BP in Alaska: Legacy of corporate citizenship, social investment 07/12/2009
Alaska is large in landmass but small in population, and today more than ever, the company's 2,000 employees are making a difference across the state. Employees currently support more than 700 communi...

40 Years at Prudhoe Bay: Alaskans remember Prudhoe Bay - Vic Fischer 11/16/2008
An economic analysis in 1970 or 1971 - before construction of the pipeline - showed the possible financial strength of the work. Three economists from UAA's ISER compiled the report, and their predict...

Chevron donates $1 million to UAA 09/14/2008
Chevron has donated $1 million to support the University of Alaska Anchorage's Alaska Native science and engineering program, and the process technology, instrumentation and computer electronics progr...

Northern Air Aviation Services 07/27/2008
Northern Air Aviation Services is a division of Northern Air Cargo. Since July 1, 2004, it has offered ground services at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Fairbanks International Airport a...

Petroleum Directory: Lounsbury and Associates establishes UAA scholarships 07/20/2008
In May, Lounsbury and Associates announced the establishment of the Hewitt V. Lounsbury Scholarship benefitting engineering and geomatics majors at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Two scholarships...

Oil Patch Bits 06/01/2008
STEELFAB adds biggest burning table in Alaska
Anchorage-based STEELFAB has replaced its 45-foot long table with a 55-long, 10-foot-wide table that steals from its predecessor the distinction of being the largest capacity burning table in Alaska....

Experimental economics lab works to spur Cook Inlet exploration, production 05/18/2008
A company wants to build a pipeline. It holds an open season. Producers decide whether to commit to the pipeline. With enough commitments the pipeline moves forward. Simple enough. There might be a b...

Oil Patch Insider 05/04/2008
UAA science building to carry ConocoPhillips name; Court upholds Valdez tanker tax
ConocoPhillips Alaska has pledged $15 million to support science and engineering programs at the University of Alaska Anchorage. UAA said April 30 that the gift is the largest the company has made in...

AGS conference commemorates 40th anniversary of Prudhoe discovery 03/30/2008
The Alaska Geological Society's 2008 technical conference will be April 17. It commemorates the 40th anniversary of the discovery of the Prudhoe Bay oil field. The conference will be at the BP Energy...

Alaska governor's gas team schedules final town hall meetings Feb. 18-28 02/17/2008
Gov. Sarah Palin's gas line team has scheduled 16 town hall meetings Feb. 18-28 to update Alaskans on efforts to advance a gas pipeline under the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act or AGIA. The meetings ar...

PETROLEUM DIRECTORY: Hawk backs scholarships for Alaska Natives 02/10/2008
In October Hawk Consultants announced a long-term underwriting commitment for scholarships for Alaska Native students in the UAA Master of Science in Project Management graduate program. The scholar...

Palin gas line team sets town hall meetings 02/10/2008
The governor's gas pipeline team has scheduled 16 informational town hall meetings to explain what the administration is doing to advance a gas pipeline from Alaska's North Slope to market. The meeti...

BP hands out 14 scholarships 01/20/2008
BP has awarded scholarships to 14 Alaska students who are pursuing degrees in Process Technology at the University of Alaska. The program is key for those interested in working in the oil and gas and...

Alberta, Alaska face off for workers 01/20/2008
By end of next decade province projected to be 109,000 workers short; Alaska projects will need 41,000 workers in next 10 years
Bill Popp, president and CEO of the Anchorage Economic Development Corp., spoke before the Resource Development council Jan. 3, and urged local business people to take a proactive approach to workforc...

VECO sees promise in next generation 02/18/2007
No Alaska workforce crisis on the horizon, Eric Helzer says; company's focus is on preparation and making connections
Training programs for high school students, industry-focused university curriculum and varied recruiting tactics have VECO Alaska management feeling positive about the future. A standard question-and...

BP's perspective on present, future growth 01/21/2007
The work is there and so are the jobs, say BP's Borowski and Rees; the challenge is getting Alaskans to compete for them
A recent Petroleum News interview with BP Exploration (Alaska)'s Florian Borowski, human resource manager for resource planning, and Dave Rees, technical resourcing specialist, provided an inside look...

Boyd on gas tax 10/29/2006
Former state oil and gas director says reserves tax built on false premise
Ken Boyd, former director of the Alaska Division of Oil and Gas, told Petroleum News Oct. 17 that the gas reserves tax is "a bad idea ... built on a false premise." You hear a lot about a gas line bein...

Third phase of public process to begin 07/16/2006
Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski said July 7 that a series of meetings will be held July 17-July 24 to provide more explanation and answers to questions raised by the public about the draft fiscal contract...

Port authority's LNG project doesn't qualify 12/04/2005
Port authority's all-Alaska gas project doesn't meet Alaska Stranded Gas Development Act requirements, says Revenue
The all-Alaska natural gas pipeline proposal does not meet requirements of the Alaska Stranded Gas Development Act, according to the Department of Revenue. The Alaska Gasline Port Authority has not pr...

Public forum on the gas pipeline 11/27/2005
The University of Alaska Anchorage has announced a public forum entitled "The Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline: What's It All About?" to examine important issues relating to the proposed gas pipeline. Arra...

Oil Patch Insider 10/16/2005
Northern horizons beckon British gas major
Canada's northern and western regions and possibly Alaska are about to welcome a new player in BG Group, a spinoff from the privatization 20 years ago of the British government-owned gas monopoly. A C...

MINING NEWS: Alaska's abandoned copper mines leave a mark 09/25/2005
Scientists led by UAA's LeeAnn Munk analyze environmental geochemistry and microbiology of old mine sites in Prince William Sound
A century after copper mining began in Prince William Sound southeast of Anchorage a team of scientists is analyzing the region's environment to find out if metals are having an adverse effect. Not al...

Economist says auction off Alaska pipeline, facilities 11/21/2004
Nobel Prize winning economist Vernon Smith proposes experimenting with auction model for North Slope access, letting the market set the price
It's probably not surprising that a Nobel Prize winning economist would look at Alaska North Slope facility and pipeline access issues from a different perspective, and pose some interesting questions...

PETROLEUM DIRECTORY: No ordinary vehicle dealership 09/21/2003
Seekins Ford-Lincoln-Mercury meets the challenges of Alaska's extreme climate and remote geography
Customer service brings a whole set of unique challenges when operating a car dealership in Alaska's Interior and north. Supplying, maintaining and repairing vehicles in a vast area with few interconn...

Kenai Kachemak gas pipeline agreement signed by state, KKPL 03/23/2003
The Joint Pipeline Office said March 17 that a memorandum of agreement has been signed between Kenai Kachemak Pipeline LLC, the commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources and the Alaska State...