Several options and a big cost range 10/24/2010
Heinze reviews the various ideas for delivering and using North Slope gas inside Alaska, to support the state's own energy needs
While gas supplies in Southcentral Alaska from the Cook Inlet basin tighten and energy prices in Interior Alaska mushroom, there remains a massive quantity of natural gas on the North Slope, waiting f...

Doyon pauses Nenana exploration, gathers data from Yukon Flats 09/26/2010
Doyon Ltd., the Native regional corporation for Alaska's Interior, has decided to put its exploration efforts in the Nenana basin on hold pending resolution of some Alaska Railbelt energy issues that...

NGSC sees itself as a keystone 09/19/2010
ANGDA-backed Natural Gas Supply Co. hopes to play many roles in the Cook Inlet energy market, could announce deal soon
Government and industry generated many ideas this year for fixing what ails the Cook Inlet energy market, but one hasn't gotten much attention: the Natural Gas Supply Co. The Alaska Natural Gas Develo...

FERC issues 10th semiannual report 09/05/2010
In its 10th semiannual report to Congress on Alaska gas pipeline progress, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said both Denali and TransCanada Alaska have concentrated on preparing for and holdi...

Trucking natural gas has some support 05/23/2010
The Alaska Gasline Port Authority's plan to truck natural gas to Fairbanks is being supported by most of the borough assembly members who approved the entity more than a decade ago. Only two of nine m...

Alaska Gasline Port Authority seeks funding 05/23/2010
The Alaska Gasline Port Authority has lined up corporate sponsorship money to help pay off debt while it seeks funding for its plan to truck natural gas from the North Slope. Port authority auditors i...

Alaska Gasline Port Authority loses member 05/16/2010
The Alaska Gasline Port Authority has lost one of its three original members. The North Slope Borough has dropped out of the authority, which was created in 1999 by public votes in Fairbanks and Valde...

Liquefied gas truck plan needs approval 05/16/2010
Alaska Gasline Port Authority directors say they need approval from member communities before moving ahead with an ambitious plan to truck liquefied natural gas from the North Slope. The 1999 municipa...

Interior lawmakers ask about gas options 05/02/2010
Ramras and Coghill want to know how consumers will be protected if a bullet line is built after a trucking operation begins
Fairbanks-area lawmakers want to know how state regulators would protect consumers if two separate efforts to bring northern gas to the Interior materialize in the near future. If an in-state gas pipe...

One step closer to North Slope for FNG 04/18/2010
GVEA agrees to buy LNG, port authority seeking $250 million through bonds, new North Slope facilities could be online by 2012
In the Lower 48, natural gas is an important fuel in part because pipelines zigzagging across the continent connect populous areas with far-flung production basins. In Alaska, proximity has always bee...

Fairbanks utility to buy North Slope LNG 04/04/2010
A Fairbanks electric utility has agreed to buy the natural gas that is expected to be trucked into the city by 2012. The policy board of the Golden Valley Electric Association on March 29 approved a 1...

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...