TOKYO—Governor Bill Walker delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the 4th LNG Producer-Consumer Conference in Tokyo. He and his team also held meetings with the presidents and chief executives of Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS), the world’s largest buyer of liquefied natural gas (LNG); Mitsubishi Corporation’s natural gas division; GS Energy, which is […]
TOKYO—Governor Bill Walker and his team wrapped up his second day of high-level meetings discussing Alaska’s liquefied natural gas potential with top-ranking executives in Japan, including the chief executive of Marubeni Corporation, a leading liquefied natural gas trading company, the governor of Kyoto Prefecture and former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda. “Alaska can point to 40 […]
TOKYO—Governor Bill Walker on Monday kicked off a weeklong series of meetings in Japan about taking Alaska’s natural gas to market. He and members of his team met with officials of a leading Japanese trade company, a governmental financing organization and two major utilities. They also met in Tokyo with U.S. Department of Energy officials […]
ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker today appointed a new member to the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation’s Board of Directors. A.J. “Joey” Merrick II of Eagle River will join AGDC’s governing body, which oversees efforts to develop liquefied natural gas in Alaska. “I am pleased to welcome Joey Merrick to the AGDC team,” said Governor Walker. […]