Japanese interest in Alaska natural gas has got to be based on how Alaska's DNR DOG regulates the oil and gas companies but when they see how unfair the Division of Oil and Gas is they will walk away in my opinion! 

I founded Denver Alaska Nippon Company in 1986 and I went to Japan to sell my Cook Inlet prospects including Redoubt oil and gas field and told them how great Alaska was. I sold my prospects to Force Energy  and they hit oil at Redoubt, the Japanese went North. 

I only wish the DNR DOG gave the small oil companies lease extentions like they let the majors keep leases Held By Well, but without production over 50 years later, the DNR DOG is just unfair and will not take some money and activity and denied us at Stinson???

The Japanese are very honorable people to do business with so when they see how the state has billions in the constitutional budget reserve and elect not to pay the smaller oil and gas competitors it will kill Gov. Walker's efforts in Japan in my opinion!