9-16-20 April – September Alaskanomics Reports
Wednesday, September 16, 2020 July jobs down 11.2 percent from last July Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development August 21, 2020 No. 20-30 JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska’s July job count was down 11.2 percent from last July, a loss of 39,900 jobs. The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined to 11.6 percent from 12.4 percent in June. The comparable [...]
9-22-16 BREAKING NOW: State Finally Approves Prudhoe Bay Plan of Development!
September 22, 2016 --- Vol. 22, No. 35 September 2016 DNR approves Prudhoe POD Tim Bradner Petroleum News, by Tim Bradner. State Natural Resources Commissioner Andy Mack has approved BP's 2016 Plan [...]
9-16-16 Honoring and Remembering Bill Brooks
Point of Personal Privilege: Your author was honored to have called Bill his friend. -dh William E. Brooks (1916 - 2016) "Bill's smiling face will be missed. We are thinking of..." - Steve & Joanna [...]
9-15-16 Kish Returns To Capitol Hill
We are delighted to note that one of Washington's most knowledgeable energy analysts is joining the office of House Speaker Paul Ryan. We think our Alaskan, Canadian and Lower 48 readers will be grateful that [...]
9-14-16 Alaska’s Governor Prematurely Romances Asian LNG Markets With No Economically Feasible LNG Project, Fiscal Chaos At Home & An Unstable Investment Climate
Please note that we have always supported creation of an economic, Alaska North Slope gas monetization project. We have also observed that continuing efforts by politicians to "do it my way" over the [...]
9-5-16 Our Friend, Hugh O’Brian, Leaves A Great Legacy!
Dearest departed: Hugh O'Brian by Dave Harbour One year I served as Chairman of the Hugh O'Brian Youth foundation - Alaska (HOBY). Hugh and his black lab stayed with us -- and our chocolate lab, [...]
8-31-16 Big Prudhoe Bay Decision Tomorrow: Free Enterprise or Socialized Enterprise?
ExxonMobil Withdraws from Proposed LNG Facility in Alaska, U.S. supermajor, ExxonMobil Corporation XOM, has decided against ... stake through the state-ownedAlaska Gasline Development Corp (“AGDC”). Yahoo Finance Exxon Backs Out of LNG Project [...]
8-17-16 Who Wants To Invest In Cook Inlet?
Those interested in gas supply for Alaska's largest population center will want to note our commentary on this subject, 2012. We would also observe that the Administration's desire to supply gas to Fairbanks from [...]
8-11-16 World Knows What Alaska’s Governor Won’t Admit: NOW IS NOT THE TIME For An Expensive 800 Mile Pipeline/LNG Export Project!
Our Aussie Energy Analyst friend evaluates the Alaska LNG project: NOW IS NOT THE TIME. We have long observed that Alaska's governor and legislature would be wiser to focus their energies on enabling Alaska to [...]