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7 Thompson joins independent: Former ARCO senior exec

named chairman of AVCG operating company, Brooks Range Petroleum

9Anadarko full-steam ahead on LNG: Independent starts

site work in Nova Scotia ahead of provincial, federal approvals

14 New section: Prospect Market features firms looking for invest-ment for North America plays; this week Aurora Gas pursues Cook Inlet oil

Monthly Petroleum Directory inside

This month’s Petroleum Directory, which is section B of this editionof Petroleum News, includes company profiles on Doyon UniversalServices, Mapmakers Alaska and Judy Patrick Photography.

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Congress okays Alaska gas pipeline incentives; president expected to signbills containing enabling provisions, loan guarantees, EOR tax credit

By KRISTEN NELSONPetroleum News Editor-in-Chief

ongress has passed and sent to the presidentbills which contain Alaska gas pipelineenabling provisions, loan guarantees for up to80 percent of the cost of the project, a seven-

year pipeline depreciation tax credit and anenhanced oil recovery tax credit.

The provisions were included in bills whichpassed the Senate Oct. 11.

“After working for more than 20 years to makethis pipeline project a reality, we have finally takensteps to make the Alaska natural gas pipeline hap-pen,” Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, said in a state-ment.

Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, credited Stevens

CPermits can be revised;feds could build gasline

Congress included more than just incen-tives for the producers to build a gas pipelinein legislation passed Oct. 11. It specified thatchanges can be made in existing certificatesand permits. And move over Alaska — ifnobody files to build a line within 18 months,the feds can study doing it themselves.

The Alaska natural gas transportation sys-tem authorized under the Alaska Natural GasTransportation Act of 1976 and the decisionissued by President Carter in 1977 are “clar-ified” in the new legislation. Its short title —

see PROVISIONS page A18

Mackenzie line milestonepassed, potholes lie ahead

By GARY PARK Petroleum News Calgary Correspondent

hether it was one small step or one giantleap, the filing of major regulatory applica-tions on Oct. 7 has hastened the day whenthe Mackenzie Gas Project consortium will

come face-to-face with the issues that could makeor break the C$7 billion undertaking.

The partners have already spent upwards ofC$200 million on the project definition phase,including C$60 million on northern environmentalstudies, geotechnical work and engineering, andanticipate doubling that before they completes the

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see MACKENZIE page A16

see PERMITS page A18

Trustees of Alaska protest BristolBay exploration license; Nativeowners cry discrimination

A non-profit environmental law firm filed a protest with thestate of Alaska Sept. 27, stopping the clock on a Bristol Bay basinexploration license due to be issued to a company owned byNative elders from the Bristol Bay Region. The filing by Trusteesof Alaska also resulted in the loss of an investor for Bristol ShoresLLC, a company formed by the Native elders to generate a natu-

Chevron joins Alaskagasline support group?

TO DATE A MINOR PLAYER on theNorth Slope, ChevronTexaco has report-edly joined Alaska gas pipeline support-ers by hiring a lobbying firm inWashington, D.C. to help the gaslinebecome a reality.

According to the Oct. 12 edition of

Proposed Mackenzie gas pipeline route.

see INSIDER page A18

see BRISTOL BAY page A19

By RAY TYSONPetroleum News Houston Correspondent

urricane Ivan, which swept through the Gulfof Mexico with a vengeance a month ago, iscontributing to a worldwide oil shortfall thathas pushed crude prices well over $50 per

barrel and caused U.S. production to fall to itslowest point in more than a half-century.

Oil disruptions in the Gulf of Mexico, togetherwith dips in Alaska production due largely tofacility maintenance, reduced U.S. production 15percent in September from last year to 4.85 mil-lion barrels per day, the lowest level since August1949, according to the American PetroleumInstitute.

Nigeria, Norway strikes impact pricesAlso contributing to high commodity prices

was a strike by oil workers in Nigeria and expand-ed strikes in Norway and continuing violence inthe Middle East.

Ivan, which ripped through the U.S. Gulf with

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Of the 4,000 platforms and 33,000 milesof the pipelines in the U.S. Gulf, MMS

estimated that 150 platforms and 10,000miles of pipelines were in the direct path

of Ivan’s fury.

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Agrium asks Alaska regulator to declareCook Inlet gas pipeline a common carrierIn second filing this year, Regulatory Commission of Alaska asked to investigate regulatory status of Cook Inlet Gas Gathering System

By KRISTEN NELSONPetroleum News Editor-in-Chief

inding natural gas in Alaska’s Cook Inlet basin is justthe first step: the gas has to be moved, by pipeline, towhere it is needed. Agrium U.S. Inc., a major user ofnatural gas, argues transportation is complicated

because not all Cook Inlet natural gas pipelines are regulat-ed as common carriers.

Agrium, which owns the fertilizer plant at Nikiski anduses natural gas as both raw material and fuel, has beentrying to get the Regulatory Commission of Alaska toregulate the Cook Inlet Gas Gathering System as acommon carrier. Agrium failed in an effort earli-er in the year to get the regulator to investigatewhether the pipeline should be so regulated,and filed a new complaint Oct. 1, arguingthat if the pipeline were regulated as acommon carrier, it would be able to pur-chase gas from the west side of CookInlet, alleviating shortages which haveforced it to operate the fertilizer plantat reduced capacity.

The commission in April turneddown complaints by Agrium againstMarathon Oil Co. Agrium hadcharged that Marathon failed to pro-vide regulated service on the CookInlet Gas Gathering System failed toprovide bi-directional service on theBeluga Pipe Line Co.

Dismissed ‘without prejudice’ The commission dismissed the earlier

complaints “without prejudice,” saying thatwhile it has “broad powers to regulate pipelinesand pipeline carriers” and to protect the public inter-est, it opens “investigations only when there is goodcause to do so.”

“A complainant is responsible for bringing us sufficientinformation from which we can make a reasoned judgmentthat an investigation is warranted,” the commission said.“Agrium did not make the necessary factual allegations.”

The commission said that Agrium “requested, in effect,that we elicit those facts, if they exist.” The commissionsaid it declined to do so, finding nothing in the complaint“that would justify the cost of the requested investigation tothe public and the parties against which the complaint hasbeen brought.” Agrium’s complaint “fails to show sufficientgood cause, and we dismiss it without prejudice.”

Second request for investigation In its Oct. 1 filing, Agrium strives to present those facts. It argues that the Cook Inlet Gas Gathering System,

which runs up the west side of the inlet from Trading Bay

to Granite Point and then crosses under the inlet to Nikiski,is part of “an integrated part of a total system of natural gaspipelines throughout the Cook Inlet.” It is “directly con-nected” to regulated pipelines on both the east and westsides of Cook Inlet, Agrium argues, and “is an integral partof the natural gas infrastructure” supplying natural gas tomanufacturing con-cerns and

p u b -lic utilities.

In addition to “compelling public policy reasons” forthe commission to investigate the regulatory status of thepipeline, Agrium told the commission it also “has a statu-tory duty to regulate CIGGS under both the PublicUtilities Act and the Pipeline Act.”

The pipeline transports natural gas for public utilityuse in three instances, which gives the commissionauthority under the Public Utilities Act, Agrium said.

The state’s pipeline act gives the commission “regula-tory authority over all common carrier pipelines … (and)Marathon and Unocal have operated CIGGS as a com-mon carrier pipeline transporting natural gas to Agrium’sKenai Plant for several years,” Agrium said, noting that

“Agrium pays a ‘tariff’ to Unocal for transportation ofnatural gas through CIGGS under the 1998 ExchangeAgreement between Marathon and Unocal as well as toUnocal for transportation of third-party natural gas.”

And, Agrium said, under the Pipeline Act, the com-mission “also has regulatory authority over a ‘total sys-tem of pipe,’” and the gathering system “delivers naturalgas to both Beluga Pipe Line and KNPL as part of theintegrated transportation of natural gas through the CookInlet,” and both of those are subject to the commission’s

regulation. Agrium also cites the Alaska Right-of-WayLeasing Act, which requires pipelines using

state leased land to operate as common car-riers. The exemption for pipelines like the

Cook Inlet Gas Gathering System is for“so long as their original or present

purpose and function remainsunchanged,” Agrium said, tellingthe commission that the pipeline’sfunction “has changed substantial-ly since 1972,” invalidating itsoriginal exemption from theRight-of-Way Leasing Act.

Expedited considerationrequested

Agrium also requested expedit-ed action by the commission, ask-

ing it to require responses by Oct.15 and to decide whether or not to

investigate by Nov. 1. Agrium argues: “As a direct result of

the lack of access to the gas pipelineinfrastructure in the Cook Inlet region of

Alaska, including CIGGS, Agrium has beenforced from time to time to shut down one of its

two processing lines and for the past two years hasoperated at substantially reduced capacity.”

Marathon has responded to Agrium’s request for anexpedited response, but not yet to the complaint, tellingthe commission: “The abbreviated schedule requested isprejudicial to Marathon, and the commission should notallow itself to be rushed into initiating a costly investiga-tion on the basis of Agrium’s erroneous legal theoriesand misleading factual allegations.”

Marathon said Agrium “does not identify any recentoccurrences giving rise to some new emergency affect-ing Agrium.”

In late 2003, Marathon said, Agrium blamed its “gassupply problems” on Unocal’s failure “to meet its gassupply commitments to Agrium, not Marathon orAgrium’s ‘lack of access to gas pipeline infrastructure’ inCook Inlet.” ●

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INTERNATIONALPetro-Canada opens door to RussianLNG; signs MOU with Gazprom

Petro-Canada has made its boldest foray yet in pursuing a global strategy of enter-ing the liquefied natural gas sector by signing a tentative deal designed to ship LNGto North American markets by2009.

The Calgary-based companysaid Oct. 12 that its Chief ExecutiveOfficer Ron Brenneman and AlexeiMiller, CEO of Russia’s giantGazprom, signed a memorandum ofunderstanding that includes a coop-erative study of liquefaction, regasi-fication and supply-demand funda-mentals. It also covers the potentialfor more cooperation in both Russiaand North America on exploration and production, regasification and marketing,with the possibility of jointly developing a US$1.2 billion liquefaction plant near St.Petersburg (formerly Leningrad). Brenneman said this is “both the right time and theright opportunity to advance Petro-Canada’s presence in the full LNG value chain.

“The (MOU) is a critical first step in achieving a long-term business relationshipwith Gazprom in support of our growth strategy.”

Gazprom, which extracted 19 trillion cubic feet of gas in 2003 and has resourcesestimated at 918 tcf, has signed similar MOUs with ChevronTexaco and Norway’sStatoil that stop just short of a formal contract.

Petro-Canada has already teamed up with TransCanada to build a C$660 millionLNG plant in northeastern Quebec that it hopes will provide 500 million cubic feetper day to U.S. and Canadian markets by 2009.

—GARY PARK

The Calgary-based company said Oct.12 that its Chief Executive Officer RonBrenneman and Alexei Miller, CEO of

Russia’s giant Gazprom, signed amemorandum of understanding that

includes a cooperative study ofliquefaction, regasification and supply-

demand fundamentals.

CANADADrillers back away from record pace

A dip in industry drilling plans turned into a full-fledged dive in Septemberwhen regulators in Canada issued just over 2,000 new well permits, down 20 per-cent from a year earlier.

For the first nine months, licenses have totaled 18,039, including 14,174 tar-geting natural gas prospects, compared with 17,323 to the end of September 2003,12,660 of them gas-intended wells.

From a headlong rush to surpass last year’s record 27,400 permits, companieshave suddenly applied the brakes, with August’s permits off 9 percent at 1,776and well completions for the month down 22 percent at 1,955.

The September permit count of 2,064 licenses stemmed from Alberta andSaskatchewan, the two most active provinces, while British Columbia continuedits strong year, totaling 890 permits to the end of September, a gain of 34 percentover 2003.

The major operators pulled back sharply in September, with EnCana pickingup 253 well permits vs. 388 a year earlier, while EOG Resources dropped to 89from 278 and Penn West Petroleum dropped to 29 from 108.

Of this year’s total, 13,953 were development wells, up 4.6 percent from lastyear, and 4,536 were listed as exploratory holes, up 4.4 percent.

—GARY PARK

UNITED STATES

Goodrich producing gas from 7 new wellsGoodrich Petroleum Corp. has drilled

eight wells in its Cotton Valley acreage ineastern Texas and northwestern Louisiana,with all successful and seven already inproduction. The Houston-based independ-ent announced those results Oct. 12.

Two more wells are currently beingdrilled in the area and are expected toreach total depth sometime this month.Altogether, Goodrich plans to drill 14 or15 wells on its 40,000 acres by the end of the year.

The wells aren’t big producers, and they typically lose about half of their initialflow rate in the first year, but each well then hits its stride and can continue producing

see GOODRICH page A5

Two more wells are currentlybeing drilled in the area and are

expected to reach total depthsometime this month. Altogether,Goodrich plans to drill 14 or 15wells on its 40,000 acres by the

end of the year.

A4 PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF OCTOBER 17, 2004ON DEADLINE

NORTH SLOPEAOGCC OKs Alpine oil pool expansion

The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission has approved an applicationfrom ConocoPhillips Alaska to expand the Alpine oil pool area to the northwest. Alpinewas discovered in 1994. The commission said field operator ConocoPhillips has useddata from more than 100 exploration, development and service wells penetrating theAlpine sandstone of the Kingak formation,along with a 3-D seismic survey, to estimatethe extent of the oil accumulation, with recentdrilling in the northwest portion of the Alpineoil pool indicating thicker sand than original-ly interpreted.

The commission said that based on all thedata it now has, ConocoPhillips has identifiedan opportunity to increase developed originaloil in place with as many as six new wells.

Current estimated original oil in place atAlpine is 650 million to 750 million barrels, ofwhich, the commission said, an estimated 31million to 55 million barrels are within theproposed addition. Primary production isexpected to recover 10-15 percent of originaloil in place, and an additional 45-50 percentunder miscible water alternating gas injection.

“The development of the pool will contin-ue using horizontal wells arranged in a line-drive pattern,” the commission said, withspacing varying based on drilling and modeled recovery, but with distance betweenwell bores open to the Alpine oil pool to exceed 500 feet.

Wells in the proposed addition will be drilled from the existing CD2-Pad. ConocoPhillips told the commission in its August application that it will drill wells

in the Alpine oil pool expansion area as tract operations, and once production has beenestablished will apply to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources and the ArcticSlope Regional Corp. to expand the Alpine participating area, the area within theColville River unit from which production occurs.

Alpine came on line in November of 2000 at some 80,000 barrels a day and hasbeen producing at 100,000 to 105,000 bpd, and hit rates above 117,000 bpd inSeptember as the first phase of facility capacity expansion became operational. Whenfacility capacity expansion is completed next year, the facility will have a capacity of140,000 bpd.

—KRISTEN NELSON

Current estimated original oilin place at Alpine is 650

million to 750 million barrels,of which, the commission

said, an estimated 31 millionto 55 million barrels are

within the proposed addition.Primary production is

expected to recover 10-15percent of original oil in

place, and an additional 45-50 percent under miscible

water alternating gasinjection.

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Governor: Alaskamust have stake in gas pipeline

By KRISTEN NELSON Petroleum News Editor-in-Chief

edro van Meurs says Congressionalpassage of Alaska gas pipeline provi-sions was “miraculous.”

Van Meurs, who is advising thestate in its negotiations with potentialbuilders of a gas pipeline from the NorthSlope, called what Congress passed “suchan intelligent bill.” And in gaining passage,he said, Alaska’s con-gressional delegation“taught the entireCongress that to getthe project we have toreduce risk.”

Van Meurs fol-lowed Alaska Gov.Frank Murkowski,who told a hearing ofthe LegislativeBudget and Audit andSenate Resourcescommittees inAnchorage Oct. 13that “a critical ele-ment of a successfulnegotiation willinvolve the state taking an equity positionand significant level of project risk.” Andbecause the Legislature does not have theability to change a contract negotiated underthe Alaska Stranded Gas Development Act,the governor said he wanted legislators tohave an opportunity to discuss the elementof risk with their constituents now.

He said that he could not discuss detailsof the confidential negotiations, “but I cantell you that a critical element of a success-ful negotiation will involve the state takingan equity position and a significant level orproject risk.”

And Murkowski said he didn’t want theadministration’s team “to spend monthsnegotiating a contract with equity and ship-pers’ risk incorporated into the documentonly to have you, as a legislative body, tellme that that this concept is a complete non-starter.”

We may have missed the boat with thetrans-Alaska oil pipeline, he said: ownershipwould have put the state in a better positionto obtain more of the revenue for Alaska,although it would have also exposed thestate to significant risk — in the case of thetrans-Alaska pipeline, cost overruns on con-struction. But, the governor said: “We havestood on the sidelines for nearly 30 yearswatching a lot of revenue flow to those whowere willing to take the risk.”

Competitors take risks Van Meurs, who has advised govern-

ments in negotiations with oil and gas com-

panies for 30 years, said there is a risk-reward balance: The more risk a govern-ment is prepared to accept, the higher thegovernment revenues.

Alaska’s competitors — countriesaround the world with stranded gasresources — are getting their gas developedby lowering the project risk. “Your competi-tors understand the risk-reward balance,” hetold legislators, citing developments in TheNetherlands, Venezuela, Russia, Brunei,Oman, Qatar, Norway, Malaysia, China andColombia.

And on the subject of Russia van Meursnoted that Alaskans were a little naïve inwishing former ConocoPhillips Alaska headKevin Meyers well on his transfer to Russia.Russia is a competitor of Alaska, van Meurssaid. Alaskans should have been asking ifMeyers was taking ConocoPhillips’ moneywith him.

Unique Alaska issues All of Alaska’s competitors are doing

quite well, van Meurs said, and Alaska is notyet out of the starting gate.

So that’s the problem? It’s the uniquerisks of an Alaska project.

The project is huge: compared to the cur-rent 40 largest oil and gas projects in theworld, the Alaska natural gas pipeline proj-ect, at $18 billion, is three times the size ofthe next largest. According to van Meurs’data, even at $14 billion (connecting toCanada infrastructure) the Alaska project ismore than twice the size of the next largest,with a capital expenditure of some $6 bil-lion.

The “gigantic size” of the project, hesaid, is a risk by itself: if you failed with thisproject the risk for your company is “horri-ble.” Size creates another risk: the huge up-front capital requirements mean the projecthas a low rate of return compared to com-peting projects, and that’s related to the proj-ect size, van Meurs said, not to Alaska’s fis-cal system.

Natural gas price uncertainty and costoverrun risk are also downside risks,although van Meurs said the upside, withfiscal stability, is also very high.

Then, he said, there is the regulatoryenvironment: North America, he said, hasthe most complex regulatory environment inthe world. Competitors, he said, don’t haveregulatory risk.

“To get this project going requires uniquesolutions,” van Meurs said: “It won’t go byitself.”

The passage of the federal gas pipelinelegislation was “a gigantic step forward,” hesaid, but the onus is now on Alaska: “Nowwe are the only ones standing in the way ofthis project.” ●

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Alaska Gov. FrankMurkowski … (said)“a critical elementof a successfulnegotiation willinvolve the statetaking an equityposition and signifi-cant level of projectrisk.”

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One giant leap forPetrohawk Energy

By RAY TYSON Petroleum News Houston Correspondent

etrohawk Energy, a small independentwith a Texas-size appetite, has made agiant leap into the exploration and pro-duction business, agreeing to buy

Wynn-Crosby Energy and its related limitedpartnerships for a hefty $425 million.

The deal, expected to close at the end ofNovember, would increase Petrohawk’sproved oil and gas reserves by more than600 percent, while raising the company’sdaily production by more than 500 percent.

“This is a transforming event forPetrohawk,” Floyd Wilson, Petrohawk’sCEO, said Oct. 13.

Houston-based Petrohawk, formerlyBeta Oil & Gas, said it plans to finance thedeal using a combination of cash, debt andstock.

The properties to be acquired are in theSouth Texas, East Texas, Permian, Arkomaand Midcontinent regions.

The transaction includes estimatedproved reserves of 200 billion cubic feet ofnatural gas equivalent, 74 percent of whichis natural gas, and daily production of 46million cubic feet of gas equivalent. Thatcompares to current Petrohawk reserves of33 bcf of equivalent and daily production ofaround 9 million cubic feet of equivalent.

The properties include about 75,000 netundeveloped acres in the Arkoma basin inArkansas, as well as significant explorationopportunities in South Louisiana, SouthTexas and the Anadarko basin.

The Wynn-Crosby properties also con-tain more than 100 bcf of estimated probableand possible reserves, the company said,adding that about $30 million of the $425-million purchase price can be attributed toprobable and possible reserves, undevel-oped acreage and other assets.

“We believe these high quality, long-lived assets include significant upside, andwe will attempt to boost recovery rates with-in an accelerated development program,”Wilson said.

Major properties in the asset base include

interests in La Reforma, a significantVicksburg field in South Texas, the DryHollow and Provident City fields in theWilcox trend of Lavaca County, Texas, andthe Los Indios, Nabors, Ann Mag andMcAllen Ranch fields, also in South Texas.

In the East Texas basin, significant prop-erties include interests in the SouthCarthage, North Beckville and Blockerfields. Other key properties include interestsin the Waddell Ranch, Teague and ROCfields in the Permian Basin, theKinta/Cedars/Pine Hollow area in theArkoma basin and the Lipscomb and Eakly-Weatherford fields in the Anadarko basin.

Aggressive program planned Petrohawk said it plans an aggressive

development program on the acquired prop-erties in 2005 and beyond.

The company said it expects to hedge asignificant portion of production fromproved developed producing reserves for thenext two to three years.

However, Petrohawk said it may sellabout 5.5 million cubic feet of gas equiva-lent reserves on the acquired properties “aspart of the company’s portfolio managementstrategy.” Wynn-Crosby is a private compa-ny specializing in direct investments in pro-ducing oil and gas properties. The companyacquires, develops and operates producingoil and gas properties on behalf of equitybased limited partnerships.

Founded in 1993, Wynn-Crosby formedits first partnership in 1995. Since, the com-pany has acquired more than $248 million inproducing oil and gas properties and invest-ed an additional $88 million to further devel-op the properties acquired. The companycurrently manages eight limited partner-ships.

Petrohawk reported a 2004 second-quar-ter net loss of $1.5 million or 16 cents pershare on discretionally cash flow of just $1.9million. The lower operating results wereattributed to a $2 million non-cash stockoption compensation expense for “certainsevered or former employees” of the com-pany. ●

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for two decades or more. Each well isexpected to produce between 750 millionand 1.25 billion cubic feet of gas over itslifespan.

Seven of the eight wells completed sofar have been perforated, fracture stimulat-ed and put into production, with initial flowrates of about 1.1 million cubic feet per day,though the average daily production willlikely be in the range of about 800,000

cubic feet. The eighth well is awaiting frac-ture stimulation.

Goodrich also announced that itsBurrwood/West Delta 83 fields in southernLouisiana are back in production after afive-day shut-in due to Hurricane Ivan.With those fields and the Cotton Valley pro-duction, Goodrich is now producing 24 mil-lion to 26 million cubic feet of gas equiva-lent daily, with 63 percent of that natural gasand the remaining 37 percent crude oil andnatural gas liquids.

—ALLEN BAKER

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Magnum Hunter to pursue‘strategic alternatives’Company unhappy with stock trading below value; action could lead tosale of company or merger; Evans retires from management team

By RAY TYSON Petroleum News Houston Correspondent

agnum Hunter, among the fastestgrowing exploration and produc-tion independents in the UnitedStates, has surprised investors

with a bold move that could lead to thesale of the company or perhaps a mergerwith another company.

That’s because Magnum Hunter saysthe company’s true value is not reflectedin its current stock price and that any fur-ther drilling or acquisitions it could makewould not generate the financial pop itdesires given today’s strong commodityprice environment.

“I just believe the commodity price

environment so much overwhelms any-thing we could do operationally on anyassets we have at the current time,” GaryEvans, Magnum Hunter’s president andchief executive officer, said in an Oct. 7conference call with investors and ana-lysts.

