Alaska’s economy has relied on oil almost since statehood, and that reliance has led to multiple booms and busts in an economy based on one commodity. What have we learned, what have we done, and is our future looking any more stable?
Thailand’s national oil company PTT signed a cooperation agreement to buy one-tenth of Alaska LNG’s export capacity, once the gasline is built.
Harvest is reversing the Kenai LNG Terminal for imports, even as Alaska LNG moves closer to bringing North Slope gas to market, locally and overseas.
The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation signed a gas sales precedent agreement with London-based Pantheon Resources to fill a pipeline from just south of Prudhoe Bay to Cook Inlet.
Beyond 5G wireless in Prudhoe Bay, GCI envisions a telecommunications backbone to new renewable energy industries in Alaska.
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to redo the final environmental impact statement and reconsider its decision for the proposed Alaska LNG project, correcting what the borough alleges are factual errors and deficiencies that prevented fair consideration of municipally owned Port MacKenzie property for the gas liquefaction plant and marine terminal.
The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation, which has been leading the proposed multibillion-dollar Alaska North Slope natural gas project since late 2016 wants someone else to take over the development effort.
The Alaska LNG project has competition.
The most daunting task ahead of AGDC is bringing investors on board and proving to the legislature that the pipeline is economically viable.
The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation continues answering questions and providing additional information to federal regulators, submitting on March 1 the first of six batches of information it is scheduled to submit through September.