Energy bill passes 12/23/2007
Delegation herds legislation into law; includes Alaska-friendly provisions
President George W. Bush signed into law Dec. 19 bipartisan legislation sponsored by Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, to increase fuel economy for cars and light trucks to 35 miles per gallon, or 40 percen...

Agrium advancing Blue Sky project 12/16/2007
Phase two results for coal gasification plant to feed company's Nikiski, Alaska fertilizer plant expected in first quarter 2008
Agrium is continuing to progress its Blue Sky project for a coal gasification plant to feed the company's fertilizer plant on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula. Agrium closed the Nikiski fertilizer plant in De...

Agrium's last Alaska cargo ship sets sail 12/09/2007
On Dec. 5 the last cargo ship left Agrium's nitrogen facility in Nikiski, Alaska, for Korea, carrying 27,000 tons of fertilizer. In September, Agrium USA's parent company, Agrium Inc., based in Canad...

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...

Agrium shutting down 09/30/2007
Kenai Peninsula nitrogen facility being mothballed until it gets new feedstock
Agrium is closing its nitrogen fertilizer operations on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula by the end of September due to a shortage of natural gas supply in Alaska's Cook Inlet basin, the Calgary-based company...

LNG plant key to stable Cook Inlet market 09/16/2007
Supporters say renewing Nikiski facility's federal export license for two years would be good for economy, industry and state
With what many believe is a natural gas shortage unfolding in Cook Inlet, renewing a license for a plant in Nikiski to ship liquefied natural gas to Asia seems at first glance a frivolous, if not fool...

Back in the game 09/16/2007
Bill Armstrong team returns to Alaska, this time in the Cook Inlet basin
The independent responsible for bringing three new oil companies to Alaska's North Slope in 2002-05 is back in the state - this time in Southcentral Alaska's Cook Inlet basin. A newly formed, local af...

Final chapter in CIGGS regulation? 06/17/2007
Following the Regulatory Commission of Alaska's acceptance of the Cook Inlet Gas Gathering System settlement agreement, Marathon and Chevron have applied for a certificate to operate the pipeline system as a common carrier
It's been three years since Agrium, owner of the Nikiski fertilizer plant on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula, first filed a complaint with the Regulatory Commission of Alaska regarding the unregulated operat...