Welcome to the Kenai Peninsula Borough's informational website for Cook Inlet oil & natural gas resources and economic impacts of those resources on the Kenai Peninsula Borough economy. This site also provides information on oil & gas related issues, the companies that explore, produce and develop those resources and the value-added industries that convert Cook Inlet oil and natural gas into products for use in Alaska and for export.

Bruce Richards

Special Assistant to the Mayor

This website was last updated on 02/08/07

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Alaska Oil & Gas

Conservation Commission

2006 Southcentral Energy Forum

Anchorage, September 20-21, 2006

In the Fall of 2006, the Alaska Oil & Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC) organized a two-day forum that focused on the challenges Southcentral and Railbelt Alaska face with the diminishing proven supplies of natural gas and crude oil. Several speakers provided a broad range of factual information and perspectives in an effort to clarify the current energy picture for these regions and to examine potential solutions to these challenges.

Below you will find copies of the complete transcripts of the Forum, copies of the PowerPoints provided by the presenters, and the final report developed from these presentations.

Many thanks to the presenters, participants and in particular the AOGCC for organizing this important Forum. You can visit the AOGCC website by clicking on the title above.

(Last Updated 02/08/07)

Petroleum News Article "Cook Inlet natural gas in a nutshell" (Reprint of AOGCC final report with comments & updated info from industry) 02/04/07 (1.08 MB)

AOGCC 2006 Southcentral Energy Forum Final Report (870KB)

2006 Southcentral Energy Forum Transcript Part 1 (374KB)

2006 Southcentral Energy Forum Transcript Part 2 (311KB)

Agrium Presentation (263KB)

Agrium Blue Sky Project Presentation (534KB)

AIDEA Coal to Liquids Presentation (386KB)

Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority Presentation (568MB)

AOGCC Presentation (7.78MB)

Aurora Gas Presentation (1.73MB)

Benchmark Oil Presentation (306KB)

Chugach Electric Presentation (309KB)

ConocoPhillips Presentation (147KB)

U.S. Department of Energy Presentation (2.05MB)

U.S. Department of Energy "Missing Fields" Presentation (1.04MB)

U.S. Department of Energy "CO2 EOR" Presentation (904KB)

U.S. Department of Energy "ANS Spur Line" Presentation (1.22MB)

AK Division of Oil & Gas "Gas Storage" Presentation (1.92MB)

AK Division of Oil & Gas "Gas Demand" Presentation (173KB)

AK Division of Oil & Gas "PPT Tax" Presentation (60KB)

AK Division of Oil & Gas "Cook Inlet Milestones" Presentation (106MB)

AK Department of Revenue "Taxes & Incentives" Presentation (226KB)

Dunmire Consulting "Cook Inlet Energy Alternatives" Presentation (686KB)

Enstar Natural Gas Presentation (160KB)

U.S. Mineral Management Service Presentation (5.25MB)

Pac Rim Coal "Chuitna Mine Project" Presentation (135KB)

Governors Office "ANS Pipelines" Presentation (721KB)

Pioneer Natural Resources Presentation (634KB)

Rutter & Wilbanks Corporation Presentation (2.28MB)

Storm Cat Energy Presentation (430KB)

Usibelli Coal Mine Presentation (87KB)

Kenai Peninsula Borough

Office of the Mayor

144 N. Binkley Street - Soldotna, Alaska 99669

Phone - 907-714-2157 - FAX - 907-262-8616

Comments, questions or feedback can be directed to: brichards@borough.kenai.ak.us

Quick Link to Kenai Peninsula Borough Main Page

New information is posted to this site almost daily. Please use the "Hot Topics" links for direct access to key current issues. Or use the pull down menus above to access background and reference information on a number of topics related to the oil & gas industry within the Kenai Peninsula Borough and the Cook Inlet Basin.

Some pages are still under development. Please visit those pages again in the future as they are completed.

PowerPoint Presentations

(last updated 12/19/06)

**NEW** Petroleum News Publication

"Oil & Gas Chronicle, a timeline of development in Alaska" (Complete Version 18.26MB)

(last updated 07/31/06)

**NEW** U.S. Department of Energy/National Energy Technology Laboratories Study:

"Beluga Coal Gasification Feasibility Study" (4.01MB)

Executive Summary (946KB)

(Last Updated 10/18/06)

**NEW** U.S. Department of Energy Study:

"Alaska Natural Gas Needs And Market Assessment" (Complete Version 3.7MB)

(Executive Summary 607KB)

Petroleum News Article:

"Gas spur line viable" 06/23/06 (56KB)

(last updated 06/26/06)

**NEW** State of Alaska, Division of Oil & Gas "2006 Alaska Oil & Gas Report" (5.49MB)

(Last Updated 09/11/06)

Agrium Task Force Information

(Last Updated 08/29/05)

Kenai Peninsula Borough Oil, Gas and Mining Issues & Projects Update Report (2.38MB)

(Last Updated 09/15/05)

U.S. Energy Information Administration February 2007 Short-Term Energy Outlook Report (741KB)

(Last Updated 02/06/07)

Petroleum News

"Dispelling the Alaska Fear Factor" (25.41MB)

Alaska Oil & Gas Industry Overview & Guide

(Last Updated 06/21/05)

Wood Mackenzie Global Oil & Gas- Risks & Rewards 2004 Alaska Rankings (71KB)

(Last Updated 02/02/05)

Kenai Peninsula Borough 2004 Annual Oil & Gas Report (2,510KB)

(Last Updated 01/25/05)

EPA Regulatory Fact Sheet for Coal Bed Methane Development in Alaska (100KB)

(Last Updated 01/21/05)

Oil & Gas Company Links Page

(last updated 05/16/06)

Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development "Alaska Economic Trends" November Issue "The Kenai Peninsula" (569KB)

(November, 2004)

U.S. Department of Energy "South-Central Alaska Natural Gas Study" Full Study (3.93MB) (06/30/04)

Executive Summary (478KB) (07/14/04)

Lower Cook Inlet Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sales

(last updated 09/01/06)

Lower Peninsula Shallow Gas Leases

(last updated 12/20/04)