5-6-13

 Calgary Herald.  Less than five months after his appointment, Bryan Gould is no longer president of Athabasca Oil Corp., the company announced Monday. Commentary: Today in Houston, the Offshore Technology Conference features the Outer Continental Shelf Governors' Coalition -- including Alaska Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) -- discussing the need for better federal-state communication on OCS policymaking and the benefits of OCS development for coastal states and FYI: Today's Email Alert. Sign up for free subscription, above, right. energy consumers. We will provide an update on the conference tomorrow.   We compliment Governor [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:48-09:00May 6th, 2013|Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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4-17-13 – More Evidence The Administration Usurps Congressional Authority

Calgary Herald by Sherri Zickefoose.  An anti-oil pipeline art show is being sent packing from City Hall’s atrium after officials yanked the group’s permit over price tags and politics. TODAY: Witnesses Hail State Energy Policies, Discuss How Federal Red Tape Blocks Much-Needed Energy Production Yesterday we editorialized on how the Administration's persistent effort to create a new ocean zoning bureaucracy defies Congressional authority.  Over the last several years, we have documented many instances of this Administration's effort to overreach its authority and expand its jurisdiction and control over the American public.  One [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:50-09:00April 17th, 2013|Coastal Management, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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4-16-13 Is Congress Fiddling While Its Authority Is Being Stolen?

 Is Congress Fiddling As Obama Usurps Its Authority? WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation held a legislative hearing on nine bills to prevent the President from unilaterally designating National Monuments under the century-old Antiquities Act and to ensure greater public participation in the process.  Commentary by   Dave Harbour   An Obama Executive Order created a new government bureaucracy that, like a leech, is siphoning strength from other federal agencies--without Congressional authority.   Here Are Some Useful National Ocean Policy Coalition Quick Links.  The [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:50-09:00April 16th, 2013|Alaska Taxes, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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4-11-13

Tonight Is Another Big Night, For Those Who Care About Alaska's Economic Future! The Government Gas Pipeline Commentary by Dave Harbour Late yesterday, we followed the Senate Finance Committee review of the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation's answers to questions about the pending, HB4 that would expand AGDC's powers and infuse it with operating capital.  (Watch the video.  Photo: House Speaker Mike Chenault.) We have always supported the concept of this project as an insurance policy for Interior and South Central Alaska electric power and space heating consumers.  This is because [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:51-09:00April 11th, 2013|AGDC, Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Intrastate Gas, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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4-10-13 COP Delays Arctic OCS – Obama Shorting States’ Natural Resources Revenue is, “akin to theft”! – Alaska Representative Supports Keystone XL Pipeline!

  We compliment Rep. Charisse Millett (NGP Photo) for having the initiative to weigh in on a variety of national energy issues, including this one.  If Alaska expects other states to rally to her aid when confronting examples of federal overreach, it should show itself to be a good friend to other states facing similar federal aggression.  After all, when facing the current anti development Administration America now suffers, the states must vow to hang together lest they be hanged separately.   -dh Fairbanks News Miner/AP.  ConocoPhillips Alaska says it will delay its 2014 [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:52-09:00April 10th, 2013|Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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3-31-13

Petroleum News Alaska.  ANWR's fate on hold (Full story) A federal website says a “record of decision” is due this spring on a new management plan for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, including a potential recommendation to designate more of the refuge as wilderness. But an official with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which manages ANWR, said the....

By |2016-03-13T03:52:07-09:00April 1st, 2013|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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3-28-13

Calgary Herald.  In a decision that concluded tolls cannot increase every year to offset lower volumes moving through a pipeline, the National Energy Board has rejected sweeping changes put forward by pipeline giant TransCanada on its fee structure to move natural gas in Canada. Our Friends at Resource Development Council  for Alaska (RDC) Alert Us About Tomorrow's Deadline:   The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has begun the scoping process for the Donlin Gold LLC project Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).  The Corps is accepting comments, questions, and suggestions to be considered and [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:55-09:00March 28th, 2013|Federal Obstruction, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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3-5-13

