Notes From the Road, Day Seven In North Dakota: Visiting the Antelope Valley Power Plant and Dakota Gasification Plant, A Powerful Combination!

 ...more 'Notes from the road' and photos coming.  Today we are attending meetings in Bismarck with the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission. Yesterday, we urged all readers, including elected officials, to become actively involved in tomorrow night's BOEMRE hearing that could well determine Alaska's future.  It is of such importance, I sense that any other legislative activity is virtually moot or meaningless next to the priority of attending a hearing whose record could result in a sustained, Alaskan economy.  Today, we are delighted to provide readers with the copy of [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:43-09:00June 28th, 2011|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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Notes From the Road, Day Six In North Dakota – WEDNESDAY IS A BIG DAY – Has Alaska’s Real Estate Market Really Escaped The Denali Gas Pipeline Loss?

ADN Op-Ed by Chris Stephens (NGP Photo).  Our commercial real estate market is plagued by uncertainty for the second year. The causes of that uncertainty include the national recession, questions over the prospects for construction of a gas pipeline from the North Slope to the Lower 48, delays in Shell Oil's efforts to explore the Chukchi Sea, and pessimism about future oil company investment in the face of North Slope production declines.  The Legislature's inconclusive debate this past session about reducing oil taxes to stimulate production created additional uncertainty.  Recent news that the [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:44-09:00June 27th, 2011|Commentary, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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Notes From the Road, Day Two – Is Alaska Losing or Has It Lost Its Competitive Edge?

  Notes From The Road, Day Two: Williston to Bismarck by Dave Harbour Comment:  In the stories below, one is left shaking one's head.  The Alaska State Senate has refused to support Governor Sean Parnell's call for tax reform leading to more oil and gas investment on state lands.  At the same time, Alaska's U.S. Senators are calling for the Administration to improve a sour federal land investment climate steming from restrictive regulatory policies.  The adult in the room wants to say, why don't the state and federal decision makers [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:44-09:00June 24th, 2011|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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Notes From the Road, Day One – N.D. Reminds Me Of What America/Alaska Used To Be, Still Could Be — We Should Seek Balance

Dan Joling of the AP reports Alaska officials are Thrilled with Cook Inlet Lease Sale.  Could this be light at the end of a slow-development tunnel--or a sign that producers now believe the Regulatory Commission of Alaska will not unreasonably disapprove gas sales agreements to utilities as it did in 2006-7?  -dh Help Alaska Continue To Produce Energy For the Country While Invigorating the National Economy! Notes From the Road, Day 1: Bismarck to Williston by Dave Harbour Yesterday, I was visiting oil industry folks in Bismarck, and today am [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:44-09:00June 23rd, 2011|Commentary, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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EPA Organizes Barrow-Kaktovik Meetings With Less Than A Week’s Notice!

NGP Readers: If you can attend these EPA meetings in Kaktovik and Barrow, please do! ADN.  The federal Environmental Protection Agency is holding two public hearings in Barrow this week over air and water permits the agency is preparing to propose for oil and gas exploration in Alaska's Arctic.  (Actually there are three meetings, characterized as information 'sharing' meetings -- not public hearings -- and are scheduled for Barrow and Kaktovik today, tomorrow and Friday.  -dh) EPA officials say the goal of the meetings is to present information about the permits [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:45-09:00June 15th, 2011|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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Doc Hastings Visits Alaska Today & Unveils NPR-A Legislation! – US Red Tape Affects Canadian Producers – White House To Use About 30 Federal Agencies To Zone Oceans Without Congressional Approval

Call to Action.  Citizens, let's please prepare to give the White House our Input FRIDAY NIGHT on the combined effort of over two-dozen Federal Agencies to 'Zone' the oceans surrounding America (Alaska has about 3/4 of the US coastline).   This Federal control extends to the Great Lakes and throughout the watershed feeding the oceans.  Imagine the thousands of jobs this 'ocean zoning' will create for environmental activists and lawyers in almost every state!   Control the oceans and watersheds and you truly control the entire 'means of production' in this [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:46-09:00June 9th, 2011|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Federal Progress|0 Comments
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Ever Consider Going To A Federal “Listening Session” On Date Night? – Reuters Says Denali Partner Freedom Is Silver Lining

Reuters.  While we dislike seeing the demise of any gas pipeline project before a gas line is under way, the silver lining here is that Denali's announcement frees ConocoPhillips and BP to independently become partners in another Alaska gas line project.   Canada.com by Mike De Souza.  Canada's federal energy regulator is defending its decision to keep Canadians in the dark about safety concerns with two major oil and gas pipelines. The concerns prompted the regulator to order pressure reductions on both lines last October, which are still in effect today. [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:46-09:00June 7th, 2011|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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Alberta Celebrates Its Investment Climate While Alaska Is Creating Its Own Bear Market!

