Stronger ties needed between Quebec and NB, minister says, CBC.ca. Jean-Marc Fournier also defended the Quebec government's role in the cancellation of the Energy East pipeline on Information Morning Fredericton on Friday. ... they changed their decision probably because a new pipeline authorized in the United States, probably because there is a new price of gas." ...
With George Brown’s death at age 96, comes the end of an era at the Lucky Wishbone ADN, by Julia O'Malley ... The story of the flat-roofed restaurant on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Karluk Street isn't about food so much as it's about history and people and the value of things that don't change. It begins with George Brown, who, until recently, could be found most days sitting on a stool at Counter B. He opened the place with his wife Peggy in 1955. He died on Saturday, ending an era for [...]
In a perverse kind of way, this week’s 50 per cent increase in Alberta’s unpopular carbon tax — to $30 per tonne of carbon dioxide emissions — could be a big gift from Rachel Notley’s NDP government to her opponent, United Conservative Party (UCP) opposition leader Jason Kenney. Calgary Herald by Claudia Cattaneo (Photo by Dave Harbour). $60 oil returns to Calgary but 'boom' talk does not Mackenzie gas project dumped Alberta Sacrifices Economy To Liberal Gods Of Climate Change Phillips: Albertans support efforts to embrace [...]
World Energy Highlights Of Interest to Alaskans, Courtesy: Larry Persily: Larry Persily. Northern Gas Pipelines photo by Dave Harbour Oil and gas news briefs for Jan. 2, 2018 Partners dissolve Canada’s Mackenzie Valley gas pipeline venture (CBC News; Dec. 28) - The much anticipated but long-doubted Mackenzie Valley gas pipeline in Canada’s Far North has gone out with a sigh. Imperial Oil posted a press release to its website Dec. 22, announcing the proponents had dissolved the joint-venture partnership driving the Mackenzie Valley Gas Project. The joint-venture [...]
Alaska receives $21.2 million in oil and gas lease sales (Anchorage, AK) – The State of Alaska held a record-breaking oil and gas North Slope lease sale today, netting competitive bids from investors around the world. The Division of Oil and Gas received 143 bids from companies and investors seeking oil and gas leases on state lands during the division’s annual North Slope, Beaufort Sea, and North Slope Foothills areawide oil and gas lease sales. Winning bids totaled nearly $21.2 million. Ranked by dollar amount, this North Slope areawide [...]
TODAY: ALL WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE IS HERE FOR OUR ENERGY-ORIENTED READERS! Christiana Figueres, former executive secretary of U.N.’s Framework Convention on Climate Change We acknowledge a change in the climate. Once it was summer and warmer. Now it is winter, in the Northern Hemisphere, and colder. Either way, the United Nations climate change leadership has boldly acknowledged that climate change strategy is not about the environment; it is about killing capitalism. There you go. -dh P.S. PLEASE...YOU MUST NOT MISS THE TWO VIDEOS [...]
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From our friends at "Must Read Alaska": Gasline Math COMMON CORE MATH ON GASLINE: Details recently released by the Alaska Gasline Development Agency show that China would get 75 percent of the gas from the Alaska LNG gasline, and other Asian countries would get the other 25 percent. Alaska would get ... the remaining what percent? Extra credit. Gas line accord is promising, but we're a long way from pipe Alaska Dispatch News Walker bristled when asked by an Alaska reporter by phone if the ... ExxonMobil Corp., when it [...]
TODAY: Here are 5 big questions about Alaska's gas line deal with China. Alaska Dispatch News. ... Corp. could invest, said Keith Meyer, Alaska Gasline Development Corp. president . IGU representatives set to meet with state officials this week. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. By purchasing Pentex, the utility would acquire FairbanksNatural Gas, ... The borough-owned IGU was formed as part of the Interior Energy Project ... What Chinese LNG deal means for Alaska. Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman. AGDC took over as lead and is now sole owner of Alaska LNGafter North Slope producers BP, ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil, citing soft LNG .. AGDC signs with Chinese Petroleum News Meyer added he [...]
Bipartisan SECURE American Energy Act Advances to Markup Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held a legislative hearing on a discussion draft of the “Strengthening the Economy with Critical Untapped Resources to Expand American Energy Act” or “SECURE American Energy Act.” The bipartisan SECURE American Energy Act overhauls resource management practices on federal lands to promote expanded exploration, development, and production of oil, gas and wind energy. The introduced version – H.R. 4239, sponsored by House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) and Reps. Henry [...]
Today we feature Must Read Alaska's important analysis of Alaska's government-run LNG project. We would add an opinion that Alaska's Governor and LNG bureaucrats are determined to: satisfy the Trump administration that the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) is a traditional, free market "corporation", thereby attracting the President's endorsement; and; to convince the Chinese communist regime that possibly the least economic LNG project in the world -- also controlled by government -- merits more than a "Memorandum of Agreement". (The above is our view of current Alaska LNG activity, not that [...]
Alaska's Interior Energy Project Today Will Never Come Again Commentary by Dave Harbour Because it is unique, today and its inhabitants should be well treated. For that reason, we pause when thinking of energy things. We pause because it is easier to criticise decision makers than understand them. As we pause, we recall being deeply critical of democrats and republicans who have both wisely spent and wasted the Prudhoe Bay legacy. Since today will never come again, we will try to look upon the Interior Energy Project with grace [...]
Latest Drilling Equipment For Sale! Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday , October 25, 2017 at 10:00 AM in 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources will hold an oversight hearing titled, “Empowering State Based Management Solutions for Greater Sage Grouse Recovery.” WHAT: Full Committee oversight hearing “Empowering State Based Management Solutions for Greater Sage Grouse Recovery” WHEN: Wednesday, October 25 10:00 AM WHERE: 1324 Longworth House Office Building National It seems the biodiesel bandits have convinced Senator Grassley to hold EPA nominees hostage to protect their mandate. Des Moines [...]
BSEE director highlights Arctic importance - 10/15/2017 (Login to read Full story) During a visit to Alaska at the beginning of October, Scott Angelle, director of the federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, stressed the importance of the Arctic in the Trump administration's strategy to achieve U.S. energy dominance, according to a press release issued by BSEE. BSE....
Michael Whatley, Consumer Energy Alliance. Northern Gas Pipelines photo by Dave Harbour. The Grand Island Independent: KXL is a must-have for Nebraska — and its farmers, by Michael Whatley There’s not a lot of options for transporting energy to those who need it, especially farmers. And among the options, only one has a near-perfect safety record and doesn’t divert infrastructure or resources from another industry. That option: pipelines. KOAA-TV – Colorado Springs, CO: Black Hills Energy proposing rate adjustments for customers *Emily We heard another heated public hearing Wednesday night, as the [...]