7-7-15 Judge Clears The Way For 2015 Arctic Exploration

Click on one of the Alaska Oil and Gas Congress public service ads above or in the right column for a Northern Gas Pipelines conference discount (We receive no financial incentive for providing this information.  -dh) We compliment Congress for denying the EPA funds to create new and harmful, anti-energy / anti-consumer regulatory programs. This Afternoon's Release courtesy of the Alaska Support Industry Alliance and the Alaska Oil & Gas Association:  "Arctic Exploration Program Moves Forward": In a blow to environmental groups that file lawsuits designed to delay or halt [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:14-09:00July 7th, 2015|Arctic Policy, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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6-11-15

  Tomorrow....     Commentator Thorpe Watson advises us to get ready for a medieval lifestyle.  This morning he emails us that: The G7 countries have declared war on hydrocarbon fuels (aka “fossil fuels”).    They have pledged to end the production and use of coal, oil, and gas by 2100. (The Telegraph  9 June 2015 “G7 pledges to end fossil fuel use this century”).   In other words, it is a pledge to commit economic suicide and to make us more vulnerable to natural climate change. It is a bleak [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:16-09:00June 11th, 2015|Arctic Policy, OCS, Reader Comment, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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6-10-15 EPA’s Latest! – Ohio’s Kasich an Energy Disaster?

  Friday We Wonder If Today's EPA Announcement Pleases Our Energy Readers: layer this on top of the WOTUS, Ocean Policy, ESA, CAA, CWA and War on Coal MATRIX!  Like the industrious Lilliputians did with Gulliver, is EPA -- under White House direction -- strapping the great American economy to the ground, immobilizing it, pretext to total control of the people and their free enterprises?  Frankly, the EPA's authoritarian use of rulemaking -- to us -- more resembles a well coordinated attack strategy than simple incompetence.   -dh (Ref. 2012 E.O.) RELEASED TODAY: BP's [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:16-09:00June 10th, 2015|Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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6-3-15

TODAY: “The Environmental Protection Agency released the final version of a new rule that will dramatically increase the agency’s power, and will devastate Americans’ ability to use their own property and their own water." Pedro van Meurs Mexico Meeting This Summer  National Energy Board Staffing AP/ADN by Dan Joling (NGP Photo).  Ten environmental groups Tuesday sued a federal agency over its approval of a plan by Royal Dutch Shell PLC for exploratory petroleum drilling off Alaska's northwest coast. Comment on Arctic exploration.  We have the highest regard for Shell, its employees and its [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:17-09:00June 3rd, 2015|Arctic Policy, Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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6-2-15 New Alaska North Slope Discoveries!

NEW Alaskan Discoveries Are Significant: See TODAY'S NEWS!  (Note: we thank Rebecca Logan {NGP Photo}, Alliance General Manager, for alerting us to this important announcement!) Keystone XL Commentary by Robert Dillon (NGP Photo), U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee TODAY'S RELEVANT ENERGY LINKS, COURTESY OF CONSUMER ENERGY ALLIANCE     Calgary Herald British Columbia's energy projects lure companies stung by Alberta downturn Calgary Herald Still, all of the LNG terminals proposed for the British Columbia coast remain in the planning stage while gas and crude- oil pipeline projects face ...     CBC.ca Kinder Morgan Trans [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:17-09:00June 2nd, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Reader Comment, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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5-22-15 EPA Broke The Law When It Preemptively Attacked the Pebble Project.

Many friends of "Alaska's Diplomat", Chuck Becker, have commented on the important life he led, including his energy industry understanding.  (Note: we will remove or edit any comments at the request of commenters.  -dh) Canada's Fraser Institute analyzes how US loss of freedom affects economic recovery...and wonders how Alberta's new government will affect energy industry vitality.  EPA's Pebble Blame Game Wall Street Journal (Write "Pebble" and/or "Federal Overreach" and/or "Rule of Law" in our NGP Google search engine, upper right.  You will find our many references, like this one, to the Pebble [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:19-09:00May 22nd, 2015|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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5-14-15 UN Climate Chief Against Oil, Against Capitalism

Scroll Down For: "Useful Idiots" Commentary Published this morning: our MASTER RESOURCE Op-ed: "Seattle Hearing on Shell's Arctic Rig Docking: A Clash of Visions" UN Climate Change Chief, Christiana Figueres: Against Capitalism and Against Shell's Arctic Exploration  See earlier reports this week on Seattle's port hearing regarding the Staging of Shell's summer exploration in the Arctic   KILLING CAPITALISM: UN Climate Change Chief Investors Business Daily.  At a news conference last week in Brussels, Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of U.N.'s Framework Convention on Climate Change, admitted that the goal of environmental activists is not [...]

