9-10-2021 Historical Days: Prudhoe Bay Lease Sale & 9-11
Today in 1969, Alaska conducted the great Prudhoe Bay Lease Sale, over a year after the behemoth oil & gas discovery on the state's North Slope. Full Story HERE. Here is our 2020 comment. * * * Tomorrow, the whole country commemorates the twentieth anniversary of the terrorist attack in New York City of the World Trade [...]
7-31-18 Alaska Business Leader Opines On China
Alaska/China Bedfellows -Opinion- China purchases a Papa Bear's percentage of Alaska's prodigious seafood market. No worries, though, because the interaction is largely year to year business interaction between the Communist country and a number [...]
7-25-18 Alaska and Venezuela Have This In Common
Q. What do Alaska and Venezuela have in common? Answer. Both have economies that are dependent on volatile oil revenues. Both have insufficiently diversified their economies. Both overspent on social programs during times of [...]
7-24-18 PipeCo Says No; Borough Says Yea To Pipe Terminus
That's a fine kettle of fish! A pipeline says no and the local government says yes. Our thanks to Larry Persily for this report AGDC says Port MacKenzie ‘not feasible’ for LNG termina [...]
7-23-18 Fairbanks Gas Supply Competition
Most Relevant News For Our Readers Public Comments Due For Donlin Mine's Reclamation And Closure Plans Public comments are due for the proposed Donlin mine’s reclamation and closure plans. AK: The journey of [...]
7-20-18 Alaska’s Socialist LNG Export Project
What about competitive position of the Alaska LNG idea? The greatest, current competitive failing of the Alaska government LNG project -- aside from its crippling socialist model -- is that its competitors do not [...]
7-17-18 ConocoPhillips Continues To Expand Alaska North Slope Oil Wealth Resource
ConocoPhillips Expects Another Active Exploration and Appraisal Season in 2019 “We believe that the company’s Alaska plan aligns with our disciplined, returns-focused strategy, supports Alaska’s economy and creates significant value for shareholders,” said Ryan [...]
7-5-18 BP and COP Shuffle ANS-UK Assets Subject To Regulatory Approval
Following are COP and BP announcements of this week's plan to realign ANS and UK assets subject to regulatory approvals: ConocoPhillips statement and link: "ConocoPhillips Signs Agreements to Sell 16.5 Percent Interest in the [...]
6-29-18 DOE Offers Gas Liquids Primer
News Alert Department of Energy Publishes Natural Gas Liquids Primer Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published the 2018 Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs) primer that highlights the resource potential of NGLs, with a [...]