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Quoted moments from Alaska public meetings, hearings, and press conferences.
Luke Saugier
“It's 6 trillion cubic feet of gas recoverable, is what ARGCC estimates.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 8, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 8, 2026
Luke Saugier
“Our only upstream cost will be that connection into the pipeline, which will be right at, as you say, the tailgate of our plant.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 8, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 8, 2026
Todd Griffith
“Exxon has no plan to toll the gas through the infrastructure. But I suppose in the remote case that we or another company did want to toll the gas, my understanding and my expectation would be that the DNR would establish a value for royalty purposes And the DOR would do the same for tax value”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 8, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 8, 2026
Luke Saugier
“the gas resource at 800 billion cubic feet is, we would say, significantly larger than the remaining oil resource”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 8, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 8, 2026
Luke Saugier
“they contain pricing. We've agreed on pricing, we've agreed on volumes, we've agreed on terms, right? And there are other things that we have not yet agreed on that we continue to work on as we move forward.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 8, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 8, 2026
Luke Saugier
“These are non-binding commitments. Um, and as it says, they don't, they don't trigger any gas deliveries or financial obligations. It's our continuing commitment to work together.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 8, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 8, 2026
Marie Evans
“when you look at 4355.900, those definitions for the point of production for gas were specifically changed and modified back when SB 138 was passed. And I believe if we were to walk through those definitions together, you would see that it is clear that the point of production for gas is like one of three locations”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 8, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 8, 2026
Luke Saugier
“We do not have a gas sale precedent agreement in place for Prudhoe Bay because we feel like we can satisfy all of the gas needs for Phase 1 from other less complicated fields, specifically Northstar, and we're working on one for Point Thompson.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 8, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 8, 2026
Luke Saugier
“The gas resource, as everybody knows, at Prudhoe Bay is tremendous. 22 Trillion cubic feet of recoverable gas by the AOGCC's estimate.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 8, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 8, 2026
Barry Romberg
“on May 18th, we announced our GSPA had been signed with Astar and Glenfarm. For Phase 1 supply of gas from our Prudhoe Bay working interest.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 8, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 8, 2026
Speaker B
“at a higher oil price, the impact of lost barrels, if you had a scenario where Prudhoe Bay production was declining, the impact of those lost barrels is significant to state revenue, both in the reduction of value and the fact that at higher oil prices, when companies are paying under the net profits tax, we're getting a larger share of a larger pie.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 8, 2026 10:00am · Jun 8, 2026
Bert Stedman
“I think just for clarity on the $60 billion, that is the mid-range number of the Phase 1 and Phase 2, which is $49 billion plus a 20% contingency.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 8, 2026 10:00am · Jun 8, 2026
Speaker B
“Moving to the $60 billion CapEx increases the breakeven cost of supply from $8.48 under the baseline up to $9.91 per thousand cubic feet. And then under Senate Bill 2001 as introduced on slide 21, that would be $9.97 per 1,000 cubic feet, which again compares to $8.54 under our baseline assumptions.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 8, 2026 10:00am · Jun 8, 2026
Speaker B
“the baseline oil price with the baseline oil production scenarios and $29.7 billion of cumulative revenue through 2062.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 8, 2026 10:00am · Jun 8, 2026
Speaker B
“at $100 per barrel oil, it would be a reduction to state revenue in most years under this worst-case production scenario, and that again has to do to do with just the value of those barrels, we're actually in this worst-case production scenario, we're actually forecasting that oil production will be lower than it would be absent the AK LNG project.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 8, 2026 10:00am · Jun 8, 2026
Speaker B
“Under these alternative project assumptions, the breakeven price into the global market to get that 10% return for the investors would be $9.63 per thousand cubic feet. That compares to $8.48 per thousand cubic feet under our baseline analysis... the very LNG breakeven price would be $9.69 per thousand cubic feet, comparing to $8.54 per thousand cubic feet under our baseline assumptions. And so across the board, these, these alternative assumptions increase the required sales price of gas into the global market by a little over $1 per 1,000 cubic feet.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 8, 2026 10:00am · Jun 8, 2026
