State nets four and a half, including SinoWho?
The governor just had her press conference down in Anchorage with Tom Irwin, Pat Galvin, and Marty Rutherford. Palin announced the applications that came in — ANGDA, AGPA, Transcanada, AEnergia, and Sinopec ZPEB — and talked about what a great day it was for Alaska. She’s usually upbeat, and was no different tonight.
To some extent, the turnout could be considered a bummer — BG and MidAmerican were somewhat expected to submit applications — but Palin and crew described it like a victory.
“Today’s progress under AGIA demonstrates to the world that Alaska is well on our way,” she said.
TransCanada is no stranger to the gas line. It started negotiations with the Murkowski administration before Murkowski decided to go with the big three.
AGPA has been working on its deal for years and been quite public about it.
ANGDA’s application is for a spur line to Southcentral, not the whole pipeline.
AEnergia and Sinopec ZPEB aren’t well known ‘round these parts. Sinopec is based in China with operations around the world. I can’t find anything online about AEnergia…
News-Miner reporters Stefan Milkowski and Eric Lidji bring you up-to-date info about the governor's oil tax and
the gas line plans as well as tossing in some tidbits that have nowhere else to go.
December 2nd, 2007 at 6:48 am
This is probably the first round of a high stakes poker game.
A bare knuckled brawl may follow.
The absence of BG and MidAmerican may be temporary. Mr. Buffet maybe listening before he speaks. I would not count him out just yet.
It’s possible to envision AGPA partnering with either, both or some other outfit to execute the project.
Other marriages of convenience may be necessary to get the pipeline built. Could the “nonconforming” ConocoPhillips proposal and the conforming TransCanada proposal morph into a single project?
Sinopec – Just what we need, the highest quantity standards in the world (not) used to build a 2,500 psi gas line. That’s just wrong on so many levels.
And just who the heck is Aenergia? And why the mystery?
Hoping for the best;
Smity
December 2nd, 2007 at 10:45 am
Good questions. Marty Rutherford said Friday at the announcement that they had heard from BG and MidAmerican, would ask them more about why they didn’t apply, and then put the companies’ explanations online once they got more info.
As for TransCanada and ConocoPhillips, I just learned from a story in the Globe and Mail that the two companies are teaming up on a proposal for a pipeline from Canada into the US.