December 17, 2015 ANCHORAGE—Governor Bill Walker announced today the State of Alaska extended its cooperation agreement with Japan-based consortium Resources Energy, Inc. (REI), to develop Cook Inlet natural gas. This agreement extension comes three months after Governor Walker met with more than 25 companies and government agencies, including the prefectures of Kyoto and Hyogo, during […]
November 3, 2015 JUNEAU – Governor Bill Walker today expressed his gratitude to the Alaska State Senate for taking action to advance the Alaska LNG project by passing SB 3001. The Governor specifically thanked Senate Finance Co-Chairs Senator Anna MacKinnon and Senator Pete Kelly for the productive dialogue and support during this special session. “I […]
Anchorage, AK – The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) released a statement Monday clarifying the status of the Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline (ASAP) project. In the last few days, several media outlets have incorrectly reported that the corporation’s board of directors took action to suspend work on the ASAP project during their September 23rd meeting […]
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 […]