Alaska well-placed in global survey 12/23/2007
As reported in last week's issue of Petroleum News, Alaska trails Wyoming and Colorado among U.S. states, but edges out all Canadian provinces except Saskatchewan in a study of investment "friendlines...

Alberta getting nudged off center-stage as tax hikes prompt big EandP companies to shift capital spending to United States 12/23/2007
The verdicts are rolling in for Alberta's proposed new royalty regime as the leading EandP companies take the wrapping off their 2008 capital budgets. But, in the process, those companies are reinforcin...

BLM seeks right of way rental fee changes 12/16/2007
On Dec. 11, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management proposed revising the rental fees it charges for rights of way on federal lands to adequately reflect changes in land values over the past 20 years. BLM...

Momentum builds behind energy report 12/09/2007
Anchorage Chamber findings, recommendations could spur critical public policy changes across Alaska as briefings continue
A report on energy-related problems facing Alaska, released two weeks ago, has ignited little more than positive comments so far, but its authors hope the report calling for changes will light a fire...

Electric storm brewing in railbelt 12/02/2007
Aging Alaska power stations and infrastructure, combined with growing demand, tight gas supply behind urgency for change
A "perfect storm" of technical and economic issues seems to be heading straight towards the Alaska Railbelt electrical power grid. And, with reliable and reasonably priced electrical energy underpinni...

Scenario 'alarming ... downright scary' 12/02/2007
Kenai Peninsula Borough mayor tells RDC conference attendees Alaska needs energy plan; closing LNG plant not the solution
John Williams, mayor of the Kenai Peninsula Borough, says shutting down the liquefied natural gas facility in Nikiski is only a short-term solution to the natural gas supply situation in Southcentral...

Climate change takes U.S. center stage 11/25/2007
Consultant: Climate change, energy security concerns setting the agenda for U.S. government energy policy; could favor NS gas line
There was a time not too long ago when the forces that guided what passed for a U.S. energy policy in the corridors of Washington, D.C., could be summed up as a three-statement mantra: maximize supply...

Chamber report issues energy wakeup call 11/25/2007
Business group calls for fiscal, energy strategies to meet short- and long-term needs of Alaska economy, beleaguered residents
Getting a grip on Alaska's energy outlook and developing a successful strategy to meet the needs of Alaskans now and in the future is the subject of a new 11-page report published by the Anchorage Cha...

Solving Cook Inlet's gas conundrum 11/18/2007
Region needs gas for foreseeable future; gas exploration, gas storage, North Slope gas, LNG all factor into energy supply options
The days of an overabundance of cheap natural gas from Cook Inlet basin may be over, but Southcentral Alaska needs reliable gas supplies for years to come was a recurring theme during the first day of...

Golf tournaments eyed in corruption case 11/18/2007
The Justice Department is investigating whether an Alaska oil contractor used golf tournaments to funnel cash to U.S. Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, people close to the corruption investigation said. The c...