By |2019-12-13T04:27:23-09:00May 13th, 2015|Arctic Policy, Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Global Warming, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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5-8-15 “Danger Stranger”

Will the Seattle Port Authority’s Independence Survive Mayor Murray’s Political Influence? By Dave Harbour On Tuesday and Wednesday we commented on an unbelievable act of the mayor of Seattle, Ed Murray, causing us to think, "Danger Stranger".   In other news today: WSJ: Could climate change politics strand energy reserves?  (Today's news points in that direction.  -dh) Seattle Times Editorial: Murray insists that he’s a strong supporter of the port and maritime industry. But if the city’s move blocks Shell and scuttles the port’s lease with Shell’s partner Foss Maritime, it could permanently tarnish the [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:21-09:00May 8th, 2015|Arctic Policy, Commentary, Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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5-6-15 Seattle Mayor Increases Risk For Seattle Investors – New Pipeline Bill Expedites Process

Senator Shelley Moore Capito, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, introduced legislation today to modernize and improve the timeframe for the approval of new pipelines.  Follow-up commentary.  Yesterday, we posted news and comment regarding the effort by Seattle's Mayor Ed Murray to delay or prohibit Shell Oil and its contractors from using port facilities in preparation for a summer exploration program in Arctic waters. News Links: Seattle's Mayor Murray Seeks to Delay Alaska OCS exploration: 5-5-15 Seattle Times Update 5-5-15 Russia Today (RT) 5-4-15 Fox Business 5-4-15 Seattle Star Tribune 4-18-15 King [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:22-09:00May 6th, 2015|Arctic Policy, Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Rule Of Law, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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5-5-15 – Corruption In China’s State Run Oil Patch – Seattle Picks An Energy Fight With Alaska!

Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee TODAY Releases the Majority's Priorities (Videos) Chinese Corruption And An Alaskan Irony Van Meurs Hosts A June Shallow Water Leasing Workshop In Mexico City TODAY's Consumer Energy Alliance relevant energy news links! Seattle Is A Nest Of Alaska Friends and Critics by Dave Harbour  Associated Press: Seattle Mayor Ed Murray: Port needs new permit to host Shell's offshore Arctic drilling fleet Mayor Ed Murray threw a wrench into plans for a 400-foot oil-drilling rig to arrive in Seattle when he announced Monday that the Port of Seattle [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:22-09:00May 5th, 2015|Arctic Policy, Commentary, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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3-16-15 The Future of Oil Prices According to An Astute Reader – Senators Sullivan’s Reputation Spreads

Our friend, Rob Bradley (File Photo-R) of the Master Resource Blog, saw U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan's (NGP Photo) Maiden Senate Speech on this website and has further promoted it to his large international audience (here).  (Our original coverage and speech text)  -dh Halloran Opines On Proposed Ohio Severance Tax and Future of Oil Prices Republican Governor Proposes Ohio Severance Tax?  Our friend, Independent Energy Analyst James R. Halloran (File Photo) just returned from the Ohio Oil and Gas Association Winter Meeting where he reported that, "the big issue is Governor Kasich’s proposal for a (completely [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:33-09:00March 16th, 2015|Personal, Reader Comment, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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3-13-15 Apology to Canada (and the world)

See Alaskanomics Posting of Mike Bradner's Column Re: State Spending.  Why do we at Northern Gas Pipelines often focus on the importance of a 'sustainable Alaska budget'?  Because if the state cannot control spending and continues deficit spending, no infrastructure project in the future will be safe from sudden, unplanned, predatory taxation to stave off bankruptcy: hence, no gas pipeline.  That's why.  -dh Apology To Canada And To The World by Dave Harbour Robert O. Anderson, Atlantic Richfield Co. Board Chairman, Board Member: Arctic Gas Consortium, Photo Circa 1975. Spring, 1976 [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:33-09:00March 13th, 2015|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Keystone XL, Reader Comment, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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3-1-15 Senator Murkowski Uses Bully Pulpit to Educate America

Landlocked: Murkowski Explains Alaskans’ Access Frustrations The Governor and Entire Congressional Delegation Recently Vowed to Fight the Administration's Overreaching Action to Shut Down Alaska Resource Development and Her Economy.  Senator  Murkowski Has Acted to Create A YouTube Video to Highlight Growing Federal Restrictions in Alaska.  Thank you, Senator Murkowski for Effective Work And Quick Action!  We believe that some educational entity could take that map video and expand it into a one hour lesson plan framework for elementary, high school and college students.  -dh WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Lisa Murkowski today released [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:33-09:00March 12th, 2015|Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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Mackenzie Valley Oil Pipeline? Cook Inlet Gas For Fairbanks?

Watch live hearing  today @ 1 p.m. ADT re: HB 105, AIDEA BONDS; PROGRAMS; LOANS; Fairbanks LNG PROJECT (Note increased C.I. reserve estimates) ... Friday, Gas Pipeline Federal Coordinator's Office Closed; Larry Persily (NGP Photo) now Kenai Borough Gas Pipeline Coordinator ... AJOC, Midwest Utility Coming North To Alaska? Alberta Oil Magazine by Richelle Wiseman.  (Mackenzie Valley Oil Pipeline?  See our earlier stories.  Photo, Invuik Church, Circa. 2002) It took nearly 40 years, one national inquiry and thousands of hours of negotiations, but in 2011 the National Energy Board finally approved the Mackenzie Valley gas pipeline. [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:33-09:00March 9th, 2015|Commentary, Energy East Pipeline, Federal Coordinator, Federal Obstruction, Keystone XL, LNG, Mackenzie Valley Oil & Gas Pipelines, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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2-26-15 Please Review Yesterday’s Commentary

What's next for Keystone XL? We urge our gentle readers to review yesterday's posting; we cannot remember -- in well over a decade -- posting a more useful, relevant and actionable commentary for our Alaskan, Canadian and Lower 48 readers.  -dh Alaskanomics by Mark Edwards.   Understanding the Current Oil Price Environment - Part I  (See later Parts II and III) Over the next couple of days, I will post a three part series about the current oil price environment in Alaska. It is well known that Alaska’s economy is highly [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:34-09:00February 26th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Alaskanomics, Commentary, Reader Comment, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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