Alaska Gasline Port Authority Vying for Ownership of Natural Gas Pipeline.

In the 25 years since President Carter and the United States Congress first authorized building a natural gas pipeline from Prudhoe Bay to the Lower 48, little has changed. A pipeline has not been built. Politicians, oil producers and the Alaska citizenry are still wrangling over route selection. State and federal governments are competing for oversight and natural gas is still commanding a handsome price wherever it is sold.

Gov. Tony Knowles, perhaps attempting to satisfy the promises Carter made in 1977, is calling for the construction of a gasline that would follow the trans-Alaska oil pipeline through Fairbanks to Delta Junction and then along the Alaska Highway through three Canadian pro...

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