Alaska state pipeline specialist resigns
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Harry Noah, who will stay on until a replacement has been found, has been studying the proposed in-state-only pipeline project following his appointment by Palin late last winter.
Noah could not be reached immediately for comment Wednesday, but a news release sent out Wednesday evening by the office of Gov. Sean Parnell said Noah “will pursue a private-sector venture in Oregon.”
“Harry has been a vital part of the team and has laid a great foundation for in-state gas line options,” Parnell said in the news release. “We will keep this work moving forward.”
Parnell, the news release said, is committed to pursuing an in-state gas line.
“Considerable work has been done evaluating a standalone pipeline from both the North Slope and the foothills of the Brooks Range to Fairbanks and Southcentral and a spur line to Southcentral from a major pipeline to the Lower 48,” the release stated.
Noah promised following Palin’s appointment to finish part of a multimillion-dollar study of the bullet line, which would connect the North Slope to Fairbanks and Anchorage, by this past summer.
Rep. Jay Ramras, R-Fairbanks, on Wednesday was circulating a letter to other energy-focused lawmakers regarding Noah’s resignation.
Ramras, among the most vocal critics of the state’s gas development approach and a major supporter of the bullet line concept, indicated in his letter that he believes Noah’s efforts were being “undermined” by state administrators.
His letter also asks leaders of Senate and House committees to hold oversight hearings on “the future of natural resource development” in Alaska.
Meanwhile, former Gov. Frank Murkowski told the Daily News-Miner on Wednesday that work on a bullet line should proceed due to what he sees as dismal short-run prospects for a larger proposed pipeline.
Noah will remain in his job until a replacement is named, Parnell’s news release said. The release also said the search for a replacement would begin immediately.
How much would Alaska's economy and pollution in the interior improve if we invested $100million and built a polypipe that supplied Fairbanks with 250,000gallons of propane/ethane per day.
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Don't waste the propane!! Don't burn the propane like cordwood or coal!! Be Efficient!!
The first In-State gasline that joins N-Slope to Railbelt with commercially usable quantities of gas could be installed ASAP, and before spring breakup this winter now...HOW???
I know where there's 210miles of 2" polypipe that can pass almost 100gpm of propane from PS4 to YukonRiver.. this polypipe can be bought for $500k.. that's the price of a nice home in Fairbanks.. Imagine a $2million investment that fully amortizes in 6months and has a service lifetime of 10years ... a low-risk $40mil return on a $2mil investment... but this $2mil investment will also supply the clean energy to generate $500 mil in the Alaska economy.
It's a small but very important steady trickle of propane that acts like a catalyst/vitamin for rapid economic growth.
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Who cares what Frank Murkowski says?
Lets just keep spending millions on NOTHING. HOw about studying why we spend so much on studys?
Waste, waste, doing what they do best.