4-11-14 LNG Jobs For Alaskans In BC?

Northrim Bank and its President, Joseph Beedle (NGP Photo), hosted a packed house economic briefing yesterday at the Dena'ina Convention Center in Anchorage featuring Economists Mark Edwards and Bill Conerly.  We'll have more for readers by Monday.  -dh Opportunity For Alaskans In Canada? Petroleum News: British Columbia Premier Christy Clark, supported by a delegation of top cabinet ministers and petroleum leaders, has persuaded the Canadian government to declare that the LNG sector is a potential “nation-builder” which could create 100,000 jobs. Although the accord signed in Ottawa earlier in April is [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:38-09:00April 11th, 2014|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, LNG, Reader Comment, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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2-18-14 We Can Support Academic Freedom And Criticize Academic Activists!

Now in its second decade, the Inuvik Petroleum Show or “IPS” takes place every June in Inuvik, Northwest Territories.  Host to over 500 participants including delegates and exhibitors from across Canada and beyond , this three day tradeshow and conference is a must-attend event for the oil and gas sector.  (NGP Photo: author chaired 2002 oil & gas presentation.  Don't miss local restaurant specialties, surf and turf: musk ox and char!  The nighttime sing-alongs in lounges and friendly locals will make the trip memorable!) North Slope Borough and ConocoPhillips develop Alaska North Slope [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:42-09:00February 18th, 2014|Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Personal, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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2-4-14 Senator Murkowski’s Energy Committee Spokesman Analyzes O’Reilly/Obama Super Bowl Interview

Alaska Journal of Commerce by Tim Bradner.  Flint Hills Resources will cease refining operations at its North Pole refinery near Fairbanks this spring, the company announced Tuesday in a press release. Senate Energy Committee Spokesman, Robert Dillon, this morning provided us with an analysis of Keystone XL Pipeline labor benefits discussed during Bill O'Reilly's Super Bowl interview with President Barack Obama.  (Dillon's analysis follows:) In September 2009, President Obama declared, “I will not rest until anybody who’s looking for a job can find one – and I’m not talking about [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:50:47-09:00February 4th, 2014|Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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1-15-14 BREAKING NEWS TODAY!!!

  The EPA released its final OVERREACHING REPORT today on an Alaska mining project, thumbing its nose at the rule of law.  Here is Senator Lisa Murkowski's response.  -dh   BPs Outlook Released Today: You Read It Here First State and Private Parties Sign LNG Project Commercial Agreements (Anchorage, AK) - Natural Resources Commissioner Joe Balash (NGP Photo), Revenue Commissioner Angela Rodell and Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) President Dan Fauske (NGP Photo) announced today that they have signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) with ExxonMobil, BP, ConocoPhillips, and TransCanada Corp., regarding the [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:51-09:00January 15th, 2014|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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1-14-14 Meet Alaska Part II

Meet Alaska Part II (Scroll Down For Part I.  Remember that we wish our archives to maintain the highest degree of accuracy.  Accordingly, we solicit reader responses: additions, corrections to anything included herein.) by Dave Harbour THIS MORNING IN WASHINGTON: You Read It Here First! U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo) today sent a letter to President Obama urging him to lift the prohibition on exporting crude oil produced in the United States. Doing so, Murkowski wrote, will allow American producers to access global markets, which will boost production, protect jobs, [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:51-09:00January 14th, 2014|AGDC, AGIA, Alaska Taxes, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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1-9-14

TODAY, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (NGP Photo) delivered the following opening statement at today’s Full Committee oversight hearing on “Obama Administration’s War on Coal: The Recent Report by the Office of the Inspector General.”  “We’re here today to discuss the U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Inspector General’s new report on the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement’s (OSM) rewrite of the 2008 Stream Buffer Zone Rule. By now, everyone on this Committee is very familiar with this rewrite, and it has been the subject [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:43:28-09:00January 9th, 2014|Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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1-7-14 Murkowski Releases New Energy White Paper In Washington Today

Calgary Herald.  Canadian oil and gas producers were “overly optimistic” heading into 2013, failing to predict a slowdown in business activity over the last 12 months and the job losses that have occurred as a result. Alaska US Senator Lisa Murkowski Releases Energy White Paper by Dave Harbour  Yesterday we briefed readers on a webcast speech Senator Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo) would deliver today at 9 a.m. EST in Washington to a Brookings Institute audience.  Brookings promoted the speech as a discussion of the, "future of U.S. energy trade and its implications [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:51-09:00January 7th, 2014|Federal Obstruction, Federal Progress, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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12-20-13 “Don’t Forget the Mackenzie Delta!”

