...pipeline to markets in Lower 48 states has been put on hold in part because the country is awash in natural gas from shale gas production and other sources.Drilling at the Cook Inlet fields south of Anchorage has been revitalized with state incentives...
...Sarah Palin. TransCanada Corp. in 2008 was awarded an exclusive contract to advance a pipeline.The explosion of shale gas production, however, likely closes off that opportunity, Murkowski said."Ladies and gentlemen, I think that day is...
...billion dollars.The BP-ConocoPhillips line did not include an LNG option and was abandoned following the boom in shale gas production in Canada and the Lower 48 drove down the project's economic value.At the same time, House Speaker Mike Chenault...
...leaders have squandered opportunities for a nuclear waste management storage program and have shown opposition to shale gas production. This month, the party reached a new low: The Obama administration's delay of the Keystone XL pipeline from...
...resources. In his "Jobs for America" speech in the fall, Obama didn't even mention the huge investments in shale-gas production in Pennsylvania, Texas and other states that are creating thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in revenue...
...been active in drilling thousands of new natural gas wells in the Lower 48 and Canada in a race to acquire new shale gas production, but are unable to develop their Alaska natural gas resources due to a lack of a pipeline to get to market...
...had repeated to the Legislature for the past several years: America won't wait forever for Alaska's gas. "Shale gas production is growing by leaps and bounds," she said. "America will purchase its gas from sources that are ready to deliver...
...amount of water disposal from the fracking process needed to keep the formations producing. In addition, while shale gas production from an individual well can be quite high, it rapidly falls and tapers off. This requires further fracturing...
...markets?" she said of a question she gets constantly in Washington, D.C. She bluntly told legislators that America won't wait forever for Alaska's natural gas, and might turn to emerging sources, like shale gas production.
...unexpected development that is helping drive gas prices down," Carrig said. Frank said no one thought this much shale gas production would be possible two years ago. "The shale gas plays show us how quickly technology can change things. Ten...
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