Both Democrats told the petroleum industry audience that they favored changes that would bring the state more revenues from oil producers. Their plans include a statewide corporate income tax on oil producers that are S corporations, also known as pass-through corporations, that currently do not pay them.
Alaska gubernatorial candidates highlight contrasting philosophies on oil and gas
Yereth Rosen, Alaska Beacon, August 28th, 2026
At their first candidate forum since the Aug. 18 primary election, the four remaining gubernatorial hopefuls pitched visions for the state’s future that revealed sharp political divides.
Speaking at the event, held at the Alaska Oil and Gas Association’s annual conference in Anchorage, were Democrats Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins and Tom Begich and Republicans Bernadette Wilson and Dave Bronson. Kreiss-Tomkins has been leading in the still-ongoing primary election vote count, with 22.2 %, followed by Begich at 20.5%, Wilson at 10.2% and Bronson at 8.2%.
The four emerged as the top vote-getters among 17 candidates for governor. Alaska’s election system uses open, non-partisan primaries and ranked choice voting in the general election.
Kreiss-Tomkins and Begich, both former state legislators, presented mostly similar positions. Wilson, a talk-show host, and Bronson, a former Anchorage mayor, also presented largely similar positions that contrasted with the Democrats’ views.
Oil and gas taxes figured prominently in the event.
Copper is having a moment. It may be a long one. Alaska may be sitting on world-class copper, but hey—who needs copper for the energy transition?
AI date center boom, power grids strengthen investment case for copper
Bloomberg News, August 28, 2026
Copper is having a moment. It may be a long one.
The metal has hit record highs in 2026 and is currently up 15% since the start of the year, trading above $14,300 a ton on the London Metal Exchange.
Behind the recent price action is a powerful longer-term story. Copper is essential to everything from power grids and electric vehicles to renewable energy and the rapidly expanding network of data centers needed to support the boom in artificial intelligence.
And the world is going to need a lot more of it. Analysts at S&P Global project copper demand will rise 50% to 42 million metric tons by 2040 from 28 million tons last year. Supply is looking increasingly tight. The same study estimates a supply deficit of 10 million metric tons by 2040 due to soaring demand and mining constraints.
That supply-demand imbalance has strengthened the investment case for copper. Betting on copper doesn’t have to mean buying the metal itself or trying to identify the one mining company that will strike it rich. Jon Lapp, founder and financial planner of Haven Financial Advisors, recommends limiting a dedicated copper allocation to 1% to 3% of a portfolio, with 5% as an upper limit for someone with a high-risk tolerance.
QatarEnergy’s latest cancellations run into early November. Buyers in Europe and Asia are finding replacement cargoes, switching to other fuels, or using less gas, while no one knows when LNG shipping through the Strait of Hormuz will return to normal.
QatarEnergy extends LNG cancellations into November as Hormuz disruption drags on
Mohamad Elashi, Euro News, August 31, 2026
QatarEnergy has extended force majeure on liquefied natural gas (LNG) deliveries to customers in Europe and Asia as regular LNG shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains largely halted.
Italian utility Edison said QatarEnergy would be unable to deliver another five LNG cargoes scheduled between late September and early November.
That brings the number of cargoes affected under Edison’s contract since April to 29, representing around 3.8 billion cubic metres of natural gas.
Edison said it had already replaced 21 of those cargoes, equivalent to about 2 billion cubic metres, and could continue meeting its commitments to customers.
QatarEnergy has reportedly told buyers in Pakistan that cancellations will continue into October, while supplies to Bangladesh will remain affected beyond September. Other European buyers have also begun receiving similar notices.
QatarEnergy first declared force majeure in March and has since renewed it month by month as the disruption has lasted longer than buyers initially expected.
“Absent any political resolution or one of the main stakeholders blinking first, we are still likely to be there for quite some time,” said Anne-Sophie Corbeau, a global research scholar at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy.
She said QatarEnergy was extending force majeure month by month because it still had no reliable date for normal exports to resume.
QatarEnergy did not respond to Euronews’ request for comment.