Senator Mark Begich wants to know if Alaska can develop a natural gas export industry. Begich invited state business leaders to a round table discussion Thursday to examine opportunities for the state’s gas resource. Any future for a gas export industry will rely on finding markets, and Begich is exploring where the potential buyers of the state’s gas could be. Hawaii and Japan are two areas that may provide a market, and representatives of both entities sat at the table, along with representatives of Cook Inlet Region, Inc, Buccaneer, TOTE Ocean Transport and Alaska Village Electric Cooperative.
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APTI Reporter-Producer Ellen Lockyer started her radio career in the late 1980s, after a stint at bush Alaska weekly newspapers, the Copper Valley Views and the Cordova Times. When the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, Valdez Public Radio station KCHU needed a reporter, and Ellen picked up the microphone.
Since then, she has literally traveled the length of the state, from Attu to Eagle and from Barrow to Juneau, covering Alaska stories on the ground for the AK show, Alaska News Nightly, the Alaska Morning News and for Anchorage public radio station, KSKA
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