Berta’s Briefings from Rep. Gardner: Good News for Expanded North Slope Oil Development
December 5, 2011
Dear Friends and Neighbors,
The new agreement between ConocoPhillips and the federal government will encourage new North Slope development and the sharing of facilities. This will eventually put more oil in the Pipeline.
I just wanted to let you know about an important new development that should help promote new oil production on the North Slope.
Two federal resource agencies, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), just reached an agreement in principle with ConocoPhillips regarding the company’s proposed Alpine Satellite Development Plan (CD-5) in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A).
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Army Corps Indicates It May Allow Conoco Expansion into NPR-A
November 16, 2011
House Democrats welcome the signs of progress and new exploration
Today, Alaska House Democrats released a letter from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that indicates the agency may be prepared to approve ConocoPhillips Alaska’s plans to expand the Alpine unit into the National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska (NPR-A).
“We know there is more work to be done, but we take this as a very positive indication that this important development for Alaska could be moving forward soon,” said Rep. Bob Miller (D-Fairbanks).
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[video] Rep. Gara’s UAA Oil Tax Debate Presentation - Smarter Ways To Go than Giving Away $1.8 Billion a Year With No Commitments for New Exploration or Production
November 16, 2011
Rep. Gara's UAA Oil Tax Debate Presentation video - Smarter Ways To Go than Giving Away $1.8 Billion a Year With No Commitments for New Exploration or Production
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[slides & audio] Rep. Gara’s UAA Oil Tax Debate PowerPoint - Smarter Ways To Go than Giving Away $1.8 Billion a Year With No Commitments for New Exploration or Production
November 15, 2011
Link to the Powerpoint Slides in PDF format: http://www.akdemocrats.org/gara/111411_Max_AK_Share_PP.pdf
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Rep. Gara Exposes Oil Giveaway Shortcomings at UAA Debate
November 14, 2011
Giving oil revenue away for nothing didn’t work before and won’t work now
Today, Representative Les Gara articulated why giving away billions of dollars of Alaska’s oil revenue as the governor proposes will not increase development on the North Slope but will instead wipe out the $15 billion in savings Alaska has achieved under the current law, putting Alaska’s economy, now and into the future, at great risk. Rep. Gara made his case in a debate on the governor’s proposed multi-billion dollar oil giveaway hosted by the Union of Students (USUAA) student government at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
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