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Alaska Editorial: Statewide sharing

...new laws and regulations limiting and discouraging stateside industry and rising personnel costs. In Alaska, oil production declines without new fields being developed. The state relies on oil for 90 percent of its revenue.That leaves communities...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-03-04/alaska-editorial-statewide-sharing
Opinion
Empire Editorial: Oil tax reform: trickling toward a state of dispair

...Making a dangerous assumption that Alaskan oil prices will remain relatively constant for the next five years, oil production declines of 4 percent a year will result in a loss of 20 percent of the state's revenues in this same time period. This...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-03-19/empire-editorial-oil-tax-reform-trick
Opinion
Senators preparing for oil tax bill vote

...It's a risk," said Meyer of the proposed reform. "I mean, we can do nothing and continue to watch the oil production decline and the budget deficits get wider and wider, or we can do something and hopefully not be in deficit spending anymore...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-03-15/senators-preparing-oil-tax-bill-vote
State
Oil taxes must be balanced, encourage new production

As North Slope oil production declines, Alaskans' opportunities diminish. Where once we measured Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) throughput in millions of barrels...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-01-06/oil-taxes-must-be-balanced-encourage-
Opinion
Parnell removes oil taxes from special session

...the long term," Parnell said in a statement. "But there are some in the Senate who believe that Alaska's oil production decline is a myth. This is an irresponsible disregard for the facts, and Alaskans deserve much better."

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-04-25/parnell-removes-oil-taxes-special-sessi
State
Passions rise in Capitol

...comment about senators not believing there was an oil production decline "borders on the unhinged."Parnell spokeswoman...myths" he was referring to was the claim that the oil production decline was because of the ACES oil tax measure. He said...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-04-27/passions-rise-capitol
State
Parnell: Meeting with oil execs productive

...export option and the Canada route.Alaskans have long hoped for a gas line as a way to shore up revenues as oil production declines, create jobs and provide more reliable energy.Tillerson, Mulva and Dudley also attended a reception, which...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-01-06/parnell-meeting-oil-execs-productive
State
Parnell's oil, gas plans get mixed response

...the companies would send their investment dollars elsewhere in the global economy, he said."Alaska's oil production decline will become Alaska's decline," he said.Parnell got a broader response when he outlined a bold stand on pushing...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-01-19/parnells-oil-gas-plans-get-mixed-respon
State
Oil tax reform is needed now

...our resources for the benefit of all Alaskans. It's about moving the needle on production because Alaska's oil production decline is real.Last year's daily North Slope production average for February was 634,000 barrels; this year's...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-03-07/oil-tax-reform-needed-now
Opinion
Parnell takes issue with Stedman's speech

...300,000 barrels a day or 100,000 barrels a day," Parnell said. "Instead we should be trying to arrest oil production decline and bring on new production."Parnell also took issue with Stedman's dismissal of his claim his tax cuts would...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-03-19/parnell-takes-issue-stedmans-speech
State

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