ADN/AP.  House Speaker Mike Chenault (NGP Photo) says his GOP-led caucus is weighing whether to push a bill aimed at getting more information about whether a major Alaska natural gas pipeline project is a worthwhile investment.   Alaska Dispatch by Ned Rozell.  Strung out over and beneath the surface of Alaska from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez, the trans-Alaska pipeline, at 34 years old, is now on its second lifetime.   Thursday night, participate in a debate, the "Future of ACES", refering to "Alaska's Clear and Equitable Share", production tax.   Thursday, [...]

Update Given on In-State Gasline | Radio Kenai.   Dan Fauske (NGP Photo), and other members of the Alaska Stand-Alone Gas Pipeline group, showed a large amount of optimism with the progress to bring North Slope ...  radiokenai.net/update-given-on-in-state-gasline/ Northern Gateway debate a tale of two provinces.  Vancouver Sun.  Whitecourt Mayor Trevor Thain said he expects Whitecourt to see $60-million within a year of the start of pipeline construction, as builders book hotel rooms, buy gas and food, and take in local entertainment. As well, Thain expects full-time jobs in ...   National Journal: Three Ways Oil Prices Will Be Critical ***Op-ed by David [...]

  CBC News.   'No one dreamed that this shale revolution, the shale gale would just blow through the continent like it has.'  -Barbara Shook   Vancouver Sun by Gordon Hoekstra.  The Kitimat Terrace Industrial Development Society stands out as the lone business group intervener in northern B.C. offering unqualified support for Enbridge’s proposed $5.5-billion Northern Gateway pipeline. CNN.  "The United States needs icebreakers, and this incident proves it," said Alaska's Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell.  Treadwell said the dearth of icebreakers means the U.S. is not competitive with other Arctic nations.   The First Week Of [...]

2:45 p.m., ADT update. Here is the agenda from Governor Sean Parnell's (NGP Photo) Producer meeting and following is the official report:  Governor Sean Parnell met today in Anchorage with the chief executive officers from BP, ConocoPhillips and Exxon Mobil to discuss alignment between the three companies on commercializing the North Slope’s vast natural gas reserves.  *   Here is an Alaska Dispatch report.  AP/KTUU by Becky Bohrer.  Gov. Sean Parnell is expected to meet with the chief executives of the big three North Slope energy producers Thursday.  This comes three months after Parnell [...]

ADN/AP by Becky Bohrer.  Full resolution has yet to be reached in a long-running dispute over leases on the Point Thomson gas fields, more than two months after Alaska's governor announced a settlement.   *   ADN.  Chevron says its wholly owned indirect subsidiary Union Oil Co. of California has completed a sale of Alaska oil and gas assets in Cook Inlet to Houston-based Hilcorp Alaska LLC.   *   Fairbanks News Miner by Matt Buxton.  Money for the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects was [...]

Calgary Herald by Licia Corbella.  Do the NDP have any idea how important oil and gas are to this country’s economy? Energy stocks make up almost one-third of the listings on the TSX. Fully 44 per cent of the more than 100,000 jobs generated by the oilsands are outside of Alberta, with Ontario and Quebec — the heart of Canadian manufacturing — the largest beneficiaries. And Alberta’s energy industry makes this province the largest per capita contributors of equalization payments to Ottawa — by far. CBC News.  PetroChina buys rest [...]

  Having returned from a recent gas pipeline assignment, we are pleased to welcome Alex Gimarc aboard.  Alex reminds us that the Senate President has set a course for Alaska which we provide below, in the President's own words.    -dh   Alex Gimarc (NGP Photo-l) became the new Editor of Northern Gas Pipelines on January 1, 2012.    "Alex has a wonderful background in the Alaska energy industry from several perspectives," NGP Publisher Dave Harbour (Photo-r) said in making the announcement.   "Alex worked in the Prudhoe bay oil fields for five years as a support contractor.  In [...]

  Alaska Dispatch by Jill Burke.  On Wednesday the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Alaska region celebrated the act's anniversary with a brief "Happy Birthday!" message on its website, and credited the law with the successful recovery of a handful of animals in Alaska.  But nearly four decades after the act became law it's become a source of ongoing and sometimes escalating   tensions between the state of Alaska and federal regulators.  De-listing species is something Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) likes to see. Regulating more animals under the Endangered Species Act isn't. [...]

Today we resume our active role in publishing this webpage.  Faithful readers will note that over the past two months, NGP has presented daily weblinks generally following issues affecting northern energy projects in Canada and Alaska.  Having completed his most recent government assignment, the publisher now returns to his other pursuits, including news and editorial writing for this and other media outlets.  Good to 'see' you again!  -dh  (P.S.  Yesterday we documented Winter Solstice with a hundred photos from a number of Anchorage venues.  We posted one here with the [...]