...just had to share our weekend black Bear encounter (NGP Photo) with my reader/friends!   We were closer to this back yard bruin than we were a weekend earlier to the Brown Bears of the Alaska Peninsula!  (ADN Story and Photo) Comment on Chukchi Sea Exploration Program Today! -Federal Register Notice- -Background From Consumer Energy Alliance- Readers: Check out this Calgary Herald article by Rebecca Penty outlining the celebration of Alberta's investment climate.  Then, compare that to Deborah Brollini's article, below, portraying how the greed of certain Alaska lawmakers is destroying Alaska's [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:47-09:00June 6th, 2011|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Federal Obstruction|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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House to Hold Alaska Energy Hearing Next Week – Governor Parnell and Rebecca Logan Promote Rare Earth Elements In Alaska – ARNI Thwarts Two Big Alaska Projects

Dan Healing of the Calgary Herald Reports Louisana LNG Project Is A 'Go'!  ARNI Dogs Alaska Projects. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael R. Bromwich (NGP Photo-l) today named Dr. James Kendall (NGP Photo-r at a 3-9-11 hearing in Anchorage) as the Director of the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Region. Dr. Kendall has been serving as Acting Director for the region since January 1, 2011.  (More below.)   Yesterday, Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) --  also grappling with Washington over energy access issues -- urged the federal government to [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:48-09:00May 25th, 2011|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Federal Progress|0 Comments
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Denali Gas Pipeline Project To Terminate Operations

We have commented on Denali's demise HERE and archived the news releases documenting its progress.  -dh Denali - The Alaska Gas Pipeline announced today that its open season efforts have not resulted in the customer commitments necessary to continue work on its Alaska North Slope gas pipeline project, which has an overall estimated capital cost of $35 billion (2009 dollars). Denali will withdraw its Federal Energy Regulatory Commission pre-file application and, over the next few months, close out its operations. "Denali is ending its efforts because of a lack of [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:49-09:00May 17th, 2011|Commentary|0 Comments
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Fires Rage In Alberta Oil Patch – DOE and COP Install ANS Gas Hydrate Test Well – Industry BBQ Friday in Anchorage – ADN Says Better Here Than Brazil

HEAR SENATOR MURKOWSKI SPEAK ON OIL TAXES VIA C-SPAN AT 2:20 P.M. EDT.  LOOK BELOW FOR BREAKING NEWS ON NEW GAS HYDRATE TEST WELL INSTALLATION!  ALWAYS TUNE IN HERE FOR BREAKING NEWS AND COMMENTARY ON STATUS OF GAS PIPELINE PROJECTS!  Yesterday we addressed President Obama's Saturday pro-domestic energy speech; today the ADN editorializes:  BOTTOM LINE: Let Shell explore, let Slope producers tap NPR-A -- and keep a close watch.  No question there is risk, and a lot of work to do before production -- if it pans out. But, as [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:50-09:00May 17th, 2011|Commentary, Federal Progress|0 Comments
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Obama Addresses Alaska Resources as Alaska Leaders Respond Guardedly – Truckers Speak Out – NEB Hosts Inuvik Roundtable And Pays Way For Some Guests

Today's Email Alert NEB.  Comment:  Canada's National Energy Board (NEB) will host a Roundtable Meeting in Inuvik at the Midnight Sun Recreation Centre from 10 to 16 September 2011 and reimburse certain outsiders up to $300,000 to fly in and sit at the roundtable.    We suspect that most of the subsidized visitors to Inuvik will be non-industry advocates.    We imagine the September event will merit some discussion at the Inuvik Petroleum Show next month.  -dh Opinion: American Truckers Speak Out On Energy. The trucking industry annually consumes 35 billion gallons of [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:50-09:00May 16th, 2011|Commentary, Federal Coordinator, Federal Obstruction, Federal Progress, NEB|0 Comments
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Governor Draws Line in Coastal Sand – NEB’s Gaeton Says Gas Production Declining – State Executive Calls Pipeline Situation Urgent – US House Passes Energy Package – Gas Pipeline Panel On TV This Weekend – Shell Submits Chukchi Exploration Plan

HQ Yellowknife.  Bob McLeod (NGP Photo) said the Mackenzie Gas Project would translate to billions of dollars for the NWT and Canadian economy, calling it a “nation building endeavour.” Calgary Herald by Dina O'Meara.  Canadian natural gas production is expected to drop by 4.4 per cent within two years on an oversupplied North American market and a shift toward drilling more lucrative oil prospects, according to a new report. ... Fevered drilling for shale gas in the United States flooded North American markets at a time when demand was soft because [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:51-09:00May 13th, 2011|Commentary, NEB|0 Comments
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Parnell Seeks National Support To Meet Pipeline Goals – Are Alaska Senators Blowing Smoke?

The Hill Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) called the Democratic plan to scrap tax breaks for the big five oil producers to pay down the deficit “laughable” ....  Wall Street Journal (5/11/11) reports: The U.S. approved a Royal Dutch Shell PLC plan to drill for oil in five locations deep under the Gulf of Mexico…. The drilling "would not have a significant impact on the quality of the human environment," according to a press release from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement…Marvin Odum, president of Shell's U.S. subsidiary, said the company [...]

By |2016-03-13T04:06:35-09:00May 12th, 2011|Alaska Taxes, Commentary|0 Comments
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