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...

ANGDA resolves EIS project description 12/27/2009
Authority's board approves moving ahead with Beluga to Fairbanks gas line permitting work, exclusive agreement on propane project
The Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Land Management appear to have come to an agreement on a project description of ANGDA's Beluga-to-Fairb...

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...

ANGDA advancing propane, gas co-op 11/22/2009
Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority asks for discussion of synergy with FNG, Alaska Gasline Port Authority LNG project
The board of directors of the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority got one meeting it's been asking for - a closed-door session with Gov. Sean Parnell - and asked for another, this one with the Co...

FNG has gas contracted through May '13 11/15/2009
Fairbanks Natural Gas LLC told the Regulatory Commission of Alaska in October that the company has contracted for a three-year supply of natural gas from a Cook Inlet supplier. The contract will prov...

Walker announces bid for Alaska governor 10/04/2009
Anchorage attorney Bill Walker jumped into the race for governor Sept. 28 and declared that construction of a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope to Valdez will be the focus of his campaign. "Th...

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...

Oil Patch Insider 08/02/2009
In-state gas pipeline schedules bus tour for Alaska legislators
The Alaska Stand Alone Natural Gas Pipeline is inviting legislators on a bus tour of the northern segment of the project's proposed route. What pipeline project? First there was AGPA, the Alaska Gas...

Alaska Legislature looks at gas tax 07/19/2009
The Alaska Legislative Budget and Audit Committee has issued a request for proposals for economic analysis and modeling for Alaska natural gas taxation, estimating up to $500,000 for a contract to run...

ANGDA: Either/or versus and/until 05/10/2009
ANGDA wants the state to allow spur line and bullet line to both continue until economics prove up one project or the other
Recent work to bring North Slope gas to Alaska markets has focused on "either/or" decisions. The Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority wants those to be "and/until." The "either/or" questions cover...

Bringing the gas home 04/26/2009
Legislature provides $7M for in-state work, partially funding Palin's plans
The 26th Legislature sought to bring natural gas home. With the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act and a revised production tax structure, the 25th Legislature focused on delivering North Slope oil and gas...

Pricing not illegal 02/22/2009
Two reports say high gas prices last year didn't break the law; a pair of proposed bills would tie Alaska gas prices to Washington state rates
A pair of reports say market forces, and not illegal activity, caused high gasoline prices in Alaska last year, but considerable public outrage about pump prices above the national average and a pair...

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...

YPC right-of-way renewal denied by DNR 12/21/2008
Yukon Pacific loses 20-year-old conditional ROW for the trans-Alaska gas system for lack of progress required under the lease
At one time a gas pipeline from the North Slope to a liquefaction plant at Valdez seemed the answer to commercializing Alaska's natural gas. Yukon Pacific Corp., an early LNG project proponent, obtai...

FEDC forms in-state natural gas task force 10/26/2008
Fairbanks Economic Development Corp. applies think-tank approach; one goal to be sure Fairbanks has a voice in decisions
The Fairbanks Economic Development Corp. is applying the same think-tank approach to in-state natural gas as it did last year to the cost of energy in Interior Alaska. At a preliminary meeting Oct. 2...

FERC's 6th gas pipeline report positive 09/07/2008
Cites 'substantial progress' on development of Alaska gas pipeline over past 6 months; still concerned over multiple projects
As FERC issued its sixth semiannual report to Congress on progress on an Alaska gas pipeline Aug. 29, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Joseph Kelliher called progress "substantial" but sa...

Experience, constitution would guide Parnell in leadership role 09/07/2008
Gov. Sarah Palin will continue to handle state affairs during her campaign for vice president, state officials said Aug. 29, the day Republican presidential nominee John McCain named Palin as his runn...

State keeps LNG pipeline on the table 08/24/2008
By Eric Lidji
Hoping to alleviate the concerns of those who favor an "all-Alaska" option for marketing North Slope natural gas, Gov. Sarah Palin on Aug. 20 signed an order directing her administration to continuin...

TC Alaska passes House 07/27/2008
Go with highway line, but don't forget LNG, legislators say in letter of intent
The Alaska House has given the administration somewhat schizophrenic support for granting an AGIA license to TransCanada Alaska: The House voted to approve the license 24-16 on July 22, but on recon...

Sempra rejoins port authority project 07/13/2008
Sempra LNG, which worked with the Alaska Gasline Port Authority on its liquefied natural gas project in 2004 and 2005, is back onboard, the port authority said July 9. Mitsubishi Corp. is also involv...

LNG or natural gas project? 07/06/2008
Econ One: Pipeline along Alaska Highway probably trumps LNG plan
A liquefied natural gas project can earn more on less, more or less. But more and more, a big pipeline through Canada can earn more on more, according to a legislative consultant testifying during an...

ANGDA renews open season statute debate 06/29/2008
Provisions from 2000 law could complicate a future open season for in state use of natural gas, debates go back to summer 2004
Dusting off a debate left unresolved with the demise of natural gas pipeline negotiations in the Murkowski administration, the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority is once again asking state lawma...

Rebuffed AGIA rival backs governor 06/15/2008
Port authority board member Whitaker says he now supports TransCanada's proposal; expert says LNG project not competitive
Jim Whitaker, mayor of the Fairbanks North Star Borough and a board member of the Alaska Gasline Port Authority, is supporting Gov. Sarah Palin's approach to building a natural gas pipeline and her de...

AGIA on trial 06/01/2008
First public discussions show administration will be defending process, not proposal
Fifty-nine to one was the margin when the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act passed the Alaska Legislature in May 2007. Judging from the questions the administration is getting on the TransCanada AGIA lice...

Spur line project out for bid 03/09/2008
Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority is looking for wetlands determination from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for gas spur line
Temporarily excluded from the on-going state deliberations over a future natural gas pipeline, the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority is still moving forward on its spur line to Southcentral and...