TODAY'S Consumer Energy Alliance energy news links: ICOSA Magazine: ENERGY 101 – PEOPLE BEHIND ENERGY *Shawn Martini Interview Our Energy contributor and co-host, Emily Haggstrom talks with Shawn Martini, Communications Director for Consumer Energy Alliance. Consumer Energy Alliance represents energy consumers in the debate over energy policy, and advocates for increased domestic production of all forms of energy, from renewables like solar and hydro-electric to traditional forms of energy including oil and gas.   CBS News: GOP: Democrats “hold out economy hostage” by blocking jobs bills Expanding domestic energy production is the [...]

TODAY'S Alaska Gas Pipeline Federal Coordinator Office Energy Links: Indonesia signs new LNG pricing deal with China at $8 per million Btu Indonesia sells 18 LNG cargoes to BP at $14.80 per million Btu BP signs 20-year LNG supply deal with Chinese company Korean shipyard waits for Yamal LNG to complete tanker orders Rosneft says it will go to court to gain access to Gazprom pipeline Gazprom names new head of gas export division New French pipeline could move imported LNG to Germany Contract dispute between Bechtel, unions threatens Australia [...]

ADN by Dermot Cole.  Fairbanks Natural Gas said Monday it wants a 6.92 percent rate increase, filing a cost study and other documents with the Regulatory Commission of Alaska in which it makes the case that it should be allowed to collect $1.4 million more from its customers under standard utility practice. Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2014/07/01/3543284/fairbanks-natural-gas-seeks-rate.html?sp=/99/171/#storylink=cpy   TODAY'S Consumer Energy Alliance Energy Links: NBC News: Main Street, Montana: Small Towns Pray for Keystone XL Pipeline The town hangs like a charm on the proposed route of the Keystone XL, a pipeline that [...]

Calgary Herald: A Chinese firm is behind a new Alberta joint-venture company that wants to build a liquefied natural gas plant in the province.  (See our 5-27-14 editorial re: Russian & Chinese energy initiatives.  -dh) RDC's 39th Annual Meeting Luncheon (For readers who can't attend, here is the live streaming link generously provided by GCI Communications and the Resource Development Council for Alaska.  -dh) TODAY, June 24, 2014 Dena'ina Civic & Convention Center • Anchorage, Alaska Doors open at 11:15 a.m., program begins at noon Investing Now For The Future: The [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will hold an oversight hearing on Tuesday, June 24th entitled “American Energy Jobs: Opportunities for Education.”   The American energy boom has created new job opportunities across many sectors that require a skilled and educated workforce.  Today’s educational institutions are working to ensure that students and future generations are prepared to fill these jobs.  High schools are focusing on teaching skills and exposing high school kids to opportunities in the energy sector, community colleges are filling the [...]

The Glory of Their Deeds Chester Nimitz and William "Bull" Halsey are more familiar names, but the truth is neither one of them was as highly decorated as Eugene B. Fluckey. Before Japan surrendered, "Lucky Fluckey," as he was known, received numerous medals including four Navy Crosses, the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, and the highest decoration of them all, the Medal of Honor. As the commander of the U.S.S. Barb, Fluckey and his crew sank 29 vessels, including an aircraft carrier, while surviving an estimated 400 shells, [...]

April Alaskanomics Report: Unemployment at 6.4 percent in Alaska Posted: 16 May 2014 04:50 PM PDT The State of Alaska’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development published the April unemployment rate this morning. For the first time in nearly five and a half years, the US national average is below the Alaska rate. The seasonally adjusted rate in Alaska was 6.4 percent during April. The not-seasonally adjusted rate was at 6.5 percent, which is eight-tenths of a percentage lower than March. It is very common to see large drops in April. [...]

EIA releases complete Annual Energy Outlook 2014 report The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) today released the full content of the Annual Energy Outlook 2014.  EID-Mtn. States: Activist billionaire Tom Steyer poised to dump millions into anti-HF effort in Colo. (5/6) NATIONAL Eagle Ford likely to last longer than past booms. Houston Chronicle, EID’s David Blackmon. Today's boom in the United States is different in that we now have rapidly rising domestic supplies meeting rising demand. Where in the past the United States was forced to rely more and more heavily [...]

This week's Petroleum News reports This week's Mining News reports Petroleum Institute for Continuing Education: complete list of courses and online seminars. The Petroleum Marketing Monthly, with data through February 2014, presents monthly volume and price statistics covering sales of crude oil and refined products in the United States.  Preliminary data show crude oil prices increased during February, as did refiner retail and wholesale prices for gasoline and other finished products.  Prime Supplier data at the national level show gasoline and ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel sales rose during February, while [...]

Last night’s edition of CBS’ 60 Minutes, included this segment highlighting BP’s fight against abuse of the Gulf settlement.   -dh