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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1-19-15 Optimism Amid Challenges

Essay: Maintaining Optimism In A Challenging Environment An essay to assist both Alaska citizens and our thousands of readers abroad in understanding the critical circumstances now confronting the 49th state. By Dave Harbour (Send us your comments, and scroll up for tomorrow's related commentary!) America invented the term, “Keep a stiff upper lip”, exactly two hundred years ago in a book entitled, "Massachusetts Spy".  The Brits adopted the term and now oil producers throughout the world are repeating it to stay calm in the face of what may be a prolonged period of [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:38-09:00January 19th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, LNG|0 Comments
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1-13-15 Why Is ‘Climate Change/Global Warming’ Important To Energy Producers?

Alaska budget and gasline Comments, ADN by Tim Bradner (NGP Photo).    I have sympathy for new Gov. Bill Walker walking into this.  So far — with one exception — Walker’s actions have been quite reasoned. He prudently ordered a stop to unobligated spending on several high-profile state development projects and put off submitting a revised state budget until January to allow his team to develop a plan. Note to readers and public service advertisers:  the right hand column normally appearing here is being reconstructed.  Thank you for your patience.  -dh [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:38-09:00January 13th, 2015|Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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1-12-15 KEYSTONE GAINS SUPPORT (SCROLL DOWN FOR SATURDAY’S PRENTICE STORY)

Responding To The Oil Price 'Crisis' Commentary:   While consumers rejoice, low oil prices cause "crises" to those governments and economies that are highly dependent on a high price for the volatile oil & gas commodities they produce. It may be instructive for decision makers in Alaska and Alberta, for example, to observe -- as they develop their own creative solutions -- ideas from abroad. Here is what the Ecuador’s Vice President Jorge Glas said yesterday in a Radio announcement about that country's dependence on falling oil prices (See our earlier story [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:38-09:00January 12th, 2015|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Keystone XL|0 Comments
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1-10-14 Premier Jim Prentice Keeps Keystone XL At Top Of Agenda

Calgary Sun.  Statement from Premier Jim Prentice (NGP Photo) on the Nebraska Supreme Court ruling Premier Jim Prentice issued the following statement after the Nebraska Supreme Court upheld a state law granting the governor the authority to approve the Keystone XL route through the state: “Today’s ruling in Nebraska clears the path for approving the Keystone XL pipeline. “This ruling clarifies the regulatory process in Nebraska allowing the State Department to proceed with the Presidential Permit for the cross-border portion of the pipeline based on its own findings. The facts support [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:38-09:00January 10th, 2015|Federal Obstruction, Keystone XL|0 Comments
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1-9-15 Will The Keystone XL Ever Be Built?

Today is the Alliance's Meet Alaska Conference in Anchorage Will The Keystone XL Ever Be Built? (See Senator Murkowski's Release Today) by James R. Halloran, Independent Energy Analyst Most of the readers know we deal with trends, not forecasts. We have only made three forecasts that involved “a rate and a date” in fifteen years; our record is 2-1, and would be perfect if natural gas had moved $0.10 higher in 2013. However, we have gone out on a bit of a limb with two forecasts recently. The first one is well known:The [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:38-09:00January 9th, 2015|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|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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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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12-12-14 Another Northwest Passage: An Arctic Gateway Project? *** White House Overreach Continues

Consider liking us for more regular alerts on our NGP Facebook Page.  Follow us on Twitter.  -dh Petroleum News by Gary Park.  Arctic Gateway, a sweeping initiative to explore ways to move oil and natural gas from Alberta, the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Alaska to markets in the Asia-Pacific region, will likely be an underpinning of a standalone energy strategy being drafted in the NWT, said Industry Minister Dave Ramsay (NGP Photo). (See our earlier report, "Another Northwest Passage May Be Viable.  -dh) Scroll Down For Yesterday's Reports On White House [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:48-09:00December 12th, 2014|Arctic Policy, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas|0 Comments
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12-11-14 Obama Is SUCCEEDING In His War On Conventional, Reliable Energy Sources

"Obama's Successful War on Conventional Energy Sources" Investors Business Daily Editorial WSJ Op-Ed by Congressman Kevin Cramer.   Pushback against the Obama administration’s complex Clean Power Plan—which would reduce carbon emissions from power plants by 30% in 2030 from 2005 levels—has mostly focused on its staggering cost. NERA Economic Consulting, for instance, estimates the plan will increase the nationwide average price of electricity 12% to 17% over 15 years. But a pair of recent reports present an even more ominous picture. Not only will electricity cost more, Americans might not [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:48-09:00December 11th, 2014|Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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12-4-14 Progress For Canada’s Energy East Pipeline – Costliest Regulation In U.S. History!

Stop The Costliest regulation In America's History: HAPPENING NOW!   Here is CEA's position.  -dh "Energy East Pipeline is Good For All of Canada."  Editorial Board, Calgary Herald CBC News.  Ontario's concerns about the proposed Energy East pipeline narrowed considerably following a meeting today between Premiers Kathleen Wynne and Jim Prentice of Alberta. Energy East, Alberta's Jim Prentice goes pipeline wooing Energy East pipeline 'advocates' targeted by TransCanada PR Saskatchewan premier concerned about Ontario, Quebec position on Energy East Ontario and Quebec set out seven principles for the $12-billion pipeline project, which [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:49-09:00December 4th, 2014|Federal Obstruction, Federal Progress, Interstate Gas|0 Comments
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11-26-14 U.S. Thanksgiving Prayers and Pipelines

US Thanksgiving 2014: Americans Thankful For Plenty Should Be Thankful To Their Creator and Their Devout Predecessors! -dh ADN by Alex DeMarban.  Gov.-elect Bill Walker (NGP Photo) on Monday began the thorny task of meeting with officials from the Alaska Gasline Development Corp., an entity he targeted during his campaign as ripe for cuts, with its high salaries and the state's dueling gas pipeline projects. Western Canadian pipelines may be looking better but they, Keystone XL and Energy East still have their challenges.          -dh   Quebec won't be pressured [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:50-09:00November 26th, 2014|Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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11-22-14

Plunging oil prices cast shadow over weekend's Walker-Mallott transition conference, Alex DeMarban     Calgary He Drilling forecast calls for 10% activity decline in 2015 Calgary Herald By Dan Healing, Calgary Herald November 20, 2014 ... 10 per cent decline in drilling activity in 2015 due to delays in takeaway pipeline construction, ...  

By |2016-12-22T22:28:50-09:00November 22nd, 2014|Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas|0 Comments
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11-16-14

Yahoo News.  Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) conceded the gubernatorial race Saturday, issuing a statement a day after independent challenger Bill Walker ​(NGP Photo) was declared the winner. Washington, D.C.;  November 11, 2014: This week, Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) filed formal comments in opposition to a proposed new definition of the “waters of the United States” that are subject to federal regulation.  PLF argues that the new rule, devised by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers, defines Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction so broadly that it could [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:45:44-09:00November 16th, 2014|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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11-15-14

Huff Post.   Independent candidate Bill Walker (NGP Photo) has won the Alaska governor's race, following an aggressive challenge to Republican Gov. Sean Parnell that included joining campaigns with a Democratic rival.   ***   USA Today.  Walker Ousts Parnell.   CNN Battlefield over Keystone pipeline heads south Calgary Herald, The congressional Keystone debates come a day after the joint U.S.-China announcement of new post-2020 greenhouse gas emission targets and is ....  Did midterms give Keystone a boost? - Calgary Herald....  Obama holds veto power over much-delayed project - Calgary Herald....  Full Coverage  

By |2016-12-22T22:28:51-09:00November 15th, 2014|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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