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Bert Stedman

66:54 - 67:20

"The economics of putting the project forward do not work at 20 mils. You cannot get it over the line. We're talking about a couple hundred million dollars a year more in debt service. So they need some relief through construction and, and then after first gas to make their economics work."

The economics of putting the project forward do not work at 20 mils. You cannot get it over the line. We're talking about a couple hundred million dollars a year more in debt service. So they need some relief through construction and, and then after first gas to make their economics work.
Speaker
Bert Stedman
Community
Alaska News
Location
Alaska
Captured at
July 2, 2026

From the transcript

But the economics of putting the project forward do not work at 20 mils. You cannot get it over the line. We're talking about a couple hundred million dollars a year more in debt service. So they need some relief through construction and, and then after first gas to make their economics work. And that's what we're talking about here.

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