“So what a great time to try and figureout how to enhance the value of thesetremendous assets the company has in itsportfolio.”

In one of its largest deals everannounced in June, Magnum Hunteragreed to pay $240 million for nearly 100billion cubic feet of proved gas equivalentreserves and other assets from TomBrown, an acquisition and subsidiary of

HOUSTONEdge to pay $50 million forContango’s South Texas assets

Exploration and production independent Edge Petroleum hasagreed to acquire virtually all of Contango’s oil and gas proper-ties in South Texas for about $50 million, Edge said Oct. 7.

Edge estimated that the properties to be acquired contain about18.3 billion cubic of gas equivalent proved reserves, consisting of16 bcf of proved producing reserves and 2.3 bcf of proved unde-veloped reserves.

In addition, Edge said its technical team has identified a sub-stantial number of additional drilling locations on undevelopedacreage. Edge said about $5 million of the $50 million purchaseprice would be allocated to the undeveloped property.

The properties, located primarily in Jim Hogg County, are inan area of South Texas that has been one of Edge’s most activeareas in recent years. The transaction is expected to close beforeyear-end, Edge said.

The properties to be acquired consist of 38 non-operated pro-ducing wells with an average 68 percent working interest and 52percent net revenue interest. Current daily net production fromthe properties is about 12 million cubic feet of gas equivalent day,90 percent of which is natural gas.

—RAY TYSON

MIDLAND, TEXAS

Parallel expands stake inWest Texas Fullerton field

Independent producer Parallel Petroleum has purchased anadditional interest in the Lineberry and Grogan leases in theFullerton field of Andrews County in the Permian basin of WestTexas for $5.63 million, the company said Oct. 8.

The additional interest was acquired from Kaiser-Francis OilCo., Parallel said, adding it financed the acquisition using a por-tion of its revolving credit. The effective date of the acquisitionwas Sept. 1. Parallel recently purchased $15.3 million ofFullerton properties from Chevron U.S.A.

The Lineberry and Grogan leases cover about 720 contiguousgross acres and consist of 21 gross producing oil and gas wellsthat produce from the San Andres formation at a depth of about4,800 feet. The recent acquisition increased Parallel’s workingand net revenue interests in the two leases from an average 35.3percent working and 26.3 percent net revenue interest to an aver-age 76.5 percent working and 58.9 percent net revenue interest.

The additional interest represents an estimated 540,000 bar-rels of proved oil equivalent reserves net to Parallel, 73 percentof which is proved developed producing reserves.

Since December 2002, Parallel has acquired about 11.65 mil-lion barrels of proved equivalent oil reserves for an estimatedtotal combined acquisition price of $67 million.

—RAY TYSON

M“I just believe thecommodity priceenvironment somuch overwhelmsanything we coulddo operationally onany assets we haveat the current time.”—Gary Evans,Magnum Hunter’spresident and chiefexecutive officer

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Price of oil surpasses $54 abarrel; supplies a concernInternational agency raises demand forecast for ’04, lowers 2005 forecastslightly; global production capacity only about 1% above daily demand

By BRAD FOSSAssociated Press Business Writer

il futures prices surpassed $54 a barrel Oct.12 on supply concerns in Nigeria and theGulf of Mexico, where hurricane damage topipelines and production platforms could

curb output for months. Meantime, the International Energy Agency, a

Paris-based energy watchdog for oil-consumingcountries, on Oct. 12 raised its demand forecast for2004 to 82.4 million barrels per day, on average,an increase of 240,000 barrels per day.

Crude for November delivery rose as high as$54.05 Oct. 12 on the New York Mercantile

Exchange before retreating to $53.85 per barrel, anincrease of 21 cents from Oct. 11’s record settle-ment of $53.64 per barrel.

While oil prices are more than 80 percent high-er than a year ago, they are still about $26 belowthe peak inflation-adjusted price reached in 1981.Underlying daily jitters is that excess availableoutput is scant, with global production capacityonly about 1 percent above the daily demand.

2005 demand forecast down slightly The IEA said it expects demand to be 83.9 mil-

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By KAY CASHMANPetroleum News Publisher & Managing Editor

ormer ARCO senior executive Ken Thompson hasinvested in Alaska Venture Capital Group LLCand been named the fifth managing partner for theKansas-based independent. AVCG, which holds

142,000 acres in oil and gas leases on Alaska’s NorthSlope, is owned by eight Kansas independent oil andgas companies — Thompson’s Alaska Energy PartnersLLC is the first Alaska-basedowner.

According to an Oct. 10 inter-view with AVCG managing part-ner Bo Darrah, Thompson willalso serve as chairman of BrooksRange Petroleum Corp., a compa-ny AVCG formed earlier this yearas a subsidiary to operate itsAlaska leases. Darrah will contin-ue serving as president and CEOof Brooks Range. “Edgar (Dunne)and I are elated to have Ken work-ing with us side by side,” Darrahsaid.

In an Oct. 11 interview,Thompson said his key role atBrooks Range will be “overseeingstrategy, providing input onexploration prospects and futureleasing, and I will continue tobuild relationships with partnersin the state.”

He said one of the things that attracted him toAVCG and Brooks Range was their “promising”prospects, including “a couple of past ARCO prospectsthat I was familiar with.”

Thompson was also attracted to the idea of workingwith independents again.

“In my early years with ARCO, before I came toAlaska, ARCO was involved in many different areas ofthe Lower 48, including West Texas, Oklahoma,Louisiana, the Gulf of Mexico and the Rockies. … Wepartnered with a lot of independents. I enjoyed work-ing with them. … Like in other areas, the independentsare bringing new exploration ideas to the North Slope,along with a more cost-effective way to develop small-er fields. That’s the successful niche the independentshave always had in the oil and gas business.”

Another thing that attracted him to the Kansasgroup was the performance of the eight independentsthat own AVCG: “They have a great track record inKansas and other areas and they have some fresh ideason exploration and development. Plus, they are justdownright fun to work with!”

One of the problems AVCG has had in attractingcapital for their North Slope projects, Thompson said,was the lack of North Slope operating experience.

“I certainly bring that to their partnership,” he said,referring to his four years as ARCO Alaska’s presidentfrom 1994-98.

“I bring North Slope experience and they bring afresh way of looking at things. I have seen that be suc-cessful in other basins where the majors were de-emphasizing investment as they search for giant fieldselsewhere. It’s going to be exciting,” he said. “Itreminds me of the days when Atlantic Richfield wasjust an independent company that didn’t give upexploring on the North Slope … that independent per-sistence paid off in the discovery of Prudhoe Bay andKuparuk.”

AVCG and Brooks Range Petroleum remindThompson in other ways of ARCO, which has sincebeen merged with BP and its Alaska assets sold toPhillips, now ConocoPhillips: “AVCG and BrooksRange Petroleum have high values, a concern for theenvironment, an entrepreneurial work environment foremployees and we will exhibit good corporate citizen-ship — very much like ARCO.”

But he also wants to “learn from the great legacy ofthese Kansas independents; to do things in the mostcost-effective way, while maintaining our values,”Thompson said.

The company’s “key strategies” are achieving envi-ronmental and safety excellence, monetizing itsprospects and acreage, and trying to improve the coststructure of drilling and development on the NorthSlope.

“You’ve got to have environmental and safety astop priorities if you’re going to operate on the slopeand we do have the vision of eventually being one ofthe quality operating companies on the North Slope,”Thompson said.

Monetizing prospects, he said, will be done by“partnering with other independents and the majors,too.”

Lowering costs “will be achieved by utilizing newertechnologies. … We’re working with ASRC EnergyServices, for example, on new concepts such as small-er-scale and skid-mounted production systems – whatwe call ‘micro-processing units,’” he said.

Thompson will continue in his role with Pacific StarEnergy LLC, an Anchorage-based company he formedto give Alaskans a vehicle for equity investment in anatural gas pipeline from the North Slope to outsidemarkets.

“That effort is continuing and is a very high priori-ty for me, especially now that our delegation securedpassage of significant federal incentives for the gasline” he said. ●

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Thompson said his key role at Brooks Rangewill be “overseeing strategy, providing input onexploration prospects and future leasing, and I

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big Canadian independent EnCana. The dealhas since closed.

Evans to retire from management teamEvans, 46, who has been with Magnum

Hunter since its inception in 1985, alsostunned investors with his announced retire-ment from the management team effectivenext April. However, he will remain a mem-ber of the company’s board of directors.

“There is nobody here trying to keeptheir job, earn a paycheck at the expense ofthe shareholders,” Evans said. “It’s a matterof we’ve reached this level and where do we

go from here.” The company also appointed Jerry Box,

66, chairman of the board. A board membersince 1999, the former president and chiefoperating officer of Oryx Energy has beenhanded the task of finding a replacement forEvans, as well as heading up a special com-mittee to explore “strategic alternatives” forthe company.

“We’ll take whatever steps necessary toensure that all possible alternatives regard-ing Magnum Hunter’s strategic future willbe investigated thoroughly,” Box said.

Both he and Evans said the board wouldsoon hire financial advisors to assist withdeveloping a strategy, but insisted the com-pany was not under a deadline to come upwith a final plan. In addition to a merger oroutright sale of the company, taking on afinancial partner using a leverage toolknown as Volumetric Production Payment(VPP), also is being explored, along withother undisclosed options, the companysaid.

“What we’re trying to do is keep ourminds open and look at all the possible alter-natives that might exist out there,” Evansasserted.

From $1,000 to $1.8 billion In its nearly 20 years of existence,

Magnum Hunter expanded on an initial shoestring investment of $1,000 into a companywith $1.8 billion in assets and annual rev-enues exceeding $450 million.

Magnum Hunter also owns an impres-sive portfolio of U.S. oil and gas properties,located primarily in the Midcontinentregion, the Permian basin, the Gulf Coastregion and the Gulf of Mexico, where thecompany owns interests in some 250 off-shore blocks.

Additionally, Magnum Hunter owns andoperates three gas gathering systems cover-ing more than 480 miles and a 50 percent orgreater ownership interest in four natural gasprocessing plants.

At year-end, Magnum Hunter had aninterest in 5,591 wells and had estimatedproved reserves of 838.4 billion cubic feet ofnatural gas equivalent. About 75 percent thereserves were proved developed reserves.

For the six months of 2004, MagnumHunter’s revenues rose 33 percent to $210.4million compared to the same period lastyear, while net income before accountingchanges totaled $42.5 million, up from $11.8million. Annual production is expected toexceed last year’s output by around 10 per-cent.

“There is intrinsic value embedded in agroup of hard assets in the company that isnot being valued with the stock price,”Evans said.

Magnum Hunter is currently trading atunder $13 per share. A few weeks ago, thecompany valued the company’s assets atroughly $17 per share, but that was whennatural gas prices were $6.03 per thousandcubic feet and oil was $37.05 per barrel. Gasis currently selling at over $7 per thousandcubic feet and oil at over $50 per barrel.

“We have one of the largest inventories inthe United States of any publicly tradedcompany,” Evans said. “We believe that inthis environment, with a lack of prospects, alack of properties … Magnum Hunter reallystands out.” ●

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previous estimates as the growingappetite for crude in China tapers off.

In Nigeria, a nationwide strike toprotest higher fuel prices began Oct. 11,shutting down most of Lagos, Nigeria’scommercial capital.

Royal Dutch/Shell Group said itsNigerian output would be cut by 20,000barrels a day due to a ruptured pipeline,though a London-based spokesman forthe company said the problem did notappear to be related to the labor strife.Otherwise, the country’s output of 2.5million barrels per day has not beenaffected.

Traders are jittery nevertheless

because Nigeria produces low-sulfurcrude, which is in high demand for theproduction of transport fuels.

The four-day strike takes place justafter a militia group and the governmentreached a tentative peace deal.

The market is also closely monitoringthe slow recovery of production in theGulf of Mexico, where 17 million barrelsof oil production have been lost sinceHurricane Ivan whipped through theregion a month ago.

Repeated efforts by the Organizationof Petroleum Exporting Countries tolower prices by boosting output havebeen largely ineffective because the fuelthey offer to the market has a high-sulfurcontent, which is less desirable amongmany refiners. ●

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PRICEAccording to an Oct. 12 Dow Jones

Newswire report from London, analystsare saying that OPEC’s predicted $5increase in its price target to $30 a barrelcould result in a massive injection of freshcapital into oil exploration and produc-tion. The increase, “widely expected tobe agreed” to when the Organization ofPetroleum Exporting Countries meets inDecember, “could support higher crudeprices for the very long run. Shorter-term,it could persuade companies to raise theirhighly conservative oil price projections,on which investment decisions arebased,” the news report said.

“No one suggests there would be an

industry-wide knee-jerk reaction to achange in the OPEC target. Instead, ana-lysts and company finance directors say itcould bolster the belief that higher pricesare here to stay,” the Dow Jones reportsaid.

“If the cash flow goes back, we couldbe talking about a 20 percent increase incapital spending,” Energy analyst AdamSieminski of Deutsche Bank was quotedas saying.

Citigroup SmithBarney estimated“possibly $40 billion-$50 billion in extracapital expenditure a year for the oilindustry could flow in if OPEC raises itsprice band by $5.”

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NORTH AMERICAGas shippers show interest ineastern North America

The hunger for natural gas in eastern North America was reflectedin a recent open season by Duke Energy Gas Transmission, whichcould add capacity to three systems starting in early 2005 in responseto shipper interest. Union Gas in Ontario could add 3 billion cubic feetper day, while Texas Eastern Transmission is eying 2 billion andAlgonquin Gas 1 billion. In addition storage facilities at the Dawnhub in Ontario could be increased by 50 billion cubic feet.

Duke Energy Gas Transmission President Tom O’Connor saidOct. 8 that the shipper response is an important first step in buildingenergy infrastructure in Ontario as the company capitalizes on theDawn hub’s access to North American gas supply.

He said that even though not all the nominations will necessarilyresult in firm contracts, there is an indication of continuing demand.

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Anadarko full-steamahead on LNG projectU.S. firm starts clearing site in Nova Scotia ahead of provincial, federalapprovals; certain project will find ready market for output in North America

By GARY PARK Petroleum News Calgary Correspondent

nadarko Petroleum rejects any talk of a race toopen a liquefied natural gas terminal in AtlanticCanada, but it’s moving ahead with its ownC$450 million project without waiting for reg-

ulatory approvals. Less than two months after taking ownership of

the Bear Head venture in Nova Scotia, the U.S. inde-pendent has started clearing the site, although sever-al regulatory hurdles have yet to be cleared.

Robert Daniels, senior vice president, explorationand production, said Anadarko has decided to pro-ceed before it has locked up a secure gas supply orobtained government approvals.

“We don’t think we’re in a race with anybody.We’re just in a race to get our plant delivered on timeand on budget,” Daniels told a Canadian offshore

exhibition in Halifax. The project has received a go-ahead on its envi-

ronmental assessment, seen by the company as a sig-nificant breakthrough given the tough opposition inthe United States to LNG proposals.

But the Nova Scotia Labor Department must stillissue an industrial permit for the construction plans,the Canadian Department of Transport must clear theproject under the Navigable Waters Protection Actand the National Energy Board must approve theproduction of natural gas at the terminal — a first forthe federal regulator since Canada currently has noLNG plants.

Exploring supply opportunities While negotiating the regulatory maze, Anadarko

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Husky in forefront of CNGCEO points to compressed natural gas as one way to develop challengingNewfoundland environment; expects technology proposal in January

By GARY PARK Petroleum News Calgary Correspondent

usky Energy has placed the evolving technol-ogy for the marine transportation of com-pressed natural gas high on its list of optionsto unlock offshore Newfoundland’s natural

gas. President and Chief Executive Officer John Lau

said feasibility studies now underway should give a“firm indication of what technology to use” byJanuary 2005.

He told the Newfoundland Ocean IndustriesAssociation Oct. 7 that Husky is weighing the fullrange of alternatives to develop gas in the storm-tossed, iceberg-infested region, including CNG and

liquefied natural gas.“Most likely, under the current proposal, we

may go along with CNG,” he told reporters after hisspeech.

Industry and governments have been activelyexploring CNG and barge transportation as analternative to undersea pipelines from offshoreNewfoundland and Nova Scotia that are generallythought to be prohibitively expensive.

Although Nova Scotia is already pumping gasfrom its Sable field, Newfoundland has been morefocused on its oil fields in the Jeanne d’Arc Basinthan tapping into gas, most of which has been re-injected to sustain oil reservoir pressures, although

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Unocal expands storage facility The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission has approved

an application of Unocal Alaska to expand the Kenai gas storagefacility to include a second well. The original gas storage well,KGSF No. 1, was completed exclusively in the Tyonek 64-5 reser-voir. The second well, the KGSF No. 7A, will be completed to thesame reservoir. The estimated maximum volume of gas to be inject-ed in the No. 7A is 30 million cubic feet per day.

The commission said that any further expansion of the Kenai gasstorage facility will require definition of an affected area correspon-ding to the areal extent of the Tyonek 64-5 reservoir and a well spac-ing rule for gas storage wells. Gas storage allows accumulation ofnatural gas for use when consumption peaks in the winter.

Sempra to buy Indonesia gasfrom BP for North America

Sempra Energy LNG said Oct. 12 that it signed a 20-year agree-ment to purchase 3.7 million tons of liquefied natural gas per yearfrom Indonesia for its proposed terminal just south of the U.S. bor-der from BP PLC and its partner Tangguh LNG.

The unit of energy services holding company Sempra Energysaid the first shipment from Tangguh’s Indonesian liquefaction ter-minal to the Energia Costa Azul LNG receipt terminal in BajaCalifornia, Mexico, is expected to arrive in 2008.

Pricing of the LNG will be tied to the SoCal border index for nat-ural gas, Sempra said.

The company said the agreement allows for further developmentof the Mexican receipt terminal. Construction contracts will besigned by year-end with operations expected to begin in early 2008.

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the potential of the basin has been esti-mated at 24 trillion cubic feet and for allof the Newfoundland waters at 61 tcf.

Husky has called for gasdevelopment

But Husky, 72.5 percent operator ofthe White Rose oilfield, due to startoperations no later than early 2006,stirred interest in gas last June when itcalled for proposals to develop WhiteRose gas to gauge the costs, technicaland regulatory issues.

The White Rose reserve has beencalculated at about 2.1 tcf and was test-ed four years ago at 30 million cubicfeet per day under restricted flow con-ditions. It carries the added benefit ofnot being needed to maintain oil reser-voir pressures.

Having received a strong responseto that invitation, Husky moved to thenext stage by asking for more detailedplans.

It expects to decide within two yearshow to advance the plans, although Lausaid it will take up to 10 years toachieve commercial production,depending on the regulatory approachtaken by governments.

The interest in Newfoundland gascomes as researchers are making solidprogress on CNG technology and theassociated use of barges.

A study by David Engineering forthe Canadian and Newfoundland gov-ernments concluded that specially-designed ships delivering CNG to mar-kets could overcome the region’s

severe operating conditions. The Newfoundland government wel-

comed those findings including a rec-ommendation to establish a CNG centerof excellence in the province to conductmore detailed research.

TransCanada studying CNG Meanwhile, TransCanada has

launched its own studies into ways ofcarrying CNG by ship over distances of1,500 miles.

That would involve the use of steeland glass fiber hybrid pressure contain-ers known as gas transportation mod-ules that could be stacked on barges,trucks or rail cars.

In 2003, Robert Jones, TransCanada’sdirector of natural gas development, saiddisused single-hulled oil tankers couldbe converted into barges capable of ship-ping as much as 100 million cubic feetper day and be operated safely anywhereon the East Coast.

He indicated that a pilot projectcould open the door to starting such aservice by 2007.

Michael Economides, a chemicalengineer at the University of Houston,told a Newfoundland conference thisyear that CNG, by eliminating liquefac-tion and regasification plants, sharplylowers the capital costs.

Houston-based EnerSea is workingon one CNG system that it estimatescould be one-tenth the cost of anonshore liquid or regasification plant.

Steve Henley, vice president of AMIGroup, which has partnered withEnerSea, believes these advances inCNG technology could seeNewfoundland gas come on stream by2010. ●

Qatar, where it has exploration rights and isnow negotiating rights to liquefactioncapacity.

“Those are two obvious (sources),considering we have got relationshipsalready,” Anadarko spokeswoman NadineBarer, told the Halifax Chronicle-Heralda month ago.

She said Qatar Petroleum andAlgeria’s state-run Sonatrach are “look-ing for something out of this particularproject and we’re looking to spread ourrisk around. They will become a partnerwhatever percentage is negotiated.”

Also unresolved is a deal to connectthe Bear Head plant with the Maritimes &Northeast Pipeline, which currently shipsabout 430 million cubic feet per day ofgas from the Sable field offshore NovaScotia to the U.S. Northeast.

Duke Energy Services, which has amajority interest in Maritimes &Northeast, said the pipeline will have tobe expanded from its current capacity of650 million cubic feet per day to handlethe extra gas flow.

Irving Oil has green light to proceed Since taking over Bear Head from pri-

vately held Access Northeast Energy,Anadarko has rapidly closed the gap onCanada’s Irving Oil, which has a greenlight to proceed with its Canport projectin New Brunswick in partnership withSpain’s Repsol.

The C$750 million Canport venture isscheduled to start operations in 2007, thesame year Bear Head is targeting a start-up.

Irving’s progress gained momentum inlate September when it teamed up withRepsol, Europe’s fifth-largest energygroup.

Repsol, in turn, added value earlierthis month by announcing it was joiningRoyal Dutch/Shell in a US$4 billion LNGproject in Iran.

“All of us will be looking at what hap-pens with other (LNG) plants as we moveforward, but we think the market will dic-tate how many plants are needed,” saidDaniels.

He said Anadarko’s own assessmentsuggest that Bear Head will be needed tosatisfy the North American market. ●

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ANGDA talkscontracts withprospective biddersRequests for proposalsplanned by mid-Octoberfor LNG project definition

By KRISTEN NELSONPetroleum News Editor-in-Chief

he explosion at an Algerian liquefiednatural gas plant in January raisedconcerns among financiers about howclose together LNG trains should be

built, says Harold Heinze, chief executiveofficer of the Alaska Natural GasDevelopment Authority.

The loss of three trains was unaccept-able to investors, and may change where anAlaska LNG facilitycould be built, hesaid.

That is one issuethat will be addressedin $775,000 worth ofcontracts, includingcompetitive sealedbids and some sole-source contracts thatthe authority is nowin the process of let-ting. Heinze andother authority offi-cials met Oct. 7 with prospective biddersfor the larger contracts, for which staterequests for proposals will be issued inmid-October.

The largest contracts, $200,000 and$150,000, are LNG-related; there is also a$100,000 spur line contract.

The $200,000 contract will be for LNGproject definition, Heinze said: what is thebest project for us in Alaska? The authorityhas looked at the Yukon Pacific proposal,and the project definition contract will be tolook at an Alaska LNG project more broad-ly, and see if the authority can improve onthe project, he said.

Elements include application ofadvances in pipeline technology to anAlaska LNG project and magnitude ofpotential cost savings; implications of a 2billion cubic feet per day project vs. a 1 bcfper day project; phasing of the project withrespect to building up to market capacity;timing construction of the project compo-nents to match the Alaska labor force; andtwo items for which the LNG plant con-cepts contractor will be the lead — LNGplant footprint (primary lead on this item isthe LNG plant concepts contractor); andLNG plant locations in Valdez and CookInlet (primary lead on this item is the LNGplant concepts contractor).

Heinze said while the authority knowssome of the major questions, it wants con-tractors to help it determine what needs tobe studied and how it should be studied.

Separate contracts will be awarded Heinze said the authority does not intend

to issue the LNG project definition andLNG plant concepts contracts to the samecontractor because it wants the “richness ofthinking” that comes from more than onegroup.

