7-21-14 – Alaska LNG Project Files With DOE For Export Permit

The 17 billionth barrel of Alaskan North Slope crude started down the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) this past weekend on Saturday, July 19, 2014.  “This is an operational milestone and legacy that we are all proud of,” said Tom Barrett, President of Alyeska Pipeline Service Company (NGP Photo)....  (More here....)   TODAY: Alaska LNG Project Files For Export Permit With Energy Department We trust that Chris Smith (NGP Photo, Assistant Secretary for Fossil Fuels), who knows Alaska well, will contribute to the rendering of a rapid and just decision.  Current [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:17-09:00July 21st, 2014|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
Read More

7-16-14 Inuvik Suffers Gas Pipe Loss While Alaska and BC Plan For LNG Exports

CBC.  The price of houses in Inuvik has dropped by 10 to 15 per cent in the last three years — ever since plans for the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline were set aside, according to a local realtor..., Jim Weller ... with Coldwell Banker.... Petroleum News.  Parnell names municipal advisory board. Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell has named members of the Municipal Advisory Gas Project Review Board... Petroleum News.  BC's LNG list grows.  British Columbia's lineup of LNG proposals has grown to 15 with U.S.-based WesPac Midstream requesting a 25-year export license from the National Energy Board to [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:17-09:00July 16th, 2014|Federal Progress, LNG, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
Read More

7-11-14 Native Leaders Support SB 21 – Is Enbridge Alaska’s Newest Pipeline Sweetheart?

Did You Read It Here First?  Last Night The Globe & Mail Posted News Involving A Relationship Between One of Canada's Greatest Pipeline Companies And The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation. Globe & Mail by Shawn McCarthy.   Enbridge Inc. is turning its eyes north to Alaska, entering talks with the state to build an $8-billion (U.S.) natural gas pipeline there if a competing project falters. The Calgary energy company and the state-owned Alaska Gas Development Corp. (AGDC) “are undertaking substantive and exclusive discussion” which would see Enbridge become the builder and [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:18-09:00July 11th, 2014|AGDC, Alaska Taxes, Intrastate Gas, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
Read More

7-10-14 Respecting The Duty To Consult

See the LNG Project's Public Meeting Schedule here.  News Miner Story: Gasline Advisory Board          See Senator Cathy Giessel's 5-year OCS Lease Sale Comment Letter, here. Here is how our readers can comment. Respecting both "Due Process" and the “Duty to Consult" by Dave Harbour Canada's "Duty to Consult" (1,2) and America's similar concept are not and should not be just legal requirements for natural resource companies.  Consultation is a basic principle of good communications, responsible corporate citizenship, or, at the least, enlightened self interest. Bill Gallagher We have [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:18-09:00July 10th, 2014|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Rule Of Law, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
Read More

6-9-14 Polar Bears Are Cuddly and ‘Political Shenanigans’ Abound!

World Energy, by George Backwell.  ...a fraction of natural gas projects ... will become reality as high costs and weakening gas prices.... Alaska Dispatch, by Brigham McCown.   As political shenanigans continue to delay approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, Alaska voters hold the key to avoiding a similar fate for what could be North America’s largest pipeline project (i.e. Natural gas pipeline).   Washington Examiner by Mark Tapscott.  Another scientist has more bad news for global warming advocates who claim that Americans are killing Arctic Polar Bears....  *** Professor Matthew Cronin [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:22-09:00June 9th, 2014|Arctic Policy, Coastal Management, Global Warming, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
Read More

6-6-14 Alaska D-Day Energy Speech and CBC 70th Normandy Rememberance – Pedro van Meurs On Mexican Constitutional Amendments

Pedro van Meurs On Mexican Constitutional Amendments 70th Annual Remembrance Of The Normandy Invasion: D-Day by Dave Harbour We're now watching the Canadian Broadcast Corporation's 70th D-Day Anniversary remembrance online, here. Earlier this morning in Alaska, we heard former Anchorage Mayor George Wuerch (NGP Photo), a Marine veteran himself, give a moving address to the Alaska Miners Association in his role as Chairman of Veterans For Energy Security (Alaska Chapter). His speech title could, indeed, have been, "National Security Depends On Energy Security". Wuerch reminded the audience that the attack on Pearl Harbor (Your [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:23-09:00June 6th, 2014|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
Read More

5-27-14 The Russians Are Coming. No, The Russians Have Come!

The Russians Have Come by Dave Harbour ​Dear Reader: we always solicit new content, comment and facts from our highly knowledgeable and experienced readers -- along with additions/corrections to our commentary.   Maintaining accuracy, with your help, is critical to the usefulness of our hundreds of thousands of pages of Northern energy archives spanning over 4 decades (See our internal 'search bar', upper right).  -dh In yesterday's Memorial Day commentary, amid unhappiness in Ukraine, we again reminded ourselves that the former owners of Alaska have returned as Alaska North Slope (ANS) [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:35-09:00May 27th, 2014|Commentary, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
Read More

5-26-14 Memorial Day – As Russia Threatens Ukraine Will Alaska Invite Russian Support of Gas Pipeline/LNG Project?

