OFC identifies speakers for public forum 12/26/2010
The federal coordinator's office for the Alaska natural gas pipeline has identified panelists who will speak at its Jan. 22 public forum on natural gas markets, set for 1 to 3:30 p.m. at the Universit...

Alaska gas must compete in marketplace 12/05/2010
Both Alaska gas line proposals, project's top federal regulator, discuss progress to date, what will be required to move forward
The Resource Development Council for Alaska got three perspectives on an Alaska gas line project at the group's annual conference in Anchorage Nov. 18. Larry Persily, Tony Palmer and Bud Fackrell all...

Gas line games continue 10/03/2010
Amid glum mood, second open season closes Oct. 4; DOE expands work, one exec says
Top executives for the two competing Alaska natural gas pipeline projects appeared Sept. 28 at an Anchorage oil industry conference and laid down a carpet of familiar themes. The project is extraordin...

Persily: demand key for Alaska gas line 07/25/2010
Federal coordinator says gas pipeline sponsors, bidders at open season, not required to provide copies of bids to feds or state
Is there a gas line to the Lower 48 in Alaska's future? Federal Coordinator Larry Persily, Office of the Federal Coordinator, said at a July 20 press briefing in Anchorage that it depends on market de...

FERC approves Denali open season plan 06/13/2010
Some changes made in proposed plan following comments; FERC rejects state's assertion that it should have wide access to data rooms
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved Denali's open season plan June 7, conditioned on some modifications, setting the stage for the company's open season to begin in July. "This approval...

New gas line coordinator urges patience 05/16/2010
Persily sees competition but also help from rise of shale gas, says power generators and president offer hope for Alaska pipe project
Larry Persily, the new federal coordinator for Alaska natural gas transportation projects, is urging patience in the state's already epic wait for a North Slope gas pipeline. "I'm not here to tell you...

Persily confirmed as federal coordinator 03/14/2010
The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed Larry Persily March 10 as Alaska natural gas transportation project federal coordinator. U.S. Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, recommended Persily to the Obama admini...

Big Risk, Bigger Rewards: Oil and gas opportunities abound in Alaska 02/14/2010
The last frontier has always been a land of opportunity
WANTED: The State of Alaska seeks independent, ambitious and responsible business partners with knowledge of oil and gas industry and dedication to safety and responsible resource development for oppo...

$500M reduction for initial open season 02/07/2010
TransCanada, ExxonMobil say better terms for Alaska gas pipeline project include lower rate of return, slower recovery by pipeline
Alaska Pipeline Project partners TransCanada and ExxonMobil have filed their open season plan with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, making public an estimated cost range for building an Alask...

Exxon: Gas looks good 01/31/2010
First Point Thomson well drilled to depth, Kruger tells Alaska contractors
A top ExxonMobil executive drew a generally upbeat picture of coming global oil and gas demand and also broke a bit of Alaska news in a Jan. 22 speech in Anchorage. "There is consensus that oil and na...

Swenson named in-state gas line manager 01/03/2010
Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell has named Bob Swenson of Fairbanks to replace Harry Noah as the state's in-state gas line project manager. Noah announced his resignation earlier this year, citing the demands...

Mackenzie has liftoff; panel gives support to project 01/03/2010
The Mackenzie Gas Project has surfaced from its prolonged regulatory bog to receive strong backing from a Joint Review Panel which gave approval, along with caveats, based on its examination of the im...

What chance now for North Slope LNG? 12/20/2009
World market is growing fast but North Slope gas would need to compete on cost with massive new supplies close to tidewater
Few subjects raise the temperature more in a room full of Alaskans on a cold winter night than the perennial debate about exporting North Slope gas in a pipeline through Canada versus exporting the ga...

BP: More challenges than a few years ago 11/29/2009
Minge tells RDC BP's 50-year Alaska strategy a dream, not a promise; cost structure threatens light oil; costs up 4 times oil price
BP has talked in recent years about the company's 50-year future in Alaska. But that strategy is "a dream: It's not a promise," BP Exploration (Alaska) President John Minge told the Resource Developm...

Parnell: ESA for species 11/29/2009
Governor tells RDC ESA not land-use planning tool; budgets for ESA attorney
Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell gave a clear indication of focus resource issues for his administration when he opened the Resource Development Council's 30th annual conference in Anchorage Nov. 18. The gov...

Oil Patch Insider: TransCanada on Arctic gas; RDC conference Nov. 18-19; Buffett cash to build Alaska gas line? 11/15/2009
TransCanada, with a financial stake in the Mackenzie Gas Project and the prospect of operating the main gas pipeline to southern markets, but no ownership position, is ideally situated to tell it stra...

Parnell chamber talk focuses on energy 10/04/2009
Governor tells Fairbanks audience he's optimistic about development at all scales; wants companies to combine gas line projects
Resource development and energy played large in a speech by Gov. Sean Parnell in Fairbanks on Sept. 29. "I couldn't give a talk about our economy without talking about resource development," Parnell t...

AGPA changes tack 10/04/2009
Port authority purchases Fairbanks Natural Gas, looking to develop LNG on slope
It was a busy few days for the Alaska Gasline Port Authority. On Sept. 28, AGPA's project manager and general counsel, Bill Walker, announced he is running for governor to push for an "all-Alaska" ga...

Gas prices, availability, now and then 09/27/2009
Alaska Oil and Gas Congress hears pessimistic, optimistic views on future for Arctic gas; told it can't be highest-priced commodity
Natural gas prices are low and supply is plentiful. What does that mean for a proposed Alaska gas pipeline which could begin shipping gas in 2018? The 5th Annual Alaska Oil and Gas Congress, held in An...

Parnell - now not time to change gas tax 09/20/2009
Governor says Alaska gas pipeline project needs 'time to bake'; commercial alignment first; state's next task royalty regulations
Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell does not want to see legislation in next year's session to change the state's tax on natural gas. It's too soon, the governor told the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce Sept. 14 -...