1-15-14 BREAKING NEWS TODAY!!!

  The EPA released its final OVERREACHING REPORT today on an Alaska mining project, thumbing its nose at the rule of law.  Here is Senator Lisa Murkowski's response.  -dh   BPs Outlook Released Today: You Read It Here First State and Private Parties Sign LNG Project Commercial Agreements (Anchorage, AK) - Natural Resources Commissioner Joe Balash (NGP Photo), Revenue Commissioner Angela Rodell and Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) President Dan Fauske (NGP Photo) announced today that they have signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) with ExxonMobil, BP, ConocoPhillips, and TransCanada Corp., regarding the [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:51-09:00January 15th, 2014|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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1-14-14 Meet Alaska Part II

Meet Alaska Part II (Scroll Down For Part I.  Remember that we wish our archives to maintain the highest degree of accuracy.  Accordingly, we solicit reader responses: additions, corrections to anything included herein.) by Dave Harbour THIS MORNING IN WASHINGTON: You Read It Here First! U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo) today sent a letter to President Obama urging him to lift the prohibition on exporting crude oil produced in the United States. Doing so, Murkowski wrote, will allow American producers to access global markets, which will boost production, protect jobs, [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:51-09:00January 14th, 2014|AGDC, AGIA, Alaska Taxes, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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1-13-14 Alliance Is Forum For Energy – Government Communications

Governor's Announcement Underlines The Importance Of The Alliance's "Meet Alaska" and Other Energy Conferences Part I by Dave Harbour ADN by Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo).   For the first time in Alaska's history, we have the framework in place to build the Alaska liquefied natural gas (LNG) project on Alaska's terms and in Alaskans' interests. We have the necessary parties to make the Alaska LNG project go: three producers, a pre-eminent Arctic pipeline builder, an entity that will carry Alaskans' interests (Alaska Gasline Development Corp.) and state agencies responsible for royalties [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:51-09:00January 13th, 2014|AGIA, Alaska Taxes, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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1-12-14

ADN By Lisa Demer.  Gov. Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) on Friday announced that he was prepared to abandon the Palin-era natural gas pipeline law and set the state on a new path as an investor and partner in a long-dreamed-about natural gas project from the North Slope.  (We'll have more report and photos for our readers on Monday.  -dh)  

By |2016-03-13T03:41:25-09:00January 12th, 2014|AGDC, AGIA, Alaska Taxes, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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1-11-14

Juneau Empire.   Gov. Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) on Friday announced a new way forward on a long-hoped-for natural gas pipeline that includes scrapping the terms of a 2007 law he says no longer works well for the situation. (We'll have more news links, our own report and commentary for readers on Monday.  -dh)  

By |2016-03-13T03:40:49-09:00January 11th, 2014|AGIA, Alaska Taxes, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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12-29-13 Governor Frank Murkowski Opines On Pipeline

Alaska Dispatch, by Frank Murkowski (NGP Photo).   I urge that we not continue to fund overlapping energy projects. Over the last several years the administration and the Legislature have authorized the following: 1. $557 million has been expended over the last nine years on consultant fees and reports; 2. In the last session the Legislature approved $355 million for the in-state bullet line on top of $72 million from former years; 3. The Legislature committed $332.5 million in grants and loans to truck North Slope gas to Fairbanks; and 4. The Legislature appropriated [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:48:15-09:00December 30th, 2013|Alaska Taxes, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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12-24-13 Remembering Bill Tobin and The Anchorage Times At Christmas

Globe & Mail by Jeffrey Jones.  Imperial Oil Ltd. told regulators the estimated cost of its long-delayed Mackenzie Valley Project has surged more than 40 per cent to at least $20-billion since its last tally almost seven years ago, and that it has no idea when North American gas markets might turn around to rescue the project from limbo.  (See our related commentary) In Tomorrow's Commentary, We will Bring Readers Our Historic Gas Pipeline Christmas Commentary: "All I Want For Christmas" Remembering Bill Tobin and The Anchorage Times At Christmas [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:52-09:00December 24th, 2013|Intrastate Gas, Personal|0 Comments
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12-20-13 “Don’t Forget the Mackenzie Delta!”

