ANCHORAGE, AK – Federal Coordinator Larry Persily will hold a press conference at 2 p.m. (ADT) Tuesday, July 20, at the Office of the Federal Coordinator’s Anchorage conference room to discuss the upcoming July 30 close of the first open season for an Alaska North Slope gas pipeline project.
"I want Alaskans and the nation to understand what to expect the mornings after the open seasons close for the Alaska Pipeline Project (July 30) and the Denali project...
Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada – Speaking at the 10th annual Inuvik Petroleum Show, Federal Coordinator Larry Persily said building North American demand for cleaner-burning natural gas is essential to attracting investment in an Arctic gas pipeline. He acknowledged there are significant market and fiscal challenges to Arctic gas development, but said large pipeline projects are possible if demand builds.
Several companies are working toward multibillion-dollar pipelines to...
Washington, D.C. – The Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects today released its First-Phase Consolidated Implementation Plan for the Alaska Pipeline Project, a partnership joint effort of TransCanada and ExxonMobil.
The report summarizes the gas line developer’s activities to date, identifies eight "attention items" discussed with federal agencies during development of the implementation plan, reviews the field work required for permitting...
By: Larry Persily, Federal Coordinator
A good thing about shale gas — from Alaska’s hopeful perspective — is that all that new supply could reduce price volatility, making natural gas more attractive to electrical utilities and other large-volume customers that in the past have worried about price spikes.
More long-term customers for more gas could, under the right conditions, improve the chances for an Alaska natural gas pipeline....
By: WIlliam Doyle
On March 31, 2010, TC Alaska received approval with modification from the FERC for its detailed plan for conducting an open season to make binding commitments for initial capacity on its natural gas Alaska pipeline project.
TC Alaska plans to issue its open season notice no later than April 30, 2010 and expects to close it 90 days later on July 30, 2010.
Two options will be submitted for shipper assessment in the open season. The first option is a 1,700...
This submission serves as the comments of the Office of Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects (OFC) in response to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposed rule and request for comment regarding Endangered and Threatened Species; Designation of Critical Habitat for Cook Inlet Beluga Whale [Docket No. 090224232-91321-03] published in the Federal Register on December 2,2009.
The Office of Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation...
Anchorage, AK - Acting Federal Coordinator Tom Barrett made the following statement today about the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) open season package submittal by the Alaska Pipeline Project, a joint partnership of TransCanada and Exxon Mobil:
"Today's FERC filing of an open season package by the Alaska Pipeline Project (APP) further advances the Alaska natural gas pipeline project. The APP package included the FERC required In-State Gas Demand Study which provides a...
This submission serves as the comments of the Office of Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects in response to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (“Service’s”) proposed rule designating critical habitat for the polar bear (Ursus maritimus) in the United States (the “Proposed Rule”) pursuant to Section 4 of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), 16 U.S.C. § 1533. See 74 Fed. Reg. 56058-86 (Oct. 29, 2009).
I appreciate your expressed strong support for the...
WASHINGTON, DC -- You may not find rare auction items or streaming video of reality television shows, but the newly launched website of the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects [OFC] promises to provide timely and transparent information about what is potentially North America’s largest private construction project.
The website, which can be found at...
Delegations from the United States and Canada met this month at the annual Energy Consultative Mechanism [ECM] meeting in Ottawa. The meeting provides a forum for both countries to review bilateral energy trade and to explore mechanisms for strengthening and deepening the largest bilateral energy relationship in the world.
For the past three years, the Department of State has requested that the Office of the Federal Coordinator (OFC) present the Alaska natural gas pipeline update at...
Our Mission is to advance our Nation’s energy, environmental and economic security by expediting the delivery of clean natural gas from the North Slope of Alaska to North American markets.
