7-30-12

 GAS PIPELINE NEWS: Today, July 30, from 1-4 p.m. in the Anchorage Legislative Information Office, Room 220, 715 W. 4th Avenue, the Legislature's Joint "In-State Gas Caucus" is hosting a meeting of state, federal and industry officials to hear updates on efforts to monetize the state's natural gas and Point Thompson resources. Here's another deadline today.  Alaska's Lower 48 brethren by the hundreds of thousands have helped with comments on our issues and the Keystone XL Pipeline directly affects national defense as well as Alaska's security.  The Obama Administration has [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:49-09:00July 30th, 2012|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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7-25-12

GAS PIPELINE NEWS: On Monday, July 30, from 1-4 p.m. in the Anchorage Legislative Information Office, Room 220, 715 W. 4th Avenue, the Legislature's Joint "In-State Gas Caucus" is hosting a meeting of state, federal and industry officials to hear updates on efforts to monetize the state's natural gas and Point Thompson resources. B.C. releases requirements for new heavy oil pipelines - Calgary Herald - Calgary Herald facebook page .... The British Columbia government has today outlined five requirements that must be met before it approves any new heavy-oil pipeline, such as the Enbridge Northern Gateway. Note the [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:50-09:00July 25th, 2012|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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7-23-12

Yesterday, we participated in an outstanding presentation delivered to members of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners by "Fueling California" Chairman, Bob Sturtz (NGP Photo).  The presentation sought to demonstrate how California's experience could help energy consumers everywhere.   Since our readers know that state and federal energy policies are overlapping, we present this link that provides much useful information.  In general, California's experience is that political manipulation of energy programs, subsidies, regulations and a greenhouse gas emissions voter initiative has dramatically increased energy costs for consumers.  -dh EPA Deadline [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:50-09:00July 23rd, 2012|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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7-21-12

See our earlier story on President's poor leasing record.  -dh On Wednesday, the House Natural Resources Committee approved by a bipartisan 24-17 vote, H.R. 6082, the Congressional Replacement of President Obama’s Energy-Restricting and Job-Limiting Offshore Drilling Plan. The bill would replace the Obama Administration’s final offshore drilling plan, which keeps 85 percent of America’s offshore areas off-limits to energy production, with a real plan that creates new American jobs by allowing offshore American energy production in those areas with the greatest known oil and natural gas resources. “For over three years the Obama [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:50-09:00July 21st, 2012|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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7-19-12

Saskatchewan's other Bakkan, from Gary Park, Petroleum News Comment:  How many Alaskans/Americans are now in the mood for another TEA PARTY?  In fact, Shouldn't we celebrate that original 1773 event this coming November 4?   We've continually cautioned in these pages that for almost four years the state of Alaska -- especially the natural resources sector upon which our economy depends -- has received nothing but harassment and negative treatment by an authoritarian and ... Sidebar Comment: We note that Alaska is only one local US Jurisdiction under attack by the Obama Administration's [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:50-09:00July 19th, 2012|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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7-18-12 – Senator Giessel Once Again Sets an Example of Leadership and Initiative for All Elected Officials

Oil & Gas Congress Returns to Alaska - Today's CEA Energy Links Calgary Herald by Dina O'Meara.  Exports to the United States have been falling steadily since 2008 and the pain will intensify by almost half a billion cubic feet per day in November when two major pipeline expansions breach the border to bring the U.S. shale gas to storage hubs in Ontario. An Unenviable Record  (You read it here first) Here is late-breaking news from Chairman Doc Hastings' (NGP Photo) Natural Resources Committee:   On Wednesday, July 25th the Committee on Natural [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:50-09:00July 18th, 2012|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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7-12-12

Oil Well Remediation in Alaska: Senate Energy And Natural Resources Hearing Today.  Click Here For Archived Video and Testimony! Our readers know that we revere House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (NGP Photo) for his efforts to revive responsible natural resource development in Alaska and throughout the U.S.  He delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, on the House floor today in support of H.R. 4402, The National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act:  -dh  Click Here To Read the Text and Watch the Video Cheryl Heinze Passes [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:51-09:00July 12th, 2012|Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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7-11-12 – Congress Reschedules Markup to Revise Obama’s Offshore Leasing Plan

