7-1-11 Margy Johnson Comments On NGO Responsibility – We Celebrate Canada Day Going Into The Independence Day Weekend

"Let Freedom Ring" Today is Canada Day and Monday is America's Independence Day.   We are aware that these celebrations are partly a celebration of our two counties' independence, partly a commitment to defend freedom for future generations. Meanwhile, here's an editorial comment from a community leader and NGP reader, Margy Johnson (NGP Photo) as she reflects on events of the last few days.  -dh Margy Johnson file photo by Dave Harbour. Today she counsels Alaska's beneficiaries of oil wealth to support an investment climate attractive to oil investment. [...]

By |2017-07-04T13:10:58-09:00July 1st, 2011|Commentary, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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Notes From the Road, Day Eight In North Dakota: Admiring North And South Dakota Governors and Alaska Citizens Who Defended Alaska Last Night!

Governor Sean Parnell Tells Washington Journalists of Plan to Boost Alaska Oil Production To 1 Million Barrels/day. Julie Hasquet of Senator Mark Begich's Office and Megan Hermann of Senator Lisa Murkowski's Energy Committee office Provided This Link To Pipeline Throughput Study Shell's Marvin Odum Optimistic About Arctic, reports AP's Dan Joling USGS Boosts Estimate of Cook Inlet Oil and Gas, reports ADN's Erika Bolstadt (Written en route from Bismarck to Anchorage...IOGCC stories and photos will appear here.  -dh) Alaskans Turned Out Last Night To Defend Alaska's Future!  Soldiers From International Environmental [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:43-09:00June 30th, 2011|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Notes From the Road, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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6-1-11 Bill Walker Wants His Way And Others To Pay – Trans Canada Project Could Use Existing Pipes

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Enforcement, and Regulation (BOEMRE) is accepting comments on the development of offshore oil and natural gas in Alaska's Chukchi Sea.  With years of studying the potential impacts of production and ensuring all safety precautions have exceeded standards; and, with the country's need for domestic energy and jobs, we can make our views known today, here.  The Chukchi is one source for replenishment of declining volumes of oil traversing the 2/3 empty Trans Alaska Oil Pipeline System (TAPS).  A gas pipeline is important.  But keeping [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:54:14-09:00June 1st, 2011|Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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Maybe No Big Alaska Projects Are Feasible Without A Robust Oil Pipeline Paying the Freight!

Fred Wilson Thinks Neo-Conservatives Are At the Gates In Canada.   Scroll Down For More on ANS Propane, and See Alaska's New Roush CleanTech Propane Truck! (NGP Photo) At Noon Today, Former University of Alaska President Rallies the Troops For Tax Reform! Commentary: Last Thursday and Friday we heard from Alaskan and Lower 48 entrepreneurs about the growing feasibility of an Alaska North Slope propane wholesale and retail distribution project.  Your author addressed the conference on Friday, noting that a fully functioning Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) and ANS infrastructure [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:58-09:00April 4th, 2011|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Propane, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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Today We Face Alaska’s Two Greatest Economic Issues

Comment.  Alaska's economic lifeline, the Trans Alaska Oil Pipeline (TAPS) could cease operations five years from now as throughput diminishes, or tomorrow--due to cold, lethargic througput and a minor malfunction.  This fact is critical to every Alaskan family, since all citizens depend on TAPS throughput for almost 90% of the state operating budget and over a third of the entire economy.  Best sources for new oil to replenish declining TAPS throughput: Federal OCS, Federal On-Shore and State On- and Off-shore oil and gas reserves.  The biggest impediment to bringing these [...]

By |2016-03-13T04:08:15-09:00March 29th, 2011|Reader Comment|0 Comments
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