Speaker B
“under this set of alternative assumptions, the breakeven LNG price into the global market would be $10.34 per thousand cubic feet, and that compares to $9.07 per thousand cubic feet under the baseline assumptions. So a pretty material increase to the, the— the delivered price of LNG that would be required under this set of alternative assumptions.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 8, 2026 10:00am · Jun 8, 2026
Speaker B
“The $60 oil price represents a price that's a little bit lower than what we're forecasting and is a situation where most of the upstream producers will be in a minimum tax floor situation in the forecast. The $100 per barrel scenario represents something closer to current prices and would be a situation where most of the producers are in a net tax situation for the production tax. And so the impact of that net versus gross tax is significant when it comes to running these price scenarios.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 8, 2026 10:00am · Jun 8, 2026
Speaker B
“the baseline modeling assumes a total of 270 million barrels of additional production from the field at as the significant additional development to bring the gas online brings on additional oil as well.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 8, 2026 10:00am · Jun 8, 2026
Speaker B
“We were asked to provide oil production sensitivities and price sensitivities on that as well.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 8, 2026 10:00am · Jun 8, 2026
Speaker B
“that $100 per barrel oil impact scenario with the worst-case production scenario under Senate Bill 2001 as introduced by the Governor, which would be a $16.2 billion reduction to state revenue through 2062 in this scenario.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 8, 2026 10:00am · Jun 8, 2026
Speaker B
“we're getting the property tax revenue and the royalties from gas are largely being offset by reduced royalties from oil, given the lower oil production. But the most significant impacts here in these $100 barrel oil with the worst-case oil production scenarios is due to reductions to production tax revenue.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 8, 2026 10:00am · Jun 8, 2026
Speaker B
“on the top right is our baseline scenario, which is going to be the 270 million barrels additional production from Point Thompson and the zero oil impact at Prudhoe Bay. And then on the bottom left is kind of the worst case scenario with zero incremental Point Thompson production and a 500 million barrel loss at Prudhoe Bay.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 8, 2026 10:00am · Jun 8, 2026
Speaker B
“So far about 20 million barrels have been produced, and so that would imply potential— potentially 80 million barrels of oil left that could be technically produced, and how much of that is economic would be a lesser number than that.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 8, 2026 10:00am · Jun 8, 2026
Speaker B
“the $100 per barrel oil, um, with our baseline oil production case and Senate Bill 2001 as introduced. That would be $29 billion of cumulative state revenue.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 8, 2026 10:00am · Jun 8, 2026
Speaker B
“This would result in a breakeven LNG price into the global market of $10.69 per thousand cubic feet. That compares to $9.07 per thousand cubic feet under our baseline assumptions. So a move of about $1.60 just from increasing that capital cost assumption really highlights the importance of of that capital cost assumption.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 8, 2026 10:00am · Jun 8, 2026
Speaker B
“there was a study that was presented in the Resources Committee where Department of Energy had estimated that the LNG project could reduce oil production from Prudhoe by a little over 450 million barrels total. And so that's where we developed the 500 as a nice round number to illustrate kind of a worst-case scenario there.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 8, 2026 10:00am · Jun 8, 2026
Speaker B
“this next scenario was a request from the committee presentation from last week, and it was a request to model a $60 billion capital Capital expenditure scenario. So similar in total capital expenditure cost as the scenario that we just walked through, except that this next scenario keeps all of our other baseline assumptions unchanged. So the 20-year debt agreement, 70/30 debt split, 5% interest rate on debt, and other baseline assumptions, simply adjusting that capital expenditure from the $46.2 billion real up to $60 billion real.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 8, 2026 10:00am · Jun 8, 2026
Shelley Hosken
“Last week, Doyon and TCC issued a joint statement to urge planning for rising fuel prices and ongoing global supply challenges.”Tanana Chiefs Conference: TCC Weekly Episode 50 · Jun 8, 2026
Emil Noddy
“ADA is not DEI. It does not guarantee— does not get guaranteed contracts. It does not create individual wealth. It is not corporate enrichment. It distributes earnings broadly.”Alaska's 8(a) Economy - What's at Stake · May 26, 2026
Speaker C
“The applications processed by SBA that allow us to renew our entities and then provide reform work in the 8 space has been stalled by SBA. And so we've seen no applications, which means the ANCs cannot have their new entities come into the business. And so that's not something that's hurting this year, but then will certainly hurt in years to come”Alaska's 8(a) Economy - What's at Stake · May 26, 2026
