Winstar blazes trail for independent producers on North Slope

Company hopes to drill first well in November; Jim Weeks credits Knowles charter agreement with BP and ARCO for opening the North Slope to competition

Kay Cashman

PNA Publisher

Former ARCO Alaska Inc. executive Jim Weeks is the point man behind Winstar Petroleum LLC’s efforts to be the first independent petroleum company producing oil on Alaska’s North Slope. Weeks, Winstar president and CEO, told Alaska Support Industry Alliance members March 16 that his firm plans to dri....

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Drilling not a certainty

Knowles made it possible

One size does not fit all

Weeks asks Alliance for help