Alaska To Seek Producers' Cooperation On Pipeline; Palin Envisions Financial Windfall

摘要

Alaska state officials are hoping to persuade North Slope gas producers to work with TransCanada on an Alaska pipeline, rather than pursuing their own project. Alaska Revenue Commissioner Patrick Galvin late last month told Platts that the state would consider incentives for BP and ConocoPhillips to make TransCanada's plan attractive to them as potential shippers and/or investors.rnSeparately, a new report released by the office of Governor Sarah Palin asserts that the project proposed by TransCanada would create a huge financial windfall for both the state and its major gas producers. In a paper documenting its support of TransCanada's $30 billion project, the state said the mega-pipeline from the North Slope to the Lower-48 states would provide Alaska with $261.5 biilion in gas production royalties over 25 years.