10-9-12

Here is Cory Renauer's (Photo-r) Alaska Gas Pipeline Risk Analysis (Seeking Alpha) (Notice: two readers told me they encountered a 'virus warnining' when activating the link above.  I checked the link several times and ran my virus program check on the URL.  It received a clean bill of health.  If anyone has information to the contrary, please advise.  -dh) Notes: Alberta's oil fired economy is doing quite well.  TONIGHT: A big night for the Alaska Support Industry Alliance!  Other Consumer Energy Alliance and American Energy Alliance Daily Energy Links Here.  [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:43-09:00October 9th, 2012|AGIA, Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Reader Comment|0 Comments

5-21-12 – Intergenerational Inequity, Continued….

ADN Editorial: ... That's what was most frustrating about the state Senate refusing to even hold hearings on House Bill 9, which would have empowered the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. to pursue an in-state "bullet" line with a target of a 2013 open season and given AGDC a seat at the table for discussions on the LNG export project where it could leverage its work and the 417 miles of right of way it possesses.  If Alaska's state senators have an alternative way to get gas to state residents and relieve [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:13-09:00May 21st, 2012|Commentary, Reader Comment|0 Comments

5-9-12

Could Feds Slow Energy Development With A Dune Lizard? Fox News by Joshua Rhett Miller.  Deep-pocketed environmental groups are collecting millions of dollars from the federal agencies they regularly sue under a little-known federal law, and the government is not even keeping track of the payouts, according to two new studies.   Under the Equal Access to Justice Act, or EAJA — which was signed into law by President Carter in 1980 to help the little guy stand up to federal agencies — litigants with modest means who successfully show [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:16-09:00May 9th, 2012|Reader Comment|0 Comments

2-26-12 Brennan on Keystone

 Anchorage Daily Planet by Tom Brennan (NGP Photo).  President Barack Obama is pushing for serious damage to the world environment — and the greenies are cheering.  When Obama moved to block the Keystone XL Pipeline project he was virtually assuring that oil from the Athabasca tar sands will be consumed in China under Chinese standards, with a devastating net impact on the atmosphere. The alternative would have been to process in Texas the heavy oil from the tar sands, distributing much of it to American markets, all done under American [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:50:05-09:00February 26th, 2012|Federal Obstruction, Reader Comment|0 Comments

Citizens Rally To The Call For Comment

Scroll down to review current comment periods. NGP Reader Kaye Laughlin (NGP Photo) sends us this copy of the testimony/comment she provide the USFWS re: the ANWR wilderness threat.       Here is a position paper on the ANWR issue provided by Acting Executive Director of the Resource Development Council for Alaska,Carl Portman (NGP Photo-L).     We are aware of hundreds of other comments but have these additional examples for our readers: Alaska legislator, Representative Bob Lynn (NGP Photo-L), gave the USFWS a comment, reading in part: "I want to see [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:17-09:00September 16th, 2011|Federal Obstruction, Reader Comment|0 Comments

9-13-11 Has Commentary Gone Crazy?

  Has Commentary Gone Crazy? Commentary by Dave Harbour Yesterday, after we sent out this email alert, an elected official said, "I've commented to these d___ federal agencies six times on the need to have Chukchi and Beaufort Sea OCS and ANWR exploration.  Now you're asking me to do it again on the 'final' version of a 'Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement' for Chukchi and on the USFWS effort to convert ANWR's 1002 oil and gas section into wilderness.  How many times to I have to comment?" he asked.   "As [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:18-09:00September 14th, 2011|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Reader Comment|0 Comments

So much this week…

 ...more stories coming next week. AP by Becky Bohrer.  Alaska is pushing back what it says will be one of the biggest oil and gas lease sales in the U.S. this year, citing the potential for more acres to be added and a desire to give companies more time to prepare bids. Deborah Brollini (NGP Photo) places on her blog this morning testimony she gave yesterday to the Alaska Senate Labor and Commerce Committee:  We can argue job numbers all day.  However, we are not going to have jobs for [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:18-09:00September 9th, 2011|Alaska Taxes, Reader Comment|0 Comments

Persily Confirms His “Candid” Credentials – Feds Want Complete ANWR Lockup – McLeod Urges Federal Support

Alaska State Senate Resouces Meeting Today: Alaska Stand Alone Gas Pipeline Fairbanks News Miner Editorial re: Feds Want To Lock Up ANWR's 1002 Area.  Our Comment:  We believe the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) which created the 1002 area as an oil and gas province violated the Alaska Constititution and Statehood Act.  The wild and distructive actions of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its Salazar/Obama masters will contribute to the dismantlement of the US economy and put one more nail into the coffin of Alaska's economy--and [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:22-09:00August 15th, 2011|AGIA, Commentary, Interstate Gas, Reader Comment|0 Comments

OCS Comment Deadline Today – Legislative Gasline Caucus Meets Today – Canada’s Stockwell Day Weighs In – Fairbanks Natural Gas Op-Ed

 TIME TO TAKE ALASKA OUT OF THE ICEBOX - Wall Street Journal TODAY: Another Important Deadline; here is how to easily comment!  Your OCS comment by TODAY's deadline makes the legal record more supportive of reasonable OCS exploration for Alaska and the benefit of all Americans. A reasonable OCS program will help save Alaska's economy and protect America's economic recovery and national security.  Send us your comment and we will post it to make it Internet searchable!  Meanwhile, here are comments from Jason Brune (NGP Photo),Bob Hoffman, Kaye Laughlin and myself.  Others who submitted [...]

