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Archive for July, 2008

Costs To Play Key Role In Alaska’s Tale Of Two Pipelines

Monday, July 14th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Consider the engineering obstacle facing the proposed Alaskan gas pipeline from the North Slope to a hub in Alberta and then to markets in the Lower 48: distance, roughly 1,700 ... Read more..

Denali To Alaskan Lawmakers: We Are For Real

Saturday, July 12th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Things are heating up in Alaska as lawmakers continue trying to determine who should get the license to build a 1,700-mile gas pipeline from the North Slope to the Alberta ... Read more..

Power Markets Keeping Weather Eye On Temps, Gas Prices

Thursday, July 10th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

On paper, all seven actively traded North American power markets have enough supply to meet the summer peaks that have been forecast. But the edge is so thin that any ... Read more..

New Gas Line Proposed in Alaska

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Alaska may just be a pipeline contractor's dream With the state legislature debating TransCanada Corp.'s plan to build a 1,715-mile pipeline to ship North Slope gas,  to the Lower 48, rivals ... Read more..

The Winds Of Change Are Blowing Across Florida

Sunday, July 6th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

The times, they are a-changing. At least, it appears the winds of change are blowing. It seems a great many Floridians have started asking why there isn't any drilling off their ... Read more..

Cuba Moving Forward With Petrobras-Cupet Agreement

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Brazil's largest news agency, Estado has reported Cuba's state-owned oil company Cupet, is in serious talks with Petrobras for an oil exploration deal that could see E&P activity in Cuba's ... Read more..

Russian General Turns Up The Heat Over Rush For Arctic Oil, Gas

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

As promised, things are heating up in the Arctic. In an interview in the official Russian Army daily newspaper Red Star, Lt. Gen. Vladimir Shamanov announced a large-scale military exercise involving ... Read more..

Oregon Official’s Memo Keeps Dispute Over LNG Alive And Kicking

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The fight over whether LNG is needed in Oregon took an odd twist recently. Oregon Public Utility Chairman Lee Beyer sent Gov. Ted Kulongoski a memo saying that importing LNG to ... Read more..

Arctic Oil, Gas Reserve Estimates Creating New Buzz At Top Of The World

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

This little tidbit didn't make the mainstream news, but it has created a lot of buzz. Speaking at the World Petroleum Congress in Madrid recently, U.S. Geological Survey scientist Donald Gautier ... Read more..