3-24-20 Coronavirus and Saudi-Russia tiff effects continue to affect North American energy price/supply/demand
Canada Oil production cuts in Western Canada are imminent , Western Canada’s oil production will need to be cut by about 11% from April, or 440,000 b/d, due to the global oversupply created by the Covid-19 virus and ongoing oil price, said Rystad Energy. Suncor Energy cuts 2020 capital by $1.5 billion Suncor has cut its 2020 capital program by [...]
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1-11-15 Governor Orders Public Disclosure For Sensitive\Confidential Industry Interactions
Houston Chronicle. The board of the state corporation expected to be a key player in efforts to advance a major liquefied natural gas project in Alaska is trying to determine how it can operate if [...]
1-10-14 Premier Jim Prentice Keeps Keystone XL At Top Of Agenda
Calgary Sun. Statement from Premier Jim Prentice (NGP Photo) on the Nebraska Supreme Court ruling Premier Jim Prentice issued the following statement after the Nebraska Supreme Court upheld a state law granting the governor the [...]
1-9-15 Will The Keystone XL Ever Be Built?
Today is the Alliance's Meet Alaska Conference in Anchorage Will The Keystone XL Ever Be Built? (See Senator Murkowski's Release Today) by James R. Halloran, Independent Energy Analyst Most of the readers know we deal with trends, [...]
11-7-14 Alaska Governor Acts On Gasline And Legislators React – President Makes Preemptive Attack On Keystone XL
See Our Earlier Commentary: "Is Alaska Beginning A New Year Of Accomplishment or Acrimony?" (Other references) ADN by Dermot Cole. Gov. Bill Walker (NGP Photo) took a major step toward revising the way the state is [...]
1-6-14 BP Is Major Alaskan Investor and America’s Largest Energy Investor
We have a new report this morning that: "BP contributes $143 billion to the U.S. economy and supports nearly 220,000 jobs". In that report, BP America's Chairman and President John Mingé (NGP Photo) writes of Alaska [...]
12-30-14 Oil Price Results: Alaska Governor Walker and Alberta Premier Prentice Plan Spending Cuts
Our Commentary: "Enlightened Self Interest vs. the Public Interest: Is Global Warming and Ocean Acidification Science Reliable" is being rescheduled. -dh Juneau Empire Editorial: Thumbs up to fulfilling promises. On Friday, Gov. Bill Walker (NGP Photo) issued [...]
12-28-14 Walker Takes Year-End Steps To Cut Spending
Walker orders new spending on Alaska megaprojects stopped. Alaska Dispatch. Following Governor Bill Walker's (NGP Photo) order, the state agency responsible for the smaller pipeline, the Alaska Gasline Development Corp., plans to only continue work ... Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman [...]
12-25-14 Merry Christmas!
On Christmas, we remember how our friend, Bill Tobin (NGP Photo), used to include this Christmas Tree every year on the Anchorage Times editorial page. We are delighted to carry on the tradition and reprint Bill's Christmas Tree below as [...]
12-22-14 Alaska Gas Project In Doubt – White House Still Stalls Keystone XL – Premier Creates Confusing Fracking Obstacle
Petroleum News by Alan Bailey (NGP Photo). New Fracking Obstacle: What the heck is a "Social License?" CBC News by Jacques Poitras. Premier Brian Gallant says gaining social license will be one of the five conditions hydraulic [...]
12-19-14 Senate Confirms An Outstanding Nominee For FERC
Petroleum News/AP by Becky Bohrer: Gas Pipeline Coordinator Office to Close: The office of the federal coordinator for Alaska gas pipeline projects is shutting down after not being included in the budget bill that Congress [...]