Murkowski Calls Attention to Alaska’s Isolated Energy Systems


Calgary Herald by Dan Healing.  

Canada’s natural gas industry will continue to shrink unless liquefied natural gas export terminals are built, an outcome that requires prompt regulatory approvals, says the lobby group representing the largely Calgary-based oil and gas business.

In a report Wednesday, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers said Canadian gas production will decline steadily over the next decade as burgeoning production from U.S. shale gas fields moves into its traditional consumer markets in the American Midwest and Northeast, as well as in Central Canada.

“Proposed LNG projects require timely political and regulatory decisions because global LNG competition is fierce and involves many well-established international suppliers,” CAPP president and chief executive Tim McMillan warned in a news release.