Walsh named state pipeline coordinator

Jason Walsh has been named to head the State Pipeline Coordinator’s Office in the Alaska Department of Natural Resources.

The office is responsible for developing and maintaining large-diameter oil and gas pipeline right-of-way leases and lease compliance efforts for multiple pipelines, including the trans-Alaska oil pipeline.

Walsh is a lifelong Alaskan with a breadth of natural resources management experience. After attending graduate studies in natural resource planning at the University of Vermont, Walsh held a variety of positions during a decade-long tenure at DNR, including land planning and development for the Division of Mining, Land and Water and facilitating right-of-way lease coordination for the Point Thomson export pipeline and the Alaska Stand Alone Gas Pipeline.

As a member of the state’s Point Thomson permit team, Walsh received a Governor’s Denali Peak Performance Award in 2013 and was soon after promoted to operations manager of the SPCO.

Most recently Walsh has served as acting deputy pipeline coordinator and led SPCO through relocation to the new Geologic Materials Center and initial planning and permitting activities for the proposed AK LNG project.

“I am honored to lead this team of knowledgeable and hard-working individuals and remain committed to DNR’s mission of ensuring that the use of Alaska’s natural resources is consistent with the public interest,” Walsh said in a statement.

- Petroleum News