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Deputy Federal Coordinator Pleased With New Canadian Research Commitment

Release Date: June 11, 2009

June 11, 2009, Washington, D.C. – The Government of Canada announced it is sponsoring a research project that will help identify job opportunities related to an Alaska natural gas pipeline. The project will involve over a thousand miles of Canadian pipeline construction.

Release Date: June 11, 2009

June 11, 2009, Washington, D.C. – Federal Coordinator Drue Pearce is delighted by today's news that ExxonMobil has agreed to join TransCanada in its effort to construct a pipeline to commercialize Alaska North Slope gas. She is in Ottawa meeting with senior Canadian government officials about this major North American project and the processing of the two competing proponents' applications. The two federal governments continue to coordinate efforts to cooperatively process the thousands of...

Release Date: June 11, 2009

Release Date: June 10, 2009

Drue Pearce, Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects, released today the First Phase Consolidated Implementation Plan specific to Denali, a joint venture between ConocoPhillips and BP. Related to permitting the pipeline project, this first phase identifies 22 attention items and the roles of all the federal agencies involved in the project. The project Consolidated Implementation Plan (Plan) is part of the Federal Coordinator’s mandate to streamline the...

Release Date: June 10, 2009

Release Date: May 5, 2009

Federal Coordinator Drue Pearce, Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects (OFC), is pleased to announce the addition of Vice Admiral Thomas Barrett, USCG (Ret.), currently Deputy Secretary of the Department of Transportation, as her Deputy Federal Coordinator. No stranger to Alaska, Barrett lived in the State for 14 years which included being the Coast Guard Commander from 1999 to 2002. As Deputy, he will work together with the Federal Coordinator to...

Release Date: January 15, 2009

The Obama administration recognizes the need for an Alaska natural gas pipeline. The President recognizes that the pipeline can increase America’s energy security, create jobs, and help bring clean natural gas to domestic U.S. markets.

Pearce Announces 2008 PAR

Release Date: November 17, 2008

Federal Coordinator Pearce is pleased to present the OFC’s first Performance and Accountability Report (PAR). This report includes highlights of the agency’s goals and accomplishments for FY2008 as well as details of the OFC’s operations since start up began in January 2007. The Federal Coordinator is also pleased to announce an "unqualified finding" (clean) in the agency’s first audit. Get the Report

Fairbanks Pipeline Training Center Opens

Release Date: November 7, 2008

The new Fairbanks Pipeline Training Center was dedicated November 6. The Alaska Pipeline Academy worked with the Alaska Works Partnership to secure funding for the new facility which will be used to prepare the next generation of Alaskans for the next generation of energy work in Alaska.