But it will be a cooperative venture. Theboundaries between the two LNG contracts

are vague now, he said, but when theauthority has contractor proposals it will“cut and fit” to eliminate overlap.

Heinze said the authority is looking forcontractors who will work the project out ofAnchorage so that the authority and con-tractors can hold weekly coordination meet-ings with Tim Bridgman, the authority’scontract coordinator for the LNG project.

The product of the contracts will bereports which will be a public documentpublished on the authority’s web site, andHeinze said he expects that executive sum-maries for the reports will be written to pol-icy makers in the state of Alaska, with moretechnical parts probably of more interest tothe authority itself.

The $150,000 LNG contract for plantconcepts includes the maximum natural gasliquids content in a North Slope pipeline;optimum LNG train size, plant layout andfootprint; implications of a 2 bcf a day vs. 1bcf a day capacity; use of large electricmotors as drivers in compressor stationsand LNG plant; availability and uses ofelectric power; LNG tank storage technolo-gy; LNG plant footprint; LNG plant loca-tions in Valdez and Cook Inlet; build-in-place vs. modular construction of plantcomponents; barging LNG plant modulesand sinking barges in place as permanentfoundation; phasing of project with respectto market capacity; and timing constructionof project components to match Alaskalabor force.

Sealed bids will be due at 3 p.m. Nov. 17and the authority expects to award bids inmid-December, with a Jan. 6 kick-off meet-ing for successful contractors, draft reportsdue March 15 and final reports due April 5.

Application for spur line right of way The spur line contracts will answer ques-

tions in the state’s right-of-way lease appli-cation which the authority will file for theGlennallen to Palmer gas spur line project.There are four contracts: engineeringdesign $100,000; alignment land issues$50,000; environmental $50,000; and pub-lic outreach process $50,000.

Heinze said the authority is in discus-sions with at least three other parties inter-ested in building a spur line by themselvesor as part of a group, and Enstar has saidthey would like to be involved.

The authority plans to submit a right-of-way lease application at the beginning ofApril, as the state right-of-way review teamis finished with Trans-Canada’s application,finish the state right-of-way lease processbefore mid-year and have a right of way bymid-July, Heinze said.

The authority’s spur line project woulddeliver 500 million cubic feet per day ofnatural gas through 140 miles of 24-inchhigh-pressure gas line, with a projected$300 million construction cost, for a tariffof 15 cents per million British thermalunits.

Heinze said that in addition to the all-Alaska LNG project, the authority is work-ing on helping the highway gas line throughanalysis of in-state gas use and benefits andanalysis of how to use the state’s financialstrengths to participate in the project, aswell as studying how to get North Slope gasto Cook Inlet. ●

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ALBERTAMEG Energy, Newmont Miningtake Alberta oil sands role

Two more newcomers are tossing their hats into the Alberta oilsands ring. Privately held MEG Energy, which started out six yearsago as McCaffrey Energy Group, has filed with the Alberta regulatorto build a pilot plant near Christina Lake in northeastern Alberta andthe Canadian subsidiary of Denver-based Newmont Mining plans tobuild on its exploration program in the same region over the next 12months. MEG has acquired leases covering 38,000 acres since 1999and has permits for 127 wells.

If the pilot plan is approved, MEG hopes to start production inearly 2007 and reach 3,000 barrels per day within six months, usingsteam-assisted gravity drainage technology.

A full-scale commercial operation could follow a year after start-up, with MEG as sole owner and operator.

Newmont acquired 7,680 acres in 2002 following a three-waytransaction by former gold mining companies Franklin Nevada ofCanada and Normandy of Australia. Newmont took 100 percent own-ership of both companies, to become the world’s largest gold miner.

It expects to drill 18 bitumen evaluation wells over the next yearand is awaiting approval for another 18 wells. It currently producesabout 2,000 barrels per day as part of its conventional oil and gasexploration program.

—GARY PARK

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Pioneer applies to developnew pad at Gwydyr BayIndependent proposing to drill five to 12 production wells from pad

By KRISTEN NELSONPetroleum News Editor-in-Chief

ioneer Natural Resources Alaska has applied tothe state of Alaska to construct and operateonshore oil and gas production facilities justnorth of the Prudhoe Bay unit at Gwydyr Bay.

Both BP Exploration (Alaska) and ARCO Alaskahave drilled in this area, Pioneer said in applicationsfor the work, which includes a four-acre gravel padand a 2.8-mile gravel access road to a site some threemiles north of T Pad in the Prudhoe Bay unit in thevicinity of BP’s Pete’s Wicked No. 1 exploration well.

Produced fluids would be transported by a gather-ing pipeline system and processed at an existingPrudhoe Bay facility.

Pioneer acquired the leases in the state’s 2003North Slope and Beaufort Sea areawide lease sales.

“The Gwydyr Bay area contains relatively smallisolated hydrocarbon accumulations” discovered dur-ing exploration by BP Exploration (Alaska) andARCO Alaska, Pioneer told the state. “These oil fields

have not previously been developed due to their rela-tive isolation and size.”

However, Pioneer noted, these small fields atGwydyr Bay are “in very close proximity to existingPrudhoe Bay infrastructure and the very large, butmature, oil fields of the North Slope.”

The hydrocarbon accumulations targeted atGwydyr Bay “include multiple stratigraphic horizonsthat are distinct from the nearby Prudhoe Bay reser-

Want to know more?If you’d like to read more about PioneerNatural Resources’ Gwydyr Bay acreage, go to www.PetroleumNews.com

2004● July 11 Pioneer looks at onshore pad northof Prudhoe

2003● Nov. 2 Pioneer steals show

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Canadian rig count up 90, U.S.down 13 in weekly survey

The number of rotary drilling rigs operating in North Americaduring the week ending Oct. 8 increased a net 77 from the previousweek to 1,635, and also was up 108 compared to the same period lastyear, according to rig monitor Baker Hughes.

Canada’s rig count jumped by 90 from the prior week to 405, butstill was down 13 vs. the year-ago period.

The number of rigs operating in the United States during therecent week stood at 1,230, down by 13 compared to the previousweek but up by 121 vs. the same period last year. Compared to theprior week, land rigs alone fell by 11 to 1,116, while offshore rigsslipped by two to 96. Inland water rigs remained unchanged to 18.

Of the total number of rigs operating in the United States duringthe recent week, 1,060 were drilling for natural gas and 169 for oil,while one rig was being used for miscellaneous purposes. Of thetotal, 770 were drilling vertical wells, 337 directional wells and 123horizontal wells. Among the leading producing states, Texas lost 14rigs for a total of 512 rigs. Wyoming’s rig count rose by three to 84,while Louisiana’s increased by three to 169. Oklahoma’s rig countincreased by one to 163, while California’s increased by one to 25.Alaska was unchanged with 12 rigs, as well as New Mexico with 72rigs.

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voir,” Pioneer said. The company “proposes to utilize a

simple design and cost structure todevelop these outlying fields.” A six- to12-month drilling program is plannedwith a conventional diesel-powereddrilling rig, a coiled-tubing workoverrig, waterflood and gas lift facilities.

BP looked at developing areaBP looked at developing its 1997

Pete’s Wicked discovery, a prospectwhich BP described as a smallSagavanirktok/Ivishak find. In 1998 BPsaid in a proposal to state agencies thatthe directional exploration well wasplugged and abandoned “after thereserves were found too small to justifya conventional development” with agravel road and pipeline on vertical sup-port members to T Pad in Prudhoe Bay.

BP considered development withouta gravel pad, with three 10-12 footdiameter well cellar/house combina-tions and flexible pipe to move the oil.BP told the state such pipe has been incommon use in the Gulf of Mexicosince the 1980s, and said flexiblepipelines with high-density polyethyl-ene liners have been used on the NorthSlope at two Prudhoe Bay drill sites “forwell tie-in lines for the past three yearsand have worked well in the Arctic.”

BP was looking at a four-inch diam-eter line for the Pete’s Wicked develop-ment, a diameter available in one-milecontinuous lengths, requiring only threeor four joints. After depletion of theaccumulation, BP said, the line could bespooled and reused in other applica-tions. Part of the line would have beenplaced directly on the tundra, and part,though a critical caribou crossing area,would have been raised on seven-footvertical support members. In other areasBP proposed raising the line one footabove the tundra on plastic or woodenblocks to allow drainage and movementby flightless molting waterfowl, shore-birds or broods.

BP also considered a second Pete’sWicked exploration well, but neither thesecond well nor the developmentoccurred, and both surface and bottom-hole leases at Pete’s Wicked wereacquired by Pioneer last year.

Production planned for 2006Pioneer plans an ice road this winter

to mobilize a drilling rig and another iceroad in the winter of 2005-06 to demo-bilize the rig. The company said pre-start-up development drilling wouldbegin as soon as practical after comple-tion of the drilling pad and drilling andworkover operations would continueintermittently during field life. Five to12 production wells are planned.

The gravel road, drilling pad andpipelines would be constructed in 2005.

There will be three pipelines, buriedin the gravel road to T Pad and then onvertical support members from T Pad toF Pad, where production from theGwydyr Bay pad would be combinedwith Prudhoe Bay unit production.

The three-phase production will becarried in an eight-inch pipeline; a four-inch water pipeline will run from T Padto the new pad; and a three-inch diame-ter gas lift pipeline from F Pad to thenew pad.

Production is expected to begin inthe spring of 2006, with a 10 to 20 yearproduction life. ●

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Exxon: End the Atlantic gridlock Executive: Failure to slash red-tape will cost billions; governments promise solutions are on horizon

By GARY PARK Petroleum News Calgary Correspondent

xxonMobil, whose founding companies have been amongthe pioneers and biggest risk-takers in Canada’s East Coastoffshore, has a warning for regulators in the region —untangle the red tape or risk losing billions of dollars of

investment. Jim Massey, vice president of Canada and South America,

said it’s time to end the debate over regulatory streamlining andtake action.

“Atlantic Canada is at a disadvantage,” he told a Canadianoffshore conference in Halifax October 7, noting that a 150-daywell offshore Nova Scotia costs an average C$70 million, 40percent more than the same well in the Gulf of Mexico.

Canada’s Natural Resources Minister John Efford told theconference he agreed that Canada’s offshore regulations shouldbe modernized.

“Our system of regulation has served as well, but we need totake steps to improve if we are going to meet evolving needs,challenges and expectations of Canadians,” he said.

Nova Scotia Energy Minister Cecil Clarke said his govern-ment is “very close” to unveiling a new regulatory process that

will shorten approval times and costs for new offshore projects.“Investors are right when they reject regulatory duplication

and inefficiency,” he said. Clarke said he will seek cabinet approval for “one-stop shop-

ping” for federal and provincial regulations, while Efford said heestablished a committee earlier in October to design regulationsfor the 21st Century.

‘Why doesn’t it happen?’Frustrated by the promises to act, Massey said: “When the

federal minister and the provincial ministers are all saying thesame thing, why doesn’t it happen?”

He said the only improvement was the federal government’sdecision to remove a duty on imported drilling rigs, saving com-panies as much as C$20,000 a day on each well, but that was fol-

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“When the federal minister and the provincialministers are all saying the same thing, why doesn’t ithappen?” —Jim Massey, ExxonMobil vice president of Canada and

South America

Company looking forpartners for southernAlaska onshore prospects

By ANDY CLIFFORD Special for Petroleum News

he Cook Inlet basin of Alaska hasyielded almost 1.3 billion barrels ofoil from eight fields since the first dis-covery was made at Swanson River in

1957. Most of the exploratory drilling inthe basin was undertaken prior to 1968until larger reserves were discovered onthe North Slope of Alaska and industry’sattention and technology focused to thenorth. Nearly 90 percent of the presentreserve base was discovered in that earlyphase of drilling. High operating costs andlow gas pricing also served to dull interestin further exploration in the basin.

While Aurora Gas LLC’s primaryfocus to date has been, and will continueto be, finding and developing shallow,non-associated gas deposits such as Kaloa,Lone Creek, Moquawkie and NicolaiCreek, it has always had an eye on theunder-explored Cook Inlet oil play. In

Aurora’s opinion, there has been no trueoil wildcat drilling for many years. Therecent ConocoPhillips’ Cosmopolitan suc-cess was essentially an appraisal of theearlier Starichkof discovery and Forest’sRedoubt field was discovered years earlierby Amoco.

There are known prospects offshore,but these are unlikely to be drilled withinthe next several years because of the pro-hibitive cost of importing an offshoredrilling vessel and not enough active oper-ators to share the cost.

But why look offshore when there isexcellent potential for large oil reservesonshore and as extensions of proven, pro-ductive trends?

Aurora has mapped five drillableprospects with unrisked expected recover-able reserves of 400 million barrels of oiland risked reserves of 140 million barrels.At today’s oil prices of $50 per barrel, thatis potential gross revenue of $20 billion!Four of these oil prospects are situated lessthan six miles from existing oil pipelinesand two of these prospects have beendefined by 3D seismic data. All ofAurora’s oil prospects have good roadaccess and Aurora plans an aggressivedrilling campaign for the next two to threeyears.

Deeper oil poorly imaged on seismic There are a few reasons that more oil

has not been discovered in recent times inCook Inlet. One of the prime reasons isthat the deeper oil play is poorly imaged

on existing seismic data. There tends to begreater structural complexity at depth andthe more steeply dipping flanks of manyof the potential traps are not imagedbecause of insufficient offsets during seis-mic acquisition. Furthermore, the LowerTyonek and Hemlock oil pay sections donot exhibit good reflectivity because ofpoor acoustic impedance compared withthe overlying sections. Finally, the highpercentage of interbedded coal beds with-in the Beluga and Tyonek formations gen-erate interbed multiples on seismic data,which mask the underlying seismic reflec-tors.

Only 18 percent of reserves producedfrom onshore fields

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lowed by new federal legislation requir-ing companies to conduct full environ-mental assessments on exploration wells.

Massey said that process could taketwo years to complete and duplicate whatExxonMobil has been doing in AtlanticCanada for 40 years.

His call to end the debate comes as theregion, especially Nova Scotia, sinks to itslowest point, after several years of dryholes, surrendered exploration licensesand failed attempts by companies such asExxonMobil to unload exploration licens-es or find partners.

Massey underlined that bleak outlookwhen he said ExxonMobil, 50.89 percentoperator of the Sable gas project, NovaScotia’s only producing field, has no plansto drill exploration wells in 2005, after adiscouraging summer of drilling.

“I have drilled a lot of wells within thatSable footprint,” he said. “In order to drilla well, you have got to have prospects.”

However, Massey offered some hopefrom ExxonMobil’s participation inNewfoundland’s Orphan basin. The com-pany, along with sister company ImperialOil and Chevron Canada Resources, madea combined work commitment last year ofC$673 million for eight parcels.

“We put a lot of money on the table andwe’re going to pursue that,” he said.

Massey also said that Sable, five yearsafter coming on stream, is close to break-even on the C$2 billion investment,although the field’s reserves have beenslashed to 1.37 trillion cubic feet from 3.5tcf, reducing the projected operating lifeby 10 years to 2014, while output is downto 430 million cubic feet per day from apeak 550 million. ●

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Cook Inlet reserves in place of 3.37 billionbarrels of oil. Assuming an average recov-ery factor from the existing fields of 40percent gives 1.35 billion barrels of recov-erable oil, which is clearly incorrect sincethe basin has yielded almost that muchalready. The source for the oil is believedto be Middle Jurassic Tuxedni Groupmarine shales. The kerogen quality andthickness of the Tuxedni, where penetrat-ed by a few wells in the basin, appearinsufficient to yield the proven volume ofoil, but better quality kerogen is presumedto be present.

Aurora estimates that between 5 billionand 7 billion barrels of oil have been gen-erated from these source rocks, based oncalculations of effective source thickness,transformation ratios, generative area andhydrogen index values. Almost 80 percentof this amount is believed to have beengenerated prior to Plio-Pleistocene uplift.

Aurora further estimates that up to 50percent of this volume should be locatedonshore, yet only 18 percent of thereserves produced to date are fromonshore fields. Aurora believes that therecould still be up to 1 billion barrels ofundiscovered recoverable reserves in theonshore of Cook Inlet.

Oil found followsthree structural trends

Initial oil generation began during themid-Miocene period. Migrating oil wasfocused toward low relief structures in theTrading Bay area by an east plungingantiform within the Mesozoic beneath theLower Tertiary unconformity, as well astoward the early-formed Swanson Riverfold through fault conduits.

The McArthur River, Trading Bay andSwanson River fields were charged withlow maturity oil (25-36 degrees API) dur-ing peak generation in the late Miocene.Basin-wide compression in the Plio-Pleistocene period formed large, highrelief anticlines. The latter formed GranitePoint, Middle Ground Shoal and NorthCook Inlet structures were charged withhigher maturity oils (36-44 degree API)during these later stages of generation andmigration.

The oil found to date largely followsthree distinct SSW-NNE structural trends,namely the Trading Bay trend, the MiddleGround Shoal/Granite Point trend and theSwanson River trend. Aurora believes thebest place to find new oil reserves is to fol-low extensions of these same trends.

Hemlock Conglomerate predominant reservoir

Oil reservoirs are in alluvial fan sand-stones of the Eocene-Oligocene-agedTyonek, Hemlock and West Foreland for-mations.

The Hemlock Conglomerate is the pre-dominant reservoir with 77 percent ofthese reserves from eight fields, followedby Lower Tyonek sandstones with 21 per-cent of oil produced to date from fourfields. The Granite Point and MiddleGround Shoal fields have 2,500-foot and2,000-foot oil columns respectively.McArthur River field has an oil columnof 1,000 feet.

Reservoir quality varies greatly due tooriginal sorting. Net pay counts for theexisting fields vary greatly from 100 feetfor Lower Tyonek reservoirs at McArthurRiver and Trading Bay, to more than 500feet at Middle Ground Shoal and GranitePoint.

Porosities range from 10-22 percentfor the Hemlock reservoirs with perme-abilities of 5-360 millidarcies. The Lower

Tyonek reservoirs exhibit porosities of14-20 percent and permeabilities of 10-250 millidarcies.

For both reservoirs, original water sat-urations are in the range of 30-45 percentand recovery efficiencies seem to bebetween 150-275 barrels of oil per acre-foot. Trapping styles vary from four-wayrollover anticlines such as Granite Point,McArthur River, Middle Ground Shoaland North Trading Bay to faulted anti-clines such as Swanson River to footwallbuttress traps and three-way fault trapssuch as at Trading Bay.

Prospects have productive analogs Aurora’s oil prospects each have pro-

ductive analogs and are extensions ofproven trends.

As an example, one of Aurora’sprospects could contain up to 1 billionbarrels of oil in place. Light oil with APIgravities of 38-42 degrees has alreadybeen produced on test by at least one wellat the prospect, but the tight Hemlockreservoir will need to be stimulated tocommercially yield its reserves.

Aurora recently acquired new 2D seis-mic data over this prospect and there is avery high probability of proving up shal-lower gas reserves within the overlyingBeluga and Tyonek formations as well.

The Trading Bay trend extends north-wards onto the west side of Cook Inlet,and Aurora has at least two prospectsalong that trend, each updip from oilshows with additional shallower gaspotential. The Nicolai Footwall andCongahbuna Lake prospects are look-alikes to the north-west side of McArthurRiver field where oil is trapped in theHemlock reservoir up against the TradingBay fault.

The Nicolai Creek 3D dataset,acquired by Aurora in early 2003, coversthe former prospect, and newly acquired2D data helps delineate the latterprospect.

Other prospects include the AluminumProspect, which Aurora believes is ananalog to ConocoPhillips’ Cosmopolitandiscovery, and the Forest Lake Prospect,which could be a southerly extension ofthe giant Swanson River field. Auroraalso has an inventory of other less matureoil prospects and leads which will contin-ue to be matured during the course of thenext year.

Fourth gas field on stream Elsewhere in Cook Inlet, Aurora has

recently brought its fourth gas field onstream with the successful tie-in of theKaloa-2 well.

Negotiations are under way for adrilling rig to drill two deep gas wells onthe Three Mile Creek and Aspenprospects, each of which could containrecoverable reserves of as much as 400billion to 1 trillion cubic feet of gas.

Forest Oil has joined Aurora as a 30percent working interest partner for theThree Mile Creek Prospect, where thefirst well, Three Mile Creek Unit-1 isexpected to spud in early November2004. Aurora is also pursuing an intrigu-ing basin-edge alluvial fan play that hassignificant gas potential.

Aurora will be offering prospects Aurora will be offering this package of

oil prospects to industry within the com-ing months on attractive terms with aview to getting drilling under way asearly as the spring of 2005. Interestedparties should contact either AndyClifford (vice president exploration) orRandall Jones (manager land/negotia-tions) in Aurora Gas’ Houston office at713-977-5799 (fax 713-977-1347). ●

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regulatory process by late 2006. Any serious stumbles or diversions

that put the Mackenzie project outside itsplanned start-up this decade will onlyshorten the lead time it currently enjoysover plans to develop Alaska North Slopegas .

By most reckoning if the Alaska proj-ect, roughly four times the size of theCanadian venture, moves ahead at anaccelerated pace, the demands on con-struction labor and materials could see theMackenzie return to the deep freeze.

Northwest Territories Premier JoeHandley told a northern oil and gas forumin September that the project is in thelong-term strategic interests of his region.

But he warned that the opportunity“may not be here 20 years from now, 10years from now or even two years fromnow if we are not careful.”

Imperial: Filings a milestone Hart Searle, a spokesman for Imperial

Oil, the Mackenzie’s lead partner, said thefilings are “unquestionably a major mile-stone,” but Imperial has made no attemptto sugar-coat what lies ahead.

Focusing strictly on those matters itcan influence, the Mackenzie consortiumsays that in addition to the regulatoryapprovals and hundreds of permits itneeds, a final decision to proceed hingeson complex benefits and land accessagreements with aboriginal communitiesalong the pipeline route, an assessment ofthe gas markets, updated project costs andfirm fiscal terms.

The price tag for developing the threeanchor gas fields on the Mackenzie Delta,building connections and process facili-ties and completing two pipelines — agas delivery system from the Delta tonorthern Alberta and a gas liquids line toNorman Wells — is now C$7 billion, up40 percent from the initial estimates.

That increase stemmed partly from thedecision to include a separate liquids

pipeline and build a larger gas processingfacility at Inuvik.

“We now have a much better under-standing of the costs of developing theanchor fields,” Searle said.

He said that getting to grips with thecosts is an evolutionary process that hasgenerated today’s number, but will likelychange again “once we come out of theregulatory process.”

Added costs reinforce marginal nature David MacInnis, president of the

Canadian Energy Pipeline Association,said that every C$1 million of added costreinforces the marginal nature of the proj-ect.

In the view of Calgary analyst IanDoig, publisher of Doig’s Digest, it mightalso pump fresh life into the DempsterLateral project by Foothills Pipe Lines,which is now owned by TransCanada andis the sole holder of government permitsto build the Canadian portion of theAlaska Highway pipeline project.

The Dempster would see a pipelinefrom the Delta follow a route down theYukon where it would connect with theAlaska Highway system and also feedinto the existing Foothills pipelines,which carry 30 percent of Canada’s gasexports from central Alberta to the UnitedStates.

Other critical challenges The list of other critical challenges

includes:• Dealing with opposition from the

Deh Cho First Nations to the current envi-ronmental review process.

Two lawsuits filed by the Deh Chothreaten to slow or halt the review unlessthe Canadian government can resolveland claims and self government deals forland covering the southern 40 percent ofthe pipeline right of way.

Even for those communities that arefull members of the Aboriginal PipelineGroup, the benefits agreements have yetto be concluded. Negotiations have start-ed with the Inuvialuit and Gwch’in in the

Delta and northern Mackenzie valley,which Imperial’s project developmentexecutive Randy Ottenbreit indicated ear-lier in October are close to agreement onshort-term matters. Overtures have beenmade to the Sahtu in the CentralMackenzie, where one of the districts isseeking an access agreement where feeswould be paid in exchange for a pipelineright of way.

