Another Moratoria Report Story - Cook Inlet Gas Political Strategy

See our earlier moratoria study stories here, and here.

SNL Daily Gas Report, by Mark Hand.  Continued restrictions on industry access to oil and gas resources on federal lands could cost the United States more than $2.35 trillion in cumulative gross domestic product and nearly 13 million jobs through 2030, according to the results of a new study administered by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners...On Feb. 15, members of the Moratoria Study Group discussed the report at NARUC's winter committee meetings in Washington, D.C. The members went to great lengths to tout the report's fairness and balance. Hamilton emphasized that the study resulted in "a very unbiased report," while Dave Harbour, moratoria study group vice chairman and a former regulatory commissioner from Alaska, said the report was "not colored by bias."John Broderick, moratoria study group official observer and senior economist at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, said he considered the report "a very balanced work." He added: "It's not just an industry study." Bob Pickett (NGP Photo), chairman of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska and a moratoria study group participant, said that when he agreed to join the group, he initially thought "this has the potential to be controversial." But he said he ended up impressed with the study's dedication to the model used in its forecasts and with how the study considered the interests of businesses.

Alaska Dispatch by Rena Delbridge.  On Cook Inlet natural gas: "...years of massive tax credits for oil and gas production in Cook Inlet haven't gotten the state far. Production is on the decline and deliverability during peak times isn't a sure thing in Southcentral."