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June 17, 2011
Global natural gas consumption increased 7.4 percent last year, to 306 billion cubic feet of gas per day, the strongest growth since 1984, says BP's new 2011 Statistical Review of World Energy.
U.S. gas consumption rose 5.6 percent to a record 66 billion cubic feet per day. The U.S. gain of an average 3.5 billion cubic feet per day was the largest volume increase of any nation worldwide.
The U.S. gas market is more than half again larger than Russia in the No. 2 spot, and five or six...
June 9, 2011
Natural gas liquids make the money for many shale gas producers, but all those liquids coming into the market from all that drilling could make it harder in coming years to command top dollar for oversupplied ethane, said speakers at the Canadian Energy Research Institute's annual petrochemicals conference June 5-7 near Calgary.
And that could, at times, cut into shale gas production.
International energy consulting firm Wood Mackenzie "is not convinced" that gas liquids will continue to fetch...
May 17, 2011
Federal Coordinator Larry Persily today issued the following statement:
"The Denali project announced today it is closing down its effort to develop a pipeline for moving Alaska North Slope natural gas to Lower 48 markets. The Denali partners should be commended for spending $165 million of their own money on the project over the past three years.
"The competing project, a partnership between TransCanada and ExxonMobil, is continuing its effort to design and permit a natural gas pipeline...
May 9, 2011
The federal coordinator's office for an Alaska North Slope natural gas pipeline is sponsoring a May 10 public forum on the importance of the project to the state's long-term economy, including public revenues, jobs and lower energy costs. The panelists also will discuss how the gas pipeline could benefit North Slope oil production.
WHO: Larry Persily, Federal Coordinator, Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects
Scott Goldsmith, economics professor, Institute of Social and Economic Research,...
April 26, 2011
The federal coordinator's office for the Alaska natural gas pipeline today announced the four panelists for its May 10 public forum on Alaska's economic future, with and without a large gas line. The Alaska panelists will share their knowledge of the state's economy, the importance of oil and gas revenues to public services, and the workings of oil and gas reservoirs.
"Alaska's economy is overwhelmingly dependent on oil, and if Alaska is going to maintain a healthy economy years into the future...
April 21, 2011
Note: Federal Pipeline Coordinator Larry Persily attended and presented at the Pipeline Opportunities Conference in Houston on April 19. The discussion centered on increased supplies from shale gas production and rising demand from electricity producers. Here is his report from the conference.
"We don't know what hydraulic fracturing regulation will look like over time," said Ed Kelly, vice president for North American Natural Gas and Power with international consulting firm Wood Mackenzie. "We...
April 18, 2011
The Office of Federal Coordinator for an Alaska natural gas pipeline added another in-depth report to its website today. Focusing on the $12 billion gas treatment plant that would be needed at Prudhoe Bay, Bill White continues the office's effort to explain complex aspects of the gas pipeline project for the public.
This latest report looks at the massive gas treatment plant that would be built on the North Slope. White explains what the plant would do, how much ground would be covered by the...
April 8, 2011
The Office of Federal Coordinator for an Alaska natural gas pipeline added another in-depth report to its website today. Focusing on the issue of pipeline tariffs, Bill White continues the office's effort to explain complex aspects of this multibillion-dollar pipeline project.
This latest report looks at the issue of pipeline pricing, including mileage-based tariffs for gas delivered by the pipeline to Alaska customers. In reviewing this topic, White explains what a tariff is and how it is...
March 30, 2011
The federal coordinator's office for the Alaska natural gas pipeline will sponsor a public forum May 10 on Alaska's economic future with and without a gas pipeline.
"As North Slope oil production continues to decline, and as Alaska's leaders work to attract more investment into the state, the public needs to understand how a gas line could make a difference in the state's economic future," said Federal Coordinator Larry Persily.
The Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas...
March 28, 2011
The Office of Federal Coordinator for an Alaska natural gas pipeline added a new feature today to its website: In-depth reports on issues related to the project.
Bill White, a former editor at the Anchorage Daily News, joined the Alaska Office of the Federal Coordinator in early March as a researcher/writer and will author the reports. White was with the Daily News for 27 years, formerly as business editor with extensive experience covering the state's oil and gas industry.
"White knows oil and...
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