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	<title>A Citizen's Guide</title>
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	<description>Understanding the debate about Alaska and the oil industry</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Congress cuts off Darfur</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Lidji</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. House passed the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act today, which prohibits the federal government from working with companies that fuel the conflict in Darfur and allows state governments to do the same without worrying about lawsuits.

Under the law, which the President has not yet signed, the federal government “shall not enter into or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budget, production, prices</title>
		<link>http://newsminerextra.com/2006/oilandgas/12/10/budget-production-prices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Lidji</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Yereth Rosen takes an interesting angle on the budget announcements today: projected production declines and expectations of lower oil prices.

At the Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce meeting today, both Sen. Gary Wilken and Rep. Mike Kelly expressed some concern about oil prices being even lower than state projections, and wondered about subsequent budget shortfalls if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conoco to spend $1 billion in Alaska this year</title>
		<link>http://newsminerextra.com/2006/oilandgas/12/07/conoco-to-spend-1-billion-in-alaska-this-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Lidji</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ConocoPhillips plans to spend $1 billion on exploration and production in Alaska this year, part of a $15.3 billion capital budget. 

Of the seven regions broken out to split $11 billion in exploration and production spending, Alaska is near the bottom, getting less than the Lower 48 ($3.3 billion), Canada ($2.2 billion), the North Sea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outside AGIA, ConocoPhillips takes pipeline plan on tour</title>
		<link>http://newsminerextra.com/2006/oilandgas/12/06/outside-agia-conocophillips-takes-pipeline-plan-on-tour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Lidji</dc:creator>
		
	<category>News</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ConocoPhillips wants to start negotiating a natural gas contract with the state before the end of the year, company executives said Wednesday.

The negotiations would be the first step in what the company believes is the “fastest way to a pipeline,” according to Brian Wenzel, vice president of Alaska North Slope Gas Commercialization for ConocoPhillips Alaska. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Little-known AGIA applicant has eyed project for decades</title>
		<link>http://newsminerextra.com/2006/oilandgas/12/05/little-known-agia-applicant-has-eyed-project-for-decades/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Lidji</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The five companies applying to build a natural gas pipeline in Alaska vary from a multinational oil firm, to a leading pipeline company, to homegrown municipal and state entities, to a big question mark.

Even the government officials announcing the applicants seemed short on information about AEnergia LLC.

While the company is less than a week old, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The No-Sinopec chorus sings louder</title>
		<link>http://newsminerextra.com/2006/oilandgas/12/05/the-no-sinopec-chorus-sings-louder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Lidji</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The original murmuring about Sinopec revolved around foreign ownership of the pipeline and shipping American natural gas abroad, but the Darfur angle seems to be gaining the most momentum.

Ethan Berkowitz, former state legislator and current candidate for the U.S House of Representatives, raised his concerns today about Sinopec’s work in Sudan. Here’s the press release: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sinopec backlash begins</title>
		<link>http://newsminerextra.com/2006/oilandgas/12/04/sinopec-backlash-begins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Lidji</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A Washington advocacy group wants Gov. Palin to immediately reject Sinopec’s bid because of the Chinese oil company’s ties to Sudan.

The Genocide Intervention Network believes money from the Sudanese oil industry fuels the conflict in the Darfur region of the country. In a letter to the governor, they said Palin has “the unique opportunity to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Little Susitna Construction Company</title>
		<link>http://newsminerextra.com/2006/oilandgas/12/04/the-little-susitna-construction-company/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Lidji</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If Sinopec wins AGIA, it plans to work with a local company called the Little Susitna Development Co., the state told us Friday night.

The Anchorage Daily News reported this morning that the State mis-spoke. It’s actually the Little Susitna Construction Company, Inc.

According to the company’s Web site, Little Susitna is run by Dominic S.F. Lee, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MidAmerican explains decision to not bid on Alaska pipeline</title>
		<link>http://newsminerextra.com/2006/oilandgas/12/03/midamerican-explains-decision-to-not-bid-on-alaska-pipeline/</link>
		<comments>http://newsminerextra.com/2006/oilandgas/12/03/midamerican-explains-decision-to-not-bid-on-alaska-pipeline/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE — A major Midwest energy company said it did not submit an application to build a natural gas pipeline tapping Alaska North Slope reserves because of criminal investigations of state politicians, performance lapses by a major oil producer and other factors.

In a letter Friday to Gov. Sarah Palin, the chief executive of MidAmerican Energy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Halcro, on attack, comes to Fairbanks</title>
		<link>http://newsminerextra.com/2006/oilandgas/12/03/halcro-on-attack-comes-to-fairbanks/</link>
		<comments>http://newsminerextra.com/2006/oilandgas/12/03/halcro-on-attack-comes-to-fairbanks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stefan Milkowski, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Andrew Halcro, former state lawmaker, independent candidate for governor, and active blogger, will be in Fairbanks on Wednesday to give a talk at an Alliance luncheon. (Alaska Support Industry Alliance, that is.)

Halcro has been an active critic of Palin&#8217;s approach to getting a gas line, largely through his blog. Lots of information, lots of opinion. [...]]]></description>
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