“We cannot afford to lose this windowof opportunity,” said Aboriginal PipelineGroup Chairman Fred Carmichael. “Wecan no longer make a living from theland.”

• Growing environmental concerns,with the Sierra Club of Canada listingglobal warming as a critical issue becausethe Mackenzie Delta “is the place on theplanet where the rate of warming isfastest.”

The Mackenzie Valley EnvironmentalImpact Review Board has added itsweight to that concern, requiring the pro-ponents to demonstrate how pipelinedesign, construction, operation and recla-mation and abandonment plans will beadapted to a changing climate.

• The terms and conditions for E&Pcompanies outside the Mackenzie consor-tium who hope to gain access to thepipeline.

Rod Maier, Chevron Canada’s north-ern program manager, said those compa-nies are required to make a significantlong-term commercial exposure, whichrepresents a financial commitment of C$1billion or more if a company nominates100 million cubic feet per day over 20years at a toll of C$1.50 per thousandcubic feet.

He said it is “not for the faint of heart”to have enough confidence in theirresource to commit to a 15- to 20-yearperiod, adding that Chevron Canada hasnot reached that point despite a discoveryin partnership with BP Canada andBurlington Resources.

• Negotiations with potential shippersoutside the Mackenzie Gas Project own-ers — Imperial, ConocoPhillips Canada,

Shell Canada and ExxonMobil Canada —to determine whether the start-up vol-umes can exceed the 800 million cubicfeet per day from the anchor fields.

Documents filed with Canada’sNational Energy Board have contractedfor total transportation of about 830 mil-lion cubic feet per day from the four Deltagas owners, leaving 370 million cubicfeet per day uncommitted and availablefor contracting on the proposed 1.2 billioncubic feet per day pipeline.

A study by Gilbert Laustsen JungAssociates that accompanies the applica-tion has concluded there are sufficientresources for a 1.2 billion cubic feet perday pipeline to operate over 25 years,assuming a reasonable pace of explo-ration and development.

The study estimates total discoveredand undiscovered onshore and offshoreresources to support the pipeline at 16.7trillion cubic feet.

But so far there have been only twodiscoveries this century by members ofthe seven-company Mackenzie DeltaExplorers Group and plans for theupcoming winter carry an estimated costof only C$100 million, with two wellsplanned — one by Chevron Canada-BPand one by EnCana-ConocoPhillips-Anadarko, although some wells from lastyear might be tested.

• A simmering debate on where theMackenzie gas will end up, with theSierra Club claiming it will be exclusive-ly used in northeastern Alberta’s oil sandsto produce “dirty oil” for export to theUnited States.

However, Doug Matthews, director ofminerals, oil and gas for the NorthwestTerritories government, told an InsightInformation forum earlier in October thatsuch an argument is “uninformed andincorrect.”

He said the Mackenzie gas will movethrough the Alberta hub to “any numberof markets,” adding his governmentwould not endorse any northern projectthat served a single market. ●

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MACKENZIE

165 mile-an-hour winds and 50-footwaves, also came at a time when recordoil demand in the United States and Chinaexceeded production growth.

Most of the shortfall in U.S. produc-tion can be blamed on Ivan, said to be themost destructive storm for energy compa-nies since Hurricane Andrew in 1992.

In fact, industry was still sufferingfrom its lingering effects at deadline Oct.14, with nearly 28 percent or roughly471,300 barrels of U.S. Gulf oil produc-tion still closed in. The region usuallyproduces about 1.7 million barrels of oilper day.

Also shut in was about 1.7 billioncubic feet per day of natural gas, or about14 percent of the 12.3 billion cubic feet ofgas normally produced on a daily basis.

However, perhaps as much as 150,000barrels of oil per day of U.S. Gulf pro-duction could be restored by the end ofOctober, according to the U.S. MineralsManagement Service.

Around the clock repairs“The companies are engaged in around

the clock repair operations,” said ChrisOynes, Gulf regional director for MMS.

MMS said most of the damage causedby Ivan was to pipelines and that Gulfoperators were approaching MMS withalternative ways to return productionwhile pipeline repairs continue, including

the use of shuttle tankers to move produc-tion ashore.

“MMS will carefully consider thetechnical and environmental risks of anyproposals filed,” Oynes said.

Of the 4,000 platforms and 33,000miles of the pipelines in the U.S. Gulf,MMS estimated that 150 platforms and10,000 miles of pipelines were in thedirect path of Ivan’s fury.

“A substantial amount of the deferredproduction is directly attributable to dam-age that has occurred along pipelineroutes rather than actual structural dam-age to producing platforms,” MMS con-cluded.

Pipelines in mud slide areas off themouth of the Mississippi River, whichwere buried by as much as 20 to 30 feet ofmud, experienced failures and “will take asignificant effort to locate and repair,”MMS added.

Only two pipelines back on lineOverall, a dozen large diameter

pipelines 10 inches or larger were report-ed damaged in federal waters. Only two ofthe pipelines were back on line as of Oct.14.

Major pipelines damaged by the hurri-cane were three Tennessee Gas pipelineson Ship Shoal blocks 144, 198 and 77,three Southern Gas pipelines on MainPass blocks 293 and 289 and 306, anEquilon pipeline on Mississippi CanonBlock 474, a BP pipeline on Main PassBlock 225, a Williams pipeline onMississippi Block 20, two ChevronTexacopipelines on Grand Isle Block 37 andSouth Pass Block 49, and a Taylor Energypipeline on Mississippi Canyon Block 21.

Some platforms destroyedIvan also destroyed a number of pro-

duction platforms in the U.S. Gulf, includ-ing three operated by Noble Energy onMain Pass blocks 293, 305 and 306. Alsodestroyed were platforms operated byChevronTexaco on Viosca Knoll Block294, Forest Oil on Main Pass Block 98,and Taylor on Mississippi Canyon Block20.

Platforms that received major damagewere operated by Shell on Main PassBlock 252 and Viosca Knoll Block 956,by ChevronTexaco on Viosca Knoll Block786, by Total on Viosca Knoll Block 823,by Dominion on Mississippi CanyonBlock 773, and by Murphy Oil onMississippi Canyon Block 582. None ofthese platforms had resumed productionas of Oct. 14, according to MMS.

MMS said five drillings rigs alsoreceived major damage. Reportedly, atleast a dozen refineries closed or curtailedoperations because of Ivan.

More than 19M barrels of oil shut inSince operators began evacuating and

shutting in production ahead of Ivan backon Sept. 11, MMS estimated that morethan 19 million barrels of oil and over 82billion cubic feet of natural gas were shutin as of Oct. 13. Ivan moved through theGulf on Sept. 16.

Meanwhile, analysts fear that pipelineand facility damage caused by Ivan couldpush up heating oil and diesel prices torecord levels during the upcoming wintermonths in North America. U.S. stockpilesof heating oil have been running about 6percent below 2003 levels and have beenslow to increase because of the hurricane.

Winter fuel also is reportedly in shortsupply in other regions of the world.European distillate inventories wereroughly 3.4 percent below last year andkerosene supplies in Japan were down 20percent from 2003.

Record world oil demand growthAccording to the International Energy

Agency, worldwide oil demand is expect-ed to expand at 2.71 million barrels perday in 2004, the fastest in 24 years.However, IEA expects growth to slow toabout 1.45 million barrels per day in 2005due to high prices.

Saudi Arabia, the United ArabEmirates and Kuwait, which togethermake up nearly half of OPEC’s oil pro-duction, said they are committed toincreasing capacity to meet soaringdemand. ●

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HANGOVEROil disruptions in the Gulf ofMexico, together with dips in

Alaska production due largely tofacility maintenance, reduced U.S.

production 15 percent inSeptember from last year.

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Services offered by BTS ProfessionalServices, a certified SBA 8(a) consultingfirm, include project management,architecture, engineering and survey-ing. Barrow Technical Services is theparent organization, which is whollyowned by Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corp., theANCSA village corporation for Barrow.

Richard Reich joined the firm earlythis summer and has a 24-year careerin Alaska that includes involvement inproject management, engineering andsurveying. Up through 2001, he servedas program manager for the design ofthe $380 million North Slope BoroughVillage Water and Sewer Project. AnAlaska Native born and raised inBarrow, Richard mentors students andadvises faculty at UAA School ofEngineering. He and his wife Melodyare avid hockey fans and passionaterestorers of classic Chevrolets.

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Northern Air Cargo Northern Air Cargo has served

Alaska’s remote communities for 40-plus years. Its 275 employees providescheduled cargo service to 19 in-statedestinations, moving some 100 millionpounds of cargo annually. A packageexpress service and charter operationsmeet other client cargo needs. Thecompany’s NAC-LINK division providestime-sensitive global transportationand logistics services.

Nick Karnos is responsible forNAC’s Anchorage, Prudhoe and Arcticaccounts, providing remote-site explo-ration, cleanup support and other on-demand charter work. When not beinga grownup at work, you’ll find himwith the kids, including his own, atbaseball fields and hockey rinks. Nickand wife Mary Frances have two boys,Hayden, age 12 and Max, age 9, andinvolve themselves in Oceanview andGoldenview school activities.

All of the companies listed above advertise on a regular basis with Petroleum News

and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska,when the provisions passed the HouseOct. 9.

The military construction conferencereport passed by the Senate Oct. 11, andnow on its way to the president, includesprovisions which direct the FederalEnergy Regulatory Commission to quick-ly permit the pipeline once certainrequirements have been met; designateFERC as the lead agency for the NationalEnvironmental Policy Act process; createa federal coordinator within the executivebranch to coordinate federal agencies;require a single environmental impactstudy, expedite judicial review; and allowfor future pipeline expansions.

The bill also provides a loan guaranteeauthorizing the secretary of Energy toenter into agreements with holders ofFERC certificates of convenience andnecessity for payment on project loans.The amount of the loans would notexceed 80 percent of the total capitalcosts or $18 billion.

Provisions included in the jobs billinclude the enhanced oil recovery taxcredit and the seven-year pipeline depre-ciation tax credit. The accelerated depre-ciation allows pipeline owners to claimconstruction costs on their taxes overseven years instead of 15 years. A pro-posed North Slope gas conditioning plantis eligible for a tax credit worth $295 mil-lion over the same period.

BP: ‘one step closer’BP Exploration (Alaska) gas pipeline

spokesman Dave MacDowell said pas-sage of the gas pipeline provisions is “apositive development” and applauded thestate’s Congressional delegation “fortheir hard work and leadership on thiseffort.”

“Passage of these provisions will getus one step closer to the next phase ofpermitting and engineering, and that’s thebillion-dollar phase,” he said.

Negotiations with the state of Alaskafor a fiscal contract are under way,

MacDowell noted, and he said BP hopes“that delivery of the U.S. federal legisla-tion will help encourage development ofan efficient Canadian regulatoryprocess.”

He said work continues on projectcosts, and said the companies “continueto make progress on technology-led costreduction efforts” such as high-strengthsteel, automated welding and bigger,more efficient trenching machines.

ExxonMobil: ‘another positive step’ExxonMobil spokesman Bob Davis

said ExxonMobil sees passage of the fed-eral legislation “asanother positive stepfor the project.

“Certainly wehave said for quite awhile that theenabling legislationis of paramountimportance to us”because it addresses“a fast-tracking ofthe permittingprocess and also itlays out a processfor dispute resolu-tion … importantfor a project of thatmagnitude becauseany delay wouldnegatively affect theeconomic” of aproject of this size.

He noted that fis-cal negotiationscontinue with thestate of Alaska, andsaid the companiesare “looking atreduction of thecost, things we canapply from a tech-nology standpoint”to reduce the overallcost.

The “other critical component is regu-latory certainty in Canada, because somuch of the line would come throughCanada,” Davis said.

ConocoPhillips may revisit natural gas price floor

“ConocoPhillips is pleased with thesuccess the Alaska delegation had in get-ting the pipeline provision packagepassed before Congress adjourned,” aspokesman told Petroleum News viaemail Oct. 12.

“We think that this strong show of del-egation teamwork will play a significantrole in advancing this project,” he said.

“We also look forward to successfullycompleting negotiations with the state ofAlaska on the state fiscal terms that willalso be needed to advance the project.”

The federal legislation did not includea tax credit if natural gas falls below afloor level, something ConocoPhillips hassaid it would require to go forward.ConocoPhillips Alaska Vice President JoeMarushack said Oct. 14 that since the fed-eral legislation has passed, the companywill focus on Stranded Gas DevelopmentAct negotiations with the state of Alaska,

and may revisit the need for the federaltax credit depending on results of negoti-ations with the state.

State: ‘delegation has delivered’ “Our congressional delegation has

delivered on federal legislation thatremoves a large roadblock to our effortsto make progress in the commercializa-tion of our gas resources,” Alaska Gov.Frank Murkowski said in a statement.

“They have helped orchestrate anunprecedented federal response to what isregarded as the largest private sector con-struction project ever undertaken. Ifwe’re successful, it will mean jobs forAlaska families and a reliable source ofenergy for the American people.”

The state is in negotiation with themajor oil producers and TransCanada,and is beginning negotiations withEnbridge, in addition to working with theAlaska Natural Gas DevelopmentAuthority and the Alaska Gasline PortAuthority. ●

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PROVISIONS

“Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act” —says that nothing in it affects “anydecision, certificate, permit, right-of-way, lease, or other authorizationissued under … the Alaska NaturalGas Transportation Act of 1976 … or… any Presidential finding or waiverissued in accordance with that Act.”

Furthermore, terms or conditions ofcertificates, permits, rights of way,leases or other authorizations issuedunder the 1976 act may be added to,amended or rescinded “to meet currentproject requirements (including thephysical design, facilities, and tariffspecifications),” provided such change“would not compel any change in thebasic nature and general route of theAlaska natural gas transportation sys-tem as designated and described insection 2 of the President’s decision; or… would not otherwise prevent or

impair in any significant respect theexpeditious construction and initialoperation of the Alaska natural gastransportation system.”

Updated environmental data,reports, permits and impact analyseswill be required, “as the (secretary ofEnergy) determines are necessary todevelop detailed terms, conditions, andcompliance plans required by section 5of the President’s decision.”

And, if there are no applications fora certificate or amended certificateauthorizing construction of an Alaskanatural gas transportation system with-in 18 months of the date of enactmentof this legislation, the secretary ofEnergy “shall conduct a study of alter-native approaches to the constructionand operation of such an Alaska natu-ral gas transportation project.” Thestudy will consider establishing a fed-eral government corporation to con-struct an Alaska natural gas transporta-tion pipeline.

—KRISTEN NELSON

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The Hill, “The Newspaper for and about the U.S.Congress,” ChevronTexaco is “an oil company inter-ested in building a natural gas pipeline from PrudhoeBay, Alaska, to the markets in the lower 48.” The Hillsaid “according to Senate records” ChevronTexacohas “hired the Federalist Group to help get it done.”

The daily publication says one lobbyist helping onthe account was Drew Maloney, a former aide toHouse Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas.

Phone calls to both ChevronTexaco and Maloneyat the Federalist Group by Petroleum News wentunanswered.

F.Y.I. According to The Hill, other recent clients ofthe Federalist Group include Time Warner, AmericanCouncil of Life Insurers, Walt Disney Co., Verizonand The Texas Energy Center, a consortium spon-sored by energy companies and local government thathired the Federalist Group in June “to lobby for sup-port for ultradeep and unconventional onshore drillingresearch and development.”

The Federalist Group’s web page (www.federalist-group.com) says Drew Maloney joined the firm in2002 “to serve as the chief lobbyist for HouseRepublican leadership” and was recently named toThe Hill’s list of top lobbyists in Washington.

—KAY CASHMAN

Sky is not the limit in oil sands,says Nexen’s Charlie Fischer

Nexen Chief Executive Officer Charlie Fischer

knows of nowhere else in the world outside northernAlberta where he can send out staff and find oil sup-plies that will last up to 50 years.

But for all the bounty in the oil sands and the tor-rent of cash flow from record oil prices, he saysthere is a finite limit on how fast the region can bedeveloped.

Fischer says there is simply not a limitless quanti-ty of skilled labor, engineering talent and infrastruc-ture to develop the oil sands any faster than is cur-rently the case.

He expects there will be a “very steady progres-sion” of projects tapping into the 175-billion barrelresource, but the pace is unlikely to be accelerated“because of the physical limitations associated withactually designing and building” the plants.

There is little doubt about Nexen’s enthusiasm forthe oil sands as it aims for a 2007 start-up of itsC$3.4 billion joint venture with OPTI Canada in theLong Lake project.

Timing being everything, it has also been able tochannel its crude oil cash flow into Long Lake andavoid taking on extra debt.

—GARY PARK

And another one bites the dustat Canadian Superior Energy

It looked like the perfect match, but it ended inthe same quick fashion as another top level hiring byCanadian Superior Energy.

With great enthusiasm four months ago, CanadianSuperior’s maverick Chief Executive Officer GregNoval trumpeted the capture of Harvey

Klingensmith as his new chief operation officer. Previously president of El Paso Oil and Gas

Canada, Klingensmith arrived with three other sen-ior El Paso managers. He brought 30 years’ experi-ence in the industry, including the disposal of ElPaso’s Western Canadian assets for US$345.6 mil-lion to British Gas and a key role in setting up ajoint Canadian Superior-El Paso venture to exploreoffshore Nova Scotia.

That partnership crumbled after the drilling ofone controversial well that was abandoned earlierthis year when El Paso refused to help finance test-ing of the Mariner I-85 well after paying two-thirdsof the estimated US$30 million drilling cost to earna half-stake.

El Paso has since sold the rest of its Nova Scotiaassets for an undisclosed amount.

And Klingensmith resigned without explanationfrom Canadian Superior in early October, despitebeing hailed when he arrived for his “proven trackrecord of exploration and production success bothdomestically and internationally.”

It was not an unfamiliar sequence of events atCanadian Superior.

In the 1990s, Noval landed Texas financier J.P.Bryan, former president and chief executive officerof Gulf Canada Resources.

That union lasted only 10 weeks, with Bryandeparting without shedding any light on the reasons.

—GARY PARK

Editor’s note: Send news tips or comments for OilPatch Insider to [email protected]

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ral gas industry that would eradicate thepoverty brought on by the decline of theBristol Bay fisheries.

In its paperwork asking for the state toreconsider the best interest finding on the329,113-acre exploration license around thecommunity of Dillingham, Trustees listedits clients as Alaska Coalition, CascadiaWildlands Project, Pamela A. Miller ofArctic Connections, and the NorthernAlaska Environmental Center.

Paintball attack of another colorGeorge Shade, president of Bristol

Shores, said the Trustees filing has causedconsternation and anger among Bristol Bayresidents.

“We’re not taking it sitting down,”Shade told Petroleum News Oct. 10. “Theimpact on these remote areas is more severethan these guys realize ... this is flat dis-crimination — this is probably one of thebiggest paintball attacks I’ve ever seen.”

Both Shade and Jere Allan, president ofThe Bay Group LLC, view the filing as aform of harassment.

The Bay Group, a management firmworking for Bristol Shores, has been seek-ing private investors to fund gas explorationin the license area. Allan said that oneinvestor has already pulled out of the proj-ect because of Trustees’ filing. That investorwas just days away from putting money intothe venture, Shade said.

“If they (potential investors) pull out,what you have done, it’s not only causedsevere economic problems for BristolShores LLC, but you’ve caused severeproblems for all of the indigenous peoplesin the region, centering in Dillingham andgoing out,” Allan said.

Concerns about depth of analysisTrustees attorney Vicki Clark told

Petroleum News that her clients’ concernscenter on the depth of the state’s analysis ofthe potential environmental impacts of theproposed developments.

“There was not an adequate analysis ofthe potential impacts of any kind of oil andgas development in the Bristol Bay area,particularly the area that they put out for alicense,” Clark said.

Trustees request for reconsideration citesseveral concerns, including the importanceof the Bristol Bay area as a wildlife habitat,as a salmon fishery and as a location forsubsistence fishing and hunting.

Shade said that the indigenous peoplearound Bristol Bay understand the environ-mental issues in the region and that they paygreat attention to protecting the environ-ment. He said that several years ago he him-self formed a non-profit organization forraising environmental awareness in theBristol Bay area.

Allan commented that the elders whoco-own Bristol Shores are highly respectedmembers of their community and that theseelders place great emphasis on environmen-tal protection. All of the owners of BristolShores have been or are fishermen, Allansaid. “They’re very concerned about theenvironmental aspects of the operation andprotecting the migrating routes of the ani-mals as well as the migration of thesalmon.”

Bristol Shores plans to spend some ofthe money earned from natural gas sales toclean up mercury and chemical pollution inthe area.

“Our concerns are not just with our envi-ronmental movements but cleaning up theprevious environmental violations — mak-ing it a nice place to live for our childrenand their children,” Shade said. The indige-nous people did not cause the current pollu-

tion in the area, he said.The company has also earmarked some

of its future profits for educational and cul-tural support.

License on hold, says GalvinBefore the Trustees filed its request,

Bristol Shores had 30 days from Sept. 7 todecide whether to accept the explorationlicense. Pat Galvin, petroleum land manag-er for the state Division of Oil and Gas, toldPetroleum News the final finding for thelicense is now on hold pending reconsider-ation by the commissioner of the AlaskaDepartment of Natural Resources.

“Once the commissioner makes a finaldetermination on the request for reconsider-ation, assuming that the decision is to pro-ceed with the license, then that would begin

another 30 day (decision) period for BristolShores,” Galvin said.

A world of possibilitiesMeantime, Bristol Shores is assessing

the relative merits of joint venturing theexploration work versus having a major oilcompany carry out the exploration anddevelopment.

“We’re currently talking to a major inte-grated oil company,” Allan said.

Shade expects Bristol Shore’s profits tocome initially from natural gas liquids sales— the company is looking at building anNGL plant at a convenient and suitablelocation.

Shade also talked about the possibility ofexporting liquefied natural gas.

“You’ve got to understand, because ofwhere we’re sitting … we virtually have thewhole Asian market at our fingertips,” hesaid. Allan said they have already locatedpotential markets.

“We are talking to a Japanese tradingcompany, LNG Japan USA — they’re inter-ested in all the LNG (liquefied natural gas)that we could get,” he said.

Bristol Shores will also allocate some ofthe gas for local use in the Bristol Bay area,to replace the use of diesel fuel in power

plants, for example. Shade also sees possibilities for piping

natural gas to other parts of Alaska. He hasalready researched a route for a pipelinefrom Portage Creek near Dillingham toBruin Bay on the Cook Inlet and has sub-mitted his plan for this route to the state.From Bruin Bay that pipeline could connectwith the pipeline systems in the Cook Inlet,he said.

There’s also a possibility of supplyinggas to the Alaska Interior by building apipeline north to McGrath and then, fromthere, down the Iditarod trail, Shade said.

He’s also investigating other clean formsof energy, such as gas-driven fuel cells.

—ALAN BAILEY & KAY CASHMAN

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BRISTOL BAY“We’re not taking it sitting down.The impact on these remote areas

is more severe than these guysrealize ... this is flat

discrimination — this is probablyone of the biggest paintball

attacks I’ve ever seen.” —George Shade, Bristol Shores

In its paperwork asking for the stateto reconsider the best interestfinding on the 329,113-acre

exploration license around thecommunity of Dillingham, Trusteeslisted its clients as Alaska Coalition,Cascadia Wildlands Project, PamelaA. Miller of Arctic Connections, andthe Northern Alaska Environmental

Center.

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Mapmakers AlaskaMaking it easy for cartographers, landmen and geoscientists to do their work

By SUSAN BRAUND Petroleum Directory Contributing Writer

map of the world that does not include Utopia isnot worth glancing at,” posited French philosopher-writer and bon-vivant Oscar Wilde.

Maps from Mapmakers Alaska may not everfeature Utopia, but they are near-legendary in the state.The depth and accuracy of oil and gas data availablethrough the company is unparalleled. The mapmakingoffice is often the first stop for those desiring informationabout the industry, especially newcomers to the state.

