PennEnergy.
The Russian company has recently expressed an interest in transportation and upstream projects in the US state of Alaska. According to Gazprom CEO
Alexei Miller, the gas company is focused on the planned Denali project proposed by BP and ConocoPhillips to bring gas from Alaska’s North Slope to markets in the Lower-48 states. The project includes a 48-inch diameter pipeline with capacity of 4.5 bcf/d from Alaska’s North Slope to Alberta, Canada. The line would start flowing in 2020 and reach capacity by 2022.
Yahoo Canada. The Gulf of Mexico oil spill was a big topic at this week's Inuvik Petroleum Show in Inuvik, N.W.T., but some wondered if it could give the proposed Mackenzie Valley gas pipeline a boost. Bob Reid (NGP Photo), president of the Aboriginal Pipeline Group one of the stakeholders in the Mackenzie project said the massive spill has given the oil and gas industry a black eye, but it could also raise demand for northern gas. (We remind readers that Canadian and US Policy could diminish the demand for northern gas pipeline projects. -dh)
KTVA. The Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority will shelve research on a pipeline proposal, saying it will defer to a new, in-state pipeline team created by state lawmakers. Board directors, meeting Wednesday in Fairbanks, voted to withdraw a key environmental application tied its "Beluga to Fairbanks" pipeline project.
Oilweek. In Canada´s Beaufort and east coast basins, there have been important EH&S developments in recent months. Going to the ends of the earth is nothing new for the Canadian oil and gas industry. Beginning in 1976, drilling expeditions in the Beaufort Sea were innovative and daring and continued for nearly a decade. The wells were in shallow water, however, often using equipment that sat on the sea floor. Last fall the National Energy Board (NEB) began a safety inquiry in anticipation of a revival of drilling in the Beaufort Sea. The review was triggered by a proposal from Imperial Oil and ExxonMobil to start deeper Beaufort drilling, using a new vessel built on the scale of a battleship. The NEB is investigating serious concerns about opening up deeper northern waters for drilling in light of a previous generation of regulations that assumed that in the event of a blowout, the operator could drill a relief well in the same season. The NEB began developing its new regulatory approach because the Arctic work season is too short to follow the old rules for the next wave of bigger wells. Within days of the Macondo disaster, the board announced that it would review Arctic drilling requirements in light of findings from the American inquiries into that event. "We need to learn from what happened in the Gulf," NEB chair
Gaétan Caron (NGP Photo) said in a statement. "The information taken from this unfortunate situation will enhance our safety and environmental oversight." The regulator is making sure all three legs of the EH&S stool are the right size for deep Beaufort drilling.
CTV. This Wednesday will be
Hal Kvisle’s last day as chief executive officer of TransCanada a North American pipeline giant and rising force in power generation. Mr. Kvisle, 57, the CEO for nine years, plans to stick around for another two months to ease the transition to his successor,
Russ Girling. Meanwhile, Mr. Kvisle has some parting thoughts on environmental activism, the state of the industry, and his legacy in a company that he has greatly strengthened, but which he leaves at a time of looming challenges.
ADN by
Paul Jenkins. Here's something odd: Gov.
Sean Parnell's administration is chomping at the bit to hire a $2 million consultant quickly -- very, very quickly -- to take a peek at any proposals from the oil industry or lawmakers to change Alaska's oil and gas taxes to promote construction of a gas pipeline. Did I mention the state guys want the consultant very quickly?
CBC. Russia resumed sending natural gas to its neighbour Belarus on Thursday after the latter paid an outstanding $192-million US gas bill.
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