This document is dated October 2011. The chart gives basic information about the project applicant, the Alaska Pipeline Project, including: route, terminus, capacity, size, estimated project cost, open season, 2011 field work, FERC application schedule, estimated first gas, gas deliveries in Alaska and applicant website information. The map shows the proposed route.
Fact Sheets
Ideas for moving Prudhoe Bay's natural gas bounty off Alaska's North Slope are as plentiful as cottonwood seed in the June air.
Some are modest: Truck small amounts of gas to Fairbanks consumers.
Some are epic: Pipe massive amounts to Lower 48 consumers - the most expensive North American private-sector construction project ever.
Some are pinned to visions of an Alaska energy utopia, where gas for local use is plentiful and relatively cheap, the oil industry reawakens to...
Introduction
Alaska has gas, lots of it. The more the nation turns to natural gas for generating electricity, heating homes and offices, running factories, supplying manufacturers and even motor vehicle use, the more attractive Alaska gas becomes.
Natural gas burns cleaner than coal or oil. Alaska's natural gas would provide a stable, long-term domestic supply of clean energy. The White House is committed to promoting natural gas as a cleaner-burning...
General background
In 1976, Congress passed the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Act (ANGTA) to expedite development of an Alaska natural gas transportation pipeline and provide congressional and presidential participation in the process. The policy steps of the process moved expeditiously and were completed in 1977.
In May 1977, the Federal Power Commission (FPC), now the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), recommended a land-based...
The Office of the Federal Coordinator has a good working relationship with the provincial and territorial governments who are interested in the project: the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories, Alberta and BC. Canada maintains the position that the Mackenzie Gasline Project (MGP) must go first. The U.S. position is the Alaska natural gas pipeline project and the MGP are two exciting Arctic pipeline projects that will provide benefits to both Americans and Canadians and...
How to Register for the FERC E-Library
The FERC e-library allows agencies and the public to receive all filings submitted on particular applications. For instance, the Alaska Pipeline Project, TC/ExxonMobil, files monthly status reports with FERC which, if folks are signed up, allows people to receive the documents when field.
-- DOCKET SEARCH: Go to the e-library,...