In this Calgary Herald story by Jim Wood, Canadian Ambassador to the US, Gary Doer, says American support for the Keystone XL Pipeline is strong.  -dh Yesterday, as part of a more than year long investigation into the Obama Administration’s rewrite of a 2008 coal regulation, the Stream Buffer Zone Rule, that could cost thousands of jobs, negatively impact the economies of 22 states and significantly harm American energy production, Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (NGP Photo) sent a letter to Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:51-09:00July 11th, 2012|Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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7-10-12 – Administration Violates Alaska’s Environmental Rules While Advocating “Environmental Cooperation”

Commentary: Alaska Legislator, Representative Charisse Millett (NGP Photo-r), will testify Thursday that the Bureau of Land Management fails to meet environmental standards required of private industry and citizens.   She will be joined by Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC) Chairman, Kathy Foerster (NGP Photo), whom we credit -- along with her commission colleagues -- with bringing the matter of abandoned, government legacy wells to public attention.   We acknowledge that previous administrations, the U.S. Navy and others share blame for littering Alaska with spent oil and gas exploration material [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:52-09:00July 10th, 2012|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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6-29-12 OCS: A Difference of Opinion

OCS Maps  OCS: A Difference of Opinion (Commentary).  Yesterday, the Department of Interior boasted of its "...Plan to Make All Highest-Resource Areas in the US Offshore Available for Oil and Gas Leasing."  However, in the Obama Administration's unique, passive-aggressive way, it smiles and offers development while withdrawing many of the best areas for development.  Is this another sleight of hand designed to "fool most of the people all the time", or "all of the people some of the time?"  After reading the side-by-side notes below, our readers can draw their [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:06-09:00June 29th, 2012|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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6-9-12

Toronto Star: Keystone XL pipeline: How Canada's pipeline splits the US.  The Toronto Star's Mitch Potter and Lucas Oleniuk drove 4,000 kilometres through Keystone country, from Montana to Texas, finding that the Canadian project has morphed into an oil-fired political drama - one so powerful it might take down President Obama. See the full story Saturday.

By |2016-12-22T22:32:09-09:00June 9th, 2012|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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6-7-12

Note to Readers:  We left the wonderful town of Vancouver, B.C. early yesterday after an IOGCC meeting and are this morning preparing for meetings in Charlotte, N.C.  Meanwhile, Carl Portman (NGP Photo) of the Resource Development Council for Alaska summarized how Alaskans once again came together to testify in support of sustaining the 49th State Economy last Monday night.  Readers may wish to review our last federal government hearing summary (Alaskans Rocked at Last Night's Hearing).  Americans everywhere are aware of EPA efforts to expand jurisdiction.  Here is a link to our [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:10-09:00June 7th, 2012|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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6-1-12 – North America Faces An International Environmental-Progressive Siege

Calgary Herald Opinion, by Deborah Yedlin.  It's nothing short of mind-boggling.  NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair briefly toured the oilsands Thursday. But his visit didn't appear to change his negative stance on the industry whose financial benefits outside this province top $100 billion on an annual basis, with the lion's share going to Ontario. Yesterday, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (NGP Photo) sent a series of letters to the Obama Administration requesting further information on how much the federal government spends on Endangered Species Act (ESA)-related litigation and settlement costs.  “The [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:11-09:00June 1st, 2012|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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5-29-12

Last week, CEA issued a Call To Action urging energy consumers across the country who are concerned about energy access to urge the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to move forward with a proposed Integrated Activity Plan that allows for expanded oil and gas development in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska as well as infrastructure development necessary to support oil and gas development offshore in the Chukchi Sea.  Other organizations within Alaska also announced 'Calls to Action'.  Today we will be finishing our hearing report ("Alaskans Rocked Last Night") complete with photos and [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:11-09:00May 29th, 2012|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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5-25-12 – Alaskans ‘Rocked’ At Last Night’s BLM Hearing!

Alaskans Rocked At Last Night's BLM Hearing! Commentary by Dave Harbour Last night, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) held a hearing in Anchorage to gather comment on its Draft Integrated Activity Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (IAP/EIS) for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A).  The Interior Department agency proposed four alternative approaches to managing NPR-A.  As many as a hundred had gathered in the Science Center of the BLM's Campbell Creek facility to listen or testify.  Twenty-one Alaskans enthusiastically supported oil and gas leasing of the nation's oil and gas [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:12-09:00May 25th, 2012|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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