We welcome good news! Liberty oil project bodes well for Alaska It's no secret that Alaska is struggling through an economic recession. Pebble shows first glance at its new mine plans A visual depiction of where Pebble will file a permit for 20 year mining permit to operate. EPA chief says he’ll sign proposed rule on Clean Power Plan withdrawal The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Monday he would sign a proposed rule on Tuesdaywithdrawing from the Clean Power Plan… TODAY, U.S. House Natural Resoources Committee Chairman [...]

Excited over Badami - 09/24/2017 (Full story) Glacier Oil and Gas is excited about the potential of its Badami field on Alaska's North Slope, both in terms of the location of the field and its facilities, and in terms of the Starfish well that the company plans to drill during the coming winter, Carl Giesler, company CEO, told the Alaska Suppor.... Nanushuk, Liberty comment periods extended - 09/24/2017 (Login to read Full story) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has extended the public comment periods for both the Liberty and Nanushuk projects. The public comment [...]

On Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at 3:00 PMin 1334 Longworth House Office Building, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold an oversight hearing titled ”Exploring Solutions to Reduce Risks of Catastrophic Wildfire and Improve Resiliency of National Forests.”  WHAT: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations oversight hearing on catastrophic wildfires WHEN: Wednesday, September 27 3:00 PM WHERE: 1334 Longworth House Office Building   Visit the Committee Calendar for additional information once it is made available. The meeting is open to the public and a video feed will stream live at House Committee on Natural Resources. [...]

U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski. Northern Gas Pipelines photo by Dave Harbour Maria Athens of Fox KTBY spoke yesterday to Senator Lisa Murkowski about her recent Alaska tours with Washington officials.   Prominent among issues discussed were those involving Alaska's energy Potential.  See video here. Alaska power plant expected to be ready in 2018  Officials say an Alaska coal plant created to generate cheap energy is expected to be operational next year. GVEA board voices concerns, but allows spending up to $20 Million to fix Healy 2  Golden Valley [...]

First Nation leaders to press Desjardins to stop funding oil sands pipelines   Expressions of interest in Alaska LNG Project Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman ... in reserving capacity in the Alaska LNG Project at the close of a two-month solicitation, a spokeswoman for the Alaska Gasline Development Corp., ... Yukon 'preppers' get ready for when — not if — disaster hits the Nort

Oil field data worth millions of dollars is about to be made public The state is planning to release a trove of seismic data from oil exploration surveys as early as mid-September that cost many millions of dollars… There’s only one coal plant being built in the nation, and it’s at UAF The nation's only coal-fired power plant currently under construction is being built at the University of Alaska Fairbanks…  

Today we provide a forum to Mason Weaver, an entrepreneur, speaker, author and commentator. Weaver is a Navy veteran and former contract specialist with the Department of Energy. Weaver’s latest book is "Tribalism: Truth, Right Between the Lies."  The reason we provide this commentary is that many of the tactics employed by racial tension instigators are tactics also employed by the faux environmental activists against the energy industry.  Accordingly, we urge our fellow citizens to "follow the money and power".  We urge ourselves to think critically and judge political agitators by [...]

"Those who ignore history...." Statoil, YPF to explore hydrocarbons in Argentina  Courtesy: PennEnergy We believe that companies investing in Alaska and Argentina today are not ignoring history.   Rather, such investment may display optimism for the policies supported by future elected leaders who, we all hope, have learned from history that punitive oil and gas policies repel investment into their economies.   Unfortunately, it may also signal that friendly and safe investor policies are rare throughout today's world.  In any case, we offer our best wishes to [...]

American federal agency OKs gas pipeline project fought by residents  CBC.ca   A federal agency in the U.S. has approved the construction of a high-pressure natural gas pipeline that's drawn intense opposition from some Ohio ...

TODAY'S RELEVANT ENERGY CLIPS, COURTESY: CONSUMER ENERGY ALLIANCE David Holt file photo by Dave Harbour, Northern Gas Pipelines The Dallas Morning News: Texas energy jobs and projects could start to flow again with renewed energy regulation panel.  A government-induced clog that's delayed billions of dollars in pipeline projects is about to get cleared. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission this month regained its voting quorum for the first time in half a year, allowing the panel to next month finally act on approval of critical matters that range from natural [...]

Larry Persily, Kenai Peninsula Borough. Northern Gas Pipeline Photo by Dave Harbour Courtesy: Larry Persily, on behalf of the Kenai Peninsula Borough.  Persily is former Federal Coordinator of earlier-planned Alaska gas pipeline project.   (Also, reference yesterday's post.)   -dh Oil and gas news briefs for Aug. 14, 2017 LNG glut leads buyers to renegotiate deals, but it can’t last forever (Forbes columnist; Aug. 11) - Welcome to the largest, steepest, most prolonged drop in prices the liquefied natural gas industry has ever faced. Since the giddy [...]

Alaska Indigenous groups try to influence Canadian mining project talks.  Indigenous leaders in Southeast Alaska hope to form a statewide alliance lobbying for protection of salmon stocks in the state, including the Yukon River watershed.   Read More Feds seek comments on Alaska's in-state natural gas pipeline. KTOO.  (Map courtesy of the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation) ... The Alaska Standalone Pipeline would bring gas from the North Slope to Wasilla. Alaska Highway reopens after tanker crash and fuel spill   Read More

MID-WEEK AL-CAN ENERGY HEADLINES Nebraska landowners grill TransCanada over Keystone pipeline.  CBC.ca.  Attorney Dave Domina told CBC News that Albertans should be able to relate ... Domina also alluded to TransCanada's Bison Pipeline, a natural gas ... Alaska tribes try to influence Canadian mining project talks.  A group of 16 southeast Alaska tribes has hired a coordinator to express their concerns about a series of large Canadian mining projects that the tribes fear… Alaska tribes form provisional government, seek sovereignty Tribe leaders in western Alaska have set up a provisional government that might lead to [...]

Frustrating delays for natural gas: Interior Energy Project halted in argument about IGU spending News-Miner opinion: Good news about natural gas for the Interior is hard to come by these days. For more than a year, progress has effectively been at a halt on the Interior Energy Project that aims to bring the fuel to Fairbanks and provide a lower-cost, more stable heating option for residents. The picture got worse late last month, when an Interior Gas Utility update to the Borough Assembly revealed that IGU has been forced to stop work on [...]

Senate Restores FERC Quorum, Confirms Deputy Secretary of Energy Committee Also Advances Five Nominees to Full Senate                                                                                                                                                  [...]