That's why.  -dh Apology To Canada And To The World by Dave Harbour Robert O. Anderson, Atlantic Richfield Co. Board Chairman, Board Member: Arctic Gas Consortium, Photo Circa 1975. Spring, 1976 [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:33-09:00March 13th, 2015|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Keystone XL, Reader Comment, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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2-26-15 Please Review Yesterday’s Commentary

What's next for Keystone XL? We urge our gentle readers to review yesterday's posting; we cannot remember -- in well over a decade -- posting a more useful, relevant and actionable commentary for our Alaskan, Canadian and Lower 48 readers.  -dh Alaskanomics by Mark Edwards.   Understanding the Current Oil Price Environment - Part I  (See later Parts II and III) Over the next couple of days, I will post a three part series about the current oil price environment in Alaska. It is well known that Alaska’s economy is highly [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:34-09:00February 26th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Alaskanomics, Commentary, Reader Comment, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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2-24-14 Australian Investor Comments On Governor Walker’s Gas Project Rhetoric!

TransCanada's Keystone XL: This IHS study finds that Keystone XL replace other heavy crude imports from countries like Venezuela. What if he vetoes? 5 Keystone XL pipeline hurdles still ahead Keystone XL pipeline will be approved, Greg Rickford predicts Keystone bill would be vetoed by Obama, White House says Keystone XL pipeline bill passes major hurdle in U.S. Senate Keystone XL pipeline project decision back in Obama's hands Australian Investor Speaks! Our Northern Gas Pipeline (NGP) friends will want to tune in today to Alaska legislative video conferences dealing with [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:34-09:00February 24th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Interior Energy Project (IEP), Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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2-22-15 Feds Create Con To Coerce Cash From National Petroleum Reserve Producer

Alaska Journal of Commerce by Andrew Jensen.  The $8 million exacted from ConocoPhillips in order to receive its permit to construct the Greater Moose’s Tooth-1 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska is a rather elegant combination of old school protection rackets and third world government kickbacks.

By |2016-03-13T03:49:52-09:00February 22nd, 2015|Arctic Policy, Coastal Management, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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2-19-15 Interior Energy Project Suggestion….

BP and Commonwealth North: Two economic reports offer "Good News for Alaska" Commonwealth North hosted its 9th annual Alaska Assets Review on February 18. The program recognizes that as shareholders of “Alaska Inc.” the citizens of Alaska need to be informed about how the assets of their company are performing. This year Northrim Bank President and CEO Joe Beedle (NGP Photo-L) and former Lt. Governor Mead Treadwell (NGP Photo) presented the performance review.  Read full report....  BP’s Annual Energy Outlook also appeared this week; it has become one of the most reliable sources on the topic of the future of [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:35-09:00February 19th, 2015|Commentary, Interior Energy Project (IEP), Reader Comment|0 Comments
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2-5-15 Eight Things To Know About ANWR

PORT OF ANCHORAGE. Yesterday, we were delighted to meet with management of one of Alaska's oldest, most reputable and largest employers: CH2M HILL.  (The company first helped secure the Port and City of Valdez in wake of the terrible earthquake and tsunami in 1964.)   We discussed a wide range of CH2M HILL projects and commitments to Alaska and shall address more of those over time.   One issue affecting Alaska oil and gas logistics is status of the developing Port of Anchorage.  Company spokesman, John Corsi gave us this statement. [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:36-09:00February 5th, 2015|ANWR, Federal Obstruction, Keystone XL, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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2-3-15 Alaska’s Challenge of Cash & Energy Shortage: Part II

CEA President David Holt (NGP Photo) was the guest on several radio interviews discussing the Arctic for All campaign, America's energy revolution, Alaska's role in domestic energy production and the importance of offshore energy resources.  Anchorage's KBYR featured Holt on the Mornings with Michael Dukes Show. He was also a guest on the nationally syndicated Radio America: Neal Asbury’s Made in America Show.   Hear the interviews here! The Hill Op-ed by Mead Treadwell (NGP Photo). ...the Obama administration is in a tizzy to solidify its Arctic strategy. January in particular has been quite busy for the [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:36-09:00February 3rd, 2015|ANWR, Arctic Policy, Coastal Management, Commentary, Federal Obstruction, NPR-A, OCS, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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1-27-15 Supporting a job creating mine and associated gas pipeline

Urgent note from our friends at the Alaska Support Industry Alliance. Our emailed submission:  Please register this as a voice in support of the proposed Donlin Mine and its associated gas pipeline.   The pipeline enables the favorable economics developed by Donlin management and serves the public interest.     A critical advantage is that rural residents will be given a new energy lifeline at the most reasonable possible price for fuel.  Furthermore, provision of numerous well paying, local jobs is a project component desperately needed in the proximity of [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:37-09:00January 27th, 2015|Commentary, Intrastate Gas, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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