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LNG Trailer Test Results in Success
Fairbanks Daily News Miner Author: Matt Buxton Sep 27th, 2016 FAIRBANKS — Last fall’s test of a larger trailer for natural gas was a success for the Interior’s natural gas utility, and there will soon [...]
Shipping LNG By Rail Sets Milestones
Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman Author: Steven Merritt Sep 25, 2016 WASILLA — The Alaska Railroad will achieve two milestones this week as it works to complete a demonstration project aimed at transporting liquefied natural gas to [...]
Alaska Railroad to become first in U.S. to haul liquefied natural gas
Alaska Dispatch News Author: Alex DeMarban Published on September 10, 2016 Looking for new business opportunities to counter a drop in revenues, the Alaska Railroad Corp. this month will become the first railroad in the [...]
Interior Alaska gas project could hit delay
By Matt Buxton, mbuxton@newsminer.com Fairbanks News Miner FAIRBANKS — The oil and gas tax credit bill passed by the Alaska Legislature this week could spur another change in direction for the Interior Energy Project. At [...]
‘Middle Earth’ tax credit debate reaches Interior gas project
By: Elwood Brehmer Alaska Journal of Commerce The tentacles of the debate over oil and gas tax credits have reached the state’s effort to expand access to natural gas in and around Fairbanks. On May [...]
IGU General Manager Hired
Jomo Stewart named first employee of the Interior Gas Utility Fairbanks, AK – The Interior Gas Utility Board of Directors unanimously voted Tuesday to hire Jomo Stewart as the first General Manager of the utility. [...]
New timeline set for Fairbanks liquefied natural gas delivery
by Matt Buxton JUNEAU — The new goal for Fairbanks’ first liquefied natural gas delivery through the Interior Energy Project is late 2017, with residential customers expected to start converting mostly in 2018. Earlier versions [...]
Top pick for Interior Energy Project proposes new LNG plant on Cook Inlet
by Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch Efforts to bring cheaper energy to Fairbanks took a step forward on Thursday, when officials announced that an evaluation committee recommended a Washington company as part of a plan to deliver liquefied natural gas [...]