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Friday, April 01, 2011
Alaska Governor Asks Government To Expedite Offshore Drilling Projects
Alaska's governor asked federal regulators Thursday to move ahead in allowing new oil development in the Arctic Ocean, as the state looks for ways to shore up declining production. In a letter sent Thursday to U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Gov. Sean Parnell wrote that "Alaska is the United States' most important and abundant domestic source of future oil and gas." He cited a 2008 U.S. Geological Survey report that estimated more than 10 billion barrels of oil and more than 100 trillion cubic feet of natural gas lay beneath the surface of Alaska's Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. Parnell seized on current concerns in the U.S. about the stability of foreign sources of oil, amid turmoil in the Middle East and rising oil prices. "We need to develop and increase our domestic supply of oil and gas," Parnell wrote. Parnell and other Alaska officials have been working to streamline oil production taxes and take other measures to attract more onshore and offshore oil and natural gas development in Alaska. Parnell has introduced legislation, currently working its way through the state legislature, that would slash oil production taxes put in place by his predecessor, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin...more
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