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A ACES (Alaska’s Clear and
Equitable Share) 150, 156-157 AEnergia LLC 159, 177 AGIA (Alaska Gasline
Inducement Act): changed by Alaska Legislature 133-134; companies’ views 148; Palin
on 79-80; Palin’s popularity and passage 156-157; passes, applications 159,
161-162; proposed 65, 77-80, 83; 123; TransCanada application approved 179-180,
184-185, 187-195 Alaska Energy Authority 181 Alaska Eskimo Whaling
Commission 146 Alaska gas pipeline: central
to 2006 gubernatorial race 61; estimated cost, risks 54, 93, 96, 108; North
Slope to market, 1-2; pipeline companies 107-108; resource issue, shipping
commitments 91; window for 90-91 Alaska Gasline Port Authority
37, 69-70, 75, 180-181, 184 Alaska Natural Gas Development
Authority 73-76, 159, 162, 180-181 Alaska Oil and Gas
Conservation Commission 147, 171-176 Alaska Permanent Fund 13-14,
193 Alaska Department of Natural
Resources 46; see also Magnificent 7 Alberta oil sands 103 All-Alaska gas line proposal
179, 182, 184, 195 Alliance Pipeline 103-104 Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.
6 Anadarko Petroleum 7, 129-130,
164 ARCO 181 B Backbone II 180-181 Backes, Lori 32-33, 43-44 Banks, Kevin 68, 126-127 Beaufort Sea 145-146 Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 117,
120 Berkowitz, Ethan 21, 59 BG Group 71, 76, 128-129,
164-165 Bowles, Jim 21; 185-187 Big 3 (BP, ConocoPhillips,
ExxonMobil): Murkowski negotiations 1, 19; Murkowski favors 6; natural gas 167,
170; object to AGIA 130-132; Palin 2006 meetings 62, 64, 66; Palin on Stranded
Gas Development Act 78-79; see also North Slope producers BP: ACES 154; AGIA 89, 123,
131-132, 140, 145, 165; ARCO purchase 181; Denali 185-187; fiscal certainty 3; gas
issue 167; Murkowski Stranded Gas Development Act Negotiations 1, 9; Palin 2006
meetings 62, 71; Palin on SGDA 78-79; Point Thomson 6; Prudhoe Bay 6;
trans-Alaska oil pipeline tariffs 6; Van Tuyl, Dave , 99-101, 131-132; Brintnell, Ron 108 Brooks Range Foothills 4, 8 Browne, Lord John 15-16 Buffett, Warren 120 Burkhard, Bill 177 C Canadian Energy Research
Institute 102-105 Chenault, Mike 80-81, 135,
137-138 Chevron 6, 128-129 Chukchi Sea 145 Clark, Jim 5, 22, 46, 57-60 Conoco 6-7 ConocoPhillips: AGIA 89, 123,
132, 140, 145, 165; Denali 185-187; fiscal certainty 3; formerly Phillips 181;
gas issues 167; King, Wendy 132; Marushack, Joe 90-98; Murkowski 1, 9; non-conforming
application 160, 165-166, 180, 183-85; Palin 2006 meetings 62, 71; Palin lack
of support for offshore drilling 145; Palin on Stranded Gas Development Act 78-79;
trans-Alaska oil pipeline tariffs 6 Corrupt Bastards Club 33, 42 Cowdery, John 42 Crawford, Harry 4-5, 154 Croft, Eric 4-5, 23, 41 D Dahlstrom, Nancy 118 Daniel, Pat 142 Denali—The Alaska Gas
Pipeline 167-168, 180, 185-187, 192 Dickinson, Dan 30-31, 193-194 Dyson, Fred 11-12 E Economic Limit Factor (ELF)
12-14, 39 Econ One 15, 30, 39-40 Enbridge 107-110, 142 Eni 145 Explorers 65-66 ExxonMobil: AGIA 89, 123,
131, 140, 145, 165, 167; gas issue 167; fiscal certainty 3; Massey, Martin 131;
Murkowski 1, 5, 6, 9, 68; Point Thomson 6, 9, 68; Prudhoe Bay 6; trans-Alaska
oil pipeline tariffs 6; Palin 2006 meetings 62, 71; Palin on Stranded Gas
Development Act 78-79 F FBI 40, 136, 140 Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission 7, 124 Federal Trade Commission 181 Federal indictments 11 Fiscal certainty 3, 65, 95,
171, 186-187 Fiscal contract under
Stranded Gas Development Act 1, 19, 45-48 Flint Hills 7 Foerster, Cathy 173-176 Foothills Pipe Lines Ltd.