Spark plug Brit Lively is the driving force behind thelong-time Alaska business.

Mapmakers Alaska has served the industry in Alaskafor 25 years and was the first to provide locally producedfull-color maps.

Lively admits to a passion for geography throughouther school years. To see the world and seek adventurewas her dream. When relatives invited her to come fromGermany to Alaska, she jumped at the opportunity. Herfirst job in Alaska was as exploration clerk and draftsmanat an oil company. To her surprise, her boss commentedthat his suspicions had proven true — her German her-itage meant that she was “technically inclined.” “Thatman’s compliment launched my career and shaped myfuture,” says Lively.

Her entrepreneurial spirit surfaced after marriage andthe arrival of three children. Living north of Anchorage inthe Matanuska Valley with only one family car, shelooked for a way to work from home. Her brief stint withthe oil industry helped her recognize a need for maps spe-cific to Alaska oil and gas. She contacted local printersfor prices and asked potential clients if they would buythe specific map she had in mind. With enough affirma-tive replies she hit the ground running and TheMapmakers set up shop in the old log cabin next to theLively home.

Geologic mapsThe Mapmakers’ first project was to redo and color

several U.S. Geologic Surveyopen file reports — barely legi-ble drawings and writings fromfield work. The second projectwas to compile a geologic mapof Alaska from various availablesources.

During the days of the AlaskaLand Claims Settlement Act,there was massive who-what-when confusion in the state. NoBureau of Land Managementmaps were available to visualizethe land withdrawals and every-one was clambering for currentinformation.

In her usual roll-up-your-sleeves style, Lively took it on.“We made a map from thedescription of the various landdesignations in the federal regis-ter. In the process, however, wenoticed unclassified white spacehere and there and some descrip-tions which did not make sense.So, we went to BLM andshowed them the discrepancieswhich we suspected were theresult of faulty descriptions, hop-ing that they would give us a contract to review and doc-ument their federal register entries for errors. Theydeclined, and eventually came out with their own mapwith the questionable areas in yellow with the new classi-fication of ‘D-2’ withdrawals. When we published oursecond edition with the changed federal register descrip-tions, a BLM adjudicator told us, to our delight, “I don’thow you did it, but how come your map is more accuratethan ours?”

The Mapmakers’ first joint-venture was based on theabove projects. Working with mining geologist ChuckHawley, the company produced a land status map over-laid with the geologic map, and a mineral resource mapand report, which was widely used throughout the indus-

try and became an important document in the D-2 landshearing process in Washington, D.C.

Lease mapsAfter one of the big lease sales in the early ‘70s,

Locke Jacobs, fabled Alaska oil lease man extraordinaire,arranged for Mapmakers to produce and print 10,000 col-ored maps showing lease holdings by company. Livelysaid, “Jacobs and one of the major companies gave methe lease information and the printer tutored me on colorseparation techniques. I had to learn a lot, quickly.” Themaps were a success, giving Mapmakers far-reachingrecognition. The maps were widely used by the industry,

state and federal agenciesand investment housesworldwide, bringing atten-tion to the exploding oilexploration activities inAlaska.

Mapmakers continuedpublishing colored leasemaps of the North Slopeevery couple of years, thenon an annual basis in addi-tion to their custom maps.Wherever lease sales wereheld, you could count onseeing a map soon after,from the Navarin basin tothe Gulf of Alaska.

Resiliency reignsThe adage “when one

door closes another opens,”could be Brit Lively’smodus operandi. “Duringthe mid-1970s Mapmakerswas also providing monthlyupdates of coal prospects —information of high interestto the mining industry.When the state coal

prospecting permits program terminated, in addition to atemporary stoppage on some oil and gas programs, herbusiness slowed to a crawl. Putting the underused equip-ment to work, Mapmakers began providing typesettingand graphic design services, then invested in more equip-ment and established a subsidiary “Mapmakers Printing.”The print shop with seven employees in downtownPalmer served the Matanuska-Susitna business communi-ty for 10 years.

Lively also worked in partnership with the land useplanning firm “Planning Inc.” where she was asked to doan independent comparative analysis to find the best loca-tion for Alaska’s future capital if it were to be relocated,and wrote publications on agriculture, mining, tourism and

how the concept of the Coastal Zone Management Actapplied to the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. She undertooka comprehensive tourism survey, participated in a timberclassification study, and produced socio-economic profilesof 25 communities in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.While keeping Mapmakers barely above water making theoccasional oil and gas lease map as well as tourist andstreet maps, she served on contract as executive directorfor Palmer Economic Development Authority from 1990to 1994. “When I started, many buildings in Palmer stoodempty. When my contract came to an end, there was not asingle commercial building left waiting for an occupant.And two large companies whom I had tried to entice tocome to Palmer, have recently made the move — 10 yearslater.”

Alaska oil and gas data by subscription As the Alaska economy recovered, Lively was ready to

go back full time to focus on oil and gas maps once again.Tens of thousands of dollars worth of bulky pre-pressequipment for offset printed maps had become obsolete.Mapmakers, with sleek computers and slick mapping soft-ware, replaced The Mapmakers.

Currently, the main thrust is to provide updated mapsand data for all active oil and gas provinces in Alaska in aGIS environment. It lets an individual or large corporationwork with any Mapmakers-designed and copyrighted“GIS-Alaska oil&gas” project right off the CD, or importit into other programs they use.

“Oil and gas mapping has changed from paper maps tointegrated data maps,” Lively says. “While attractive andinformative paper maps are still an important part of whatwe do, the primary objective today is to have accurate, up-to-date and consistent data. We want to make it easy forcartographers, landmen and geoscientists to do their work.

“Our associates help us gather and provide the diversebits and pieces from which we craft the complete mappingand GIS projects, but I am the primary contact with ourclients and industry-specific agencies. The responsibilityfor the final product is mine. I have always been gratefulfor praise and compliments. Who isn’t? But, I have learnedto be really grateful when a client points out a mistake.Corrections make our product that much better and makesus that much more reliable.”

Having the assurance of a subscriber base makes it pos-sible to maintain and continually improve company prod-ucts. Lively is very appreciative of the rapport MapmakersAlaska has built with the many professionals in the indus-try who have taken the time to guide them with sugges-tions and advice on content, format and presentation.

“We depend on the suggestions from our customers andwhat they feel we should be doing. Working together, ourcustomers can depend on us to be there long-term.” ●

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Companies involved in NorthAmerica’s oil and gas industry

AAeromapAeromedAES Lynx EnterprisesAgriumAir LiquideAir Logistics of AlaskaAlaska Airlines CargoAlaska AnvilAlaska CoverallAlaska DreamsAlaska Interstate ConstructionAlaska Marine LinesAlaska Massage & Body WorksAlaska Railroad Corp.Alaska SteelAlaska TelecomAlaska Tent & TarpAlaska TextilesAlaska USA Mortgage CompanyAlaska West ExpressAlliance, TheAlpine-MeadowAmerican MarineAnchorage HiltonArctic ControlsArctic Fire & SafetyArctic FoundationsArctic Slope Telephone Assoc. Co-opArctic StructuresASRC Energy ServicesASRC Energy Services

Engineering & TechnologyASRC Energy Services

Operations & MaintenanceASRC Energy Service

Pipeline Power &Communications

Avalon Development

B-FBadger ProductionsBaker HughesBrooks Range SupplyCapital Office SystemsCarlile Transportation ServicesCarolina MatChiulista Camp ServicesCN AquatrainColvilleConam ConstructionConocoPhillips AlaskaCoremongersCraig Taylor EquipmentCrowley AlaskaCruz ConstructionDowland - Bach Corp.

Doyon DrillingDoyon LTDDoyon Universal ServicesDynamic Capital ManagementEngineered Fire and SafetyENSR AlaskaEpoch Well ServicesEra AviationEvergreen Helicopters of AlaskaFairweather Companies, TheFriends of PetsFrontier Flying ServiceF.S. Air

G-M

Golder AssociatesGreat Northern EngineeringGreat NorthwestHanover CanadaHawk ConsultantsH.C. PriceHorizon Well Logging, Inc.Hunter 3DIndustrial Project ServicesInspirationsJackovich Industrial

& Construction SupplyJudy Patrick PhotographyKakivik Asset ManagementKenai AviationKenworth AlaskaKuukpik Arctic CateringKuukpik/VeritasKuukpik - LCMFLounsbury & AssociatesLynden Air CargoLynden Air FreightLynden Inc.Lynden InternationalLynden LogisticsLynden TransportMapmakers AlaskaMarathon OilMarketing SolutionsMayflower CateringMEDC InternationalMI SwacoMichael Baker Jr.Millennium HotelMWHMRO Sales

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Nabors Alaska DrillingNabors IndustriesNANA/Colt Engineering

Natco CanadaNature Conservancy, TheNEI Fluid TechnologyNordic CalistaNorth Slope TelecomNorthern Air CargoNorthern Transportation Co.Northwestern Arctic AirOffshore DiversOilfield ImprovementsOilfield TransportPacific Rim Institute of Safety

and Management (PRISM)PanalpinaPDC/Harris GroupPeak Oilfield Service Co.PencoPerkins CoiePetroleum Equipment & ServicesPetrotechnical Resources of AlaskaPGS OnshorePrecision PowerPrudhoe Bay Shop & Storage

Q-Z

QUADCORanes & Shine WeldingRenew Air TaxiSalt + Light CreativeSchlumbergerSecurity AviationSeekins FordSmith Consulting ServicesSpan-Alaska ConsolidatorSpenard Builders SupplySTEELFABStorm Chasers Marine ServicesTaiga VenturesThrifty Car RentalTOTETotem Equipment & SupplyTravco Industrial HousingUBS Financial Services Inc.Udelhoven Oilfield Systems ServicesUmiat CommercialUnique MachineUnitech of AlaskaUnivar USAU.S. Bearings and DrivesUsibelli Coal MineVECOWeaver BrothersWelding ServicesWorksafeXTO Energy

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Air Passenger/Charter & Support

Air Logistics of Alaska1915 Donald Ave.Fairbanks, AK 99701Phone: (907) 452-1197Fax: (907) 452-4539Contact: Dave ScarbroughPhone: Anchorage: (907) 248-3335Email: [email protected] contract and charter services.

ERA Aviation6160 Carl Brady DriveAnchorage, AK 99502Contact: Bryan BlixhavnPhone: (907) 248-4422Fax: (907) 266-8383Email: [email protected] site: www.eraaviation.comHelicopter and fixed wing contract and charter servic-es; scheduled airline service.

Evergreen Helicopters of Alaska1936 Merrill Field DriveAnchorage, AK 99501Contact: Joy Journeay, marketing mgr.Phone: (907) 257-1519Fax: (907) 257-1535Email: [email protected]: Greg Thies, director, marketingPhone: (907) 257-1504Email: [email protected]: Christina Wallace, director, salesPhone: (907) 257-1513Email: [email protected] office: (907) 443-5334Airlines office: (907) 257-1500Website: evergreenaviation.comEvergreen’s diverse fleet has provided award-winningsafety to Alaskans since 1960 in petroleum explo-ration & production, firefighting, forestry, construc-tion, search & rescue, cargo transport, and utilitytransmission.

F.S. Air6121 S. Airpark PlaceAnchorage, AK 99502Contact: Sandra ButlerPhone: (907) 248-9595Fax: (907) 243-1247Email: [email protected] site: www.fsair.comPart 135 D.O.D. approved. Member of MedallionFoundation.

Kenai AviationP.O. Box 46Kenai, AK 99611Contact: Bob or Jim BielefeldPhone: (907) 283-4124Phone: (800) 478-4124 (within Alaska)Fax: (907) 283-5267Email: [email protected] taxi services provided since 1961 state wide, most-ly Cook Inlet. Single engine and twin Bonanza.

LyndenAlaska Marine LinesAlaska Railbelt MarineAlaska West ExpressLynden Air CargoLynden Air FreightLynden InternationalLynden LogisticsLynden Transport6441 S. Airpark Pl.Anchorage, AK 99502Contact: Jeanine St. JohnPhone: (907) 245-1544Fax: (907) 245-1744Email: [email protected] combined scope of the Lynden companiesincludes truckload and less-than-truckload highwayconnections, scheduled barges, intermodal bulkchemical hauls, scheduled and chartered airfreighters, domestic and international air forwardingand international sea forwarding services.

Northern Air Cargo3900 W. International Airport Rd. Anchorage, AK 99502Contact: Nick Karnos, acct. mgr. Anch./Prudhoe BayPhone: (907) 249-5161Fax: (907) 249-5194Email: [email protected] site: www.nac.aeroServing the aviation needs of rural Alaska for almost50 years, NAC is the states largest all cargo carriermoving nearly 100 million pounds of cargo on sched-uled flights to 17 of Alaska’s busiest airports. NAC’sfleet of DC-6, B-727, and ATR-42 aircraft are availablefor charters to remote sites and flag stops to 44 addi-tional communities.

Northwestern Arctic Air6231 S. Airpark Pl.Anchorage, AK 99502Contact: Judy McClellan, office mgr.Phone: (907) 245-4566

Fax: (907) 245-4567Email: [email protected] site: www.NWArcticAirAK.comOn-demand, worldwide, air charter service, RussiaFar-East experience, medical transports, express pack-age delivery, secure convenient, cost-effective, 24/7.Member Medallion Foundation.

Renew Air TaxiP.O. Box 61230Fairbanks, AK 99706Contact: Bob WenerPhone: (907) 457-7287Fax: (907) 457-7288Email: [email protected] site: www.RenewAir.comOther Office:Dillingham, AK 99576Phone: (907) 842-3440Turbine Otter air support for remote seismic explo-ration, mining and construction sites. Cargo, fuel andpassengers on wheels, wheel skis and amphibianfloats.

Security Aviation3600 W. International Airport Rd., Ste. 1Anchorage, AK 99502Contact: S. Joe KapperPhone: (907) 248-2677 – 24 hour serviceFax: (907) 248-6911Email: [email protected] site: www.securityaviation.bizAll twin engine turbine and piston fleet. Alaska,Canada, Lower 48. Crew changes, hot freight/HAZ-MAT, VIP tours, emergency response and aerial sur-veys. Approved by all oil and gas companies, AlyeskaPipeline Service Co., Dept. of Defense, Dept. ofInterior, Dept. of Transportation and the State ofAlaska.

Architecture

Kuukpik-LCMF

139 E. 51st Ave.Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Richard Rearick, architectural mgr.Contact: Willey Wilhelm, engineering mgr.Contact: Tony Hoffman, survey mgr.Phone: (907) 273-1830Phone: (800) 955-1830Fax: (907) 273-1831Email: [email protected] Offices:Barrow: (800) 478-8213Email: [email protected]: (907) 670-4739Email: [email protected] specialized architectural and engineeringdesign for all structures; water/sewer, fuel and trans-portation systems design; contractor support survey-ing and permitting for oil and gas development;dredging operations, remote site land and hydro-graphic surveying.

Arctic Engineering

ASRC Energy Services3900 C St., Ste. 701Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Jack Laasch, exec. vp strategic dev. and exter-nal affairsPhone: (907) 339-6200Fax: (907) 339-6212Email: [email protected] site: www.asrcenergy.comOil and gas services, engineering, construction, opera-tions, maintenance, pipeline construction and mainte-nance, project management, geological and geophys-ical, drilling and completion engineering, well stimu-lation, exploration services.

ASRC Energy Services – Engineering andTechnology3900 C St.Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: John Lewis, vp operations

SERVICES, EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES

Air Passenger/Charter & Support . . . . . . . . . . . . .B4Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B4Arctic Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B4Arctic Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B5Aviation Fuel Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B5Bearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B5Buildings – Lease Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B5Buildings – Modular . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B5Camps, Catering & Lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B5Cash Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B5Cellular Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B5Chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B5Chemical Analytical Lab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B5Civil & Hazardous Waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B5Coal – Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B5Commercial Diving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B6Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B6Construction Equipment & Materials . . . . . . . . . .B6Construction Project Management . . . . . . . . . . . .B6Consulting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B7Contractors - General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B7Contractors - Pipeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B7Control Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B7Corrosion Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B7Drilling & Well Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B7Drug Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B8Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B8Employee Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B8Energy Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B8Engineering Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B8Environmental Engineering & Consulting . . . . . .B9Environmental Response & Cleanup . . . . . . . . . . .B9Environmental Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B9Equipment & Heavy Hauling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B9Equipment Sales/Rental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B12Expeditor/Clerk Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B12Fertilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B12Financial Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B12Fire Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B13Freight/Shipping & Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B13Fueling Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B13General Oilfield Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B13Geophysical & Geological Services . . . . . . . . . . .B13Health Care Professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B14Helicopter Contract/Charter Services . . . . . . . . .B14Industrial Gases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B14Industrial Parts & Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B14Inspection Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B14Instrumentation Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B14Laboratory Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B14

Legal Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B14Logistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B15Machining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B15Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B15Management Consulting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B15Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B15Marine Services & Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . .B16Mat Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B16Mechanical & Electrical Inspection . . . . . . . . . . .B16Medical Facilities & Emergency Response . . . . .B16Medical Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B16Metal Distributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B16Mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B16Movers/Relocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B16Mud & Mudlogging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B16Office Furniture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B16Oilfield Service & Rig Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B16Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B16Pipe & Fittings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B16Pipeline Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B16Plumbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B17Process Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B17Procurement Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B17Production Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B17Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B17Recycling Waste Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B17Reporting Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B17Right of Way Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B17Safety Equipment & Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B17Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B17Seismic & Geophysical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B17Shops/Storage Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B18Soil Stabilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B18Space Design/Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B18Steel Fabrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B18Steel Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B18Surveying & Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B18Tank Fabrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B18Telephone Equipment & Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B18Temporary Placement Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B18Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B18Underwater NDT & Photography . . . . . . . . . . . .B18Underwater Welding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B18Vehicle Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B18Vehicle Sales/Rental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B19Welding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B19Weld Repairs/Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B19

OIL COMPANIES

Operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B19

Directory Categories

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Phone: (907) 339-6200Fax: (907) 339-6212Email: [email protected] site: www.asrcenergy.comDrilling and completion engineering,well stimulation, facilities engineering,upstream exploration and productionservices, geological and geophysicalservices, automation, electrical andinstrumentation, platform renovationand construction.

Golder Associates1750 Abbott Rd., Ste. 200Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Bob Dugan, mgr., TomKrzewinski, Mark Musial, Bucky TartPhone: (907) 344-6001Fax: (907) 344-6011Website: www.golder.comProviding geotechnical engineering,water resource, and geosciences servic-es in support of resource developmentprojects in Alaska and the Arctic. Otheroffices worldwide.

Great Northern Engineering137 E. Arctic Ave.Palmer, AK 99645Contact: John H. Riggs, general mgr.Phone: (907) 745-6988Fax: (907) 745-0591Email: [email protected]: www.greatnorthernengineer-ing.comAnchorage office: 561-0200Kenai office: 283-5199Great Northern Engineering (GNE) is afull-service engineering firm specializ-ing in industrial power and petro-chemical engineering. Complete engi-neering services in mechanical, electri-cal, civil, structural, rotating equipment,and corrosion engineering. Consultingservices in project design, preparationof project documents, bid assistance,project management, cost estimatingand inspection services.

Arctic Gear

PGS Onshore341 W. Tudor Rd., Ste. 206Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Larry Watt, Alaska area mgr. Phone: (907) 569-4049Fax: (907) 569-4047Email: [email protected] Office738 Hwy 6 South, Ste 900Houston, TX 77079Contact: Gehrig SchultzPhone: (281) 589-6732Fax: (281) 589-6685Email: [email protected] acquisition and processingfor the petroleum industry. PGSOnshore provides fully rubber trackedArctic geophysical crews to acquire thehighest density data with the softestenvironmental footprint on the NorthSlope.

Aviation Fuel Sales

Umiat Commercial2700 S. Cushman St.Fairbanks, AK 99701Contact: Mike TolbertPhone: (907) 452-6631Fax: (907) 451-8632Email: [email protected] provides lodging and fuel sales atUmiat located on the Colville River. Weare open 24 hours a day everyday ofthe year.

Bearings

U.S. Bearings & Drives611 E. International Airport Rd.Anchorage, AK 99518Contact: Dena Kelley, operations mgr.Phone: 563-3000Fax: 563-1003Email: [email protected] site: www.bearings.comU.S. Bearings & Drives, formerly BESCOhas been providing bearings and drivecomponents to our Alaskan customerssince 1952. We offer quality compo-nents and experienced personnel.

Buildings — Lease Space

Prudhoe Bay Shop & StorageDeadhorse AirportDeadhorse, AK 99734

Contact: J. Harper Gaston, presidentP.O. Box 670Greenville, GA 30222Phone: (706) 672-0999Fax: (706) 672-1188Email: [email protected] designed for oilfield services.Located one-half mile north ofDeadhorse airport. 800 sf.–1,200 sf.individual or combined units. Rentincludes heat, snow removal, mainte-nance and repairs.

Buildings — Modular

Alaska Cover-All LLC 6740 Jollipan Crt.Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Paul Nelson, mgr.Phone: (907) 346-1319Fax: (907) 346-4400Email: [email protected]: Henry Brown Phone: (907) 646-1219National Call Center: 1-800-268-3768We are the Alaska dealers for Cover-AllBuilding Systems. Steel framed, fullyengineered, LDPE fabric covered,portable buildings in 18 to 270 footwidths and any length.

Alaska Dreams522 Goldstreak Rd.Fairbanks, AK 99712Contact: M. Huser, presidentPhone: (907) 455-7712Fax: (907) 455-7713Email: [email protected] in design, sales and con-struction of fabric covered steel build-ings, a cost efficient building solutionfor many applications. We offer ourworldwide, longtime experience foryour future project.

Arctic Structures9312 Vanguard Dr., Ste. 200Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Ray GipsonPhone: (907) 522-2425Fax: (907) 522-2426Email: [email protected], offices, classrooms, clinics, etc. –large inventory of modular buildingsfor rent/sale or custom build – MANU-FACTURED IN ALASKA. Supply/erectpre-engineered metal buildings.

Travco Industrial Housing, Ltd.1507 8 St.Nisku, Alberta, Canada T9E 7S7Contact: Stewart Orange, sales rep.Phone: (888) 387-2826Fax: (780) 955-8938Email: [email protected] Web site: www.travco.caTravco is a world-class manufacturer ofindustrial and commercial modularstructures. Our modular structures areused around the world as work camps,offices, wellsites, resorts, schools, etc.

Camps, Catering & Lodging

Alaska Tent & Tarp529 Front St.Fairbanks, AK 99701Contact: Jim HaselbergerPhone: (907) 456-6328Fax: (907) 452-5260Email: [email protected] site: www.ptialaska.net/~aktent

Arctic Structures9312 Vanguard Dr., Ste. 200Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Ray GipsonPhone: (907) 522-2425Fax: (907) 522-2426Email: [email protected], offices, classrooms, clinics, etc. –large inventory of modular buildingsfor rent/sale or custom build – MANU-FACTURED IN ALASKA. Supply/erectpre-engineered metal buildings.

Chiulista Camp Services/Mayflower

Catering6613 Brayton Dr., Ste. CAnchorage, AK 99507Contact: George B. Gardner, pres/gmPhone: (907) 278-2208Fax: (907) 677-7261Email: [email protected] 100 percent Alaska Native ownedand operated catering company on theNorth Slope, catering and housekeep-ing to your tastes, not ours.

Doyon Ltd.Doyon Universal Services101 W. Benson Blvd., Ste. 503Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Mark Huber, general mgr.Phone: (907) 522-1300Fax: (907) 522-3531Website: www.doyon.comDoyon Universal Services providesremote site catering and camp servicesthroughout Alaska. They also providesecurity service for the Trans AlaskaPipeline and other prominent locations.

Kuukpik Arctic Catering5761 Silverado Way, Ste PAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: Rick MacMillanPhone: (907) 562-5588Fax: (907) 562-5898Email: [email protected]

Travco Industrial Housing, Ltd.1507 8 St.Nisku, Alberta, Canada T9E 7S7Contact: Stewart Orange, sales rep.Phone: (888) 387-2826Fax: (780) 955-8938Email: [email protected] Web site: www.travco.caTravco is a world-class manufacturer ofindustrial and commercial modularstructures. Our modular structures areused around the world as work camps,offices, wellsites, resorts, schools, etc.

