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Oil Patch Bits Carlile receives national recognition
Anchorage-based Carlile Transportation Systems said April 14 that it has received two first-place awards from the Transportation Sales and Marketing Association of America, a national organization founded in 1940 and dedicated to improving knowledge and communication skills through sales and marketing in the transportation industry.
Presented at TSMA’s annual national convention in Phoenix, Ariz., on April 8, Carlile received awards for its 2007 “Zen” print ad campaign — and the development of services marketing materials. Both were created with the assistance of Carlile’s marketing and advertising agency, Anchorage-based Marketing Solutions and graphic artist Mariajose Echeverria, and can be viewed at Web sites www.carlile.biz or http://marketingsol.net/.
Ace Air Cargo names Hawthorne marketing director Ace Air Cargo said April 18 that it has named Greg Hawthorne as its new director of sales and marketing. Based in Anchorage, Hawthorne, 47, has been with Ace Air Services for four years as director of operations in Unalaska. In his new role, he will divide his time between the firm’s Anchorage headquarters and the Dutch Harbor-Unalaska station. Ace has 57 employees and has freight and passenger charter operations that serve locations in Western Alaska, Southcentral Alaska, the Aleutians, the Pribilofs and Southeast Alaska.
American Tire looking to buy Topeka Goodyear plant In an April 21 letter to Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.’s board of directors, American Tire Corp. offered to buy Goodyear’s OTR tire plant in Topeka, Kan., at “any reasonable price.” The Topeka operation is Goodyear’s largest OTR tire plant in the world and its only one in North America. If it’s successful in purchasing the plant, ATC plans to spend $200 million to modernize it, increase by at least 20 percent its production capacity for all sizes of OTR tires, and create more and better paying job opportunities. According to ATC, the acquisition would not affect its manufacturing activities in Washington. Already a well-established OTR tire manufacturer, ATC’s objective is to become the largest and best manufacturer for 63-inch and 57-inch tires. For more information, visit its Web site www.americantire.us.
Schlumberger worked on Mackenzie hydrates project In Canada’s Arctic, Schlumberger recently worked with the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp., Natural Resources Canada and the Aurora Research Institute to conduct the world’s first de-pressurization test of gas hydrates in the Mackenzie Delta. (See article on this project in this issue of Petroleum News.) The project used services and technologies from Schlumberger IPM and Artificial Lift, in addition to Well Testing Vx multiphase meters, Completions MeshRite sand screens, and Well Services ARCTICSET cementing blends. Reservoir parameters were monitored in real time by the Schlumberger technology center in Fuchinobe, Japan.
CH2M Hill pilot program for Southwest Alaska a success Fifteen students recently completed a pilot program offered by CH2M Hill to promote career advancement for residents of southwest Alaska. Graduation was held at the Southwest Alaska Vocational & Education Center in King Salmon on April 12. Under the direction of certified instructors from CH2M Hill, students completed a three-week course in sheet metal and scaffolding. Those finishing the program, which emphasized safety, will be offered employment on the North Slope, CH2M Hill said, noting that the company focused on Southwest Alaska because it was “essentially an untapped resource for workers.” In May, CH2M Hill will conduct another training program for electrical apprenticeship in King Salmon. Call Trevor O’Hara for details (907-246-4608).
Wally Niles back at Northern Air Cargo Northern Air Cargo said in mid-April that Wally Niles has been appointed the company’s director of operations, effective May 3. Niles is returning to NAC where he previously spent 21 years. Recently he has spent more than six year with the Federal Aviation Administration as an aviation safety inspector. An Alaska resident for 36 years, Niles has a degree in Professional Piloting from the University of Alaska Anchorage. In his new position he will be responsible for all aspects of Northern Air Cargo’s flight operations.
— Kay Cashman
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