159, 162, 184 Foster, Morris 10, 21 French, Hollis 34, 137 G Galvin, Pat: AGIA 84-85,
112-114, 116, 127; AGIA ideas from Palin 124; AGIA misinformation 143-145;
Alaska Gasline Port Authority 180, 182-183; Alaska Natural Gas Development
Authority 73-74; background 68; ExxonMobil message 131; gas issue 168-171, 192;
legislative hearings, joint extended 193; Palin 2006 meetings 64; Palin,
working with 146; PPT 149-150; Point Thomson 68; TransCanada Alaska license
187-189 Gara, Les 16 Gas reserves tax 4-5, 154 Gatto, Carl 107, 110, 127,
130 Gibson, Kurt 64, 125-126 Gilbert, James 153-154 Gottstein, David 181-182 Guttenberg, David 4-5, 109-110,
156-157 H Haagenson, Steve 181 Hanley, Mark 129-130 Harris, John 20, 134,
155-156, 184 Hayward, Tony 10, 21 Heinze, Harold 73-76 Hellenthal, Marc 155-157 Heyworth, Scott 73, 75-76 Hickel, Walter 28, 32,
180-182 Houston, Martin 164-165 Huggins, Charlie 80, 98, 101,
112, 114-115 I Irwin, Tom: AGIA 83-84, 89,
113-115, 124-125, 145; Alaska Gasline Port Authority 180, 182; background 67,
69; communicating with oil companies 145; Murkowski, fired by 34; negotiating
strategy 9-10; Palin 46, 63, 77; Palin, working with 148; Stranded Gas
Development Act, 2005 letter on negotiations under 184, against fiscal contract
secrecy 32, no completed deal 84, problems with fiscal contract 37-38,
questions direction of negotiations 34-35; TransCanada Alaska AGIA license 187,
189 J Jeffress, Bill 35 K Keane, David 128-129, 165 Kern River Gas Transmission
Co. 107, 117-121, 142-143, 163-165; see also MidAmerican Energy Holdings Kerttula, Beth 137 King, Wendy 132 Knowles, Tony 62 Kohring, Vic 42, 117 Kott, Pete 42 Krenze, Doug 107-109 Kuparuk River 12 Kvisle, Hal 190-192 L Laird, Paul 33, 141 Lee, Dominic S.F. 178 LeFevre, Dick 35, 77 Legislature, Alaska 20, 31,
39 Leman, Loren 51 LeMieux, Vince 128-129 Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
73-76, 103, 179-183, 187-189, 193 Litigation 7-9 Little Susitna Construction
Co. 159, 178 Loeffler, Bob 35 Logsdon, Chuck 24-26 M Magnificent 7 34-35; see also
Tom Irwin, Mark Myers, Marty Rutherford Marquez, David 35, 67 Marshall, Steve 21 Marushack, Joe 90-98 Massey, Martin “Marty” 47,
98-99, 131 McCain, John 155, 157, 191 Menge, Mike 68 Metcalfe, Ray 42 MidAmerican Energy Holdings
Co. 140-143, 163-164; see also Kern River Gas Transmission Co. Mitsubishi 76 Morgan, Kirk 117-121,
141-143, 163-164 Mulva, Jim 10, 21, 165, 183 Murkowski, Frank: 2006
meeting with Big 3 10-11; 2006 primary loss 48, 52; gas reserves tax 5; Tom
Irwin firing 67; MidAmerican and SGDA 163; Production Profits Tax (PPT) 1, 19;
Stranded Gas Development Act negotiations 1, 6, 22, 61, 70 Myers, Mark: 2005 SGDA letter
184; Big 3 9; Magnificent 7 29, 35; net profit share 30; net tax 29-30;
Petroleum Profits Tax, opposed to 29; Point Thomson 68; Stranded Gas
Development Act negotiations 36-37, 47; TransCanada 37; U.S. Geological Survey
36 N National Energy Board 103 Natural gas prices 17, 61 Natural gas supplies 17-18 North Slope 4 North Slope Borough 146 North Slope producers 152,
160, 191; see also Big 3 O Oil industry, public
sentiment toward, 45-46 Oil prices 14, 16 Oil revenues, Alaska, 13-14 Open season 92, 112 Owen, Richard 21 P Palin, Sarah: 2006 meetings
61-71; Alaska Constitution 26-29; Alaska Gasline Inducement Act 79-83; AGIA
applications 159-160; AGIA introduction 89, purpose 123; AGIA defending against
