7-15-19 A Tale of Two Teachers
"It was the best of times; it was the worst of times... Alaska Budget Graph "...it was the age of wealth, it was the epoch of waste," we paraphrase with apologies to Charles Dickens. For over four decades Alaska's great Prudhoe Bay wealth elevated the sparsely populated, largest state in the U.S. to the biggest per capita [...]
2-6-14
Washington Times Commentator Robert Skinner wonders if Obama is breaking US-Canada tradition of energy cooperation. See our earlier report of Robert Dillon's Keystone analysis. -DH The Pebble Partnership (PLP) this week announced that Pebble CEO [...]
2-4-14 Senator Murkowski’s Energy Committee Spokesman Analyzes O’Reilly/Obama Super Bowl Interview
Alaska Journal of Commerce by Tim Bradner. Flint Hills Resources will cease refining operations at its North Pole refinery near Fairbanks this spring, the company announced Tuesday in a press release. Senate Energy Committee Spokesman, [...]
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2-3-14 – Arctic Gas Leadership
Globe and Mail by Brent Jang. Northwest Territories Premier Bob McLeod (NGP Photo) says the key to reviving dormant plans for the Mackenzie Valley pipeline will be to transport natural gas from the Arctic into British Columbia instead of Alberta. Private-sector proponents [...]
1-30-14 Shell Delays 2014 Arctic Exploration
Alaska Dispatch Commentary by Craig Richards, advisor to Bill Walker (NGP Photo-l), candidate for governor. Gov. Sean Parnell's (NGP Photo) new gas pipeline approach reminds me of Edmund Burke’s admonishment that those who don't know history [...]
1-28-14 Marcus K. Singletary, Dearly Departed – State of The Union Is Threatened From Within
As our faithful readers prepare for tonight's State of the Union Speech, we also await rationale justifying the continuing overreaching jurisdiction of the White House. Please review our editorial written two years ago. We briefed [...]
1-27-14
Current Issues: Petroleum News, North of 60 Mining News, The Producers Last week, we reluctantly took a stand, criticizing the action of a Member of Alaska's Congressional Delegation. We said, We do find it unsettling that [...]
1-26-14
CBC News. TransCanada investigating cause of pipeline blast. Parnell's LNG project challenged by rival Walker and some ...Anchorage Daily News - Sean Parnell's newest proposal for bringing Alaska's North Slope natural gas to commercial markets finds a biting .... Sarah [...]
1-25-14 Parnell Introduces Gasline Legislation
ADN. Gov. Sean Parnell on Friday introduced legislation to move ahead on his proposal to make the state a financial partner with Alaska's oil producers and pipeline company TransCanada in a liquefied natural gas project. [...]