2-7-15 Arabs Support Enviros Against American Energy Independence

(Note: Once we posted this report we realized our headline wording could be regarded as unfair,  That is to say, not all Arabs are supporting US environmental groups to undermine US energy security.  And, while all members of Saudia Araba's ruling family are likely to be of Arabian descent, not all citizens of that family should be so accused.  Having now expressed that sensitivity, the unsettling fact remains that one of America's great Middle Eastern allies of the past, may now be showing new colors and our relationship may well be coming [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:50:58-09:00February 7th, 2015|Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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1-21-15 US News Commentator Worries Walker Will Create Uncertainty

  Calgary Herald by Dan Healing.  Oil services company Baker Hughes Inc. will lay off about 7,000 workers — likely including hundreds in Canada — as it prepares for a downturn in orders because of the plunge in crude prices, the company said Tuesday.  The layoffs represent about an 11 per cent cut to the 62,000-plus workers Baker Hughes says it employs worldwide.  Company spokeswoman Melanie Kania said....  Read more. Is Governor Walker Creating An Uncertain Investment Climate? US News by John Burnett.  In recent weeks, the state’s newly elected governor, Bill Walker, has said and done [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:37-09:00January 21st, 2015|Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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11-7-14 Alaska Governor Acts On Gasline And Legislators React – President Makes Preemptive Attack On Keystone XL

See Our Earlier Commentary: "Is Alaska Beginning A New Year Of Accomplishment or Acrimony?" (Other references) ADN by Dermot Cole.  Gov. Bill Walker (NGP Photo) took a major step toward revising the way the state is dealing with a proposed gas pipeline by removing three members of the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. board and instructing two commissioners not to sign a secrecy pledge proposed by the Parnell administration. (Comment: We do not know enough about all the circumstances to comment on the rightness or wrongness of the Governor's action or legislative reactions.  We do [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:38-09:00January 7th, 2015|AGDC, Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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1-6-14 BP Is Major Alaskan Investor and America’s Largest Energy Investor

We have a new report this morning that: "BP contributes $143 billion to the U.S. economy and supports nearly 220,000 jobs".  In that report, BP America's Chairman and President John Mingé (NGP Photo) writes of Alaska that, " We are spending heavily to continue developing the giant Prudhoe Bay field after selling interests in four other Alaska fields.  We also are working to advance the Alaska LNG project, which will help transport North Slope gas to global markets. Alaska voters supported these efforts by keeping in place a historic tax reform measure [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:38-09:00January 6th, 2015|You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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12-19-14 Senate Confirms An Outstanding Nominee For FERC

Petroleum News/AP by Becky Bohrer: Gas Pipeline Coordinator Office to Close: The office of the federal coordinator for Alaska gas pipeline projects is shutting down after not being included in the budget bill that Congress recently passed.  Federal coordinator Larry Persily (NGP Photo) said he plans to have the office shut down by the end of February. Commentary.  As we slip into a pre-Christmas weekend, we decided to both wish you and yours well and provide some reading material to help in contemplating next year's challenges: a speech we gave in [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:48-09:00December 19th, 2014|Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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11-18-14 TransCanada’s Energy East Pipeline: “The Medium Is The Message”, But All Is Not Lost….

Personal note: en route today from Cuenca, Ecuador to Anchorage.... Globe & Mail.  In Alberta, where the Conservatives are Progressive, Premier Jim Prentice (NGP Photo) accurately described his province’s biggest challenge in a weekend speech to his party. Alberta, he said, has to find new markets in Asia for its oil, and the only way it can do that is by redefining the province “as an environmental leader.” CBC.  TransCanada is launching an aggressive campaign to get public support and recruit "advocates" for its Energy East pipeline.  Documents obtained by Greenpeace and shared [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:50-09:00November 18th, 2014|Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Keystone XL, Notes From the Road, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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11-2-14

BOEM Releases Revised Analysis for Chukchi Sea Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193 BOEM will hold 7 public hearings, accept public comments Nov. 7 - Dec. 22  ANCHORAGE, Alaska - In response to a federal court order, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Friday released the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for Chukchi Sea Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193.  BOEM prepared the draft SEIS using the best available science, and working in close consultation with Alaska Native tribes, federal partner agencies, state and local governments, [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:46:00-09:00November 2nd, 2014|You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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10-31-14 Senator Murkowski And Governor Parnell Take On Feds In ANWR Boundary Dispute

Senator Murkowski And Governor Parnell Take On Feds In ANWR Boundary Dispute​ U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo), this week supported Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell's (NGP Photo) demand that the federal government convey roughly 20,000 acres on the western boundary of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to the state. Other Items: Independent oil companies are boosting oil production in Cook Inlet and a new independent-led project on the North Slope is beginning to take shape, with royalty incentives playing a role in both cases. “Ongoing investment by the Cook Inlet [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:52-09:00October 31st, 2014|Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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10-30-14 NPR-A Comment Period Over Today; PLEASE COMMENT

