By Editor, on August 17th, 2011 By Richard Mauer | ADN
TransCanada’s efforts to get customers for its proposed gas pipeline have so far failed to achieve any firm deals, the company’s top official for Alaska told a legislative hearing Tuesday.
In acknowledging the lack of visible progress at reaching agreements crucial to building the line from the North Slope, Tony Palmer, a TransCanada Corp. vice president from Calgary, visibly frustrated some legislators who wanted him to provide details on the lagging efforts.
Even if legislators took an oath of silence, Palmer said, he’d be reluctant to share the commercial secrets that are part of negotiations with potential shippers, including their identities.
Read the full story in the Anchorage Daily News.
By Editor, on August 15th, 2011 By Jonathan Grass | JUNEAU EMPIRE
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service releases its revised draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge today.
Bruce Woods, the Service’s chief of media relations for the Alaska Region, said this is the regularly scheduled review process for refuges within the state. He said this revision was announced during the first public comment period in April 2010.
Read full article in the Juneau Empire.
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By Editor, on July 30th, 2011 The federal agency that this month suspended a veteran scientist now says its case has nothing to do with an article he wrote about polar bears that apparently drowned, permitting issues or scientific integrity.
Read full article in the Alaska Dispatch.
Read Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility article with links to source documents.
By Editor, on July 13th, 2011  Gov. Sean Parnell Press release:
JUNEAU–Governor Sean Parnell released the following statement after President Obama signed an executive order forming a new, high-level, interagency working group to coordinate on energy development in Alaska. Read more->
By Editor, on July 13th, 2011 By Dan Joling | AP
ANCHORAGE–President Obama on Tuesday signed an executive order creating an interagency working group to coordinate energy development in Alaska, a move hailed by lawmakers who want to see drilling in Arctic outer continental shelf waters.
Read more in the Anchorage Daily News.
By Editor, on July 13th, 2011 By Jonathan Grass | JUNEAU EMPIRE
With Alaska’s oil reserves on the decline the question many face is how to prepare for lower levels of product flowing through the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS). Alyeska’s comprehensive Low Flow Impact Study report concludes that the line can be safely operated at levels down to 350,000 barrels per day. This limit could only be a decade or so away.
Read full story in the Juneau Empire.
By Editor, on July 6th, 2011 by Frank Murkowski
Today, poll after poll shows Americans supporting the opening of ANWR. Yet, at a time when our national energy security is at risk, the cost of imported oil is around $100 a barrel, and TAPS is running at only one-third capacity, the national environmental groups have managed to prevent even the minor amount of development in ANWR proposed by Sen. Murkowski.
As a result of national environmental group pressure the current administration has failed to take the actions necessary to develop oil resources in Alaska and has the wrong attitude regarding oil development in ANWR.
Read full article in the Alaska Dispatch.
By Editor, on July 5th, 2011 By Becky Bohrer | AP
JUNEAU — There’s been no reportable progress toward reaching agreements in the year since TransCanada Corp. announced that it had received bids from “major industry players and others” interested in using its proposed pipeline to transport natural gas from Alaska’s North Slope to market.
Read more in the Anchorage Daily News.
By Editor, on July 2nd, 2011 By Eric Lidji | PETROLEUM NEWS
Alaska is one of the least attractive places in North America for oil and gas investment, according to recent survey of international petroleum industry executives.
The State of Alaska ranked 83rd out of 136 jurisdictions while the federal Alaska Outer Continental Shelf ranked 78th, according to the Global Petroleum Survey by the Fraser Institute, a right-leaning Canadian think tank.
Read full story in the Petroleum News.
By Editor, on July 1st, 2011 by Erika Bolstad | ADN
WASHINGTON — Vowing to have the trans-Alaska pipeline pumping as much as 1 million barrels of oil a day by the end of the next decade, Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell on Thursday said he’ll be aggressively promoting new leases on state land.
Read full story in the Anchorage Daily News.
By Roger Maynard, on June 24th, 2011 Gov. Sean Parnell ANCHORAGE– Governor Sean Parnell today issued the following statement after the Obama administration announced it will release 30 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
“Today’s move to release 30 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve only underscores the need for a national energy policy that fosters domestic oil and gas production. The strategic petroleum reserve that the Obama administration should focus on tapping is Alaska, which holds an estimated 40 billion barrels of conventional oil and tens of billions of barrels of unconventional oil, as well as many other natural resources of strategic value to our country. Current federal policy that curtails development of our nation’s resources means greater energy costs for every American. Alaska stands ready to create jobs and improve our nation’s energy security.”
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By Editor, on May 17th, 2011 Associated Press
JUNEAU, Alaska — One of two companies planning to build major natural gas pipelines in Alaska has dropped its bid, saying Tuesday that it didn’t get the agreements necessary to justify going forward with its project.
The Denali-The Alaska Gas Pipeline announcement raised questions about the prospects for building a long-hoped-for line in Alaska. Denali had been competing to build a line with TransCanada Corp., though lawmakers have expressed frustration with the pace.
Read more at Fox News.
Read Denali company press release.
By Editor, on May 15th, 2011  Arctic Slope Regional Corp. today filed suit against the Department of the Interior over its unprecedented designation of more than 187,000 square miles as critical habitat for polar bears on Alaska’s North Slope, an area larger than the state of California, an ASRC press release said.
