"Reluctance by oil producers to sell the gas"? I don't recall any producer saying they wouldn't sell gas. They HAVE refused to build a gas line, not because they don't like Alaska but because they are profit motivated and a project with a $12B pipeline, high CO2 removal costs, and a tax structure that changes regularly has no certainty of profit. 

That's why the State needs to build it. We have demonstrated over the years that profit, or even common sense, has no impact upon our decisions. It's too easy to point do barley farms, cattle ranches, dairies, fish plants, and bridges. 

You need to also look at the massive cost overruns for projects like the uncle Ted airport expansion (I believe they almost doubled the budget with a $200+ million screw up) and the Healy clean coal plant.

How about KABATA? They spent over $100M and didn't buy one cubic foot of concrete.

I would be willing to be that AGDC can blow through 100 times that (their senior VP came from DOTPF) without any pipe.