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Governor Says Oil Taxes Must Change This Year
Channel 2 NewsIt could take weeks for lawmakers to advance Governor Parnell's plan to cut oil taxes. The Senate has a lot of questions and with just over a month left in session, they could be cutting it close. Parnell tried Thursday during a press briefing to...Tags: Laws, Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, Government, Alaska
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Oil Companies: 'Alaska is Uncompetitive'
Channel 2 NewsAlaska’s major oil producers testified Wednesday afternoon that Alaska is uncompetitive and that oil tax changes are needed to improve the investment climate. Representatives of BP, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil Corp., Pioneer Natural Resources, and...Tags: Pioneer Natural Resources Company, Energy Resources, Sean Parnell, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Politics
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Anchorage Braces for Impacts of Nikiski LNG Plant Closure
Concerns about what the closure of the Nikiski liquefied natural gas plant could mean for Anchorage include the loss of a backup gas supply during cold snaps -- but there's also a chance that other producers might decide not to explore in Cook Inlet....Tags: Natural Resources, Anchorage, Agrium Incorporated, Energy Resources, Alaska
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Mayor Sullivan Closely Watching LNG Closure
Channel 2 NewsAnchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan says he's concerned about gas supplies after the announcement that the liquefied natural gas plant in Nikiski will be closing. ConocoPhillips and Marathon, which operate the facility, are shutting it down this spring...Tags: Natural Resources, Energy Resources, Sports, Politics, Regional Authority
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U.S. Senate Holds Hearing on Federal Oil Tax Breaks
Oil company executives traveled to Washington, D.C. Thursday morning for a Senate Finance Committee hearing on whether a set of federal tax breaks for their firms should be repealed, as industry profits and gas prices both remain high.
The committee...Tags: U.S. Senate, Water Pollution, Mark Begich, Energy Resources, Utah
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Big Oil tax breaks are un-American
President Barack Obama has proposed doing away with the $20 billion of tax breaks for the oil industry. Jim Mulva, CEO of ConocoPhillips, announced a quarterly profit of $3 billion last week, then said it would be “un-American” to end the...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Barack Obama, Companies and Corporations, Petroleum Industry
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Denali Ends Pursuit of Natural Gas Pipeline
Channel 2 NewsThe planners of the Denali natural gas pipeline project announced an end Tuesday to their quest to build a large-diameter gas line to the Lower 48. "Denali is ending its efforts because of a lack of customer support," said Denali's president, Bud...Tags: Science and Technology, Mark Begich, Rentals, Energy Resources, New Products
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Prop. 23: Oil giants are divided
GreenspaceAre the big oil companies really backing Proposition 23? Maybe not. Among California's major oil refiners, Shell Oil opposes the November ballot initiative to suspend the state’s global warming law. Chevron Corp. is officially neutral. Exxon Mobil and... -
Oil-industry mega-shipments bound for scenic highway in Idaho and Montana
GreenspaceScenic Highway 12 along the Clearwater and Lochsa rivers in Idaho and Montana is one of the nation's recreation treasures. It also could become an important thoroughfare for extra-wide-load shipments of industrial equipment bound for the Canadian tar... -
Big Oil goes to college: a conflict of interest?
GreenspaceHave hundreds of millions of dollars in grants from major oil companies compromised the ethics of energy research at such institutions as UC Berkeley, UC Davis and Stanford? That's what Jennifer Washburn, a longtime critic of academic conflicts of... -
Los Angeles region to curb lung-damaging sulfur pollution
GreenspaceAmid a gray landscape of oil refinery smokestacks and storage tanks, a massive pile of neon-yellow sulfur sits alongside the Port of Long Beach. That pile, or others like it, are set to grow considerably, now that Southern California air...... -
TransCanada negotiating on Alaska gas pipeline
JUNEAU, Alaska - TransCanada Corp. says it may not meet its target of securing binding agreements by year's end for a major natural gas pipeline in Alaska, but the company remains optimistic about the prospects for its project. TransCanada spokesman...Tags: Energy Resources, Sean Parnell, Government, Alaska, Natural Gas
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