Umiat Commercial2700 S. Cushman St.Fairbanks, AK 99701Contact: Mike TolbertPhone: (907) 452-6631Fax: (907) 451-8632Email: [email protected] provides lodging and fuel sales atUmiat located on the Colville River. Weare open 24 hours a day everyday ofthe year.

Cash Management

UBS Financial Services, Inc.3000 A St., Ste 100Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Steven Lukshin, financial advis-erPhone: (907) 261-5914Toll Free: (866) 261-5914Fax: (907) 261-5990Email: [email protected] site: www.ubs.com/fa/stevenluk-shinUBS Financial Services is a leading U.S.financial service firm serving individu-als, corporations and institutions offer-ing investments, cash management and401(k) services

Cellular Communications

ASTAC4300 B St., Ste. 501Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Erin EalumPhone: (907) 563-3989Phone: 1-800-478-6409Fax: (907) 563-1932Email: [email protected] service cellular company providingcellular and wireless solutions, includ-ing equipment sales and service, wire-less Internet, maintenance and installa-tion to the North Slope region ofAlaska.

Chemicals

AgriumP.O. Box 575Kenai, AK 99611Contact: Lisa Parker, govt. relationsPhone: (907) 776-3275Fax: (907) 776-5579Email: [email protected] site: www.agrium.comValue added manufacturer of fertilizerproducts.

MI SWACO721 W. First Ave.Anchorage, AK 99501 &225 W. 92nd Ave.Anchorage, AK 99515Contact: Craig BieberPhone: (907) 274-5564Email: [email protected] or [email protected] SWACO DSR combines Alaska know-how and global strength to provide theoil industry with a full-service drillingpartner

Univar USA590 E. 100th Ave.Anchorage, AK 990515Contact: Ken LambertsenPhone: (907) 344-7444Fax: (907) 522-1486Email: [email protected] site: www.univarusa.comWorld’s largest industrial chemical dis-tributor serving Alaskans since 1924.Industrial emphasis in oil and gas refin-ing, procuring and gas treating.

U.S. Bearings & Drives611 E. International Airport Rd.Anchorage, AK 99518Contact: Dena Kelley, operations mgr.Phone: 563-3000Fax: 563-1003Email: [email protected] site: www.bearings.comU.S. Bearings & Drives, formerly BESCOhas been providing bearings and drivecomponents to our Alaskan customerssince 1952. We offer quality compo-nents and experienced personnel.

Chemical Analytical Lab

Univar USA590 E. 100th Ave.Anchorage, AK 990515Contact: Ken LambertsenPhone: (907) 344-7444Fax: (907) 522-1486Email: [email protected] site: www.univarusa.comWorld’s largest industrial chemical dis-tributor serving Alaskans since 1924.Industrial emphasis in oil and gas refin-ing, procuring and gas treating.

Civil & Hazardous Waste

MWH1835 S. Bragaw St., Ste. 350Anchorage, AK 99508Contact: Brett JokelaPhone: (907) 248-8883Fax: (907) 248-8884Email: [email protected] engineers, scientists, and construc-tors of MWH provide innovative proj-ects and solutions for clients through-out Alaska and Worldwide.

Univar USA590 E. 100th Ave.Anchorage, AK 990515Contact: Ken LambertsenPhone: (907) 344-7444Fax: (907) 522-1486Email: [email protected] site: www.univarusa.comWorld’s largest industrial chemical dis-tributor serving Alaskans since 1924.Industrial emphasis in oil and gas refin-ing, procuring and gas treating.

Coal — Export

Usibelli Coal Mine100 Cushman St., Ste. 210Fairbanks, AK 99701Contact: Bill Brophy, vp cust. relationsPhone: (907) 452-2625Fax: (907) 451-6543Email: [email protected] site: www.usibelli.comOther OfficeP. O. Box 1000

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Healy, AK 99743Phone: (907) 683-2226Usibelli Coal Mine is headquartered inHealy, Alaska and has 200 million tonsof proven coal reserves. Usibelli pro-duced one million tons of sub-bitumi-nous coal this year.

Commercial Diving

American Marine Corp.6000 A St.Anchorage, AK 99518Contact: Tom Ulrich, reg. mgr. svc.groupPhone: (907) 562-5420Fax: (907) 562-5426Email: [email protected] site: www.amsghq.comAmerican Marine Corp. provides fullservice marine construction and divingservices throughout Alaska and thePacific Basin.

Offshore Divers5400 Eielson St.Anchorage, AK 99518Contact: Don Ingraham, owner/mgr.Contact: Leif Simcox, owner/oper. mgr.Phone: (907) 563-9060Fax: (907) 563-9061Email: [email protected] site:http//www.offshoredivers.comOffshore Divers is an Alaska owned div-ing contractor specializing in sub-seaoilfield work on mooring systems,pipelines, platforms and docks in CookInlet, on the North Slope and in Valdez.

Storm Chasers Marine ServicesP.O. Box 757Seward, AK 99664Contact: Mica Van BuskirkPhone: (907) 224-3536Fax: (907) 224-6080Email: [email protected] quality marine services inAlaska for over 15 years. Commercialdiving, underwater welding, underwa-ter inspection with video, vessel repair,marine construction and marine sal-vage services.

Communications

Alaska Telecom6623 Brayton Dr.Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Kevin GrayPhone: (907) 344-1223Fax: (907) 344-1612Email: [email protected] Office:713 Gaffney Rd.Fairbanks, AK 99701Contact: Becky CummingsPhone: (907) 456-1223Providing telecommunications supportto oil exploration and production com-panies and contractors. Satellite com-munications, voice, data, microwave,VHF/UHF radio, engineering and instal-lation.

ASRC Energy Services – Pipeline,Power & Communications3900 C St., Anchorage, AK 99503

Contact: Wade BlasingamePhone: (907) 339-6400Fax: (907) 339-6444Email:[email protected] site: www.asrcenergy.comPipeline construction and maintenance,fiber optic cable installation.

ASTAC4300 B St., Ste. 501Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Erin EalumPhone: (907) 563-3989Phone: 1-800-478-6409Fax: (907) 563-1932Email: [email protected] local and long distance serv-ice, Internet, maintenance and training,consultation, installation, engineering,Centrex, custom calling features, digitalcross connect service, and digital dataservice to the North Slope region ofAlaska.

Marketing Solutions3330 C. St., Ste. 101Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Laurie Fagnani,president/ownerPhone: (907) 569-7070Fax: (907) 569-7090Email: [email protected] site: www.marketingsol.netMarketing Solutions is a full-serviceaward-winning advertising and publicrelations firm that promotes clients inthe industries statewide.

MEDC International5829 West Sam Houston Pkwy, North,Ste.1005Houston, TX 77041Contact: Phil Hausman, sales mgr. -AmericasPhone: (713) 937-9772Fax: (713) 937-9773Cell: (713) 410-1144Email: [email protected] Office: MEDC Ltd. – UKWeb site: www.medc.comMEDC design, manufacture and sell arange of UL/CSA/ATEX-NEC/IECapproved field devices for fire & gasand communications systems for use inpotentially explosive atmospheres.

Michael Baker Jr.4601 Business Park Blvd., Ste. 42Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Bud Alto, business unit mgr.Phone: (907) 273-1600Fax: (907) 273-1699Email: [email protected] site: www.mbakercorp.comJuneau office: 175 Franklin St., Ste. 420Juneau, AK 99801Contact: McKie Campbell, Sr. environ-mental mgr.Phone: (907) 463-3171Fax: (907) 463-3107Email: [email protected] firm with project man-agement, permitting, fiber optic, civil,structural, mechanical, electrical, andinstrumentation services. Establishedoffices in Anchorage and Juneau pro-vide diversified staff accepting the chal-lenges, delivering excellence.

North Slope Telecom2020 E. Dowling, Ste. 3Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Bill Laxson, presidentPhone: (907) 562-4693Fax: (907) 562-0818Email: [email protected] site: www.nstiak.comTwenty years of arctic experience indesign and installation of microwave,satellite, fiber optic, radio, paging, tele-phone equipment and systems. Towerconstruction, inspection and mainte-nance.

Construction Equipment & Materials

Alaska Dreams522 Goldstreak Rd.Fairbanks, AK 99712Contact: M. Huser, presidentPhone: (907) 455-7712Fax: (907) 455-7713Email: [email protected] an independent Rockford steelbuilding dealer we provide full service,industry leading hi-tech durable steelconstruction. The fully engineered andcomplete buildings guarantee fast andeconomical on site erection.

Brooks Range SupplyPouch 3400081 Old Spine RoadPrudhoe Bay, AK 99734Contact: Mike Kunkel/Craig Welch, gen-eral managersPhone: (907) 659-2550Toll Free: (866) 659-2550Fax: (907) 659-2650Email: [email protected] source on the Slope for safetysupplies, welding supplies, automotiveand truck parts, hardware, tools, steel,building materials, glass, propane,hydraulic hoses and fittings, paint andchemicals. Napa and True ValueHardware distribution.

Great NorthwestP.O. Box 74646Fairbanks, AK 99704-4646Contact: Buzz OtisPhone: (907) 452-5617Fax: (907) 456-7779Email: [email protected] site: www.grtnw.comSpecializing in cold weather and heavycivil construction, gravel and rock prod-ucts, site-work, petroleum industry con-struction, erosion control, undergroundutilities and reclamation services.

Jackovich Industrial & ConstructionSupplyFairbanks: 1600 Wells St.Attn: Buz JackovichPhone: (907) 456-4414Fax: (907) 452-4846Anchorage: 1716 Post RoadAttn: Steve SlonePhone: (907) 277-1406Fax: (907) 258-170024 hour emergency service. With 30 yearsof experience, we're experts on arcticconditions and extreme weather.

Spenard Builders Supply4412 Lois DriveAnchorage, AK 99517Contact: Sean LangtonPhone: (907) 563-3141Fax: (907) 261-9140Email: [email protected] is Alaska’s largest source of build-ing materials with 14 locationsthroughout the state. Specialized oil-field support provided through ourCommercial Sales division.

Construction ProjectManagement

Alaska Anvil509 W. 3rd Ave.Anchorage, AK 99501–2237Contact: Frank WeissPhone: (907) 276-2747Fax: (907) 279-4088Web site: anvilcorp.comOther office: Kenai50720 Kenai Spur Hwy, Mile 24.5Kenai, AK 99611Phone: (907) 776-5870Fax: (907) 770-5871Multi-discipline engineering and designservices including construction manage-ment for petro-chemical and heavyindustrial client projects.

Doyon Ltd.Doyon Universal Services101 W. Benson Blvd., Ste. 503Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Mark Huber, general mgr.Phone: (907) 522-1300Fax: (907) 522-3531Website: www.doyon.comDoyon Universal Services providesremote site catering and camp servicesthroughout Alaska. They also providesecurity service for the Trans AlaskaPipeline and other prominent locations.

Great Northern Engineering137 E. Arctic Ave.Palmer, AK 99645Contact: John H. Riggs, general mgr.Phone: (907) 745-6988Fax: (907) 745-0591Email: [email protected]: www.greatnorthernengineer-ing.comAnchorage office: 561-0200Kenai office: 283-5199Great Northern Engineering (GNE) is afull-service engineering firm specializ-ing in industrial power and petro-chemical engineering. Complete engi-neering services in mechanical, electri-cal, civil, structural, rotating equipment,and corrosion engineering. Consultingservices in project design, preparationof project documents, bid assistance,project management, cost estimatingand inspection services.

Great NorthwestP.O. Box 74646Fairbanks, AK 99704-4646Contact: Buzz OtisPhone: (907) 452-5617Fax: (907) 456-7779Email: [email protected] site: www.grtnw.com

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Specializing in cold weather and heavycivil construction, gravel and rock prod-ucts, site-work, petroleum industry con-struction, erosion control, undergroundutilities and reclamation services.

Hawk Consultants200 W. 34th Ave., Ste. 809Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Maynard Tapp, presidentPhone: (907) 278-1877Fax: (907) 278-1889Email: [email protected] people and resources to theoil, gas, power, telecommunication andpublic works industries. Services includestrategic planning, full service projectmanagement team consulting/outsourc-ing, supplemental professionals, profes-sionals, management consulting servic-es.

Lounsbury and Associates723 W. 6th Ave.Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Craig L. Savage, presidentE-mail: [email protected]: Jim Sawhill, vpEmail: [email protected]: (907) 272-5451Fax: (907) 272-9065Toll Free: (800) 478-5451Website: www.lounsburyinc.comProvides civil engineering and projectmanagement services for oilfield devel-opment. Recent projects include: Tarn,Pam and Colville Delta North.

Michael Baker Jr.4601 Business Park Blvd., Ste. 42Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: John M. Eldred, business unitmgr.Phone: (907) 273-1115Fax: (907) 273-1699Email: [email protected]: www.mbakercorp.comJuneau office: 175 Franklin St., Ste. 420Juneau, AK 99801Contact: McKie Campbell, sr. environ-mental mgr.Phone: (907) 463-3171Fax: (907) 463-3107Email: [email protected] skills include civil, structur-al, mechanical, electrical, project man-agement, GIS, and hydrology. Energyservices include CMMS (computerizedmaintenance management), managedoperation and maintenance,training/competency services, and otherrelated energy services.

NANA/Colt Engineering700 G Street, 5th floorAnchorage, AK 99501Phone: (907) 273-3900Fax: (907) 273-3990Contact: John MinierNANA/Colt offers project management,engineering, design, construction man-agement, and procurement services tothe oil industry.

VECO949 E. 36th Ave., Ste. 500Anchorage, AK 99508Contact: Emily CrossPhone: (907) 762-1510Fax: (907) 762-1001Email: [email protected] site: www.VECO.comVECO is a multi-national corporationthat provides services, project manage-ment, engineering, procurement, con-struction, operations and maintenance– to the energy, resource and processindustries and the public sector.

Consulting

Kuukpik/Veritas2000 E. 88th Ave.Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Jeff HastingsPhone: (907) 276-6037Fax: (907) 279-5740Email: [email protected]

Contractors — General

Alaska Interstate ConstructionP.O. Box 233769Anchorage, AK 99523Contact: John EllsworthPhone: (907) 562-2792Fax: (907) 562-4179Email: [email protected]: www.aicllc.com

AIC provides cost-effective solutions toresource development industries. Weprovide innovative ideas to meet eachrequirement through the provision ofbest-in-class people and equipmentcoupled with exceptional performance.

Alaska Telecom6623 Brayton Dr.Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Kevin GrayPhone: (907) 344-1223Fax: (907) 344-1612Email: [email protected] Office:713 Gaffney Rd.Fairbanks, AK 99701Contact: Becky CummingsPhone: (907) 456-1223Providing telecommunications supportto oil exploration and production com-panies and contractors. Satellite com-munications, voice, data, microwave,VHF/UHF radio, engineering and instal-lation.

American Marine Corp.6000 A St.Anchorage, AK 99518Contact: Tom Ulrich, reg. mgr. svc.groupPhone: (907) 562-5420Fax: (907) 562-5426Email: [email protected] site: www.amsghq.comAmerican Marine Corp. provides fullservice marine construction and divingservices throughout Alaska and thePacific Basin.

Arctic Structures9312 Vanguard Dr., Ste. 200Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Ray GipsonPhone: (907) 522-2425Fax: (907) 522-2426Email: [email protected], offices, classrooms, clinics, etc. –large inventory of modular buildingsfor rent/sale or custom build – MANU-FACTURED IN ALASKA. Supply/erectpre-engineered metal buildings.

ASRC Energy Services3900 C St., Ste. 701Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Jack Laasch, exec. vp strategicdev. and external affairsPhone: (907) 339-6200Fax: (907) 339-6212Email: [email protected] site: www.asrcenergy.comOil and gas services, engineering, con-struction, operations, maintenance,pipeline construction and maintenance,project management, geological andgeophysical, drilling and completionengineering, well stimulation, explo-ration services.

ASRC Energy Services – Operationsand Maintenance3900 C St.Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Mark Nelson, exec. vpPhone: (907) 339-6200Fax: (907) 339-6212Email: [email protected] site: www.asrcenergy.comOil and gas services, industrial construc-tion, operations and maintenance,module fabrication and assembly, proj-ect management and non-destructivetesting.

CONAM Construction301 W. Northern Lights Blvd., Ste 300Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Bob StinsonPhone: (907) 278-6600Fax: (907) 278-3255Email: [email protected], gas, and mining facility; pipeline,civil, and commercial construction.

Cruz ConstructionHC04 Box 9323Palmer, AK 99645Contact: Dave or Dana CruzPhone: (907) 746-3144Fax: (907) 746-5557Email: [email protected] contractor specializing in heavycivil construction, horizontal directiondrilling for utilities. Ice road and icebridge construction throughout Alaskain support of resource development.

Great NorthwestP.O. Box 74646Fairbanks, AK 99704-4646

Contact: Buzz OtisPhone: (907) 452-5617Fax: (907) 456-7779Email: [email protected] site: www.grtnw.comSpecializing in cold weather and heavycivil construction, gravel and rock prod-ucts, site-work, petroleum industry con-struction, erosion control, undergroundutilities and reclamation services.

H.C. Price301 W. Northern Lights Blvd., #300Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: David L. MatthewsPhone: (907) 278-4400Fax: (907) 278-3255Other offices: Dallas, Texas, and inter-national.Email: [email protected] contractor performing oilfield sup-port construction projects and otherheavy industrial projects statewide.

MWH1835 S. Bragaw St., Ste. 350Anchorage, AK 99508Contact: Brett JokelaPhone: (907) 248-8883Fax: (907) 248-8884Email: [email protected] engineers, scientists, and construc-tors of MWH provide innovative proj-ects and solutions for clients through-out Alaska and Worldwide.

Peak Oilfield Service2525 C St., Ste. 201Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Bill Stamps, business develop-ment/ex. affairsPhone: (907) 263-7000Fax: (907) 263-7070Email: [email protected] site: www.peakalaska.comAlaska based general contractors.

Udelhoven Oilfield System Services Anchorage office:184 E. 53rd Ave.Anchorage, AK 99518Phone: (907) 344-1577Fax: (907) 522-2541Nikiski office:P.O. Box 8349Nikiski, AK 99635Phone: (907) 776-5185Fax: (907) 776-8105Prudhoe office:Pouch 340103Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734Phone: (907) 659-8093Fax: (907) 659-8489Serving Alaska for more than 25 years.

Contractors — Pipeline

ASRC Energy Services – Pipeline,Power & Communications3900 C St., Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Wade BlasingamePhone: (907) 339-6400Fax: (907) 339-6444Email:[email protected] site: www.asrcenergy.comPipeline construction and maintenance,fiber optic cable installation.

CONAM Construction301 W. Northern Lights Blvd., Ste 300Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Bob StinsonPhone: (907) 278-6600Fax: (907) 278-3255Email: [email protected], gas, and mining facility; pipeline,civil, and commercial construction.

H.C. Price301 W. Northern Lights Blvd., #300Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: David L. MatthewsPhone: (907) 278-4400Fax: (907) 278-3255Other offices: Dallas, Texas, and inter-national.Email: [email protected] contractor performing oilfield sup-port construction projects and otherheavy industrial projects statewide.

Peak Oilfield Service2525 C St., Ste. 201Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Bill Stamps, business develop-ment/ex. affairsPhone: (907) 263-7000Fax: (907) 263-7070

Email: [email protected] site: www.peakalaska.comAlaska based general contractors.

Control Systems

Arctic Controls1120 E. 5th Ave.Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Scott Stewart, presidentPhone: (907) 277-7555Fax: (907) 277-9295Email: [email protected]: www.arcticcontrols.comAn Alaskan owned and operated com-pany since,1985, Arctic Controls, Inc.has been highly successful as manufac-turer representatives for the state ofAlaska in the Process Control andInstrumentation field. Selling equip-ment to the oil and gas markets, min-ing and water wastewater/municipalmarkets.

Dowland-Bach6130 Tuttle Pl.P.O. Box 230126Anchorage, AK 99523Contact: Lynn Johnson, presidentPhone: (907) 562-5818Fax: (907) 563-4721Email: [email protected] site: www.dowlandbach.com

North Slope Telecom2020 E. Dowling, Ste. 3Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Bill Laxson, presidentPhone: (907) 562-4693Fax: (907) 562-0818Email: [email protected] site: www.nstiak.comDesign, installation and maintenance ofSCADA, CATV, surveillance, power gen-eration and remote communication sys-tems. Twenty years of arctic experience.

Corrosion Analysis

Kakivik Asset Management5401 Fairbanks St., Ste. 3Anchorage, AK 99518Phone: (907) 770-9400Fax: (907) 770-9450Contact: Mark Hylen, president/CEOEmail: [email protected] site: www.kakivik.comFairbanks OfficePhone: (907) 451-4898Fax: (907) 451-4897Valdez OfficePhone: (907) 831-1390Offering all elements of nondestructivetesting, inspection services, quality con-trol and asset management

Drilling & Well Services

ASRC Energy Services – Engineeringand Technology3900 C St.Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: John Lewis, vp operationsPhone: (907) 339-6200Fax: (907) 339-6212Email: [email protected] site: www.asrcenergy.comDrilling and completion engineering,well stimulation, facilities engineering,upstream exploration and productionservices, geological and geophysicalservices, automation, electrical andinstrumentation, platform renovationand construction.

Baker Hughes Inteq7260 Homer Dr.Anchorage, AK 99518Contact: Dave Reimer, AK mgr.Phone: (907) 267-6600Cell Phone: (907) 250-6420Fax: (907) 267-6623Email: [email protected] site: www.bakerhughes.comBaker Hughes Inteq delivers advanceddrilling technologies and services thatdeliver efficiency and precise wellplacement. Major capabilities includedirectional drilling, measurement-while-drilling (MWD), logging-while-drilling (LWD), drilling fluids, and well-site information management services.

Doyon Ltd.Doyon Drilling, Inc.101 W. Benson Blvd., Ste. 503Anchorage, AK 99503

B8 PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF OCTOBER 17, 2004PETROLEUM DIRECTORYContact: Ron WilsonPhone: (907) 563-5530Fax: (907) 561-8986Email: [email protected] site: www.doyon.comDoyon Drilling, a leader in Arcticdrilling, provides drilling and casingservices on Alaska’s North Slope.

The Fairweather Companies2000 E. 88th Ave.Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Bill PenrosePhone: (907) 258-3446Fax: (907) 279-5740Website: www.fairweather.comThe Fairweather Companies provideproject management, engineering,drilling, permitting, logistics, and oper-ational services to the exploration andproduction sectors of the petroleumindustry.

MI SWACO721 W. First Ave.Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Brad BillonPhone: (907) 274-5526Fax: (907) 279-6729Email: [email protected], AK 99501Contact: Dana RhodesPhone: (907) 274-5541Email: [email protected] SWACO combines Alaska know-howand global strength to provide the oilindustry with a full-service drilling part-ner

Nabors Alaska Drilling2525 C St., Ste. 200Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Leslie AdamsPhone: (907) 263-6000Fax: (907) 563-3734Email: [email protected]

Nordic-Calista Services4700 Business Park Blvd., Bldg. E, #19Anchorage, AK 99503Phone: (907) 561-7458Fax: (907) 563-8347Contact: Phil Snisarenko, OperationsMgr. Email: [email protected] Services provides innova-tive, reliable workover/drilling rigsspecifically designer for arctic condi-tions. We strive to maximize productivi-ty and efficiency while promoting safe-ty and environmentally-conscious drillpractices.

Petroleum Equipment & Services5631 Silverado Way, Ste GAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: Kevin Durling/Donald ParkerPhone: (907) 248-0066Fax: (907) 248-4429Email: [email protected] site: www.pesiak.comP.E.S.I. provides both conventional andspecialty products and services for theAlaska oil industry. Regardless of yourlocation, you will receive products andservice that is guaranteed to meet yourrequirements.

