PETROLEUM DIRECTORY: Carlile recognizes performance in safety 11/04/2007
Carlile Transportation recognized individual drivers for outstanding safety performance at its first annual driver safety awards banquet September 22 in Anchorage. "Our goal is to be the best, safest...

PETROLEUM DIRECTORY: New computerized simulator enhances Carlile's training program 07/22/2007
Carlile Transportation Systems has purchased and installed a new truck driving simulator at its Anchorage terminal. This state-of-the-art computerized simulator is the first in Alaska and is custom de...

PETROLEUM DIRECTORY: Company news in brief 04/08/2007
Lynx Enterprises gets a face-lift
ASRC Energy Services Lynx Enterprises, Inc. has recently undergone a name change to ASRC Energy Services, Regulatory and Technical Services. Under the Lynx name AES-RTS has provided regulatory services...

PETROLEUM DIRECTORY: Kenworth Alaska offers 'World's Best Trucks' from upgraded facilities this year 04/08/2007
With expert sales, parts and service personnel, Kenworth meets the transport needs of Alaska's industries
Q. When was the company founded, who founded it, and what was its original name? ? A. Kenworth Alaska's parent company is Kenworth Northwest, located in Seattle. John Clearwater was the original owne...

PETROLEUM DIRECTORY: COMPANY NEWS IN BRIEF 12/10/2006
Alaska Railroad debuts the AFN Express
During this year's Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Anchorage the Alaska Railroad Corporation celebrated the maiden voyage of the AFN Express, providing free intra-city transit service betwe...

Chevron Delo Truck visits Alaska 05/21/2006
Chevron's Delo Truck made its first appearance in Alaska on May 17 where it was put on display at the Carlile Transportation Systems facility in Anchorage. The Delo Truck is a customized 80-foot tract...

PETROLEUM DIRECTORY: Carlile opens new terminal at Port of Tacoma 01/22/2006
Carlile Transportation said Jan. 16 that it had opened its new Tacoma, Wash. port facility, which replaces the company's terminal in Federal Way, Wash. The terminal is open for business 24-7. "The new...

PETROLEUM DIRECTORY: Carlile Transportation: Celebrating 25 years of success 06/26/2005
Connecting Alaska with the Lower 48 and Canada, this Alaska-based multi-service transportation and logistics firm hauls 3.2 million pounds of freight a day and has the largest heavy haul fleet in Alaska
Q. Who heads up Carlile? A. Harry MacDonald is president; John MacDonald is executive vice president; Jeff Allen is vice president of operations; Karl Hoenack is vice president of human resources and...

PETROLEUM DIRECTORY: Move it with Carlile 02/16/2003
Teamwork and commitment make Carlile Transportation Services a prime force in Alaska's transportation industry, providing best possible logistical services to, from, or within Alaska
At Carlile Transportation Systems, there's always an owner on the job and they like nothing better than a new, roll-up-your-sleeves, Alaska kind of challenge. "We're sensitive to customer needs and d...

Oil Patch Insider 08/25/2002
TotalFinaElf's Ponder, Sangster and Moore meet with BLM Randy Ponder, Mike Sangster, and Gregory Moore from TotalFinaElf USA Inc.'s Houston headquarters met with Bureau of Land Management officials ea...

Oil Patch Insider 08/11/2002
KAREN COWART HEADS TO HOUSTON.... Karen Cowart has been selected to run BP's new national Citizen Action Program in Houston, Texas. The program is similar to ARCO Alaska's CAP, she said. Karen is...

Too hot to hold: Deadhorse in new Prudhoe voting precinct 07/14/2002
In the June 30 edition of this column, I wrote that Prudhoe Bay voters no longer had to travel 168 miles to vote or send in an absentee ballot because Prudhoe Bay had a new voting precinct. At that ti...

Oil Patch Insider 07/07/2002
A GOOD NEIGHBOR HELPS OUT.... Kudos to Carlile Transportation for volunteering its Deadhorse terminal (the old Mark Air terminal) as a polling place for the new Prudhoe Bay voting precinct. The termin...

PETROLEUM DIRECTORY: Baroid Drilling Fluids: Banking on decades of experience for drilling leadership in the present and a stake in the future 11/25/2001
The first mud company in the world, today Baroid employs 2,150 people worldwide, has 20 grinding plants and 5 mining operation and maintains 150 field stockpoints in 53 countries
Drilling an oil well without the correct drilling mud bears some similarity to driving a car without the right oil in the engine – things just don't work properly. Unlike most car engines, however, an...

All wrapped up 11/11/2001
The barge (pictured above) on the Columbia River at Pasco, Wash. holds modules up to 70 feet in length and weighing as much as 180,000 pound. Shrink-wrapped for clean transport to the North Slope, the...

Carlile trucks transport stranded North Slope workers 09//2001
During the flight ban that followed the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, Carlile Transportation Services Inc. pitched in to help some of its customers' North Slope employees get home from the North Slope. "...

Putting photo albums and technical writing to work for industry 10/28/2000
Brutsche of Documentation Works combines his experience as a writer, photographer and videographer to document projects from start to finish
You've spent months planning and working a technically challenging project. You've come in under budget and on schedule. Now, you'd like to be able to show others the innovative thinking and versatil...

Increased oil company spending bodes well for Alaska businesses 10/28/2000
Phillips Alaska Inc. is anticipating higher oil production from the North Slope - as much as 15 percent higher over the next five years. "This winter we will execute one of our most aggressive explora...