A joint BP-Phillips Prudhoe Bay integration team started working the last week in April with a goal of having the field under a single operator by July 1. That was the update Greg Mattson, BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc.'s new development business unit leader, gave the Alaska Support Industry Alliance April 28.
Now that the deals are complete -- the BP Amoco acquisition of ARCO and the Phillips Petroleum Co. acquisition of ARCO Alaska Inc. -- we can "get on with some new beginning for Alaska that we've so long discussed, talked about, thought about, dreamed about," Mattson said.
"We just this week kicked off an integration team that will be the product of both BP and Phillips," he said, to work on the integration of Prudhoe Bay into a single operating entity.
"Our commitment is to finish that and be operational by the first of July," he said.
It remains to be seen, he said, how a single operatorship will look.
"Our commitment is obviously to keep everyone informed and let you know as soon as we know exactly what the shape of the organization is going to be."
