8-7-14 NIMBY and “palpable tensions” among stakeholders

A Fairbanks columnist (i.e. below) admits a conflict of interest -- then opposes a pipeline gravel site possibly needed for a gas pipeline that could lower Fairbanks consumer energy costs.   It is a classic example of NIMBY, "Not In My Back Yard".  We do not suggest it is improper for a columnist to pen commentary.  Neither do we proclaim NIMBY to be a 'bad' thing.  We do suggest NIMBY is a reality upon which pipeline 'stakeholder relations' professionals must concentrate.   There is a palpable tension among various special interests: affected [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:55:24-09:00August 7th, 2014|AGDC, Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Intrastate Gas|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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7-21-14 – Alaska LNG Project Files With DOE For Export Permit

The 17 billionth barrel of Alaskan North Slope crude started down the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) this past weekend on Saturday, July 19, 2014.  “This is an operational milestone and legacy that we are all proud of,” said Tom Barrett, President of Alyeska Pipeline Service Company (NGP Photo)....  (More here....)   TODAY: Alaska LNG Project Files For Export Permit With Energy Department We trust that Chris Smith (NGP Photo, Assistant Secretary for Fossil Fuels), who knows Alaska well, will contribute to the rendering of a rapid and just decision.  Current [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:17-09:00July 21st, 2014|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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7-17-14 Gas Pipeline/LNG Project Public Meetings

Fairbanks LNG/Gas Pipeline Project Meeting Tonight In Fairbanks.  Details....  Tuesday's Anchorage Meeting Report Below: KSKA (Audio here) by Anne Hillman.  The Alaska LNG Project hosted a community meeting in Anchorage on Tuesday night. About 90 people listened to an explanation of the newest version of a plan to get natural gas from the North Slope to market. Project manager Steve Butt (NGP Photo) explained this project is different from previous failed attempts to build a gas pipeline. “An LNG project is when resource owners work together to create an infrastructure to connect [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:54:44-09:00July 17th, 2014|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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7-11-14 Native Leaders Support SB 21 – Is Enbridge Alaska’s Newest Pipeline Sweetheart?

Did You Read It Here First?  Last Night The Globe & Mail Posted News Involving A Relationship Between One of Canada's Greatest Pipeline Companies And The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation. Globe & Mail by Shawn McCarthy.   Enbridge Inc. is turning its eyes north to Alaska, entering talks with the state to build an $8-billion (U.S.) natural gas pipeline there if a competing project falters. The Calgary energy company and the state-owned Alaska Gas Development Corp. (AGDC) “are undertaking substantive and exclusive discussion” which would see Enbridge become the builder and [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:18-09:00July 11th, 2014|AGDC, Alaska Taxes, Intrastate Gas, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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7-8-14 Fairbanks is ‘gearing up’ for a ‘deluge of affordable, clean-burning natural gas’.

1350+ Peer-Reviewed Papers Supporting Skeptic Arguments Against ACC/AGW Alarmism Fairbanks News Miner by Matt Buxton.  Utilities, state agencies and local leaders are gearing up for what they say will be a great deluge of affordable, clean-burning natural gas into the Fairbanks area.  Crews are busily installing service lines, utilities are boasting of grand plans for expansion, there are town halls on the subject and local politicians are patting themselves on the back.

By |2016-03-13T03:55:06-09:00July 8th, 2014|AGDC, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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7-5-14 Alaska Gasline Agreement Signed

Governor's Website – Citing significant progress on an Alaska gasline that gets Alaska’s gas to Alaskans and markets beyond, Governor Sean Parnell welcomed news that a formal commercial agreement has been signed between the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC), BP, ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, and TransCanada to advance the Alaska LNG Project. “Environmental and pipeline engineering fieldwork has officially begun,” Governor Parnell said. “I am pleased all parties continue to make progress on building an Alaska gasline project that will create thousands of Alaska jobs and fuel Alaska homes and businesses. This milestone [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:19-09:00July 7th, 2014|AGDC, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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6-25-14 “This is Alaska’s time — and it feels like we’re back in the game” – ConocoPhillips Alaska President Trond-Erik Johansen

Resource Development Council for Alaska Report Below Publisher's Note: Our friend, Alaska Salmon Alliance Executive Director Arni Thomson (NGP Photo) provides us with this link to the Seattle Times: "North Dakota is booming, and its largest city has reinvented itself, attracting creative types and energetic entrepreneurs."   Recently, we pointed out that Alaska had the lowest domestic product gain of any state, during 2013...in sharp contrast to other oil producing states that are moving ahead of Alaska, including North Dakota, Texas and even California. Our friend from Senator Lisa Murkowski's Energy Committee Staff, Robert Dillon (NGP Photo), today [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:20-09:00June 25th, 2014|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Federal Progress, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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6-5-14 Alaska North Slope Gas Conditioning Plant Challenges