Speaker C
“When we began this fight, it was centered around fraud, waste, and abuse. So there were some articles and some media out there that kind of was a gotcha moment to contractors out there that supposedly were performing fraud, waste, and abuse and not applying the rules of the program correctly. And so that created a big splash that, oh, 8 is just riddled with fraud, waste, and abuse, and we need to get rid of that program.”Alaska's 8(a) Economy - What's at Stake · May 26, 2026
Speaker C
“In 2025 alone, Chuuketch returned $66.8 million directly to shareholders and communities through distributions, education funding, health and wellness support, cultural programming, and economic development initiatives.”Alaska's 8(a) Economy - What's at Stake · May 26, 2026
Kevin Berry
“It's about $300 to $350 million each year are dispersed through regional corporate dividends, elder benefits, or other direct benefits.”Alaska's 8(a) Economy - What's at Stake · May 26, 2026
Speaker C
“At NAS Fallon, which is home to Top Gun, Chuukach operates and maintains the airfield systems that enable the Navy's premier tactical aviation training operations. At Fort Greely, Chuukach helps sustain critical ballistic missile defense infrastructure in a remote Arctic environment.”Alaska's 8(a) Economy - What's at Stake · May 26, 2026
Kevin Berry
“You can see that there's about 8,000 to 9,000 based in Alaska. But the regional corporations employ about 50,000 people worldwide.”Alaska's 8(a) Economy - What's at Stake · May 26, 2026
Emil Noddy
“In 1953, the Small Business Administration created the program created by Congress to assist socially and economically disadvantaged individuals to participate in the program. Over time, laws and regulations were modified and broadened to include economically disadvantaged communities. That's where AFN came in, where ANCs came in.”Alaska's 8(a) Economy - What's at Stake · May 26, 2026
Speaker C
“Native-owned 8 firms already operate under extensive oversight and compliance obligations. We must meet SBA's eligibility requirements, annual reporting requirements, financial reporting standards, subcontracting limitations, and community benefit reporting obligations.”Alaska's 8(a) Economy - What's at Stake · May 26, 2026
Emil Noddy
“8S operate under explicit congressional authorization. They are among the most audited and scrutinized contractors. They are subject to the same contracting laws and regulations as all government contractors. They do not have any preference or special preference for special treatment.”Alaska's 8(a) Economy - What's at Stake · May 26, 2026
Speaker G
“Alaska Natives have a rich history of military participation stemming from their tribal warrior traditions. And the specific need to defend their homelands. Today, it's our family's great honor and my great honor to acknowledge my nephew Nathan Mitchell.”Sealaska Heritage Institute: Celebration 2026 | Day 4 - Saturday June 6 · Jun 6, 2026
Nathan Mitchell
“But I've been gone for 28 years.”Sealaska Heritage Institute: Celebration 2026 | Day 4 - Saturday June 6 · Jun 6, 2026
Speaker G
“For 28 years of active duty service as a Navy SEAL.”Sealaska Heritage Institute: Celebration 2026 | Day 4 - Saturday June 6 · Jun 6, 2026
Nathan Mitchell
“Was in Virginia. I lived in Virginia, lived in California for those 28 years. And I say I lived, I lived there. But home was always here amongst you all.”Sealaska Heritage Institute: Celebration 2026 | Day 4 - Saturday June 6 · Jun 6, 2026
Nathan Mitchell
“A lot of guys come home, but they'll still carry it with them.”Sealaska Heritage Institute: Celebration 2026 | Day 4 - Saturday June 6 · Jun 6, 2026
Nathan Mitchell
“And it's in there. It's something you can never get rid of totally. So they carry it. And they signed up knowing that they're going to have to carry that for the rest of their lives. But so if you are— hurtin' on the inside, there's people out there, there's fellow veterans, please just come up and talk.”Sealaska Heritage Institute: Celebration 2026 | Day 4 - Saturday June 6 · Jun 6, 2026
Speaker G
“And retiring as a Command Master Chief, he deployed 17 times fighting for our people and our country. A true warrior for us. We are so happy he has returned home to us to continue fighting for our people and for our homelands.”Sealaska Heritage Institute: Celebration 2026 | Day 4 - Saturday June 6 · Jun 6, 2026
Nathan Mitchell
“And my son and I just completed the journey, the canoe journey here, and I can't tell you how special that was. The warm welcome that we received and then continue on into celebration has just been super special for us to be welcomed back here again amongst family. And it's just something that I needed badly, being gone for so long. I missed this. I really did.”Sealaska Heritage Institute: Celebration 2026 | Day 4 - Saturday June 6 · Jun 6, 2026
Nathan Mitchell
“Hurt a lot of times, but I had a duty and responsibility to this nation, to protect this land. And I think it's something that goes back a millennia, right? Us, you know, combat arms, not in a modern sense, but, you know, an ancient, we have that duty to protect these lands, what we have. It's very special. I've been all over the world, but there's nothing like Southeast Alaska.”Sealaska Heritage Institute: Celebration 2026 | Day 4 - Saturday June 6 · Jun 6, 2026