Noah tells legislators time to choose 01/03/2010
Says Legislature funding too many options, confusing market; Irwin says information isn't in for standalone or AGIA line to market
Alaska legislators heard two different views in mid-December of what they should do about gas projects in the state: Harry Noah, the outgoing project manager for the state's in-state gas project, said...

Noah: standalone line work on schedule 12/20/2009
Parks Highway route selected because it is shorter, could cost less; gas conditioning in Cook Inlet, at PBU facilities, considered
Harry Noah, special manager of the in-state gas pipeline project, told Alaska legislators Dec. 16 that the standalone or bullet line - a project which would deliver gas just within Alaska, not to outs...

Alberta touts carbon capture prospects 12/13/2009
The Alberta government may not be putting all of its climate-change strategies in one basket, but it's coming close as it pursues recognition as a world leader in advancing carbon capture and storage...

The Explorers 2009: Cook Inlet basin 11/15/2009
Cook Inlet, a major sea inlet between the Kenai Peninsula and the mainland of Southcentral Alaska, lies over part of a deep sedimentary basin that has formed between the Kenai Mountains and the mounta...

Canada backs carbon capture 10/25/2009
Governments commit C$1.65B to 2 projects, claim they lead world in developing technology; others say industry should do cleanup
Canadian and Alberta taxpayers are starting to feel a rather large hand in their pockets as the two governments roll out plans for carbon capture and storage projects - their key technological initiat...

October target for ROW applications 09/06/2009
State's standalone gas line project will permit two routes, one along Parks Highway, one along Richardson and Glenn highways
A state-directed team working on costs and feasibility for a standalone Alaska gas pipeline aims to have a summary of alternative routes complete by early September, including a Parks Highway route wh...

Canada to match US climate-change rules 07/05/2009
Canada will play ball with the United States on climate-change regulations to avoid crippling tariffs on its oil exports, but will continue to press its case in Washington for other clean-energy alter...

In-state gas feasibility study begins 06/21/2009
Legislators get update from Harry Noah, governor's in-state gas coordinator; contract let to engineering firm Michael Baker Engineers
Harry Noah, the governor's in-state gas coordinator, updated legislators June 5 on the work plan his office is doing on in-state natural gas. Noah said the underlying problem is that Alaska has "no c...

Mining News: Red Dog tops EPA toxic release inventory 04/26/2009
Federal regulator's annual report reflects scale of the world's largest lead-zinc mine, not its outstanding environmental record
In its largely misunderstood and frequently misrepresented Toxic Release Inventory report, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ranked the Red Dog zinc mine in Northwest Alaska as the largest enti...

More perspectives on the CI gas market 03/22/2009
Banks says 470 bcf could be developed in existing fields; CEA wants resource management plan; MLandP pushes for state intervention
The Cook Inlet gas cliff - the apocalyptic graph that shows a precipitous decline in gas production over the next few years - has the capability of making even the hardiest resident of Southcentral Al...

Armstrong prepping supply contract 03/15/2009
Successful test well at North Fork means issue of gas pricing will return before state regulators; company asking for $7 to $10
For Cook Inlet explorers, finding gas is only half the battle. Selling it is the other half. Following a successful test well in the southern Kenai Peninsula last summer, Armstrong Cook Inlet seems to...

Agrium and the Cook Inlet gas market 03/08/2009
When Agrium Inc. bought the Nikiski fertilizer plant on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula from Unocal Corp. in 2000, Agrium expressed optimism that fertilizer production at Nikiski would enhance Agrium's posit...

State lays out plan for bullet line 03/08/2009
'Action plan' and a pair of bills would coordinate efforts toward construction of $4 billion gas pipeline into Southcentral; greatest state involvement in 'bullet line' efforts to this point
The Palin administration is taking a more active role in the construction of a $4 billion pipeline to deliver northern natural gas to communities along the Alaska road system. Gov. Sarah Palin introdu...

A call for peace in CI 03/08/2009
Giard wants to clarify utility gas pricing to end the 'Cook Inlet Gas War'
In December Petroleum News referred to the Regulatory Commission of Alaska's December decision to allow Enstar Natural Gas Company to obtain gas for a year under new contracts with two Cook Inlet gas...

Gas for Alaska by 2014? 02/01/2009
From Palin to lawmakers to industry, in-state gas is a focus for the coming year
The new rallying cry in Alaska is first gas in five years. Throughout much of last year, high heating oil prices in Fairbanks and dwindling natural gas reserves in Anchorage created public outcry for...

Nearing edge of the cliff 01/18/2009
How close is Southcentral Alaska to the limits of Cook Inlet gas deliverability?
At a Regulatory Commission of Alaska public meeting on Jan. 10 officials from Alaska Railbelt gas and electricity utilities described how peak demand for natural gas during a recent cold snap had test...

Enstar has investor 01/18/2009
Gas utility says owners offer financial support for pipeline to Southcentral
Enstar Natural Gas believes it has an interested investor for its proposed bullet line. The Southcentral natural gas utility got a sizable financial commitment from Lindsay Goldberg, the private equit...

New Enstar gas record 01/11/2009
Cold snap in Southcentral AK causes highest ever delivery of gas to customers
Temperatures dipping to minus 16 on Jan. 3 in Anchorage may have put something of a nip in the air, but things heated up for Enstar Natural Gas Co., the main gas utility for Southcentral Alaska, as cu...

LNG license appeal 11/16/2008
Chugach Electric wants producers to commit to meeting local gas needs
In a further twist on the complex issues surrounding natural gas pricing and supplies in Southcentral Alaska, Chugach Electric Association, a major electric utility, has appealed for reconsideration o...

Marathon requests rate increase for KNPL 09/21/2008
For the second time this year, Marathon Oil is asking state regulators to increase shipping rates on a small Cook Inlet gas pipeline because of declining throughput volumes. Should Regulatory Commiss...

ANGDA funding Alaska value-added gas industry conferences set for next spring 09/14/2008
The Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority is providing $250,000 in funds for an industry conference on potential Alaska in-state value-added gas industries, ANGDA CEO Harold Heinze told the Anchora...

Looking at the gas options for Alaska 09/14/2008
Heinze outlines the business aspects of delivering NS gas within the state; pushes for NS propane sales to rural communities
When it comes to piping natural gas from Alaska's North Slope most eyes have been focused on gas delivery to distant venues. But not so the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority. Formed originally...

Fairbanks looks at CTL to lower costs 08/17/2008
Alaska's second largest city is pursuing a project to turn nearby coal into liquid fuel, hoping to get Air Force on board as buyer
Around the turn of the 19th century, cities on the East Coast put away their lanterns and began lighting homes and factories with "town gas," a synthetic fuel made from coal. Today, the city of Fairb...

Aurora wants clarity for CI gas market 08/10/2008
Company intervenes in RCA Enstar contracts hearing and makes the case for guidelines on acceptable gas contact terms and pricing
The Regulatory Commission of Alaska should take a leadership role in spelling out what forms of gas utility supply contract are acceptable in Alaska's Cook Inlet, Robin Brena, attorney for Aurora Powe...

Alberta company moving on CCS pipeline 07/20/2008
Project to use industrial carbon emissions to enhance oil recovery; comes as government unveils C$2 billion fund for CCS projects
A Canadian company recently announced plans to build a system for capturing carbon dioxide emissions and storing them underground. Alberta-based Enhance Energy Inc. said the Enhance CO2 Pipeline Syste...