This is great news for Alaska and Alaskans. It would have been nice to have Exxon onboard as a project supporter but it`s understandable that Exxon`s board of directors said "no".   They are still compelled to sell the gas at the wellhead value agreed to in price negotiations one would think. Isn`t it "what they do"?  Isn`t it what they said they would do when they leased the oil rich leases in the first place?
Consider that the government of Qatar ( a super-large mid-east LNG producer!) owns the driving majority of stock in Exxon/Mobil!   ANY gas exported from Alaska competes directly with Qatar LNG being produced for Qatar by,..guess who...you got it, and on a "produce it or lose it" basis. It doesn`t take a rocket scientist to see who can jerk Exxon`s chain, and who cannot.  Just this old Alaskan`s two cents.  Thank you Dispatch for the public forum.
 http://www.adn.com/nation-world/2016/09/02/exxon-ignores-near-term-glut-to-play-liquefied-gas-long-game/