State gas funding at issue

Lawmakers grapple with $3 million request for pipeline, LNG efforts

Larry Persily

Petroleum News Government Affairs Editor

Legislators are looking for more details before accepting the administration’s recommendation to put an additional $3 million into Alaska’s efforts to help move North Slope natural gas to market. No legislator is questioning that the state treasury and the public would benefit from a gas pipeline,....

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