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The Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Right-of-Way Permitting for an Offshore Route

The Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Right-of-Way Permitting for an Offshore Route. John Goll Alaska Regional Director Department of the Interior U.S. Minerals Management Service. Alaska State Legislature Joint Committee on Natural Gas Pipelines July 17, 2001. MMS -- Who We Are.

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The Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Right-of-Way Permitting for an Offshore Route

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  1. The Alaska Natural Gas PipelineRight-of-Way Permitting for an Offshore Route John Goll Alaska Regional Director Department of the Interior U.S. Minerals Management Service Alaska State Legislature Joint Committee on Natural Gas Pipelines July 17, 2001

  2. MMS -- Who We Are • Outer continental shelf • oil and gas and other minerals • Full complement of regulations • Technical Research Program • Revenues - collect & distribute • Nation’s oil and gas production • oil ~25% gas ~ 27% • Includes ~ 31,000 miles of pipelines

  3. Gulf of Mexico Annual Gas Production Projections 6.0 TCF 4.1 TCF

  4. Limitations in the Lower 48 • Areas Off Limits • Atlantic 24-34 tcf • EGOM 12 tcf • West Coast 15 -23 tcf • Rockies 137 tcf

  5. Alaska OCS Potential(Risked, Undiscovered, Conventionally Recoverable)Low to High Estimates • Oil Gas • billions barrelsTCF • Alaska OCS Total 17 - 35 55 - 227 • Chukchi 9 - 25 14 - 154 • Beaufort 4 - 12 13 - 63 • Hope 0 - 0.3 0 - 11 • Norton 0 - 0.2 0 - 9 • Cook Inlet 0.3 - 1.4 0.7 - 2.5 • (MMS 2000 National Assessment)

  6. MACKENZIE DELTA 53 TCF U . S U.S. CHUKCHI . B E A U 60 TCF F 3 O 2 R T T C F N HOPE BASIN 3.4 TCF S H E L F E D G E S H E L F E D G E UNDISCOVERED GAS RESOURCES (mean estimates, TCF) After MMS [2000], USGS [1995], and Dixon et al. [1994] ALASKA TOTAL s r e t a CONVENTIONAL GAS W n a i RESOURCE = 191 TCF d a n a O R T C H E R A N L (82% IN ARCTIC) A S K A 6 ANWR 4 T C F NPR-A CENTRAL ALASKA T A 3 TCF P S CANADA NORTON 2.7 TCF S. ALASKA NAVARIN 2.1 TCF 6.2 TCF s r e GULF OF ALASKA t Valdez a W n a i s s 4.2 TCF u R S T . G 3 E . 0 O T R C G N F A E I T U E F L C A T . N 8 . 6 L. COOK INLET (FED.) 1.4 TCF KODIAK-SHUMAGIN 2.7 TCF Gas Hydrates: 170,000 TCF offshore 590 TCF onshore

  7. Regulatory AuthoritiesIf an Offshore Route • MMS • Right-of-Way Approval • OPA Contingency Plan/Financial Responsibility • Other Pipeline Agencies • Federal Energy Regulatory Commission • State of Alaska Pipeline Coordinators Office (SPCO) • DOT/Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) • Canada • Other Agencies • EPA, COE, FWS, NMFS

  8. Regulatory Process • Pre-application surveys • ROW application (30CFR250, Subpart J) • includes technical, engineering, site specific reviews • Public review • NEPA • evaluate environmental issues • CZMA • Endangered Species Consultation

  9. Special Considerations • Bowhead whales • Subsistence hunting • Seasonal construction/repair • Permafrost • Ice gouging • Strudel scour • Leak detection

  10. Consultation is Essential • Many Stakeholders • State, Provincial, and Local Governments • Federal Agencies (U.S. and Canada) • Industry • Domestic and international NGO’s • North Slope Borough government • Affected North Slope villages • Traditional village governing bodies (IRA) • Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission • The public

  11. In Conclusion • Alaska has significant untapped natural gas resources, both now and well into the future • Right-of-way procedures are available to review an offshore application, if proposed • We are not advocates for a route • Regardless of the route chosen, we will assist, if needed

  12. For more information http://www.mms.gov/ http://www.mms.gov/alaska/

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