This June, Alaska will be hosting a natural gas summit, with Trump administration officials attending along with representatives from South Korea and Japan. The meeting comes along with the proposal by President Trump to build a gas pipeline from the North Slope fields to a liquefaction plant in the Kenai Peninsula community of Nikiski. It's unclear whether the president will attend.

The summit is presently scheduled to begin on Jun 2nd.

Alaska will roll out the red carpet in June, as the Trump Administration’s National Energy Dominance Council is set to convene a high-level summit in Anchorage to advance the Alaska LNG project, the $44 billion initiative that would get Alaska’s liquefied natural gas from the state’s North Slope to global markets, according to a report from Reuters.

The summit will bring together leaders from Japan and South Korea, two of Asia’s largest LNG importers, to discuss potential investments and purchase agreements for the project.

This is interesting, but any energy deals are dependent in large part on a proposed pipeline to move the LNG from the North Slope to where it can be loaded for export.

The Alaska LNG project involves constructing an 800-mile pipeline to transport natural gas from Alaska’s North Slope to a proposed liquefaction and export facility in Nikiski. The project, which has been stalled for decades due to its high costs, the high cost of the expected natural gas, and logistical challenges, is a priority for the Trump Administration as part of its push to expand US energy exports, advance American energy dominance, and strengthen energy ties with non-Chinese Asian allies.

A precautionary notice is in order here; bear in mind what all has transpired with the Keystone pipeline, and its on-again, off-again cycle that it has gone through throughout several presidential administrations. Now, there is one key difference: the proposed Alaskan LNG pipeline doesn't cross any international borders, meaning no treaties or other agreements are required.

The summit, scheduled around June 2, comes around the timeframe of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s fourth-annual Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference, June 3-5. At a pre-conference event on June 2, the US Department of Energy will give a presentation called,  “Partnerships Driving Success in the Arctic.” It’s a half-day workshop with the National Laboratories, and Department of Energy staff.

The timing of this makes one wonder how many Trump administration officials will remain in the Great Land to attend Governor Dunleavy's event.

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Unleashing Alaska's energy potential was a key part of President Trump's 2024 campaign agenda. And the potential is considerable. Alaska has approximately 3.2 billion barrels of recoverable petroleum and is the nation's fourth largest producer of natural gas, although much North Slope's natural gas is reinjected to pressurize wells to enhance oil extraction. An LNG pipeline would make more of that gas recoverable.

Governor Dunleavy recently went on an Asian tour to promote investment in an Alaskan LNG pipeline, and did reach a tentative agreement with Taiwan.

In March 2025, when Dunleavy traveled through Asia to promote the project, Taiwan’s state-owned CPC Corp signed a non-binding agreement to purchase LNG and invest in the project, which broadened its financial backing.

While it's still early on, I'm growing more optimistic about the future of Alaskan energy production.

Also, I would remind President Trump, my offer to personally show him around the Great Land still stands.