Quadco6116 Nielson WayAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: David Baggett, vp, AK mgr.Phone: (907) 563-8999Fax: (907) 563-8985Email: [email protected] offices: Farmington NM, DenverCO, Casper WYQuadco has supplied services to theAlaska oilfield since 1976. We havetrained personnel to help with instru-mentation, solids control, pipe han-dling and Top Drive drilling equipment.24 hour on call

Schlumberger Oilfield Services2525 Gambell St.Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Daniel PalmerPhone: (907) 273-1700Fax: (907) 561-8317Email: [email protected] site: www.slb.comSchlumberger Oilfield Services providespeople and technology, workingtogether to offer exploration and pro-duction solutions for the life of oil and

gas reservoirs.

Unique Machine5839 Old Seward HwyAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: Pat Hanley, COOPhone: (907) 563-3012Fax: (907) 562-1376Email: [email protected] site: www.uniquemachineinc.comThe design, development, manufactureand distribution of oilfield construc-tion, mining, fishing and governmentparts to industry quality standards.

Drug Testing

Worksafe300 W. 36th Ave., Ste. AAnchorage, AK 99503Phone: (907) 563-8378Fax: (907) 563-8380Web site: www.worksafeinc.comWorksafe works to keep your employ-ees from getting hurt on the job if theyare using drugs or alcohol. WorksafeDrug Testing increases productivity,reduces liability with fewer injuries andaccidents and provides insurance costsavings.

Electrical

Dowland-Bach6130 Tuttle Pl.Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Lynn JohnsonPhone: (907) 562-5818Fax: (907) 563-4721Web site: www.dowlandbach.comIndustrial control and panel fabrication

Udelhoven Oilfield System ServicesAnchorage office:184 E. 53rd Ave.Anchorage, AK 99518Phone: (907) 344-1577Fax: (907) 522-2541Nikiski office:P.O. Box 8349Nikiski, AK 99635Phone: (907) 776-5185Fax: (907) 776-8105Prudhoe office:Pouch 340103Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734Phone: (907) 659-8093Fax: (907) 659-8489Serving Alaska for more than 25 years.

Employee Services

Hawk Consultants200 W. 34th Ave., Ste. 809Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Maynard Tapp, presidentPhone: (907) 278-1877Fax: (907) 278-1889Email: [email protected] people and resources to theoil, gas, power, telecommunication andpublic works industries. Services includestrategic planning, full service projectmanagement team consulting/outsourc-ing, supplemental professionals, profes-sionals, management consulting servic-es.

Worksafe300 W. 36th Ave., Ste. AAnchorage, AK 99503Phone: (907) 563-8378Fax: (907) 563-8380Web site: www.worksafeinc.comWorksafe works to keep your employ-ees from getting hurt on the job if theyare using drugs or alcohol. WorksafeDrug Testing increases productivity,reduces liability with fewer injuries andaccidents and provides insurance costsavings.

Energy Services

ASRC Energy Services3900 C St., Ste. 701Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Jack Laasch, exec. vp strategicdev. and external affairsPhone: (907) 339-6200Fax: (907) 339-6212Email: [email protected] site: www.asrcenergy.comOil and gas services, engineering, con-struction, operations, maintenance,

pipeline construction and maintenance,project management, geological andgeophysical, drilling and completionengineering, well stimulation, explo-ration services.

ASRC Energy Services – Operationsand Maintenance3900 C St.Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Mark Nelson, exec. vpPhone: (907) 339-6200Fax: (907) 339-6212Email: [email protected] site: www.asrcenergy.comOil and gas services, industrial construc-tion, operations and maintenance,module fabrication and assembly, proj-ect management and non-destructivetesting.

Hunter 3-D9898 Bissonnet St., Ste. 362Houston, TX 77036Contact: Dan Huston, vice presidentPhone: (713) 981-4650Fax: (713) 981-4650Email: [email protected] site: www.hunter3dinc.comHunter 3-D is a geophysical consultingcompany based in Houston, Texas. Weinterpret seismic, gravity and magneticdata for projects in Alaska and world-wide.

Michael Baker Jr.4601 Business Park Blvd., Ste. 42Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: John M. Eldred, business unitmgr.Phone: (907) 273-1115Fax: (907) 273-1699Email: [email protected]: www.mbakercorp.comJuneau office: 175 Franklin St., Ste. 420Juneau, AK 99801Contact: McKie Campbell, sr. environ-mental mgr.Phone: (907) 463-3171Fax: (907) 463-3107Email: [email protected] skills include civil, structur-al, mechanical, electrical, project man-agement, GIS, and hydrology. Energyservices include CMMS (computerizedmaintenance management), managedoperation and maintenance,training/competency services, and otherrelated energy services.

Engineering Services

AES Lynx Enterprises1029 W. 3rd Ave., Ste.400Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Mark Schindler, president &CEOContact: Diane Fleisher, office mgr. Phone: (907) 277-4611Fax: (907) 277-4717Email: [email protected] professionals offer the followingservices: major project strategic plan-ning and project management; onshoreand offshore projects, exploration anddevelopment phases, permits and right-of-way acquisition, NationalEnvironmental Policy Act (NEPA) docu-mentation, Environmental Assessment(EA) and Environmental ImpactStatement (EIS) preparation.

Alaska Anvil509 W. 3rd Ave.Anchorage, AK 99501–2237Contact: Frank WeissPhone: (907) 276-2747Fax: (907) 279-4088Web site: anvilcorp.comOther office: Kenai50720 Kenai Spur Hwy, Mile 24.5Kenai, AK 99611Phone: (907) 776-5870Fax: (907) 770-5871Multi-discipline engineering and designservices including construction manage-ment for petro-chemical and heavyindustrial client projects.

Alaska Telecom6623 Brayton Dr.Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Kevin GrayPhone: (907) 344-1223Fax: (907) 344-1612Email: [email protected] Office:713 Gaffney Rd.Fairbanks, AK 99701Contact: Becky Cummings

Phone: (907) 456-1223Providing telecommunications supportto oil exploration and production com-panies and contractors. Satellite com-munications, voice, data, microwave,VHF/UHF radio, engineering and instal-lation.

Alpine-Meadow11043 Tsusena CircleEagle River, AK 99577Contact: George Snodgrass, presidentPhone: (907) 694-7423Fax: (907) 694-7423Email: [email protected]: www.alpine-meadow.comWe are a small, low-cost, professional,personal company with 18 years engi-neering and environmental experiencein Alaska with major oil companies. Weoffer permitting and compliance,strategic planning, incident investiga-tions, crisis management services.

Engineered Fire & Safety3138 Commercial Dr.Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Don Maupin, gen. mgr.Phone: (907) 274-7973 ext. 123Fax: (907) 274-6265Email [email protected] site: www.efs-fire.comAn industry leader in the design, inte-gration and testing of safety solutionsfor high value risks. UL system certifica-tions and panel fabrication.

ENSR International1835 S. Bragaw St., Ste. 490 Anchorage, AK 99512Contact: Chris L. Humphrey, P.E.Phone: (907) 561-5700Fax: (907) 273-4555Email: [email protected] Alaska since 1977. ENSR is anenvironmental engineering and con-sulting firm with more than 70 officesworldwide providing environmentalplanning, assessment, permitting, com-pliance management and contamina-tion cleanup.

The Fairweather Companies2000 E. 88th Ave.Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Bill PenrosePhone: (907) 258-3446Fax: (907) 279-5740Website: www.fairweather.comThe Fairweather Companies provideproject management, engineering,drilling, permitting, logistics, and oper-ational services to the exploration andproduction sectors of the petroleumindustry.

Great Northern Engineering137 E. Arctic Ave.Palmer, AK 99645Contact: John H. Riggs, general mgr.Phone: (907) 745-6988Fax: (907) 745-0591Email: [email protected]: www.greatnorthernengineer-ing.comAnchorage office: 561-0200Kenai office: 283-5199Great Northern Engineering (GNE) is afull-service engineering firm specializ-ing in industrial power and petro-chemical engineering. Complete engi-neering services in mechanical, electri-cal, civil, structural, rotating equipment,and corrosion engineering. Consultingservices in project design, preparationof project documents, bid assistance,project management, cost estimatingand inspection services.

Kakivik Asset Management5401 Fairbanks St., Ste. 3Anchorage, AK 99518Phone: (907) 770-9400Fax: (907) 770-9450Contact: Mark Hylen, president/CEOEmail: [email protected] site: www.kakivik.comFairbanks OfficePhone: (907) 451-4898Fax: (907) 451-4897Valdez OfficePhone: (907) 831-1390Offering all elements of nondestructivetesting, inspection services, quality con-trol and asset management.

Kuukpik-LCMF139 E. 51st Ave.Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Richard Rearick, architectural

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mgr.Contact: Willey Wilhelm, engineeringmgr.Contact: Tony Hoffman, survey mgr.Phone: (907) 273-1830Phone: (800) 955-1830Fax: (907) 273-1831Email: [email protected] Offices:Barrow: (800) 478-8213Email: [email protected]: (907) 670-4739Email: [email protected] specialized architectural andengineering design for all structures;water/sewer, fuel and transportationsystems design; contractor support sur-veying and permitting for oil and gasdevelopment; dredging operations,remote site land and hydrographic sur-veying.

NANA/Colt Engineering700 G Street, 5th floorAnchorage, AK 99501Phone: (907) 273-3900Fax: (907) 273-3990Contact: John MinierNANA/Colt offers project management,engineering, design, construction man-agement, and procurement services tothe oil industry.

Natco CanadaP.O. Box 850, Stn. TCalgary, Alberta T2H2H3Contact: Kevin Baird, bus. dev. mgr.Phone: (403) 203-2103Fax: (403) 236-0488Email: [email protected] site: www.natco-ca.comNatco Group engineers, designs andmanufactures process, wellhead andwater treatment equipment and sys-tems used in the production of oil andgas worldwide.

PDC Harris Group1231 Gambell St.Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Steve ThenoPhone: (907) 644-4716Fax: (907) 561-7028Email: [email protected]: Mike MooraPhone: same as aboveFax: same as aboveEmail: [email protected] site: www.pdcharrisgroup.comPDC-Harris Group provides front-endengineering design, detailed design,and environmental permitting servicesto the oil, gas, and power generationmarkets.

Petrotechnical Resources of Alaska(PRA)3601 C St., Ste. 1378Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Tom WalshPhone: (907) 272-1232Fax: (907) 272-1344Email: [email protected] multidisciplinary staff of qualifiedand experienced professionals possess adiverse array of technical capabilities toprovide our clients with a full spectrumof geoscience and engineering consult-ing services.

VECO949 E. 36th Ave., Ste. 500Anchorage, AK 99508Contact: Emily CrossPhone: (907) 762-1510Fax: (907) 762-1001Email: [email protected] site: www.VECO.comVECO is a multi-national corporationthat provides services, project manage-ment, engineering, procurement, con-struction, operations and maintenance– to the energy, resource and processindustries and the public sector.

Environmental Engineering & Consulting

AES Lynx Enterprises1029 W. 3rd Ave., Ste.400Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Mark Schindler, President &CEOContact: Diane Fleisher, office mgr. Phone: (907) 277-4611Fax: (907) 277-4717Email: [email protected] professionals offer the following

services: major project strategic plan-ning and project management; onshoreand offshore projects, exploration anddevelopment phases, permits and right-of-way acquisition, NationalEnvironmental Policy Act (NEPA) docu-mentation, Environmental Assessment(EA) and Environmental ImpactStatement (EIS) preparation.

Alaska Anvil509 W. 3rd Ave.Anchorage, AK 99501–2237Contact: Frank WeissPhone: (907) 276-2747Fax: (907) 279-4088Web site: anvilcorp.comOther office: Kenai50720 Kenai Spur Hwy, Mile 24.5Kenai, AK 99611Phone: (907) 776-5870Fax: (907) 770-5871Multi-discipline engineering and designservices including construction manage-ment for petro-chemical and heavyindustrial client projects.

Alpine-Meadow11043 Tsusena CircleEagle River, AK 99577Contact: George Snodgrass, presidentPhone: (907) 694-7423Fax: (907) 694-7423Email: [email protected]: www.alpine-meadow.comWe are a small, low-cost, professional,personal company with 18 years engi-neering and environmental experiencein Alaska with major oil companies. Weoffer permitting and compliance,strategic planning, incident investiga-tions, crisis management services.

ENSR International1835 S. Bragaw St., Ste. 490 Anchorage, AK 99512Contact: Chris L. Humphrey, P.E.Phone: (907) 561-5700Fax: (907) 273-4555Email: [email protected] Alaska since 1977. ENSR is anenvironmental engineering and con-sulting firm with more than 70 officesworldwide providing environmentalplanning, assessment, permitting, com-pliance management and contamina-tion cleanup.

Golder Associates1750 Abbott Rd., Ste. 200Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Bob Dugan, mgr., TomKrzewinski, Mark Musial, Bucky TartPhone: (907) 344-6001Fax: (907) 344-6011Website: www.golder.comProviding geotechnical engineering,water resource, and geosciences servic-es in support of resource developmentprojects in Alaska and the Arctic. Otheroffices worldwide.

MWH1835 S. Bragaw St., Ste. 350Anchorage, AK 99508Contact: Brett JokelaPhone: (907) 248-8883Fax: (907) 248-8884Email: [email protected] engineers, scientists, and construc-tors of MWH provide innovative proj-ects and solutions for clients through-out Alaska and Worldwide.

Pacific Environmental (PENCO)6000 A St.Anchorage, AK 99518Contact: Tom Ulrich, reg. mgr. AmericanMaine svc. groupPhone: (907) 562-5420Fax: (907) 562-5426Email: [email protected] site: www.amsghq.comPENCO provides environmentalresponse, containment and clean up.Hazardous wastes and contaminatedsite clean up and remediation. Asbestosand lead abatement. Petroleum vesselservices and bulk fuel oil facility andstorage tank maintenance, manage-ment and operations.

PDC Harris Group1231 Gambell St.Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Steve ThenoPhone: (907) 644-4716Fax: (907) 561-7028Email: [email protected]

Contact: Mike MooraPhone: same as aboveFax: same as aboveEmail: [email protected] site: www.pdcharrisgroup.comPDC-Harris Group provides front-endengineering design, detailed design,and environmental permitting servicesto the oil, gas, and power generationmarkets.

Quadco6116 Nielson WayAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: David Baggett, vp, AK mgr.Phone: (907) 563-8999Fax: (907) 563-8985Email: [email protected] offices: Farmington NM, DenverCO, Casper WYQuadco has supplied services to theAlaska oilfield since 1976. We havetrained personnel to help with instru-mentation, solids control, pipe han-dling and Top Drive drilling equipment.24 hour on call

Environmental Response & Cleanup

Alaska Interstate ConstructionP.O. Box 233769Anchorage, AK 99523Contact: John EllsworthPhone: (907) 562-2792Fax: (907) 562-4179Email: [email protected]: www.aicllc.comAIC provides cost-effective solutions toresource development industries. Weprovide innovative ideas to meet eachrequirement through the provision ofbest-in-class people and equipmentcoupled with exceptional performance.

ENSR International1835 S. Bragaw St., Ste. 490 Anchorage, AK 99512Contact: Chris L. Humphrey, P.E.Phone: (907) 561-5700Fax: (907) 273-4555Email: [email protected] Alaska since 1977. ENSR is anenvironmental engineering and con-sulting firm with more than 70 officesworldwide providing environmentalplanning, assessment, permitting, com-pliance management and contamina-tion cleanup.

Great NorthwestP.O. Box 74646Fairbanks, AK 99704-4646Contact: Buzz OtisPhone: (907) 452-5617Fax: (907) 456-7779Email: [email protected] site: www.grtnw.comSpecializing in cold weather and heavycivil construction, gravel and rock prod-ucts, site-work, petroleum industry con-struction, erosion control, undergroundutilities and reclamation services.

Pacific Environmental (PENCO)6000 A St.Anchorage, AK 99518Contact: Tom Ulrich, reg. mgr. AmericanMaine svc. groupPhone: (907) 562-5420Fax: (907) 562-5426Email: [email protected] site: www.amsghq.comPENCO provides environmentalresponse, containment and clean up.Hazardous wastes and contaminatedsite clean up and remediation. Asbestosand lead abatement. Petroleum vesselservices and bulk fuel oil facility andstorage tank maintenance, manage-ment and operations.

Unitech of Alaska2130 E. Dimond Blvd.Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Debbie HawleyPhone: (907) 349-5142Phone: (800) 649-5859Fax: (907) 349-2733Email: [email protected]: [email protected] is Alaska’s only 24-hour oil spillremediation, environmental and indus-trial supply company. Specialty areasinclude sorbents, geotextile, contain-ment berms, drums and ice melt.

Environmental Supplies

Arctic Fire & Safety702 30th Ave.Fairbanks, AK 99701Contact: Bobby, Shane, GigiPhone: (907) 378-2116Fax: (907) 452-7876Email: [email protected] Alaskan owned safety specialistsince 1975. Gas detection, sales/rentals,containments, U.N. shipping boxes, bar-rels, P.P.E. material handling, totes, spillkits, all absorbents. We stock.

Pacific Environmental (PENCO)6000 A St.Anchorage, AK 99518Contact: Tom Ulrich, reg. mgr. AmericanMaine svc. groupPhone: (907) 562-5420Fax: (907) 562-5426Email: [email protected] site: www.amsghq.comPENCO provides environmentalresponse, containment and clean up.Hazardous wastes and contaminatedsite clean up and remediation. Asbestosand lead abatement. Petroleum vesselservices and bulk fuel oil facility andstorage tank maintenance, manage-ment and operations.

Unitech of Alaska2130 E. Dimond Blvd.Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Debbie HawleyPhone: (907) 349-5142Phone: (800) 649-5859Fax: (907) 349-2733Email: [email protected]: [email protected] is Alaska’s only 24-hour oil spillremediation, environmental and indus-trial supply company. Specialty areasinclude sorbents, geotextile, contain-ment berms, drums and ice melt.

Equipment & Heavy Hauling

Alaska Interstate ConstructionP.O. Box 233769Anchorage, AK 99523Contact: John EllsworthPhone: (907) 562-2792Fax: (907) 562-4179Email: [email protected]: www.aicllc.comAIC provides cost-effective solutions toresource development industries. Weprovide innovative ideas to meet eachrequirement through the provision ofbest-in-class people and equipmentcoupled with exceptional performance.

Carlile Transportation Systems1800 E. 1st Ave.Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Linda LearyPh: (907) 267-7797Fax: (907) 276-6786Email: [email protected] Offices: Fairbanks, Prudhoe Bay,Kenai, Seward, Federal Way, WA,Houston, TX, Edomonton, ALTAAlaska owned and operated, full serv-ice, multi-modal, transportation andlogistics company.

Crowley Alaska2525 C St., Ste. 303Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Craig TorngaPhone: (907) 278-4978Fax: (907) 257-2828Email: [email protected] transportation throughoutAlaska. North Slope heavy hauling withCATCO all-terrain vehicles.

Northern Transportation310 K St., Ste. 200Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: John Marshall, Lynette StorozPhone: (907) 264-6682Fax: (907) 264-6602Email: [email protected] transportation along Alaska’sNorth Slope via Mackenzie River route.

TOTE-Totem Ocean Trailer Express2511 Tidewater RoadAnchorage, AK 99501Contact: Curt StonerPhone: (907) 265-7215Phone: (800) 234-8683Fax: (907) 278-9689Email: [email protected] site: www.totemocean.com

B10 PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF OCTOBER 17, 2004PETROLEUM DIRECTORY

Images for industryJudy Patrick’s experience as a photographer helps her adapt to the changing oil and gas scene

By ALAN BAILEYPetroleum News Contributing Writer

hotographer Judy Patrick’s evocativeimages continue to depict the beauti-ful but challenging world of Alaskaoil exploration and production.

Through her photographs of responsible,environmentally sensitive development,Patrick has become something of a cham-pion for the oil industry as well as provid-ing a valuable service for her clients.

Although Patrick’s career in industrialphotography stretches back more than 15years, her work with the Alaska oil indus-try started in 1995 when she began shoot-ing pictures for Petroleum News. Sincethen Patrick has established a busy indus-trial photography service and has expand-ed her business interests into graphicdesign and advertising.

North Slope photographyPatrick loves photographing winter

exploration on Alaska’s North Slope —especially the opportunity to captureimages of a world that few people see.

“That’s the thing I like to do most —it’s what I live for,” Patrick told PetroleumNews. “It’s exciting because you’re outthere and it’s beautiful and it’s cold and it’sremote.”

Patrick also really enjoys watching andillustrating the ingenuity of constructingfacilities in remote locations — seeinghow people build things.

“There’s always a challenge in howthey solve a problem,”Patrick said.

For example, Patrick pho-tographed the construction ofthe Northstar island and pro-duction facilities in theBeaufort Sea. Patrick usedher camera to capture everyaspect of the development,from placing the gravel forthe island to laying thepipeline.

“The way that that (proj-ect) was accomplished stillblows my mind,” Patricksaid. “Every facet of it hadsomething that was unique.”

New customersIn recent years Patrick has

seen changes in her portfolioof clients, with several of thesmaller independent oil com-panies entering the Alaska oilindustry.

“I just can’t really empha-size enough how excited Iam about the new peoplecoming in ... the dynamics are changingpermanently on the North Slope,” Patricksaid. “They’re excited — and it’s a bigdeal ... they’ve never seen anything likethis.”

Along with a sense of excitement, theseentrants to the Alaska oil scene are bring-ing a new emphasis to Patrick’s work. Forexample, she sometimes finds that she hasto highlight in pictures the cost factors inNorth Slope development — the ice roads,the big drilling rigs and all the other chal-lenges of working in the Arctic.

“In some cases they’re trying to justifycost and so they need to show the difficultlogistics,” Patrick said. “I try to showthings, so that they can clearly illustrate totheir superiors and then to their investorsthat the money was not unwisely spent.”

In addition to diversifying to new cus-tomers in the oil industry, Patrick hasrecently done an assignment for theDepartment of Transportation, illustratinginitial investigations for the construction ofthe Colville River Road on the NorthSlope.

Experience countsAlthough hiring a professional photog-

rapher like Patrick might sometimes seemexpensive, the cost of the photographymore than pays off in both the quality ofthe images and the experience that thephotographer can draw on when selectingsubject matter, viewpoints and cameraangles. Patrick’s depth of experience nor-mally gives her a good sense of what herclients are looking for.

“I try to rely as much as I can on mypast knowledge,” Patrick said. “I try toconsider all the (potential) uses (for thephotographs).”

During an assignment Patrick alwaystries to find out about any unique or chal-lenging features in what she’s photograph-ing. The client will often want photos thatillustrate these features.

“Whoever drives me around, I always

make them explain the project to me andthen something invariably comes out that’sbeen a technical challenge or constructionchallenge or something like that,” Patricksaid.

Patrick can then use her camera tech-nique — viewpoints, choice of lenses andlens settings — to express what needs tobe shown in the photographs. For exam-ple, in one assignment she had to photo-graph some unusually high ice islands thatthe client had constructed at considerableexpense.

“So I spent some effort making thoseislands look 20 feet tall,” Patrick said.

Regardless of the assignment, Patrickusually finds that she has to shoot severaldifferent types of image to capture allaspects of what is happening.

“There’s a balance that you have tostrike between the beauty shots, the people... shots ... and then the technical/industrialnature of it,” Patrick said. “You have torepresent all those things.”

Digital photographyPatrick has delivered images on CD to

clients for several years and has recentlystarted using an 11 megapixel, high-endprofessional digital camera.

Patrick likes theway in which herdigital camera hasall but eliminated theneed to carry filmsupplies. But shefinds that the mostuseful feature of hercamera is its abilityto make color bal-ance adjustmentsdigitally, without theuse of optical filters.The interiors ofdrilling rigs, forexample, containlight sources ofvarying color temperature.

“Lighting’s a huge challenge,” Patricksaid. “... I can correct for the light in thecamera, so I can get nice looking pictureswithout having to worry about it somuch.”