Gwozd Says Arctic Gas Needed to Replace Declining Conventional Reserves – Korea To Buy Shell’s Delta Assets?

 The CBC report suggests Korea may purchase Shell's Mackenzie Delta assets! Enjoy the art of our Tundra Comics friend, Chad Carpenter! Ziff Energy's Bill Gwozd responded to our editorial material yesterday:  Ziff Energy still has Alaska and Mackenzie Delta flowing in our models – both are required.  The key point you may wish to share with your readers is these projects have a 25 year life starting 2020/25 and ending 2050 ish.  So the questions the readers may wish to ask the politicians is what gas supply will be flowing in North America [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:26-09:00July 21st, 2011|Reader Comment|0 Comments

Notes From the Road: The Alaska-Canadian North Is A Tough Place To Do Business…

Geek note:  We lament your opinion of us when--as in this morning's alert email (subscribe above right)--the automatic editing program substitutes an "it's" when we actually typed "its".  This is not to say we don't make mistakes, but we prefer to take blame for our own mistakes and not for our robot's.  Actually, we shouldn't blame our robot either, since it's our responsibility to proof read, not its.  -dh Larry Persily's NARUC Impressions When we encountered the Alaska Gas Pipeline Federal Coordinator, Larry Persily (NGP stock photo), in Los Angeles [...]

One Federal Comment Period Ends As Others Arise: The Federal-Enviroactivist Strategy To Kill Alaska’s Economy Continues

NGP READERS: PLEASE COMMENT.  This coming Friday, July 15, comes the next deadline for comments about an Environmental Assessment regarding Beaufort Sea OCS development.  Then, lock and load for the next wave of regulatory onslaught: the July 25th deadline public comment on Revised Beaufort Sea Exploration Plan (EP) and associated Oil Discharge Prevention and Contingency Plan (ODPCP).  Please send your comment to the agency, then send us a copy for posting here, where your position becomes Internet searchable.  Here is the brief testimony your author filed today.  -dh Commentary:  Monday was the deadline for commenting on [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:27-09:00July 13th, 2011|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Reader Comment|0 Comments

Consumers Flood Government With Pro-Chukchi OCS Comments – Mackenzie Pipeline Boosted With New Exploration Licenses

Companies commit millions to secure exploration licenses despite concerns over pipeline prospects Thandiwe Vela Northern News Services Published Friday, July 8, 2011 NWT - The recent call for bids on Northwest Territories land parcels has ended with oil and gas companies committing more than $500 million to secure exploration licenses in the Central Mackenzie Valley.  ... "We are pleased with the bidding results," Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment Bob McLeod (NGP Photo) said, adding the high value of bids shows the industry's renewed confidence in the NWT oil and gas reserves. "These [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:27-09:00July 12th, 2011|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Reader Comment|0 Comments

Joe Henri Adds Statehood Perspective – Marilyn Crockett to Retire – Rachael Petro Hits Investment Climate

  Next Monday, July 11 is the deadline for comment on Chukchi OCS development.  Here's a website for easy, automated comment.  -dh Calgary Herald by Rebecca Penty.  An article in the Wall Street Journal championing TransCanada Corp.'s proposed Keystone XL pipeline as an economic driver for a country hurting for jobs is evidence of support south of the border, president and CEO Russ Girling said Thursday.  The TransCanada executive said the opinion piece suggested the last phase of a $13-billion pipeline project would offer economic stimulus to a country facing a high unemployment rate [...]

Alaska Statehood Act Passed 53 Years Ago TODAY; Sadly, Alaska is among the “worst of the worst”

July 11 is the deadline for comment on Chukchi OCS development.  Here's a website for easy, automated comment.  -dh Alaska's Statehood Act is 53 years old today.   (Below is an email alert we issued on the subject and reader Joe Henri's first hand perspective.)  Today your author addresses the South Anchorage Rotary Club, suggesting that, "Alaska's Constitution Could Guide Us Through Alaska's Greatest Challenge: Breathing Life Back Into the Trans Alaska Pipeline"   -dh CNBC completed a ranking of state business climates and found  Alaska to be among the bottom [...]

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