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Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell, sworn in as Alaska Governor on 26th July following Sarah Palin海角吃瓜网檚 3rd July resignation, has announced that he will 海角吃瓜网渃ontinue the core values and the overarching philosophy海角吃瓜网� of the previous Palin-Parnell administration. 海角吃瓜网淏ottom line, this was the Palin-Parnell administration. I intend to continue the core values and the overarching philosophy that guided it海角吃瓜网�, said Parnell in a telephone interview. Parnell has been calling legislators, ahead of his swearing in, and 海角吃瓜网渨ill be reaching out to the oil and gas industry海角吃瓜网�. Asked about the previous Governor海角吃瓜网檚 efforts to secure a North Slope pipeline, Parnell said he will 海角吃瓜网渇ollow through海角吃瓜网� with the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act (AGIA), the law created by Palin to establish a competitive bidding process.

Alaska natural gas pipeline

An Alaskan North Slope pipeline to carry natural gas to Canada and lower 48 states has long been on the agenda. Palin海角吃瓜网檚 predecessor Frank Murkowski pushed for the project, before Palin entered office and drew up the AGIA. TransCanada won the permit from the state to build the pipeline and, with ExxonMobil, is working on the Alaska Pipeline Project. Meanwhile, BP and ConocoPhillips are working on a rival project, Denali, formed outside of the AGIA process.

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Parnell has said it will ultimately be the private sector that decides which project succeeds. 海角吃瓜网淭he state of the gasline project is such that you now have two credible projects with credible partners海角吃瓜网�.

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