Oil firms push for Alaska gas incentives

Petroleum News Staff

ConocoPhillips and BP have hired another Washington, D.C., lobbying firm to work on proposed tax incentives for a natural gas pipeline from Alaska.

The companies said Goldwyn International Strategies will help smooth passage of the Alaska North Slope gas pipeline incentives, according to filings made in May with the U.S. House Clerk’s office. The firm is headed by David Goldwyn, formerly a top Energy Department official in the Clinton administration.

However, Don Duncan, vice president of federal affairs for ConocoPhillips in Washington, told the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner on June 25 that the companies hired Goldwyn primarily for the expertise offered by its senior adviser, Shirley Neff. Neff worked as a staff economist for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee from 1995 to 2003.