Point of Personal Privilege: On this Memorial Day I honor the memory of Dad (Col. Dave Harbour) and Mom (Bobbie) who were married in Honolulu a few days after the Japanese attack in 1941...and fellow veterans and supportive families, past and present, who defended America's constitutional principles through the country's majestic history of freedom and prosperity.  -dh Russian Company Involvement In Alaska Gas Pipeline Project? (Refer to our 2-14-13 related posting.) One of our Pacific Rim readers writes over the weekend, "that Rosneft was granted by Exxon to come into [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:35-09:00May 26th, 2014|Commentary, Interstate Gas, LNG, Personal, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
Read More

5-25-14 Government Decisions Matter

Sunday, Post Church Service Commentary: Dr. Charles Stanley (www.intouch.org, NGP Photo) gently reminds us that our actions have consequences and that we reap, "what we sow, more than we sow and later than we sow."  We include this reference not to suggest that decision makers are bad or good people, but to emphasize the principle that actions have consequences. Today's posting is for the benefit of Alaskan and Canadian decision makers who have said, "This is where the oil is; a tax or regulatory increase won't stop those oil companies. [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:35-09:00May 25th, 2014|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
Read More

5-21-14 BREAKING NEWS: “Hollywood & Washington” Use “Smoke and Mirrors” To Fight US Energy Independence

We Provide For Readers and Our Archives This Breaking News Evidence Of The Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal. Commentary By Dave Harbour Here is more evidence, a VeritasVisuals video released yesterday, that environmental activists, Hollywood (NGP Photo) entertainment industry producers and actors and Washington (NGP Photo) work together to end "... American energy independence", "Fracking", and "Keystone XL Pipeline" endeavors. It will be interesting to see whether or not national news media employees ( i.e. who are not necessarily fact oriented 'journalists') and columnists cover this dramatic example of what some tribunals might label "treasonous behavior" or [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:36-09:00May 21st, 2014|Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
Read More

5-20-14 – Gas Pipelines And State Revenue

Our faithful readers will remember the tributes offered them last week on behalf of retiring National Energy Board Chairman and CEO, Gaétan Caron.  Today, we provide our Canadian readers with the link to apply for a significant, temporary appointment as an NEB Board Member. Energy Questions For Voters To Ask Candidates What do daisies and dandelions have to do with energy and voting? by Dave Harbour Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs held an oversight hearing entitled “Oil and Gas Activities within Our [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:36-09:00May 20th, 2014|Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
Read More

5-14-14

Courtesy of Alaskanomics, we have the following Alaska North Slope project update: North Slope Project Update Posted: 13 May 2014 10:01 AM PDT There have been numerous announcements from the oil and gas industry regarding new projects since the passage of SB21, the More Alaska Production Act (Note in our report last week the support for this oil and gas reform act from the mining industry  -dh). Announcements have come from the major producers, as well as smaller, independent companies. Information compiled by the Bradner Alaska Economic Report shows that [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:36-09:00May 14th, 2014|Alaska Taxes, Reader Comment, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
Read More

5-10-14 Weekly Alaska Miners Association Report

Weekly Alaska Miners Association Report by Deantha Crockett (NGP Photo), Executive Director Happy Alaska Mining Day! – AMA celebrates Alaska Mining Day today at branch meetings in Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau.  As a reminder, Mining Day was enacted in 2013 by the passing of SB1, sponsored by Senator Cathy Giessel, that establishes May 10th as Alaska Mining Day.  And because Mining Day is actually Saturday, celebrate then too.  Happy Alaska Mining Day, all! Also at this morning at mining day breakfasts statewide, we unveiled AMA's new logo, which you'll notice [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:36-09:00May 10th, 2014|You Read It Here First|0 Comments
Read More

5-8-14 – OCS Governors Grow Stronger

Yesterday, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe joined the OCS Governors Coalition, a powerful group of governors formerly chaired by Alaska Governor Sean Parnell.  Other governors working with Parnell and McAuliffe to "improve communication between federal and state officials on OCS issues", include : Governor Robert Bentley, Alabama; Governor Bobby Jindal, Louisiana; Governor Phil Bryant, Mississippi; Governor Pat McCrory, North Carolina (Chair); Governor Nikki Haley, South Carolina; and, Governor Rick Perry, Texas.     -dh Fairbanks News Miner.  Gov. Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) will be in Fairbanks today to sign Senate Bill 138, a landmark bill letting the state take [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:54:13-09:00May 8th, 2014|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
Read More

4-22-14 Deadline TODAY For NPR Project Comment – Dan Fauske Briefs Sitka Chamber On Alaska Gas Project

BP agrees to sale of interests in four Alaska North Slope assets Calgary Herald by Dan Healing.  Oilsands company reports 13,400 barrels per day in Q1.  Calgary Herald by Deborah Yedlin.  Will there ever be an end to the largely uninformed commentary and analysis about the oilsands and the evils of the Keystone XL pipeline? ... former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, ..., sent Barack Obama a letter urging rejection of the project. See comment of one of our readers, submitted today! Today is the last day to show support for [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:38-09:00April 22nd, 2014|AGDC, Alaska Taxes, Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
Read More
Go to Top