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Oil Patch Insider Shell eyes bigger quarters in Anchorage; Cammy Taylor tapped to manage State of Alaska oil and gas units
Shell is said to be scouting commercial office space in Alaska on the lookout for at least 35,000 square feet to house a substantially expanded in-state exploration team. The Houston, Texas-based company currently maintains a small office in Anchorage, but has become increasingly busy with Alaska projects offshore the North Slope and in the Bristol Bay area.
Shell officials are eyeing the Anchorage market and hoping to negotiate a lease for one of at least three suitable locations, according to one knowledgeable Petroleum News source.
If the company is unable to find a good fit for its needs, Shell officials have said they will consider building their own offices, said the source, who asked not to be identified.
“The important thing is that they have committed to bring enough people to Alaska to fill 35,000 square feet. This will be quite a boost to the area,” he said.
—Rose Ragsdale
Cammy Taylor tapped to manage State of Alaska oil and gas units Cammy Taylor is the second experienced oil and gas attorney in three months to join the Alaska Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Oil and Gas.
Nan Thompson, who joined the division as petroleum manager in January, hired Taylor as one of four managers to work in the rapidly growing units section of the division.
Before 1999, Alaska had only one units manager at the division but the number of units in the state’s oil patch has since mushroomed, prompting a significant expansion of the section to keep up with the growing workload.
Thompson has said she will focus on bringing consistency to the way the state administers and regulates oil and gas units.
Taylor, a former commissioner of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, most recently worked in the Oil and Gas Section of the Alaska Department of Law, where she represented AOGCC.
John Norman, who currently chairs AOGCC, said Taylor has a strong institutional memory and a very good legal background that draws on years of experience in oil and gas, both in the Department of Law and at AOGCC.
“Cammy is just excellent to work with, and we do hate to lose her,” Norman added.
—Rose Ragsdale
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