TRANSCANADA ALONE MEETS STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS TO TRANSPORT NORTH SLOPE GAS,SAYS STATE OF ALASKA;CONOCOPHILLIPS REJECTED;U.S.AS A 'BRIDGE SHIPPER'?FEDERAL LOAN GUARANTEES FOR ANY COST OVERRUNS?

摘要

On January 4,Alaska Governor Sarah Palin announced that her office had finished its "completeness" review of five applications under the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act (AGIA) for the exclusive right to build a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope of Alaska to Canada and the U.S.Only one applicant-TransCanada Alaska Co.LLC and wholly owned subsidiary Foothills Pipe Line Ltd.(collectively,TransCanada)-satisfied all mandatory requirements in the statute,Palin said.