Comment on Chukchi Sea Exploration Program Today!

Barbara Shook, Houston Bureau Chief of the Energy Intelligence Group, provides this "World Gas Intelligence" analysis (p.10) of future prospects for Alaska North Slope gas and reports on an important interview (p.5) with Exxon Mobil Chief Executive Rex Tillerson.  (We appreciate Barbara’s insight.  Subscribe Here.  -dh)

Here is Governor Sean Parnell’s (NGP Photo-r) audio statement regarding Secretary of the Interior KenAlaska Governor Sean Parnell by Dave Harbour, federal overreach, Salazar wild lands policy, ocs, blm Salazar’s decision to reverse his order to allow the Bureau of Land Management to set aside federal acres as "Wild Lands.”     *     Senator Mark Senator Mark Begich by Dave Harbour, ken salazar, bob abbey, blm, wild lands policy, ocsBegich (NGP Photo-l) commented: “I am pleased to see Secretary Salazar’s decision, as this is the position I have advocated for since the beginning of this discussion. Particularly, I was concerned this could impact oil and gas development in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.  “I met with BLM Director Robert Abbey today in Anchorage who assured me BLM will not designate more wild lands and new leases in the NPR-A will move forward this year as President Obama stated in his radio address just a few weeks ago.     ”      Senator Lisa Murkowski said, “I appreciate Secretary Salazar’s commitment to me that the BLM will not pursue wild lands designations in Alaska.”      *    Congressman Doc Hastings released this statement.  

Royal Dutch Shell PLC will construct the biggest floating man-made object ever, a natural gas processing plant longer than four football fields and more massive than any aircraft carrier.  The “Prelude FLNG” facility, to be anchored off the Australian coast, will be made of 260,000 tons of steel — five times more than Sydney’s famed Harbour Bridge, Shell said Friday.  (Link courtesy of: Scott Heyworth.)

Calgary Herald by Rebecca Penty.  Apache Canada Ltd. has ended its shale gas exploration program in New Brunswick after being unsuccessful on two wells.

"Natural Resources Commissioner Dan Sullivan (NGP Photo)Alaska Commissioner of Natural Resources Dan Sullivan by Dave Harbour, AG, federal overreach, chukchi, beaufort, ANS, TAPS is scheduled to testify at two Congressional hearings this week, today and on Friday. The hearings are a chance for DNR to explain Alaska’s role in national policy involving domestic energy and strategic minerals. The hearings will be live webcast here http://naturalresources.house.gov/Live/.  The Thursday hearing is about Alaska oil and gas resources and the Friday hearing is about rare earth minerals. For those of you based in DC, Dan should have some time on Thursday to sit down and talk about rare earth initiatives we’re working on at DNR."  (More below….)

(Thanks to Elizabeth Bluemink of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources.  -dh)

 

SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES
1334 Longworth House Office Building
Thursday, June 2, 2011
10:00 a.m.
OVERSIGHT HEARING ON:
 
 *   "Domestic Oil and Natural Gas: Alaskan Resources, Access and Infrastructure"
WITNESSES AND TESTIMONY:
Panel I
Dan Sullivan
Commissioner
Alaska Department of Natural Resources
 
Richard Glenn
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation
David T. Lawrence
Executive Vice President-Exploration and Commercial Shell Energy Resources Company Cynthia Quarterman Administrator Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration U.S. Department of Transportation
  
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SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Friday, June 3, 2011
9:30 a.m.
LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:
 
 *   H.R. 2011<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:H.R.2011:> (Lamborn), the "National Strategic and Critical Minerals Policy Act"
 *   H.R. 1314<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:H.R.1314:> (H. Johnson), To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a global rare earth element assessment, and for other purposes. "Resource Assessment of Rare Earths Act of 2011"
WITNESSES AND TESTIMONY:
Panel I
Witnesses will be by invitation only.