See Today's Petroleum News Headlines Here. CBC: Joint review panel says Northern Gateway Pipeline project is in best interest of Canadians  -  CALGARY HERALD RELATED STORY TODAY: BY JAMES WOOD AND CHRIS VARCOE Don't Forget the Mackenzie Delta! Will Alaskan and Canadian Investors Merge Their Interests Into the Most Efficient Outcome for Arctic Gas? by Dave Harbour Globe & Mail, TUESDAY by Jeffrey Jones.   Before the end of the year, Imperial Oil Ltd. and its partners must inform the National Energy Board of its intentions with the Mackenzie gas project, the $16.2-billion [...]

By |2018-08-17T11:42:00-09:00December 20th, 2013|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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12-2-13 10:30 AM Washington Meeting: What Good Can Come of EPA – Chinese Environmental Meetings?

Globe & Mail by Shawn McCarthy.  ... {Joe Oliver} returned last week from visits to South Korea and China amid concerns .... We urge our Washington readers to attend an EPA meeting this morning at America's major liberal coordinating center to discuss an upcoming EPA/Chinese summit.  We will be looking to our hundreds of US and Canadian media readers to keep all of us informed of developments.  -dh ChinaFAQs... United States and China account for over 40% of global GHG emmissions. How are these two nations working together to advance climate change [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:54-09:00December 2nd, 2013|Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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11-26-13

Platts.  A consortium working on an Alaskan natural gas pipeline and LNG project will conduct a substantial field season to gather new geotechnical and environmental data in 2014, an ExxonMobil executive said Thursday.  The effort will put more than 300 people into the field, and is about twice the size of the 2013 summer field season, said Steve Butt, an ExxonMobil official who is also project manager for the consortium, which also includes BP, ExxonMobil and TransCanada.

By |2016-03-13T03:46:24-09:00November 26th, 2013|Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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11-24-13

Energy Challenges and Interior Alaska by   Katie Bender Alaskanomics In terms of energy, the challenges facing Interior Alaska are numerous. Many companies and individuals are working to identify these complex issues and try to determine feasible solutions for Fairbanks and beyond. The solutions to these problems won’t come easy, but they are necessary for Alaska’s 2ndlargest city. Fairbanks sees extreme cold during the winter and that cold comes with an extreme price tag for homeowners. Monthly expenses for heating can be upwards of $1200 during the coldest months of the [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:46:12-09:00November 24th, 2013|Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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11-18-13

ADN by Lisa Demer.  The state of Alaska is considering investing billions of public dollars in a natural gas pipeline venture in the hopes that will make the long-sought mega-project happen.  A state-commissioned study released Monday suggests direct state investment -- an ownership share -- as a way to improve the economic footing of a liquefied natural gas project that could cost more than $60 billion. The $424,000, 188-page study was by a team that included Black & Veatch, an employee-owned consulting and engineering firm based in Overland Park, Kan., [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:55-09:00November 18th, 2013|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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7-4-13

Happy Independence Day Egypt and America; Defend Your Constitutions Against All Enemies, Both Foreign and Domestic!  -dh Alaska Extends TransCanada Agreement Platts.  Alaska has extended an agreement with TransCanada that sees the state offer subsidies for the firm's work on a natural gas pipeline and LNG export project in the state, a state official said Wednesday. The previous agreement expired June 30.  Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) is still unhappy with the rate of progress on the project, but the state believes TransCanada and North Slope producers are making progress toward a [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:27-09:00July 4th, 2013|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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6-22-13

Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) testerday underscored the State’s commitment to get Alaska’s gas to Alaskans first and then to markets beyond. Progress is being made on two fronts. The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) received legislative authorization this past session to carry Alaska’s interests in a natural gas pipeline. Additionally, North Slope producers BP, ConocoPhillips, and ExxonMobil, along with TC-Alaska, proceeded to the stage of project concept selection on a large volume Alaska LNG project.

By |2016-12-22T22:30:41-09:00June 22nd, 2013|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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6-17-13

Huffpost BC by Dene Moore.  The proponent and opponents of the Northern Gateway pipeline will make their final pitches to a federal review panel starting Monday, at the last stage of public hearings before the panel issues its decision later this year. Calgary Herald by David Fraser.  A toxic pipeline spill in northern Alberta — one of the largest leaks in the province’s history — should have been reported sooner, the province’s energy minister said Saturday. Fairbanks News Miner, by Matt Buxton.  Two competing applications to provide natural gas distribution in [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:42-09:00June 17th, 2013|Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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