Could making methane hydrates help get gas off North Slope? 09/26/2010
For decades, researchers have dreamed about converting the vast, naturally occurring methane hydrates reserves on the North Slope into usable natural gas, but a new device could help Alaska unlock con...

LNG hopes evaporate 09/05/2010
One of 10 proposed Canadian import terminals is working; one to be export project
Ten green bottles hanging on the wall ..." goes the old song for children. Let's make that "ten LNG projects" that once dangled the prospect of LNG imports to Canada for regasification into billions of...

Supreme help sought 02/07/2010
Staggered by Point Thomson loss, Alaska officials go for high court review
Fresh off a significant setback in its tilt with ExxonMobil for control of the rich Point Thomson oil and gas field, lawyers for the state are now asking for a break in the action while they seek an A...

ACES hot topic as Legislature convenes 01/24/2010
Some legislators concerned tax may be anti-competitive; some want more information; others want state to get something for changes
Whether the Alaska Legislature will make changes in the state's oil and gas production tax this year is an unknown, but the tax was a popular topic as legislators began the 2010 session on Jan. 19. T...

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...