producers 132-133; AGIA final passage 136, 138-139; AGIA license applications
194-195; Alaska Gasline Port Authority 52, 66, 70, 180-182; Big 3 1; Alaska
Natural Gas Development Authority 180; Alaska’s Clear and Equitable Share
(ACES) 154-155; candidacy for lt. governor 2002 51; candidacy for governor 53; ConocoPhillips
application 183-184; Denali 185-186; ExxonMobil Rex Tillerson, on 86-87; gas
issue 167-168, 192; gas reserves tax, opposed 5; gas team 62; gross tax
preference 30; Tom Irwin on Palin’s departure from Alaska Oil and Gas
Conservation Commission 69; Magnificent 7 27; John McCain 191; negotiation
style 47; Petroleum Profits Tax, asks delay in vote 23; PPT review 149-150; pipeline
ownership concerns 7; popularity in polls 155-157; Randy Ruedrich, Gregg
Renkes, ethics complaints against 41; Stranded Gas Development Act contract
1-2; SGDA opposition 65, 66, 70, 89; SGDA secrecy concern 19, 31; successes,
failures around oil industry 145; TransCanada Alaska AGIA license 187-189; working
with 146, 147, 148, 151 Palmer, Tony 110-115; 162,
190 Parnell, Sean, 64 Patrick, Judy 41, 51 Petroleum Profits Tax or
Production Profits Tax (PPT) 19-20, 40, 149-150 Phillips Petroleum 181 Production taxes 3, 93 Point Thomson 6, 8-9, 68,
112, 173, 175-176 Prudhoe Bay 6, 8-9, 48-49,
112, 172-175 R Ramras, Jay 24 Repsol 145 Republican Party 148 Ruedrich, Randy 41 Rutherford, Marty: 2005 Stranded
Gas Development Act letter 184; 2006 meetings 66; Alaska Gasline Inducement Act
81, 85, 89, 139; AGIA applications 160-161; communication with oil companies
145; gas issue 168; background 63; Magnificent 7 resignation 35; Palin
administration 63, 77; Palin, working with 151; SGDA cost of fiscal incentives
37-40; SGDA memo to law 67; SGDA negotiations 35-36; TransCanada, lead SGDA
negotiator 63; TransCanada license 187, 189-190 S Samuels, Ralph 24, 80, 119-120,
126, 133, 184-185 Scott, Antony 126-127 Seamount, Dan 147 Shell 145-149 Ship or pay 92-93 Shippers vs. sponsors 62 Sinopec ZPEB 159, 178 Slaiby, Pete 146-147 Sokol, David 140-142, 159,
163 Spur line to Southcentral
Alaska 73-75, 95, 162 StatoilHydro 145 Stedman, Bert 97, 101,
135-137 Stevens, Ben 20-21, 42, 53 Stranded Gas Development Act:
ConocoPhillips proposal compared to 183; fiscal contract negotiations 2;
MidAmerican applied under 163; Palin comments on 77-79; Palin wants replaced
65, 70; private negotiations 19; producers want to start with SGDA 70-71 Suttles, Doug 154, 185-187 T Tarn field 12 Tesoro 7 Therriault, Gene 137, 156-157 Thompson, Nan 69 Tillerson, Rex 86-87 Total 145 Trans-Alaska oil pipeline
2-3, 6-7 TransCanada: Alaska Gasline
Inducement Act 110-115; AGIA application 159, 162, 179; AGIA application
hearings 193; AGIA license recommended, approved 187-190, 194-195; gas issue
168; interest in Alaska gas pipeline 107; Hal Kvisle 190-192; Palin on AGIA
applications 184; pipeline capacity out of Canada 103-104; potential former
partner liability 185; Stranded Gas Development Act negotiations 37; SGDA
Rutherford lead negotiator 63 U Udelhoven Oilfield Systems
Service 153 U.S. Court of Appeals for the
9th Circuit 146 U.S. Minerals Management
Service 146 V Van Tuyl, Dave 99-101;
131-132 VECO 32, 40-42, 58-60 W Wagoner, Tom 11, 33 Walker, Bill 180 Welch, Nancy 35 Whitaker, Jim 161 Wielechowski, Bill 99, 113 Wilken, Gary 33, 145 |