DNR issues ROW lease for ASAP project

The Alaska Gasline Development Corp. said July 28 that Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Dan Sullivan has signed a right-of-way lease agreement with AGDC, granting access to state land for potential development of a 737-mile natural gas pipeline from the North Slope to Cook Inlet.

AGDC was created by House Bill 369 and tasked with developing a plan for the Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline, a project which would ship North Slope natural gas and natural gas liquids via a 24-inch-diameter pipeline to supply Fairbanks and Southcentral.

AGDC submitted a right-of-way lease application to the State Pipeline Coordinator’s Office in March.

Upon receipt of the completed application SPCO issued a comprehensive right-of-way lease, which was accepted and signed by AGDC President Dan Fauske.

Fauske said in a statement that receipt of the state right-of-way lease “is a major milestone in the work completed and the progress made on the ASAP project this past year.”

The state right of way covers more than 400 miles of the route; the project still requires a federal right-of-way grant and rights of way from private landowners along the route.

—Petroleum News