Will More Inducements Salvage an Alaska Gas Pipeline?

More Inducements for Alaska Gasline Inducement Act Participants

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Dave Harbour

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Financial Post by Diane Francis.  Imperial Oil and its Mackenzie Valley gas pipeline partners announced last week a postponement of the project for five more years. That gas, and Alaska's, may never be shipped in North America but more likely be bought by Asians then converted into LNG for shipment home.

Calgary Herald by Deborah Yedlin.  "One of the lessons from the Mackenzie Valley pipeline is to make sure that the environmental reviews work is in tandem with the regulatory reviews," he said, adding he had a front-row seat through the process as a board member of the Aboriginal Pipeline Group.  While Lougheed is no longer involved with the pipeline group, it's not that he has pulled back. Quite the opposite, in fact.

The Alaska Gas Pipeline Reviews Gas Pipeline Status.

ADN by Elizabeth Bluemink.  The Alaska labor force may be headed for a historic test: building a North Slope gas pipeline.

LNG OpEd by Bill Walker (NGP Photo).  When oil began flowing through the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) in 1977, it was the dawn of a new era in Alaska. In Valdez, we literally danced in the streets. I served as mayor of Valdez during those early days. The goal I had then remains unchanged today -- construct a gas line so we still have reason to celebrate long after the last barrel of oil has been loaded onto a tanker