(The author admits and laments the human frailty that produced a typographical error in this morning's email alert!  -dh) Today:  The Alaska State Senate Resources Committee will hold a hearing (10 a.m. - 4 p.m. ) today at the Anchorage Legislative Information Office.  The hearing will deal with spill response systems in Alaska and include four panels:  1.  Industry, 2. Environmental, 3. Community, and 4. Agency.  *  Join the Alliance in Kenai on Sept. 21 for a luncheon featuring guest speaker David Hall of Cook Inlet Energy... more...      Yesterday: ADN by [...]

On Friday Commonwealth North's Energy Action Coalition, chaired by Mary Ann Pease (NGP Photo-r), heard Executives with Enstar Natural Gas update members on the status of the Cook Inlet Natural Gas Storage Alaska, LLC (CINGS) project.     Enstar Regional Vice President, Colleen Starring (NGP Photo-l) said adequate natural gas storage is critical to Enstar's mission of providing energy to homes and businesses at all times of the year, particularly during the coldest days of winter.  "We're in a situation when we need the storage now," she said, "and expect [...]

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO COMMENT.  HERE'S THE BACKGROUND AND HERE'S HOW TO COMMENT.  THE VOLUME OF CITIZEN COMMENT IS IMPORTANT; ELECTED OFFICIAL COMMENT IS CRITICAL   1.  The U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) hosted a public meeting in Anchorage to discuss the Obama Administration’s offshore oil and gas drilling ban.  BOEM Director Michael Bromwich (NGP Photo-r) didn't announce the time or place of the meeting until a few days before, took no public testimony and refused to grant legislators' requests to be heard.  He [...]

  Alaska’s Oil and Gas Production Tax Severely Limits Upside Profit Potential   Published: Oil and Gas Financial Journal, Sep 1, 2010 - Roger Marks, Consulting Petroleum Economist, Anchorage, Alaska (NGP Photo)   Alaska's oil (and gas) production (or severance) tax, called "ACES" (Alaska's Clear and Equitable Share), was enacted in 2007 (effective July 1 of that year). The tax has a base tax rate of 25% on the net value of oil, the value after all exploration, development, production, operating, and transportation costs are deducted.   There is also a progressivity element [...]

ADN.  Mark Myers (NGP Photo), a former head of the U.S. Geological Survey, is joining the University of Alaska Fairbanks as vice chancellor of research.  Myers currently leads the state's effort, under the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act, to encourage construction of a huge natural gas pipeline. He tells the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner that he will keep that job until mid-January to ensure a smooth transition.  The school announced Friday that Myers will replace Buck Sharpton, who was chosen last month to serve as acting chairman of the federal Arctic Research [...]

CALL TO ACTION: LIFT THE OCS MORATORIUM!!!  CBC.  Mackenzie Pipeline dissention over 'transparency'. Governor Sean Parnell Challenges Overreaching Federal Government   By   Dave Harbour   Yesterday, reporters gathered in Governor Sean Parnell’s (NGP Photo) Anchorage office to hear him describe an Alaska petition to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to remove (“delist”) Steller sea lions from Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections in Southeast Alaska.   In response to questioning, he invited likeminded stakeholders to support the State’s petition. He noted that the action was taken in coordination with Washington and [...]

  7:32 a.m. ADT.  Rig fire in GOM.  Coast Guard responds.  Check news outlets White House Press Secretary says (12:28 p.m. EDT) production well not in active production - Thirteen people rescued - 100 miles offshore, federal waters    DOI.  Secretary Ken Salazar appears today in Barrow.  *    DOI.  Secretary Ken Salazar appears tomorrow in Anchorage.   Cook Inlet Natural Gas Storage Alaska (CINGSA): for a recent, outstanding summary see Alan Bailey's (NGP Photo-l) Petroleum News Alaska article, here.  Earlier ADN story.  KTUU's story today, by Ted Land.   Yesterday, representatives of [...]

Find our historical map collection here Others: TransCanada's Energy East Pipeline, Courtesy: Canadian Press.  11-18-15.     Enbridge Map Map Img 326 Map Img 370   Below, LNG Map: TAGS - Image 433           Find our historical map collection here. Others: Enbridge Map Map Img 326 Map Img 370 Below, LNG Map: TAGS - Image 433           Map Image 389 Producers' Southern Route Map Image 380 Producers' Northern Route     Map Image 434 LNG Options Map, Used Calgary Herald, Overland Alternatives [...]

  By the Fish and Wildlife Service's ANWR comment period conclusion yesterday, Alaska's State Senate President and Speaker of the House had joined with Anchorage's Mayor and others to support reasonable development of ANWR's oil and gas resources as called for in section 1002 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.  See previous comments. Governor Sean Parnell's Comment (NGP Photo, below-L) Senate President Gary Stevens' Comment (NGP Photo-L) House Speaker Mike Chenault's Comment (NGP Photo-R)   Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan's Comment (NGP Photo-below)   Associated Press by Becky Bohrer. [...]