Oil patch insider: Want AOGCC SPZD prof svcs, HEX new LinkedIn pg, expl data out, LNG caucus

Kay Cashman

Petroleum News

RFP 260000007 State of Alaska notice posted on Oct. 6: The State of Alaska, Division of Administrative Services of the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, on behalf of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, or AOGCC, seeks proposals from experienced and qualified petroleum consulting firms providing professional engineers and geologists with specialized knowledge of the oil and gas industry in Alaska, to complete studies and reports as needed.

Bid Open Date: Monday, Oct. 13, 2025 12:00-0800

For more information, visit http://notice.alaska.gov/221204

HEX launches LinkedIn page

"I wanted to share this with you as we'll be posting more regularly on both pages now," she wrote in an email.

Furie: https://www.linkedin.com/company/furie-ak

HEX: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hex-ak/

Exploration data, info being released

For Interior Alaska the division will release MLUP/AK 04-005 Nenana Basin 2D reprocessed seismic.

The permittee was PGS Onshore Inc.

The location is Fairbanks Meridian, Township 2S, Range 8W; Township 3-4S, Range 8-10W; Township 5S, Range 10-11W & Township 6S, Range 11-12W.

New caucus on LNG project

The bipartisan, bicameral caucus, led by Rep. Mia Costello, R-Anchorage, and Rep. George Rauscher, R-Sutton, was set in motion to examine what the state needs to do to prepare for an 800-mile gas pipeline. If approved, the Alaska LNG project will be one of the largest infrastructure projects on the planet.

"This project will bring tremendous opportunity to the state," Costello said. "We are going to be asking all state departments 'What have you done? What are you doing now, and what are you planning to do?' We will be having many meetings, and we want to keep the ideas free flowing."

Rauscher said: "I want to thank Governor Dunleavy, Glenfarne and all our state and federal partners for the leadership that's brought us here. We're here now to find out how to support the project and to listen to what is going on and where we actually sit now."

The proposed new pipeline will mostly follow the same route as the trans-Alaska oil pipeline -- an advantage for the project compared with other pending pipeline projects because of existing infrastructure, Adam Prestidge, president of Glenfarne Alaska LNG, told more than 20 state legislators in attendance or participating via livestream. The company aims to have "pipe rolling" by mid-2026.

He said that the Alaska LNG project is the most heavily engineered pipeline project yet to be built.

Construction of the pipeline will generate 12,000 new jobs in Alaska, and university officials told legislators that many of their programs related to construction are currently at or near capacity. All the programs have pathways to various certifications.

"There is way more demand than what we can supply currently," said Kevin Alexander, interim dean of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Community & Technical College.

Cathy Munoz, commissioner of the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, said the department is making regulatory updates to recognize occupational licenses from other states. They are also looking at ways to retain personnel leaving active-duty military service in Alaska.

A gasline workforce plan is being updated, Munoz added, and efforts are underway to boost workforce training capacity.

"I think one of the messages that we heard today is that there are so many jobs, and it's an all-hands-on-deck situation for preparing Alaskans," Costello said.

Rauscher added: "The Legislature stands ready to support and to make sure Alaskans are the first to benefit from this historic opportunity. We still have questions that will need to be answered as the project advances, but now we have a much clearer idea of where this is headed."

--Oil Patch Insider is compiled by Kay Cashman