NGP Reader Comment Here: Bob Hoffman;  Reed Christensen; Brian Benson, et. al.  (Read our commentary: "Has Commentary Gone Crazy?" Comment: While our loyal readers are suspect about Federal Comment Periods -- with good reason -- we cannot afford to let any record of comment be overbalanced with armies of environmental activists.  NGP Readers everywhere: Please Comment Before Today's Deadline On National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska Permit Application.  Full background here. Please pay special attention to this statement on the issue by U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo) as you're not likely to read about [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:52-09:00October 30th, 2014|AGDC, Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas, Reader Comment, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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10-28-14 What Do Dandelions and Energy Have In Common? – National Petroleum Reserve Comment Due Tommorrow!

Consumer Energy Alliance Says "Alaska Is Key To American Energy Success!" NGP Readers Everywhere: Please Comment Before Thursday's Deadline On National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska Permit Application. Today, at great cost to state and local governments, bureaucrats gather in Anchorage to 'discuss' how to deal with invasive species. Meanwhile, we have shown how government managers coddle and cultivate the biggest invasive weed, the ubiquitous dandelion, which grows and multiplies under their noses, infesting northern forests and city landscapes alike.  We observe -- and have given ample proof throughout these archives (Search [...]

By |2019-03-25T09:10:25-09:00October 28th, 2014|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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10-27-14 The Oil Supply – Demand Pendulum Is Forever Swinging To and Fro

Murkowski: Global Oil Outages Can Provide “Strategic Warning” of Threats to Stability Top Energy Committee Republican Warns of Petroleum Production Losses in Libya, Yemen, and Elsewhere U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo), today released a report surveying petroleum production outages around the world, data which could be used to provide strategic warning of threats to international security. “Losses in oil production often reflect instability,” Murkowski said. “Energy reporting clearly pointed to Iraq’s deteriorating security years before the current collapse and provides us strategic warning of violence in other countries and [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:52-09:00October 27th, 2014|Commentary, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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10-22-14

News Alert In Canada Watch Live Coverage Of Shooting On Parliament Hill     CTV News Premiers united over 'extraordinary' Energy East pipeline project | video.  Calgary Herald Alberta Premier Jim Prentice and New Brunswick Premier Brian Gallant sat down to talk business about the proposed Energy East Pipeline project on ...     Calgary Herald New energy minister tackles pipeline questions, Calgary Herald By Dan Healing, Calgary Herald October 21, 2014 6:58 PM ... in promoting market access for Alberta oil and gas but Premier Jim Prentice is leading ...  

By |2016-12-22T22:28:53-09:00October 22nd, 2014|You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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10-14-14 Dandelions and Energy – National Poll Supports Offshore Oil & Gas

  How Government Deals With One Invasive Species, The Dandelion by Dave Harbour (Point of personal privilege) This is, admittedly, a pet peeve.  The only way I could relate the dandelion invasion to our study of energy, is to make a point that bureaucracies will never be as efficient with public dollars as citizens are with family dollars.  In Alaska, oil pays most of the cost of state government while families pay virtually nothing in support of their state government benefits. As a homeowner, I go out and dig up every [...]

By |2019-03-26T15:17:06-09:00October 14th, 2014|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Personal, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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10-13-14 Federal Policies Undermine Alaska’s Enormous Energy Potential

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Communications Director, Robert Dillon (NGP Photo), wrote us this morning, "The New York Times recently ran an article with a headline pronouncing the “end” of Alaska’s energy boom. The reporter focused on how economic anxiety is affecting the state’s Senate election, but in doing so, missed a critical point about Alaska’s “dwindling” production: the main reason it continues to fall is because the federal government refuses to allow access to the vast resources on federally controlled lands."  Here is the NYT article, by Kirk Johnson.  Below is Dillon's [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:54-09:00October 13th, 2014|Federal Obstruction, Reader Comment, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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7-22-14 We reported yesterday; here are today’s media reports….

Yesterday, we reported on the LNG export application filed by Alaska LNG project sponsors with the Department of Energy; today, we link you to reports from two of Alaska's most prolific oil industry reporters  (-dh): Peninsula Clarion by Tim Bradner (NGP Photo).   An application was filed Friday for the U.S. Department of Energy export permit for the project. North Slope producers, TransCanada Corp. and the state of Alaska asked for permission to export up to 20 million metric tons yearly of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, from Alaska, the group announced in a press release. Alaska [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:16-09:00July 22nd, 2014|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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