John Sims

Cook Inlet gas storage at 69.5% as winter nears, with one field shut in for maintenance

“So significantly more, 1.5 BCF almost was withdrawn from storage in the month of December alone. If you look at the month of March, uh, you can see almost another 1.5 BCF in the month of March alone”

HEX plans to triple its gas deliveries, enough to cover a tenth of demand

Enstar tells legislators it's 18 days short of gas for winter

“at this point today, NSTAR is 18 days short of gas, which is the equivalent of 3 BCF. And that's for normal temperatures.”

Three Cook Inlet gas storage plans pending for winter demand

“We have to have more storage to be able to store gas so that when we get into those colder temperatures, we can pull it from there because the production in the Cook Inlet isn't high enough to meet the demands of everyone.”

More Mat-Su families are paying at the door to keep their power on, as their co-op runs ahead of budget

Dunleavy says he is ending gas line special session, blames legislative leaders

“Now, if deliveries come as expected from the Cook Inlet for the remainder of the year, we will be 1 BCF short, which means I'll need 6 days of gas in the middle of winter for folks.”

Hilcorp says opposing the tax isn't opposing the gas line

Enstar tells Alaska Gas Line Caucus it could be 18 days short of gas this winter

“if deliveries maintain at the same rate we're getting them, We will be 3 BCF short for this upcoming winter.”

Legislators to hear the case for a gas line as the effort stalls

Utility warns of rolling blackouts in Southcentral as soon as this winter

Where Alaska's gas-line tax deal stands, and what's still stuck

“the fixed price at $16 per MMBtu, not subject to cost overruns, but it is subject to an annual inflation factor”

NMFS issues renewal IHA to HEX Operating for Cook Inlet natural gas activities

“Hopping into HEX. So, this is kind of an important point. HEX is the second largest producer in the Cook Inlet.”

Cook Inlet gas production falls to 61 Bcf in 2025

MEA seeks RCA approval to pass gas storage costs to ratepayers

“storage is a critical component to how we serve customers and also one of the most valuable services that Hilcorp provides”

Enstar faces 2033 supply gap as Hilcorp contract expires, no Cook Inlet producer can match drilling scale

“there's no one else in Cook Inlet that has the balance sheet to be drilling 192 wells over a 10-year period.”

ENSTAR Caps the Price. Stedman Eyes the Debt.

“That is not subject to cost overruns. One of the biggest differences between, you know, a lot of people say, well why, why wouldn't you just pay $16 for Cook Inlet, Cook Inlet gas? Well, the biggest difference is this is firm.”

ENSTAR says Cook Inlet output has fallen to a fifth of its 1990s peak, with its firm contract ending in 2033

“This is the last contract like this you will ever see in the Cook Inlet. We cannot contract for firm supplies of this nature. We've tried for a number of years. No one is willing to provide it.”

Two firms seek competing gas-storage leases at Kenai Loop field

“the long term plan for nstar additional storage is critical”

Alaska LNG seeks 90% property tax cut; Kenai Peninsula pushes back

Hilcorp seeks Cook Inlet gas storage lease at Beluga River — part of how Southcentral plans to get through winter as gas production declines

“How do we get to that 320? We supplant that with storage that we've procured, whether it's Cook Inlet, Natural Gas Storage, Alaska.”

Southcentral utilities warn of steep rate hikes as Cook Inlet gas dwindles

“If you look at the rates that were charged to the Anchorage school district in 2025, add a 30% increase onto that, it equates to about 1.5 million additional dollars per year that the school has to pay for”

Cook Inlet gas production drops 60% since 2010

“We've dropped from about 350 million a day down to around 200 million a day”

ENSTAR says it locked in a price for Alaska LNG

“This contract expires in 2033 and we have to find a replacement for 162 million a day. And there's no one in the cooking that can provide that today.”

Oklo targets 2030 for Alaska's first small nuclear reactor at Eielson

Record cold pushed Anchorage's gas demand to an all-time high, just as the supply is running out

“Now, that would be a 40-year, 50-year weather event where it's sustained 25 below here in Anchorage.”