Stop kidding with silly non-financial "ALASKA-CENTRIC THIMKING"!
   
   XOM, COP, and BP are under no obligation to finance or build a RCA/FERC-regulated public utility trunk NG pipeline and LNG plant.  XOM, COP, BP operate with far different corporate business models. The last time EL PASO and ARCTIC GAS CONSORTIUM appeared before FPC, now called FERC, with a project net national economic benefit (NNEB) analysis done on projects similar to 2016 AKLNG was decades ago.  Times and NG/LNG markets have changed greatly!
   Today that kind of NATIONAL INTEREST analysis (when shown to FERC, DOE, or the U.S. Congress) would end the risky AKLNG project.  From NNEB, INPUT/OUTPUT, or COST BENEFIT perspectives, AKLNG fails.   Don't blame XOM, COP, and BP for having project investment after tax ROI concerns. The U.S. and world markets have cheaper, safer current and FUTURE supply alternatives for NG or LNG.  

   AK POLS need to find another revenue source for Alaskan FREE GIFTING.