Oil Patch Bits: APICC supports engineering through partnership 12/06/2009
The Alaska Process Industry Careers Consortium said Nov. 16 that in conjunction with the University of Alaska statewide system it has reached an agreement to collaborate with the Alaska Department of...

Oil Patch Insider: TransCanada on Arctic gas; RDC conference Nov. 18-19; Buffett cash to build Alaska gas line? 11/15/2009
TransCanada, with a financial stake in the Mackenzie Gas Project and the prospect of operating the main gas pipeline to southern markets, but no ownership position, is ideally situated to tell it stra...

Alaska oil jobs peak 11/01/2009
Field maintenance, new projects buoy payrolls; BP ignites competition for people
Employment in Alaska's oil patch is softening, but only very slightly as the industry continues to support near record payrolls. "I'm surprised at the strength of the numbers," state labor economist N...

Arctic Directory: CH2M Hill named employer of the year 09/20/2009
CH2M Hill said May 8 that it had been named employer of the year by the State of Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The award was presented at the annual Building Alaska's Future Ap...

Arctic Directory: CH2M Hill receives apprenticeship award 09/20/2009
CH2M Hill said April 30 that it received one of six awards presented by Labor Commissioner Click Bishop at the Department of Labor and Workforce Development's second annual Apprenticeship Conference a...

Risk to reward 08/09/2009
Exploration takes breather, but project development has North Slope buzzing
If you've been to Alaska's North Slope in the last few months you know that beds and trucks are in short supply and Deadhorse, the center of oilfield activity, looks like a boom town. "There are more...

The Tanana example 06/21/2009
In 2007, the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority teamed up with the village of Tanana to study the feasibility of using propane in villages along the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers. Some Tanana resid...

Private sector lead sought for propane 06/21/2009
ANGDA hosts Alaska Opportunities Conference; state corporation looking for companies to process, transport, buy propane
The Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority has reached a tentative agreement with a major North Slope producer for the sale of propane and is seeking private parties to help distribute the fuel acro...

Oil Patch Bits: CH2M Hill named employer of the year 05/31/2009
CH2M Hill said May 8 that it had been named employer of the year by the State of Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The award was presented at the annual Building Alaska's Future Ap...

Oil Patch Bits: CH2M Hill receives apprenticeship award 05/17/2009
CH2M Hill said April 30 that it received one of six awards presented by Labor Commissioner Click Bishop at the Department of Labor and Workforce Development's second annual Apprenticeship Conference a...

Mining News: Alaska develops new core-drill training 04/26/2009
Rural Alaskans get shot at rewarding careers through groundbreaking program that certifies world's first core-driller apprentices
A first-of-its-kind core-driller apprenticeship program is providing rural Alaskans with the training and certifications that will enable them to work at mining projects close to their homes in the bu...

Mining News: Donlin achieves promise of Native hire 04/26/2009
Residents of nearby villages provide nearly 90 percent of gold mine project's work force; partners prepare training for future jobs
While many people are familiar with the 30-million-ounce-plus gold deposit discovered at Donlin Creek in Southwest Alaska, the world-class gold resource boasts another less known but equally impressiv...

Oil Patch Insider 04/19/2009
Hi-ho, hi-ho it's off to work we go ...; reigning in the Stampede
Most jobs are good jobs in these economic times, except at Devon Energy, where it seems most jobs are great. The big independent - with 5,500 worldwide employees, the bulk of them in North America - h...

Lisankie takes Johnson's place at RCA 03/08/2009
Paul Lisankie replaced Mark Johnson as a commissioner at the Regulatory Commission of Alaska at the beginning of March, the commission announced March 3. Johnson had reached the end of his six-year te...

Labor department AGIA training report gets national recognition 01/04/2009
The Alaska Department of Labor's Research and Analysis section has been recognized for its contributions to the "AGIA Training Strategic Plan - A Call to Action" by two national organizations, Labor s...

The Explorers 2008: Foreign, domestic or Alaskan grown - Investment is good for Alaska 11/23/2008
What do Girdwood's Alyeska Prince Hotel, Dillingham's Peter Pan Seafood's processing facility, BP's Milne Point heavy oil project, and the Pebble Partnership's exploration efforts all have in common?...

OSHA safety pact with Alaska companies 11/09/2008
The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration has formed a new alliance with some companies in the Alaska oil and gas industry to promote work-related safety and health. U...

Industry grows in importance as employer 11/02/2008
The growth in oil industry employment propelled private industry in Alaska last year. Oil extraction and oilfield services jobs comprised some total 13 percent of employment for the 100 largest priva...

Oil prices drive industry employment 09/28/2008
New report shows jobs growth and loss in Alaska moves with prices; Alaska often lags behind Lower 48 in service industry jobs growth
When North Slope oil production peaked 20 years ago, around 8,500 people worked in the Alaska oil industry. With production today down 70 percent from those highs, the oil industry now employs around...

One in three oil workers from Outside 04/06/2008
Annual report shows continuing increase in nonresident hiring, support industry on steep rise, oil still below other industries
If you have a job in the oil patch, take a look to the left and to the right. Most likely one of the people working on either side of you isn't an Alaskan. Either that or you aren't. Nearly one in th...

MINING NEWS: Tangen: 'Everybody talkin' 'bout heaven; ain't nobody goin' there' 02/24/2008
I'm ready to give the Devil his due. The Star Trekkie commercials that the Renewable Resource Coalition, or whatever nom de guerre Bob Gillam currently hides behind, are very clever. They are not tru...

PETROLEUM DIRECTORY: Tyonek platform, Peak's Nikiski field office earn OSHA star 02/10/2008
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has recognized ConocoPhillips' Tyonek platform in Kenai, Alaska, and Peak Oilfield Service Co.'s Tyonek Oil Platform Operat...

Tyonek platform scores 01/20/2008
In late 2007, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, recognized ConocoPhillips' Tyonek platform in Cook Inlet for excellence in employee safety and heal...

Agrium workers eligible for federal aid 01/20/2008
Workers laid off from a fertilizer plan shuttered in Nikiski will be eligible for federal unemployment aid. A U.S. Department of Labor official granted an appeal by Agrium Inc. and will give benefits...

MINING NEWS: Mining training center opens in Southeast 09/30/2007
Combined effort prepares miners to meet demand for skilled workers as industry projects multiply; Kensington nears startup
The University of Alaska Mining and Petroleum Training Services is launching a new program at the University of Alaska Southeast this fall aimed at training a new generation of miners. The MAPTS Trai...