Read more in the Arctic Sounder.
By Roger Maynard, on May 5th, 2011  Haines Fuel Dock HAINES–Delta Western, Inc., the present operator of the fuel dock in the Haines Harbor, will be turning the operation over the Haines Borough next Thursday morning, May 12, 2011. After that date, boaters who need fuel will contact the harbormaster, and harbor personnel will be selling fuel.
“It’s not an unexpected development,” said Haines Borough Manager Mark Earnest, “It just became apparent that it’s going to happen sooner than we had hoped.” He said Delta Western company officials cited staffing issues as the reason for making the change at this time. Read more->
By Editor, on April 30th, 2011 Opinion: Rep. Mike Hawker (R), Anchorage
JUNEAU–”A third of the way through this special session, we aren’t much closer to final budgets. That’s because the Senate refuses to pass the capital budget to the House until the House guarantees to not change contingency language that our Attorney General and the Department of Law say is unconstitutional — and that many House members believe compromises our sovereign responsibilities.”
Read full opinion in the Anchorage Daily News.
By Editor, on April 29th, 2011 Opinion | FAIRBANKS DAILY NEWS MINER
From what womb are Alaska’s high gas prices birthed? The answer, for some, seems always to be “corruption.”
These skeptics are like those who question the authenticity of President Obama’s citizenship; the plain explanation never seems to be enough. So we have three Alaska legislators appealing to the nation’s attorney general for yet another investigation.
Read more: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.
By Editor, on April 26th, 2011 A national oil and gas advocacy group has come out against President Obama’s proposal to rescind oil company tax credits, saying the federal government should instead get out of the way so that Big Oil can drill, baby drill.
Read more in the Alaska Dispatch.
By Editor, on April 26th, 2011 by Dan Springer | FOXNEWS.com
WASHINGTON D.C.–Shell Oil Company has announced it must scrap efforts to drill for oil this summer in the Arctic Ocean off the northern coast of Alaska. The decision comes following a ruling by the EPA’s Environmental Appeals Board to withhold critical air permits. The move has angered some in Congress and triggered a flurry of legislation aimed at stripping the EPA of its oil drilling oversight. Read more->
By Editor, on April 4th, 2011 by Becky Bohrer | ADN
JUNEAU — For months, Gov. Sean Parnell has expressed confidence in his plan to cut oil production taxes as a way to spur new development. But he apparently has not convinced a significant number of Alaskans. A review of emails received by his office shows a public deeply divided on whether it’s the right thing to do.
The records showed roughly 63 writing in favor and 56 against, with the rest asking questions, taking no clear position or digressing to another issue. A state public records official said there are some additional records that could be made available as early as this week.
Read the full article in the ADN.
By Editor, on April 4th, 2011 by Paul Jenkins | ADN
Those who understand that Alaska’s Clear and Equitable Share oil tax is draconian dreck much adored mostly by Palinistas, Democrats and other oil industry haters can only marvel at the folks who loudly, even belligerently, defend the tax.
Read the full article in the Anchorage Daily News.
By Editor, on March 28th, 2011 By Jerry Reinwand | JUNEAU EMPIRE
As Alaskans face the March 31 deadline for applying for the 2011 Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD), I thought it might be useful to present some history linked to the PFD that is not contained in Alaska’s history books.
Read the full story in the Juneau Empire.
By Editor, on March 24th, 2011  Gov. Sean Parnell Press release
JUNEAU–Governor Sean Parnell today issued the following statement on the importance of American energy development, in response to comments President Obama made while traveling in Brazil:
“The federal government should be focusing on increasing responsible energy development in America, not in Brazil. When President Obama said the U.S. stands ready to be ‘one of Brazil’s best customers’ when its new oil resources are developed, he demonstrated a fundamental misunderstanding of the critical importance of American energy security and the availability of existing domestic resources, including in Alaska.”
Read more->
By Editor, on March 24th, 2011  by Jim Burke | ALASKA DISPATCH
NORTH SLOPE–Construction workers for ENI Petroleum had just finished building the ice road connecting their land-based operations to a nearby island when a worker made a discovery that would bring them to a halt for days. There, on the edge of the manmade island not too far from where the road entered, was a polar bear. This wasn’t just any polar bear. On Friday, there, in the Beaufort Sea close to an oil industry drilling project, appeared a mother bear and her cub.
Read the full story in the Alaska Dispatch.
By Editor, on March 23rd, 2011 by Becky Bohrer | ADN
JUNEAU — High energy prices and political turmoil overseas have led to a “much more aggressive” attitude in Washington, D.C., toward developing oil and gas resources at home, U.S. Sen. Mark Begich said Tuesday.
That’s good news for Alaska, which he said has a small window through which to push the idea of making offshore assets and more federal lands in the state available for exploration and production.
Read more in the Anchorage Daily News.
By Editor, on March 19th, 2011 By Tim Bradner | ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE
Along with the state budget lawmakers are required to act upon, the controversial proposal by Gov. Sean Parnell to adjust the state’s oil and gas production tax will dominate the closing week of the 2011 session and push other high-profile bills aside.
Read full article in the Alaska Journal of Commerce.
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