FAIRBANKS - Competing applications to provide natural gas distribution in North Pole could slow decisions important to an overall liquefied natural gas trucking plan...

...negotiations were held to conform to the contract; Not include evaluations of any other proposal, including competing applications from TransCanada and the Alaska Gasline Port Authority. He also writes the negotiations being held under the...

...Wednesday defended his preference for a natural gas pipeline proposal by three North Slope oil companies over two competing applications. BP, ConocoPhillips and Exxon Mobil have the advantage because they hold the leases to the North Slope gas...

...not convinced TransCanada's deal is good for Alaska, and is disappointed that AGIA didn't produce multiple competing applications for the state to chose among. "We did not get the competition that we were assured would happen," he said...