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Governor signs oil tax, budget bills, vetoes $2.5M

...today."Critics, however, say the oil tax plan will give away too much to...in Anchorage where Parnell signed the oil tax bill and legislation related to...and absorb the near-term hit of the oil tax cut.The plan, which assumes...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-22/governor-signs-oil-tax-budget-bills-vet
State
Repeal and replace the giveaway

...we must rally to stop it from happening with our oil. The governor's oil wealth giveaway gives billions of dollars to the oil industry and guarantees nothing in return. It's a gamble that puts Alaska's future on the line when the industry has...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-05-21/repeal-and-replace-giveaway
Opinion
My Turn: Goodbye dividends, hello tax

...dollars into our Permanent Fund dividend. If the approximate one and one half to two billion dollars Senate Bill 21 gives to the oil companies were given to Alaskans instead, every Alaskan would be getting between four and five thousand dollars per year...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-05-21/my-turn-goodbye-dividends-hello-tax
Opinion
Governor signs oil tax, budget bills, vetoes $2.5M

...today."Critics, however, say the oil tax plan will give away too much to...in Anchorage where Parnell signed the oil tax bill and legislation related to...and absorb the near-term hit of the oil tax cut.The plan, which assumes...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-22/governor-signs-oil-tax-budget-bills-vet
State
Alaska unveils plan to assess gas, oil in ANWR

...responsibility. He said there's frustration with the U.S. Interior Department's apparent refusal to contemplate or study the oil and gas potential in the region so the state is doing the feds' work for them. With the exception of the federal government...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-21/alaska-unveils-plan-assess-gas-oil-anwr
State
Alaska Editorial: Deal between Cook Inlet producers should set example

...reasons to stay in Cook Inlet.Make no mistake - the more oil and gas that comes out of Cook Inlet, the better. Taxes on the oil and its associated drilling assets benefit state, borough and local governments and provide countless jobs for industry...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-05-15/alaska-editorial-deal-between-cook-in
Opinion
Buccaneer Energy begins drilling Cosmo well

...to better understand the reservoir and shape a plan for future oil development. The company does not plan to flow test the oil formation, but it says gas zones that are identified will be tested."On completion of drilling and logging operations...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-15/buccaneer-energy-begins-drilling-cosmo-
State
Interior issues new drilling rule on public land

...spokeswoman for the environmental group Earthjustice.The BLM appears to have settled for "shoddy protections peddled by the oil and gas industry," Ennis said.Erik Milito, director of upstream and industry operations for the American Petroleum...

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2013-05-17/interior-issues-new-drilling-rule-pub
Not For Web
Referendum on the Oil Tax Bill

...throughout Alaska to hold a referendum on the oil tax bill recently passed by the legislature...with other states for investment by the oil industry and stimulate more production...years and which are very profitable to the oil companies. The Juneau Empire reported...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-05-12/referendum-oil-tax-bill
Opinion
Facts about the oil tax giveaway

...is an especially promising area for Repsol as it has already shown to be oil rich and carries low exploratory risk." The oil found this winter was intended in 2011 to be developed, with recognition that ACES was the law in Alaska.Three days...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-05-09/facts-about-oil-tax-giveaway
Opinion

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