Comments on: Buccaneer actions raise questions http://homertribune.com/2012/10/buccaneer-actions-raise-questions/ Homer, Alaska Fri, 17 May 2013 22:25:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: david http://homertribune.com/2012/10/buccaneer-actions-raise-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-97446 david Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:16:21 +0000 http://homertribune.com/?p=24473#comment-97446 "The State does not lose in the long run because oil and gas in the ground is money in the bank." While that may be true, gas supply is forcast to to be in deficit next year...There is a very real risk electricity supplies will be reduced, it gets very cold in Alaska in winter without heating, a fact Nina seems unaware of in her article.....Buccaneer is the only source of near term additional gas supply being brought onstream.....They are working very diligently to bring energy security to the Cook Inlet by next year, when the likes of Apache and Hillcorp are years behind..... “The State does not lose in the long run because oil and gas in the ground is money in the bank.”

While that may be true, gas supply is forcast to to be in deficit next year…There is a very real risk electricity supplies will be reduced, it gets very cold in Alaska in winter without heating, a fact Nina seems unaware of in her article…..Buccaneer is the only source of near term additional gas supply being brought onstream…..They are working very diligently to bring energy security to the Cook Inlet by next year, when the likes of Apache and Hillcorp are years behind…..

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