CBC News.  Calla Farn, a company spokesperson, said most of the company's plants around the world have already converted to natural gas. Legislative Report:  Yesterday, the Alaska State House of Representatives adopted a resolution (HJR 6) Relating to legacy wells and legacy well sites.  The resolution urges the Bureau of Land Management to open new areas of the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska for environmentally responsible oil and gas development.  It also requests the Office of the Governor to increase nationwide awareness about legacy wells and well sites.  Commentary coming tomorrow. [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:14-09:00March 5th, 2013|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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2-28-13 President Presides Over Federal Land Energy Losses

Yesterday, in wake of Shell's announcement, Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) said: “Taking the long view, we are at the early stage of a new era of oil exploration in the Arctic, one that will continue for decades in a measured and responsible way. Shell continues to have our full support for this project that is critical to America’s domestic energy security.” Dan Kish (See video below), distinguished Senior Vice President (Policy) for the Institute for Energy Research sends the following report, released today.  It is particularly relevant in view [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:14-09:00February 28th, 2013|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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2-27-13

Today Shell announced it was suspending its 2013 exploration program.  That slides the possibility of new production from Alaska's OCS forward at least another year and puts new pressure on the Alaska Legislature to enhance the attractiveness of oil investments into existing legacy fields.  From legacy fields, with the correct government policies, new production can come relatively quickly--at least, compared to greenfield exploration in non producing areas of the Arctic OCS.  -dh Do Tax and Regulatory Burdens Affect Investment Decisions? ALASKA DISPATCH STORY.  As Alaska lawmakers grapple with whether to [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:14-09:00February 27th, 2013|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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2-13-13

Calgary Herald by Deborah Yedlin.   ...the statements by ARC Financial's Peter Tertzakian as well as the speech delivered by former deputy prime minister Jim Prentice would have left a sense of urgency when it comes to the need to diversify markets for Alberta's oil production.  (Note: Friday's meeting of  Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird with newly appointed U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.) This special edition of the Cruthirds Report (Requires Subscription) provides highlights and observations from the “Three Interconnections Meeting: Facing the Future With Interconnection-wide Planning” that was held in conjunction with [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:16-09:00February 13th, 2013|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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2-11-13

 U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today delivered a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate demanding that the Secretary of the Interior put the health and safety of Alaskans above the inconvenience of migrating birds when deciding whether a land exchange, involving the Izembek National Refuge, that would grant the residents of King Cove limited road access to emergency medical care was in the public interest. Click to watch video clip of Sen. Murkowski’s floor speech on the King Cove Road “Five years ago this Congress approved a land [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:16-09:00February 11th, 2013|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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1-17-13 Part IV Of The Alliance Report

Fairbanks  News Miner/AP.  Gov. Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) on Wednesday set new benchmarks for progress on a major natural gas pipeline project in Alaska and urged lawmakers to act this year on legislation to change the state's oil tax structure.  In his fourth State of the State address, Parnell told a joint session of the Legislature that he wants the companies involved in advancing a long-hoped-for gas line project to settle on a concept by Feb. 15.  (See text: Governor's State-of-the-State speech.)  ...  Max Buxton story.  When it came to [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:17-09:00January 17th, 2013|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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1-16-13 Part III Of The Alliance Report And Salazar Resignation

Point of personal privilege:  We are grieved to note the passing over a month ago of our longtime friend, musician, artist, businessman, Armond "Army" Kirschbaum (NGP Photo), 89.  Army passed away on December 4, 2012 in Anchorage, AK.   Friends joined in a celebration of his life yesterday at the Blue-Holloman Gallery in Anchorage.     See our stories yesterday regarding Alaska's relationship with Salazar's Interior Department and former EPA Administrator Whitman's counsel regarding "cooperation". Salazar to Resign....Fox News (3 a.m.)  Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (NGP Photo) will step down from his [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:17-09:00January 16th, 2013|Alaska Taxes, Federal Obstruction, Personal, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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