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MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company (MEHC) Chairman and CEO David Sokol joined Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski in Fairbanks Thursday in announcing a preliminary filing with the state for favorable tax treatment to build the Alaska portion of a 4.5 Bcf/d gas pipeline to deliver North Slope natural gas to markets in the Midwest.

MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company (MEHC) Chairman and CEO David Sokol joined Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski in Fairbanks Thursday in announcing a preliminary filing with the state for favorable tax treatment to build the Alaska portion of a 4.5 Bcf/d gas pipeline to deliver North Slope natural gas to markets in the Midwest.

Alaska Gov. Frank H. Murkowski signed into law last week a renewal of Alaska’s Stranded Gas Act, HB 16, which authorizes the state to enter into negotiations with industry on the cost and terms of a natural gas pipeline project to move North Slope gas to markets in the Lower 48 states. Murkowski said the legislation is an important step toward getting the pipeline process moving on a faster track.

Alaska Gov. Frank H. Murkowski, former chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, signed into law Monday a renewal of Alaska’s Stranded Gas Act, HB 16, which authorizes the state to enter into negotiations with industry on the cost and terms of a natural gas pipeline project to move North Slope gas to markets in the Lower 48 states. Murkowski said the legislation is an important step toward getting the pipeline process moving on a faster track.

Sens. Frank Murkowski (R-AK) and Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) agreed Friday to work cooperatively on language in the Senate omnibus energy bill to reduce the risks tied to the construction of an Alaska natural gas pipeline from the North Slope to the Lower 48 states.

In his opening volley to the Senate debate on energy legislation, Sen. Frank Murkowski (R-AK) said Senate Majority Tom Daschle (D-SD) will be entirely to blame if controversial proposals to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and natural gas drilling go up in flames.

Alaska Republican Sen. Frank Murkowski vowed to amend the Senate energy bill before the end of winter to better ensure that his fellow Alaskans get a fair shake in any gas pipeline deal that comes out of the legislation. Murkowski said he wanted to include a ban to prevent producers from pursuing an “over-the-top” pipeline route, which would bypass most of the state by crossing the Beaufort Sea and then heading down the Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories to connect with the pipeline grid in Alberta.

Alaska Republican Sen. Frank Murkowski vowed to amend the Senate energy bill before the end of winter to better ensure that his fellow Alaskans get a fair shake in any gas pipeline deal that comes out of the legislation. Murkowski said he wanted to include a ban to prevent producers from pursuing an “over-the-top” pipeline route, which would bypass most of the state by crossing the Beaufort Sea and then heading down the Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories to connect with the pipeline grid in Alberta.

In order to force a vote on energy this year, Sen Frank Murkowski (R-AK) said he and other Republican proponents will attempt to attach the House energy bill, H.R. 4, to either the economic-stimulus, railroad retirement or farm reauthorization bills that are due to come before the Senate in the remaining days of the session.