Posted on 06/11/2009 12:14:13 PM PDT by davek70
The TransCanada Press Release:
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – June 11, 2009 – TransCanada Corporation (TSX, NYSE: TRP) (TransCanada) today announced that TransCanada and ExxonMobil have reached an agreement to work together on an Alaska gas pipeline.
TransCanada’s Alaska Pipeline Project is designed to deliver a reliable and secure source of clean energy to markets for decades to come. With an initial forecasted capital cost of US$26 billion, the project would provide a variety of benefits to Alaska and Canada, as well as the rest of the United States, including substantial revenues, jobs, business opportunities and new, long-term stable supplies of natural gas.
“TransCanada’s Alaska Pipeline Project will connect Alaska’s natural gas resource to new markets. We are pleased that TransCanada and ExxonMobil have reached agreement on initial project terms to progress this exciting initiative,” said Hal Kvisle, TransCanada president and chief executive officer. “TransCanada envisions that our combined activities with ExxonMobil, along with the support of the State of Alaska, the U.S. and Canadian governments, and other interested parties, will result in the timely completion of the project. Today’s announcement is an important step toward that goal.”
Rich Kruger, president of ExxonMobil Production Company, said, “ExxonMobil and TransCanada have the experience, expertise and financial capability to undertake this project. We have on-the-ground knowledge of Alaska and Canada, experience working in the Arctic, a strong history of technology and innovation, and the proven ability to build and operate projects of enormous scale in the most challenging environments.”
(Excerpt) Read more at conservatives4palin.com ...
See here for Governor's press release:
Historic Agreement Moves AGIA Forward Gov. (Palin) Applauds Private-Sector Alignment
Excellent!!! Not only a new supply of energy, but also a job creator.
Since January 20, this is the first time I’ve heard any announcement regarding the creation of real jobs in America. Nice job, Sarah!
phlease....surely ye are not suggesting this is better then community organising...cmon freepers..get a grip! /sarc
Exactly! These are actual jobs and not mysto "green jobs" or "shovel-ready jobs." And these are jobs that require American expertise from engineers, geologists, computer science, and construction workers, etc.
Gov Palin has done more for the American economy/energy than obozo.
Pray for America
Just doing the work of the government for the benefit of the people. But she ain’t smart and ain’t a community organizer. Guess she ain’t qualified \sarc
Your post got me to thiking some more. I wonder how many jobs this will create. I am in the energy business and I know that seismic surveys will be invloved which employs computer scientists, geologist, and other scientific fields. Given that, and then the oil companies and the huge amount of employees invloved along with the construction crews and the manufacturers of the materials for the pipeline. That’s got to be in the 100s of 1000s of jobs.
Wouldn’t it be excellent for Sarah to be able to say in 2010 that she created 200,000 thousand jobs while Obama has lost 4 million jobs? (we’ll I don’t actually want 4 million Americans to lose their jobs. but you know what I mean)
One person working with industry to get something done.
Compare that to O’Wanna Be and his Czars, advisors, and Congress....
very excellent!
not only beautiful, but more brains and compassion than libs.
Obama is rushing to create a pipeline czar/czarina to cap employee pay and provide direction.
No doubt! The odd thing is that Palin must now get the regulatory permits to build it from the Obama Admin. Wonder what trouble they will cause?
The ball is in Obama’s court now. If he tries to play spoiler, it’ll pretty much say he has no energy policy except for RATIONING and DEPENDANCE upon foreign sources!!!
in other news....
I hear a huge sucking sound from the potential govenor campaigns of Berkowitz, French, and Poe. Buhhhhh Bye.
It’s gonna be interesting to watch the developments. No way Obama is going to let Palin get credit for boosting energy supplies with “clean energy” natural gas and create real jobs.
Stay tuned!
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