Fate of Petro-Can Alaska acreage unknown; Suncor divesting some natural gas 09/20/2009
Suncor Energy is planning to divest a chunk of its natural gas assets by the end of 2010, news that might not bode well for Alaska. "We will go through a significant downsizing of those assets," John...

A blast from the past 06/28/2009
Exxon tells legislators predictable and durable fiscal terms needed for gas line
When ExxonMobil aligned with TransCanada on the Alaska gas line project in May it brought North Slope gas and corporate clout to the table - and a couple of specific items TransCanada hadn't previousl...

New entry in B.C. LNG field 03/22/2009
Take your pick - it's either shaping up as a rival or an extra. Whatever the choice, the pieces seem to be coming together for a second LNG export terminal at Kitimat on the northern British Columbia...

British Columbia: Touting the Horn 03/22/2009
Spectra gets producer backing for 'significant' expansion of BC gathering, processing facilities; government pumps more into roads
Shrugging off concerns that British Columbia's resource-rich shale gas will have a tough job competing over the near term with the prolific Haynesville shale in Texas and Louisiana, production, pipeli...

AGIA on the table again? 03/22/2009
House Republicans want to revisit license decision; Palin wants to stay course
Republican legislators in the Alaska House are concerned about current gas supply and price issues as they affect gas pipeline economics and want to be sure the TransCanada Alaska pipeline proposal th...

DNR concludes Point Thomson hearing 02/22/2009
ExxonMobil moving ahead with ice roads; Nabors says rig will be ready to move out by mid-March; five to seven days to location
The Department of Natural Resources finished up its hearing on appeals of the termination of 31 Point Thomson oil and gas leases Feb. 12 and Point Thomson operator ExxonMobil said the company began ic...

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...

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...

Alaskans looking for gas pipeline jobs 07/20/2008
Denali's president says work now with contractors; legislators say constituents reacting to ads, want to know where to apply
It has a big advertising campaign, but is it real? Where can people apply for work on the project? Can the project get rights of way through Canada? Can the producers do a better job than they did bui...

Porter: PTU owners, state should settle 07/13/2008
Tells legislators Point Thomson owners lost on development plan, DNR would lose on decertifying wells and on trust issue
There has been a lot of discussion about Point Thomson as the Alaska Legislature debates giving TransCanada Alaska a license under the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act. Legislative Budget and Audit Comm...

Gas headed north 07/13/2008
State of Alaska, ANGDA Enstar to build pipeline from Cook Inlet to Fairbanks
Worried minds contemplating the dwindling natural gas supply in the Cook Inlet have long looked north for a solution, but the answer they expected to find always involved supply. Could the answer up n...

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...

Debate engines revving up 06/01/2008
TransCanada, Enbridge dispute on Alaska gas line rests on legality of 1977 law
TransCanada is adamant it has right on its side, not to mention a wealth of history as a natural gas transporter. Enbridge scoffs at TransCanada's legal arguments and counters the claims of experience...

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...

TransCanada a go 05/25/2008
AGIA application goes to Legislature; LNG doesn't provide same benefits
The administration said May 22 that TransCanada's AGIA application to build a gas pipeline from the North Slope to market maximizes benefits to Alaskans and is recommending that the Alaska Legislature...

Palin asks money for bullet line study 04/13/2008
Says AGIA designed to connect Alaskans with North Slope gas; bullet line one of a number of in-state energy options to be reviewed
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said April 4 that she would be asking the Legislature for $6 million to $8 million to update a bullet line study. A bullet line, or small-diameter natural gas pipeline, would...

Governor, legislators pleased with Denali 04/13/2008
Both the governor and lawmakers seemed pleased by the BP-ConocoPhillips announcement of their joint-venture Alaska North Slope to market gas pipeline project, although both the administration and legi...

New gas partnership 04/13/2008
ConocoPhillips, BP form company to build Alaska natural gas pipeline
The prospect for an Alaska gas pipeline ratcheted up several notches April 8 with an announcement by ConocoPhillips and BP that the two were beginning work on a North Slope gas pipeline, a project the...

Point Thomson settlement offered 03/30/2008
Eastern North Slope unit's working interest owners offer milestones for work in 23rd plan of development; agree to termination if not met, but with conditions
The major Point Thomson unit owners - ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron and ConocoPhillips - have proposed a settlement in their dispute with the State of Alaska over the development of the unit. The basis of...

Legislators want 2004 application 02/17/2008
Twenty-three Alaska legislators signed a letter dated Jan. 31 to Gov. Sarah Palin and Tony Palmer, TransCanada's vice president of Alaska business development, asking for release of the 2004 TransCana...

TransCanada responds 02/17/2008
Palmer tells legislators ANNGTC only Alaska, and not using any old permits
Alaska legislators have had a lot of questions about the TransCanada application under the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act or AGIA; Feb. 6-7 they got a chance to ask those questions of Tony Palmer, Tran...

Murkowski wants back in gas debate 02/03/2008
Alaska's former governor has met with ConocoPhillips, says he intends to meet with BP, ExxonMobil, TransCanada on gas pipeline
Gormer Gov. Frank Murkowski wants to be a player again in the high-stakes game of building a pipeline to tap the North Slope's natural gas. Murkowski has re-emerged after a year out of office and the...

Port Authority had partner troubles 01/27/2008
State evaluating whether to reconsider AGIA application; organization cites threats to original partners, search for replacements
The State of Alaska said in early January that an application by the Alaska Gasline Port Authority under the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act was not complete and would not go out for public notice. The...

State rebuffs Conoco's gas line proposal 01/13/2008
In a Jan. 9 letter to Jim Mulva, ConocoPhillips CEO, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says thanks but no thanks to the alternative gas line proposal ConocoPhillips submitted in late November. Palin said the C...