Hank, the route and cost estimates are a joke.  You want to know why that route was picked?  Because it will not be approved by FERC.  It is the same strategy Exxon employed along with people like Persily when they pretended to be interested in a pipeline that would carry North Slope gas to the Lower 48.  The people who supported that charade have ZERO credibility.

Exxon is happiest when Alaska is studying stupid.  That keeps the gas warehoused.

No FERC approval, no project.