Oil Patch Bits: Ballas, Cameron join Solstice Advertising team 12/05/2010
Solstice Advertising, an Anchorage-based full-service advertising agency, said Nov. 11 that during a recent expansion it has named Teeka Ballas as staff copywriter and Walter Cameron its new Web devel...

Power from the Slope? 12/05/2010
Perhaps electricity production for L48 would be viable alternative to gas line
With open seasons having come and gone for both of the projects aimed at building a pipeline to ship natural gas from the North Slope, the jury is out on the question of whether the gas industry think...

IAEE, UAA host offshore drilling forum 09/19/2010
The Anchorage chapter of the International Association of Energy Economics and the University of Alaska Anchorage are co-sponsoring a public forum on the future of offshore drilling in Alaska. The fr...

Ulmer named to Gulf oil spill commission 06/20/2010
Alaska has been given a seat at the national table in preventing and mitigating offshore oil spills. Fran Ulmer, chancellor of the University of Alaska Anchorage and former lieutenant governor, has...

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...