See Today's Petroleum News Headlines Here. CBC: Joint review panel says Northern Gateway Pipeline project is in best interest of Canadians  -  CALGARY HERALD RELATED STORY TODAY: BY JAMES WOOD AND CHRIS VARCOE Don't Forget the Mackenzie Delta! Will Alaskan and Canadian Investors Merge Their Interests Into the Most Efficient Outcome for Arctic Gas? by Dave Harbour Globe & Mail, TUESDAY by Jeffrey Jones.   Before the end of the year, Imperial Oil Ltd. and its partners must inform the National Energy Board of its intentions with the Mackenzie gas project, the $16.2-billion [...]

By |2018-08-17T11:42:00-09:00December 20th, 2013|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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12-2-13 10:30 AM Washington Meeting: What Good Can Come of EPA – Chinese Environmental Meetings?

Globe & Mail by Shawn McCarthy.  ... {Joe Oliver} returned last week from visits to South Korea and China amid concerns .... We urge our Washington readers to attend an EPA meeting this morning at America's major liberal coordinating center to discuss an upcoming EPA/Chinese summit.  We will be looking to our hundreds of US and Canadian media readers to keep all of us informed of developments.  -dh ChinaFAQs... United States and China account for over 40% of global GHG emmissions. How are these two nations working together to advance climate change [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:54-09:00December 2nd, 2013|Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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11-15-13 – New Battle For ANWR Begins!

Commentary:  Yesterday, BP's Dawn Patience provided a report demonstrating that the company spends $1.5 billion and supports more than 350 vendors, 2,300 BP employees and 22,500 total jobs in Alaska.  Here's the .pdf.   The company's significant, Alaska projects include, "13 oilfields on the North Slope (including Prudhoe Bay, Endicott, Northstar and Milne Point), which account for about two-thirds of Alaska oil production."  The report goes on to note that the company spent over $25 billion with 15,000 vendors throughout the country in 2012, creating a national economic impact of [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:55-09:00November 15th, 2013|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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11-13-13

Feds Seek To Tighten Noose on Development By Expanding Clean Water Act Regulatory Control From our friends at the Pacific Legal Foundation comes word of this effort, "to stretch federal power so broadly that it could potentially cover every pond, puddle and pothole in the country."  Since Alaska has more ponds, puddles, lakes, rivers and streams than any other state and 3/4 of America's coastline, the 49th state's citizens should be alert to this new EPA rulemaking effort, detailed below.  This new regulation would provide new ammunition to White House [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:55-09:00November 13th, 2013|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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11-11-13 Explore the Web of Socialist Allies and Initiatives

Helping pipeline companies meet regulatory compliance - Calgary Herald - By Mario Toneguzzi, ... Is regulatory compliance a rising business opportunity for resource industry support companies?  This story says, "Yes, it is."  -dh A Web of Progressive (Socialist) Initiatives Transfers Jobs, Wealth and Power From Free Enterprise to Government The energy industry stands squarely in the crosshairs of the effort to "fundamentally transform the United States of America", and Canada is under attack as well. by Dave Harbour ​We alert our energy readers that a movement to 'fundamentally transform the United States of America' into a socialist society has the energy industry [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:55-09:00November 11th, 2013|Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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11-7-13 RDC Welcomes Alaska Airlines!

RDC Meeting Report: How Alaska Airlines is responding to travel needs of Alaskans (More event photos below) by Dave Harbour Today in Anchorage, members of the Resource Development Council for Alaska (RDC) welcomed as their biweekly keynote speaker, Joe Sprague, Marketing Vice President for Alaska Airlines (NGP Photo with RDC member after meeting). Eighteen years ago, Sprague began attending RDC meetings and since then has held posts of increasing responsibility with the state's namesake airline -- in Alaska, Washington D.C. and at the company's Seattle headquarters.  Meanwhile, his Alaska staff continues [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:55-09:00November 7th, 2013|Commentary, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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11-6-13 Doc Hastings, From Washington’s Eastern Slope, Is One Of Alaska’s Major Guardians!

Calgary Herald by Lauren Krugel.  The CEO of Enbridge Inc. says he sees momentum shifting in favour of his company's controversial Northern Gateway pipeline, with an agreement between Alberta and British Columbia on West Coast oil exports the latest encouraging sign.  "We think it's quite positive, actually, that we're seeing some good collaboration between the provinces. I think it shows leadership by both of the premiers," Al Monaco told analysts and reporters on a conference call Wednesday. Commentary: Yesterday, we spent a few minutes talking with visiting Congressman Doc Hastings, Chairman of the [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:56-09:00November 6th, 2013|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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11-1-13 The Draft Beringia Memorandum

TransCanada Participates in Consumer Energy Alliance's Energy Day in Houston: Video Petroleum News: The new board of the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. met for the first time Oct. 30.  The board selected John Burns, a former attorney general for the State of Alaska, as chair. Friday Afternoon Alert: We received a working draft of a Beringia Memorandum of Understanding between the governments of the United States and Russia a few minutes ago, courtesy of Governor Sean Parnell's (NGP Photo) Director of State/Federal Relations, Kip Knudson.  He obtained the document from the U.S. State [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:56-09:00November 1st, 2013|Commentary, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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