It’s a long way off, and some think it will never get built, but a gas pipeline from Alaska’s North Slope to serve Lower 48 markets via Canada would be a mixed blessing to the Canadian market, a Calgary-based consultant said, noting Canada’s gas industry needs to prepare now to preserve the value of its product.
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TransCanada, Denali ‘Marching Toward an Open Season’
Although Alaska’s lawmakers have given their blessing to TransCanada Corp. for its plan to build a gasline from the North Slope to the Alberta Hub in Canada, that project’s competition with a proposal for a similar pipeline from BP and ConocoPhillips, known as Denali, is anything but over.
TransCanada, Denali ‘Marching Toward an Open Season’
Although Alaska’s lawmakers last week gave their blessing to TransCanada Corp. for its plan to build a gasline from the North Slope to the Alberta Hub in Canada, that project’s competition with a proposal for a similar pipeline from BP and ConocoPhillips, known as Denali, is anything but over.
Former Alaska Governors Resisting TransCanada Gasline Plan
A plan to pipe treasured Alaskan North Slope gas reserves through Canada to Lower 48 markets would put the state’s gasline destiny in the hands of foreigners, a former Alaska governor said last week in denouncing a proposal before the state’s legislature to allow TransCanada Corp. to develop the gasline.
Alaska Politico Stumps for All-Alaska Gasline
A plan to pipe treasured Alaskan North Slope gas reserves through Canada to Lower 48 markets would put the state’s gasline destiny in the hands of foreigners, a former Alaska governor said Thursday in denouncing a proposal before the state’s legislature to allow TransCanada Corp. to develop the gasline.
Alaska Gasline Seen As Lightening Tolls for Western Canadian Producers
An Alaska gasline project that would move North Slope gas into Western Canada for further transport on TransCanada Corp.’s existing pipelines there would bring a benefit to Canadian producers in the form of lower tolls to ship their own production, TransCanada’s Tony Palmer told conference attendees in Calgary last week.
Alaska Gasline Seen As Delivering Toll Relief to Western Canadian Producers
An Alaska gasline project that would move North Slope gas into Western Canada for further transport on TransCanada Corp.’s existing pipelines there would bring a benefit to Canadian producers in the form of lower tolls to ship their own production, TransCanada’s Tony Palmer told conference attendees in Calgary Monday.
Palin Puts Alaska Lawmakers on Standby for AGIA Findings
Findings of the panel reviewing TransCanada’s application to build a natural gas pipeline to commercialize Alaska’s North Slope gas reserves will be presented to lawmakers the week of May 19, Gov. Sarah Palin said Friday. She also called the legislature into a 30-day special session on June 3.
Palin Puts Alaska Lawmakers on Standby for AGIA Findings
Findings of the panel reviewing TransCanada’s application to build a natural gas pipeline to commercialize Alaska’s North Slope gas reserves will be presented to lawmakers the week of May 19, Gov. Sarah Palin said Friday. She also called the legislature into a 30-day special session on June 3.
Disqualified Alaska Gasline Applicant Seeks Second Chance
The Alaska Gasline Port Authority (AGPA) is asking state officials to reconsider their disqualification of its proposal to tap North Slope gas reserves. In a letter to commissioners of the departments of natural resources and revenue, AGPA Chairman Jim Whitaker describes a pre-application ordeal that can most succinctly be described as Kafkaesque.