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...

ANGDA, agencies, at odds on EIS process 12/06/2009
Corps of Engineers has issues with description of Beluga-to-Fairbanks gas line; BLM doesn't think ANGDA has authority to go north
Federal agencies are butting heads with the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority over its project description for the proposed Beluga-to-Fairbanks or B2F gas line and over its authority to permit...

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...

Are Cook Inlet gas supplies in crisis? 10/25/2009
As winter approaches, Chevron manager presents facts, figures about natural gas supply and demand in Southcentral Alaska
Natural gas has flowed out of the Cook Inlet basin with apparent ease for around 40 years, in some ways the life blood of Southcentral Alaska, firing heater furnaces, fueling power stations and suppor...

Natural gas for consumers 09/27/2009
ANGDA works for our burner tips, not Chicago's, Heinze tells chamber
A lot of people are working on getting North Slope natural gas to Chicago and focused on the revenues the state will receive from commercializing Alaska's natural gas, Harold Heinze told the Anchorage...

ANGDA moving on propane, supply co-op 09/13/2009
Authority board wants to meet with new governor, energy advisor; still working evaluation of route for gas line to Southcentral
The Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority met Sept. 3 in Anchorage, heard from contractors on propane and supply co-op projects, but didn't resolve how it will tackle the role the Legislature assig...

Organizers cancel petrochem conference 08/30/2009
Anchorage event succumbs to tough economy, tight travel budgets among chemical company executives
Organizers of a planned late September conference on potential for an Alaska petrochemical industry using the state's abundant natural gas said the global recession forced them to cancel the event. Th...

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...

ANGDA works on route decision criteria for in-state pipeline 07/26/2009
Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority board works on list of items it will consider in providing public process for route; Michael Baker Jr. wins $5 million contract from DNR
The Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority board welcomed two new members when it met in Anchorage July 16 - Bill Jeffress of Anchorage and Brian Rogers of Fairbanks - and continued work on evaluati...

ANGDA's third report to people in video 07/19/2009
The Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority released its third report to the people July 15. The authority's first two reports were printed and were distributed in newspapers. This report is a video...

The Tanana example 06/21/2009
In 2007, the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority teamed up with the village of Tanana to study the feasibility of using propane in villages along the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers. Some Tanana resid...

Private sector lead sought for propane 06/21/2009
ANGDA hosts Alaska Opportunities Conference; state corporation looking for companies to process, transport, buy propane
The Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority has reached a tentative agreement with a major North Slope producer for the sale of propane and is seeking private parties to help distribute the fuel acro...

Jeffress, Rogers join ANGDA board 06/07/2009
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has made two new appointments and one reappointment to the board of the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority. Newly named are William R. Jeffress and Brian D. Rogers; the...

State puts out contract for bullet line work 05/17/2009
The Department of Natural Resources is planning to spend up to $3 million on "environmental support services" to progress a gas pipeline to markets within Alaska. The contract is the second put to bid...

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...

Don't pick a winner 04/19/2009
Porter says state should let economics, circumstances choose in-state gas line
The state should focus on filling a short-term gap in Cook Inlet gas supplies, rather than become too involved in efforts to build a bullet line, according to a legislative consultant. The two ongoing...

FNG worried propane would kill LNG 04/12/2009
Fairbanks utility believes proposed propane facility is undercutting plans for LNG facility, ANGDA says project complimentary
A Fairbanks utility believes plans for a propane facility on the North Slope are undercutting its attempts to sell North Slope liquefied natural gas to Interior markets. The Alaska Natural Gas Develop...

Lawmakers propose Energy Department 04/12/2009
Bill would re-align several Alaska government agencies, programs into one department with hope of streamlining energy planning
State lawmakers have proposed legislation to create a Department of Energy. The bill introduced April 6 would bring two public corporations into a single department with the aim of increasing coordina...

Slowing the bullet 04/12/2009
State wants ANGDA to hold off on EIS until results come for route analysis
The Palin administration is asking the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority to consider alternate routes for a natural gas pipeline to serve markets within the state. The request came out during a...

ANGDA postpones April conference 04/05/2009
The Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority is postponing a conference to promote and discuss the potential for value-added petrochemical industries in Alaska. The conference was originally scheduled...

Palin appoints Ryan to ANGDA board 03/22/2009
Governor Palin has appointed Pat Ryan to the board of the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority. Ryan, of Anchorage, was a top aide and chief of staff to Wally Hickel during his two terms as Alaska...

What role for ANGDA in bullet line? 03/15/2009
State sees public corporation handling early technical pieces; ANGDA weighs lapsed contracts, looks at North Slope propane facility
The Palin administration envisions the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority handling early technical pieces of a renewed push to build an in-state natural gas pipeline. "I see ANGDA as being the s...

House committee moves ACMP rewrite 03/15/2009
Coastal zone bill scheduled for second Senate committee; governor's ANGDA, in-state gas bills not yet scheduled for hearings
The Alaska Legislature has passed the midway point of this year's session, and bills reworking the Alaska Coastal Management Program have yet to be heard in second committees of referral, while bills...

Oil Patch Insider 03/15/2009
Oklahoma's not doin' fine -OK? ANGDA pondering life after Harold? Yes, Isenberg's optimistic and ExxonMobil is spending more money, not less
Harold Hamm has locked horns with Mexico, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia and Iraq. Now he's doing battle with Canada. The U.S. producer is heading up a group of Oklahoma oilmen, operating under the name Dome...