Comment: We associate a current Governing Magazine article by Liz Farmer, below, with Matt Buxton's excellent News Miner review of Alaska gas pipeline project funding.   We have long alerted readers that with government participation in the traditional, private market comes an unintended list of future consequences to be faced by not only this, but future generations of public officials who had little or nothing to do with the original public funding decisions.   Current and future citizens, in these circumstances, should be prepared to absorb the same risks taken by [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:23-09:00June 5th, 2014|Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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6-2-14 – Point Thomson On Schedule – Obama Exercises Climate Power – World LNG Supply Explodes!

Alaskan and Canadian Producers And Governments Are Sure To Keep Alert To Changing Conditions In The World LNG Market  (Read More) Michael Whatley (NGP Photo), former staff director and chief counsel for the U.S. Senate Energy Public Works Clean Air and Climate Change Subcommittee, raised a warning flag that EPA regulations will disproportionately affect energy consumers in states in the Midwest and Southeast that are heavily reliant on coal to generate electricity. Here is more Consumer Energy Alliance analysis. Today at 10:30 a.m. EDT, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy delivered [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:23-09:00June 2nd, 2014|Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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5-20-14 – Gas Pipelines And State Revenue

Our faithful readers will remember the tributes offered them last week on behalf of retiring National Energy Board Chairman and CEO, Gaétan Caron.  Today, we provide our Canadian readers with the link to apply for a significant, temporary appointment as an NEB Board Member. Energy Questions For Voters To Ask Candidates What do daisies and dandelions have to do with energy and voting? by Dave Harbour Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs held an oversight hearing entitled “Oil and Gas Activities within Our [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:36-09:00May 20th, 2014|Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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5-19-14 Public – Private Gas Pipelines

Calgary Herald by Dan Healing.   It’s a classic case of too much of a good thing.  Burgeoning liquids-rich gas production in west central Alberta has overwhelmed the ability of gas plants to process the growing stream, Calgary producers warn, leading to lower production forecasts.   Brief Commentary, "Public - Private Gas Pipelines": We contrast three public-private gas pipeline projects, two of which are linked below, from weekend news reports/commentary.  As time goes on, we'll hear much more about these and other projects.  They cannot be precisely compared, in part [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:53:34-09:00May 19th, 2014|Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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5-18-14 A New Gas Pipeline Plan

ADN by Dermot Cole.   Juneau Empire by Matt Woolbright.  One of the top executives for the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation is leaving less than two weeks after a new law was signed advancing a proposed natural gas pipeline.  Administrative Services Director Deborah Bitney joined AGDC .... Construction on the natural gas pipeline is expected to start in 2016, with the goal of delivering fuel by the middle of 2019. No, not that gas pipeline. Developers of the Donlin Gold project have applied for a right of way in Southcentral [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:36-09:00May 18th, 2014|AGDC, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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5-8-14 – OCS Governors Grow Stronger

Yesterday, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe joined the OCS Governors Coalition, a powerful group of governors formerly chaired by Alaska Governor Sean Parnell.  Other governors working with Parnell and McAuliffe to "improve communication between federal and state officials on OCS issues", include : Governor Robert Bentley, Alabama; Governor Bobby Jindal, Louisiana; Governor Phil Bryant, Mississippi; Governor Pat McCrory, North Carolina (Chair); Governor Nikki Haley, South Carolina; and, Governor Rick Perry, Texas.     -dh Fairbanks News Miner.  Gov. Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) will be in Fairbanks today to sign Senate Bill 138, a landmark bill letting the state take [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:54:13-09:00May 8th, 2014|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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4-28-14 – Governor Sean Parnell: “Alaska Will Control Her Own Destiny”

CBC by Hannah Thibedeau.  Canada sanctions Russia (and, we suspect Russian energy companies could be in US/Canadian gunsights.  -dh) For over a decade the Inuvik Petroleum Show has provided participants with state-of-the-art information on northern projects, technology, and companies -- with unparalleled Arctic industry networking opportunity.  Your author chaired the Arctic exploration section in 2002 and, in addition to the business aspects we heartily recommend attendance from a personal and cultural viewpoint (See more photos here).  (As noted in this Russian blog, reproduced from our archives, our reports are distributed far [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:37-09:00April 28th, 2014|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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