But digital cameras aren’t cheap andbigger computers, printers and otherequipment, all of which have to be upgrad-ed regularly, generate costs that offset thesavings in the cost of film and film pro-

cessing. Then if you add in the hours that aphotographer like Patrick now has tospend on the computer selecting and edit-ing images, you find that the total cost ofdigital photography turns out much thesame as traditional film photography.

“My costs have all gone up ... especial-ly going digital,” Patrick said. “Clientsthink that because you’re shooting digital-ly that your film costs will go away andyou’ll somehow be cheaper.”

Advertising servicesPatrick has recently moved her business

into downtown Anchorage, where sheshares an office suite with Salt + LightCreative, her graphic design business, andwith Lyford Strategy andCommunications, owned by Willis Lyford.Salt + Light designs and publishes printedmaterial such as brochures and advertise-ments. Lyford, Strategy andCommunications is an advertising agencythat works in a wide range of advertisingmedia. — Willis Lyford is a talentedwriter.

Together, the three businesses that sharethe downtown office enjoy considerablesynergy.

“Willis and I ... collaborate on severalprojects and then he uses my design busi-ness as well,” Patrick said.

With low office overheads and a widebreadth of skills, the three businesses canproduce high quality advertising materialat very competitive prices, Patrick said.

“There are a lot of graphic design busi-nesses out there but they don’t have thedepth and the knowledge that we havehere with the combination of people thatwe have,” Patrick said. “And we have abuilt-in photo library so we can operatesuper quick — we’re not bureaucratic atall.”

Future expansionPatrick sees a limit to how much pho-

tography she can take on — her photo-graphic business entirely revolves aroundher own individual photographic genre.However, she sees endless possibilities toexpand her busy graphic design business,adding new staff as necessary.

“Judy Patrick Photography is JudyPatrick — that’s me taking pictures ...there isn’t anybody else that takes pictures

like I do,” Patrick said. “Whereas Salt +Light Creative is other people and thereare other designers.”

But it’s still the beauty of the NorthSlope that forms the core of Patrick’swork.

“I do constantly think how what’s infront of my camera is going to be viewedand how I want it to be viewed and it’salways with some beauty,” Patrick said.●

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Vital support servicesDoyon Universal Services’ human support and security services underpin business operations

By ALAN BAILEYPetroleum News Contributing Writer

op among the keys to success for anybusiness are the comfort, safety andwell being of its personnel. Withoutgood food and accommodations, for

example, morale drops and productivitysuffers.

Doyon Universal Services LLC hasestablished a long history of providingmeals, housekeeping services and lightmaintenance at remote work sites. Thecompany has also become a top-tierprovider of professional security services.

Started in 1946“The company started in Alaska in 1946

... under the name of Universal Services,”Mark Huber, vice president of DoyonUniversal Services, told Petroleum News.

Originally founded to support the bur-geoning military presence in Alaska afterWorld War II, the company grew tobecome an international provider of humansupport services for a variety of industries.With its international expansion and fol-lowing the sale of the company to a newowner, the company headquarters moved toSeattle in the late 1980s.

In 1992 Universal Services formed ajoint venture with Doyon Ltd., one of the13 Alaska regional Native corporations, toprovide services in Alaska. On Sept. 1 ofthis year, the joint venture companybecame Doyon Universal Services LLC.

“Previously we’ve been limited geo-graphically to the state of Alaska by ourjoint venture agreement,” Huber said.“Under our new LLC agreement that geo-graphic restriction has been removed.”

The company employs some 700 peo-ple, providing catering, security and main-tenance support services to industries thatinclude oil and gas, construction and min-ing. Many of the company’s employees areAlaska Natives.

Food for remote sitesSupporting work sites that lie off the

road system and perhaps hundreds of milesfrom the nearest store, has remained a corebusiness for the company over the years.

And food is probably the most obviousmorale booster in these remote places —Doyon Universal Service serves about6,000 meals each day in Alaska. The com-pany takes pride in the variety of meals thatit prepares and its ability to serve almost

any dish at any location.“Our chefs and our culinary staff are

very creative and do a wonderful job ofboth preparing and presenting food that isexciting, has variety and meets the needs of

the people ... and I think that’s what sets usapart and keeps us successful,” Huber said.

And with people becoming increasinglyhealth conscious, menus accommodate avariety of dietary needs and requests. Thecompany employs a full-time nutritionistwho works with the chefs to developmenus and deal with dietary issues.

Menus now include entrees that supportthe Atkins and South Beach diets and thecompany promotes a healthy heart pro-gram.

“Of the three entreeswe’ll serve over thecourse of a meal one ofthose entrees will be lowfat and low sodium,”Huber said.

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each site establishes afive-week menu cycle andprepares a weekly groceryorder. Doyon UniversalServices’ logistics teampicks up these orders andarranges to have all thefood delivered on time andin top-notch condition.

“In the almost 60 yearsthat we’ve been operatinghere in Alaska we havebecome experts in how tobring sensitive product ... to remote envi-ronments,” Huber said.

Huber sees this logistical operation as ahuge benefit to customers — companies

who specialize inengineering, forexample, don’thave to deal withbuying supplies orworry about howto move freshmeat to a site.

“Our clientswho show up fora meal in a foodline never have toworry about howthose nice brightred fresh tomatoeson their salad gotto that location inthe condition thatthey did,” Hubersaid.

In fact the company’s food and logisticsoperations have become so successful thatthe company now provides retail cateringservices in Anchorage and Fairbanks.

The company also provides general

logistics services for customers. As well astransporting people, the logistics operationcan ship perishable products and virtuallyany kind of human support supplies. Thecompany also freights items such as paper-work, mail and laundry back from remotesites into town.

Maintenance and housekeepingLight maintenance, janitorial and house-

keeping services also underpin life in both

remote sites and city offices. DoyonUniversal Services carries out a wide rangeof maintenance and upkeep duties rangingfrom maintaining HVAC systems to keep-ing the plumbing working and makingbeds.

“People take these things for granted ...until they turn the hot water faucet andthere isn’t any hot water,” Huber said.

The company places strong emphasis onsanitation and trains staff appropriately.Simple actions like cleaning door handleswhen maintaining shared living areas helpensure a hygienic living environment.Recent problems with virus outbreaks oncruise ships have highlighted this problem.

In recognition of its safety and sanita-tion programs and results, Doyon UniversalServices has received the AlaskaDepartment of EnvironmentalConservation’s Gold Star certificate for allof the company’s work sites The Gold Starcertification recognizes the achievement ofthe highest standard of sanitation and foodsafety.

Security servicesSecurity has become a major service

line for Doyon Universal Services.

“It’s physical security — providing themanning, the security presence on theground, as well as security assessments,security systems design,” Huber said.

Doyon Universal Services specializesin the high-caliber security required forcritical infrastructure, including oil and gasfacilities, power plants, water supplies andtransportation infrastructure. For example,the company provides protection for thetrans-Alaska pipeline, the Valdez MarineTerminal and the Port of Anchorage.

..New Coast Guard and homeland secu-rity regulations for all forms of transporta-tion have placed a plethora of new securityrequirements on port operators. DoyonUniversal Services maintains a high levelof expertise in the regulations and can helpoperators perform security assessmentsand formulate security plans.

“We’re the ideal company to come toand we’ve done a lot of that work for portsaround the state for the past two years,”Huber said.

The company can also provide profes-sional fire fighting services and operatesthe fire brigade at the Valdez MarineTerminal.

Depth of expertiseDoyon Universal Service’s expertise in

protecting critical infrastructure dependson a cadre of highly experi-enced and well-trained securityexperts. The company’s securi-ty director, for example, has 25years of experience thatincludes service in lawenforcement, the FBI and themilitary.

“I think our security man-agement team is certainly fore-most in the security industry inthe state of Alaska,” Hubersaid.

Each of the company’ssecurity officers comes withsome level of medical qualifi-cation, ranging from emer-gency trauma technician to fullqualifications as a paramedic.These qualifications enable theofficers to provide firstresponse in a medical emer-gency.

“So there’s additional value added forthe security professionals that we send to ajob site — it’s not just that they’re solelyfocused on security,” Huber said.

SafetyIn whatever services it provides, Doyon

Universal Services makes safety a top pri-ority. The company instills safety aware-ness in all of its employees through safetyprograms, safety meetings, safety auditsand safety analysis.

“From a company standpoint, there’sno responsibility that’s larger,” Huber said.“There’s nothing more important to usthan providing a safe work environmentfor our employees.”

And safety is like most aspects ofhuman services and security: you don’tnotice it until something goes wrong.Huber recalls one customer commentingon the importance of the cook at a remotecamp. If someone in a work crew sleeps inthere’s some impact on the work, the cus-tomer said. But if the cook sleeps in thewhole operation is in trouble.

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B12 PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF OCTOBER 17, 2004PETROLEUM DIRECTORYTOTE’s roll on/roll off ships sail twotimes per week between the Port ofTacoma and the Port of Anchorage.Transit time is a fast 66 hours.

Weaver Brothers14223 Kenai Spur Hwy.Kenai, AK 99611Contact: Glen Dye, terminal mgr.Phone: (907) 283-7975Fax: (907) 283-3677Email: [email protected] Offices:Anchorage, AlaskaFairbanks, AlaskaTrucking company specializing in oilfield winch truck services. Bed tandems& loaders plus rig moving capabilities.Petroleum and chemical trailers, low-boys, bulk trailers, vans and flats.

Equipment Sales/Rental

Air Liquide6415 Arctic Blvd.Anchorage, AK 99518Contact: Brian Benson, tech sales repPhone: (907) 273-9762Fax: (907) 561-8364Email: [email protected] Liquide is the dealer and warrantystation for Lincoln, Miller, Milwaukee,Victor and most other welding equip-ment manufacturers

ColvillePouch 340012Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734Contact: Rick Hofreiter or John DalyPhone: (907) 659-3197Fax: (907) 659-3190Diesel, gasoline, jet fuel, aviation gaso-line in bulk and small quantity deliver-ies, electronic card-lock fleet manage-ment, solid waste and recycling, steel,industrial gases and solid waste.

CONAM Construction301 W. Northern Lights Blvd., Ste 300Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Bob StinsonPhone: (907) 278-6600Fax: (907) 278-3255Email: [email protected], gas, and mining facility; pipeline,civil, and commercial construction.

Hanover Canada500, 101-6 Ave. SWCalgary, AB, T2P 3P4 CanadaContact: Rod Saville, Country Mgr.CanadaPhone: (403) 261-6801Fax: (403) 266-1066Email: [email protected] site: www.hanover-canada.comHanover Canada is the leading providerof natural gas compression services andequipment in Canada. We maintain an85,000 horsepower rental compressionfleet in Canada and over 3.6 millionhorsepower rental fleet worldwide.Hanover custom designs productionequipment in accordance with cus-tomer’s specifications using strict inter-nal engineering standards. We havethe capability to provide process,mechanical and instrument designengineering for any production equip-ment project worldwide.

Kenworth Alaska2838 Porcupine Dr.Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Jim Scherieble, branch mgr.Phone: (907) 279-0602Phone: (800) 478-0602Fax: (907) 258-6639Email: [email protected]: [email protected]: www.kenworthalaska.comFairbanks office:3730 Braddock St.Fairbanks, AK 99701Contact: Ed Lewis, branch mgr.Phone: (907) 455-9900Fax: (907) 479-8295Kenworth Alaska is a full service truckdealership in two locations –Anchorage and Fairbanks. New andused truck sales, parts and service.

NEI Fluid Technology3408 Arctic Blvd.Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Kathryn Russell, presidentPhone: (907) 561-4820Fax: (907) 562-2316Email: [email protected] Suppliers of petrochemical refueling

and testing equipment, meters andvalve systems for the oil and gas indus-try and portable measurement forpetroleum, chemicals and bulk liquids.We also supply refrigerant recoveryand recycling equipment.

Peak Oilfield Service2525 C St., Ste. 201Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Bill Stamps, business develop-ment/ex. affairsPhone: (907) 263-7000Fax: (907) 263-7070Email: [email protected] site: www.peakalaska.comAlaska based general contractors.

Petroleum Equipment & Services5631 Silverado Way, Ste GAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: Kevin Durling/Donald ParkerPhone: (907) 248-0066Fax: (907) 248-4429Email: [email protected] site: www.pesiak.comP.E.S.I. provides both conventional andspecialty products and services for theAlaska oil industry. Regardless of yourlocation, you will receive products andservice that is guaranteed to meet yourrequirements. for Alaska oil industry.

Quadco6116 Nielson WayAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: David Baggett, vp, AK mgr.Phone: (907) 563-8999Fax: (907) 563-8985Email: [email protected] offices: Farmington NM, DenverCO, Casper WYQuadco maintains a fleet of oil fieldinstrumentation, solids control andother equipment for oilfield and indus-trial needs. We represent Varco OilTools, MD Totco, Texas Oil Tools, SPM,Derrick Equipment and various othermanufacturers. 24 hours on call

Totem Equipment & Supply2536 Commercial Dr.Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Mike Huston, vpPhone: (907) 276-2858Fax: (907) 258-4623Email: [email protected] site: www.toteminc.comTotem Equipment & Supply Inc. locallyowned and operated since 1961.Supplies light, medium and heavyequipment. Specializing in temporaryand permanent heating solutions.

Travco Industrial Housing, Ltd.1507 8 St.Nisku, Alberta, Canada T9E 7S7Contact: Stewart Orange, sales rep.Phone: (888) 387-2826Fax: (780) 955-8938Email: [email protected] Web site: www.travco.caTravco is a world-class manufacturer ofindustrial and commercial modularstructures. Our modular structures areused around the world as work camps,offices, wellsites, resorts, schools, etc.

Expeditor/Clerk Services

Chiulista Camp Services/MayflowerCatering6613 Brayton Dr., Ste. CAnchorage, AK 99507Contact: George B. Gardner, pres/gmPhone: (907) 278-2208Fax: (907) 677-7261Email: [email protected] 100 percent Alaska Native ownedand operated catering company on theNorth Slope, catering and housekeep-ing to your tastes, not ours.

Fertilizer

AgriumP.O. Box 575Kenai, AK 99611Contact: Lisa Parker, govt. relationsPhone: (907) 776-3275Fax: (907) 776-5579Email: [email protected] site: www.agrium.comValue added manufacturer of fertilizerproducts.

Financial Services

Dynamic Capital Management

COMPANY NEWS

Long-range medevac jet based in AlaskaAn advanced medical evacuation jet is being based in Anchorage to perform

non-stop missions as long as 3,000 miles.The Aeromed International Lear 36A is designed for long-range transport of

critical patients. Alaska’s strategic location will allow the jet to be used for missions around the

world. “Anchorage is an excellent departure point for extracting patients from

Russian oil fields, and is also a central jumping-off point for the entire PacificRim, South Pacific and Northern Europe,” said Brooks Wall, director of Aeromed.

Along with the new jet, Aeromed has two Lear 35As and a Cessna Citation IIin its fixed-wing fleet.

Aeromed is a division of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp. It has been inoperation since 1997, and flies about 1,500 missions a year.

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Company offers drug and alcoholverification services

A new service is being offered by WorkSafeInc. that will give federally regulated companiesaccess to prior drug and alcohol verification tests.

Clients will be able to check three years of pre-vious drug test violations, and WorkSafe will ver-ify is the employees received proper education ortreatment for any positive results.

The new service will allow companies to getsensitive information to support hiring decisions,according to Steve Mihalik, WorkSafe’s generalmanager in Alaska. It complies with all the various federal privacy laws.

WorkSafe, a subsidiary of NANA Development Corp. founded in 1989, says it isthe largest third-party drug program administrator in Alaska. It has more than 300 col-lections sites across the United States.

More information is available from the company at www.worksafeinc.com or bycalling 907-563-8378.

—PETROLEUM NEWS

ASCG hires three new staff membersASCG, an Anchorage-based engineering, architectural

and technical service consulting firm recently hired threenew staff members for its Alaska operations. Paul Millwoodhas come on board as an assistant controller; JacquelynMcGary as a technical editor; and Sara Montague as a tech-nical document specialist.

ASCG said Milwood has seven years of “progressivelyresponsible accounting experience, including financialreporting, financial analysis and auditing.” Following fouryears of service in the U.S. Marine Corps, Millwoodreceived a bachelor of business administration in accountingfrom the University of Alaska Anchorage.

McGary has 10 years of experience in the architecturaland engineering industry with responsibilities in marketing,grant writing, specification writing and technical editing.She has a B.A. in journalism and public communicationsfrom the University of Alaska Anchorage.

Montague has four years of experience “in the A/E indus-try, with progressive responsibility for the production oftechnical documents,” ASCG said.

ASCG, which has offices in Alaska and the Lower 48states, is a subsidiary of Arctic Slope Regional Corp. Thecompany is nationally ranked at number 109 of the Top 500 Design Companiesby Engineering News Record.

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471 W. 36th Ave., Ste. 201Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: David GottsteinPhone: (907) 562-6374Toll free: (800) 280-3962 (DYNA)Fax: (907) 563-9502Alaska money management firm, offer-ing experienced professional judge-ment, leading edge technology, andcustomized portfolios. Individual andcorporate clients.

UBS Financial Services, Inc.3000 A St., Ste 100Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Steven Lukshin, financial advis-erPhone: (907) 261-5914Toll Free: (866) 261-5914Fax: (907) 261-5990Email: [email protected] site: www.ubs.com/fa/stevenluk-shinUBS Financial Services is a leading U.S.financial service firm serving individu-als, corporations and institutions offer-ing investments, cash management and401(k) services

Fire Protection

Arctic Fire & Safety702 30th Ave.Fairbanks, AK 99701Contact: Bobby, Shane, GigiPhone: (907) 378-2116Fax: (907) 452-7876Email: [email protected] Alaskan owned safety specialistsince 1975. Extinguisher recharging andsales, alarm/system service, NFPA P.P.E.,clothing, MSA airpacks, hydro testing,fire vehicles and accessories, TIC’s.

MEDC International5829 West Sam Houston Pkwy, North,Ste.1005Houston, TX 77041Contact: Phil Hausman, sales mgr. -AmericasPhone: (713) 937-9772Fax: (713) 937-9773Cell: (713) 410-1144Email: [email protected] Office: MEDC Ltd. – UKWeb site: www.medc.comMEDC design, manufacture and sell arange of UL/CSA/ATEX-NEC/IECapproved field devices for fire & gasand communications systems for use inpotentially explosive atmospheres.

Freight/Shipping & Cargo

Air Logistics of Alaska1915 Donald Ave.Fairbanks, AK 99701Phone: (907) 452-1197Fax: (907) 452-4539Contact: Dave ScarbroughPhone: Anchorage: (907) 248-3335Email: [email protected] contract and charter servic-es.

Alaska Airlines CargoP.O. Box 68900Seattle, WA 98168Contact: Keola Pang-Ching, director,cargo salesPhone: (206) 433-3122Fax: (206) 433-3225Email: [email protected] winning cargo services to moreplaces, more often, with more lift to,from, and within the state of Alaska.

Alaska Railroad Corp.P.O. Box 107500Anchorage, AK 99510Contact: Katie Bender, Marketing andLogistics TechnicianPhone: (907) 265-2485Fax: (907) 265-2597Email: [email protected] Alaska Railroad Corporation offersreal estate, passenger and freight serv-ices – including complete services tomove your freight between Alaska, theLower 48 and Canada.

Brooks Range SupplyPouch 3400081 Old Spine RoadPrudhoe Bay, AK 99734Contact: Mike Kunkel/Craig Welch, gen-eral managersPhone: (907) 659-2550Toll Free: (866) 659-2550

Fax: (907) 659-2650Email: [email protected] and delivery of hardwareand more throughout oilfield andNorth Slope villages. Open 24 hours,365 days a year. Toll free number 866-659-2550.

CN Aquatrain3015 Madison WayAnchorage, AK 99508Contact: Laurie A. Gray, agentPhone: (907) 279-3131Toll free: (800) 999-0541Fax: (907) 272-3963CN Aquatrain has provided Alaska withdependable access to Canadian andLower 48 markets for 38 years.

Carlile Transportation Systems1800 E. 1st Ave.Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Linda LearyPh: (907) 267-7797Fax: (907) 276-6786Email: [email protected] Offices: Fairbanks, Prudhoe Bay,Kenai, Seward, Federal Way, WA,Houston, TX, Edomonton, ALTAAlaska owned and operated, full serv-ice, multi-modal, transportation andlogistics company.

Crowley Alaska2525 C St., Ste. 303Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Craig TorngaPhone: (907) 278-4978Fax: (907) 257-2828Email: [email protected] transportation throughoutAlaska. North Slope heavy hauling withCATCO all-terrain vehicles.

ERA Aviation6160 Carl Brady DriveAnchorage, AK 99502Contact: Bryan BlixhavnPhone: (907) 248-4422Fax: (907) 266-8383Email: [email protected] site: www.eraaviation.comHelicopter and fixed wing contract andcharter services; scheduled airline serv-ice.

F.S. Air6121 S. Airpark PlaceAnchorage, AK 99502Contact: Sandra ButlerPhone: (907) 248-9595Fax: (907) 243-1247

Kenai AviationP. O. Box 46Kenai, AK 99611Contact: Bob or Jim BielefeldPhone: (907) 283-4124Phone: (800) 478-4124 (within Alaska)Fax: (907) 283-5267Email: [email protected] taxi services provided since 1961state wide, mostly Cook Inlet. Singleengine and twin Bonanza.

LyndenAlaska Marine LinesAlaska Railbelt MarineAlaska West ExpressLynden Air CargoLynden Air FreightLynden InternationalLynden LogisticsLynden Transport6441 S. Airpark Pl.Anchorage, AK 99502Contact: Jeanine St. JohnPhone: (907) 245-1544Fax: (907) 245-1744Email: [email protected] combined scope of the Lyndencompanies includes truckload and less-than-truckload highway connections,scheduled barges, intermodal bulkchemical hauls, scheduled and char-tered air freighters, domestic and inter-national air forwarding and interna-tional sea forwarding services.

Northern Air Cargo3900 W. International Airport Rd. Anchorage, AK 99502Contact: Nick Karnos, acct. mgr.Anch./Prudhoe BayPhone: (907) 249-5161Fax: (907) 249-5194Email: [email protected] site: www.nac.aeroServing the aviation needs of ruralAlaska for almost 50 years, NAC is thestates largest all cargo carrier moving

nearly 100 million pounds of cargo onscheduled flights to 17 of Alaska’sbusiest airports. NAC’s fleet of DC-6, B-727, and ATR-42 aircraft are availablefor charters to remote sites and flagstops to 44 additional communities.

Northern Transportation310 K St., Ste. 200Anchorage, AK 9950142003 McKenzie Hwy.Hay River, NWT X0E0R9Contact: John Marshall Phone: (867) 874-5167Fax: (867) 874-5179Email: [email protected] site: www.ntcl.com Marine transportation along theMcKenzie River to the Beaufort Seaand Alaska’s North Slope.

Northwestern Arctic Air6231 S. Airpark Pl.Anchorage, AK 99502Contact: Judy McClellan, office mgr.Phone: (907) 245-4566Fax: (907) 245-4567Email: [email protected] site: www.NWArcticAirAK.comAll jet fleet 24/7. Large cargo doorsaccommodate long drilling equipment.HAZMAT and express package deliveryservices provided. Member MedallionFoundation.

Oilfield Transport6816 Lowell Cir.Anchorage, AK 99502Contact: Henry MinichPhone: (907) 229-9647Fax: (907) 245-8930Email: [email protected] on-site rig service and logis-tics since 1975. Highway and remotetransportation of equipment via bargeor air, for mining or oilfield projects, toany location in Alaska.

Panalpina4305 W. International Airport Rd.Anchorage, AK 99502Contact: John Hodel, branch mgr.Phone: (907) 245-8008Fax: (907) 245-8018Email: [email protected] site: www.panalpina.comOther offices:Houston: (281) 446-0600Calgary: (403) 291-1137International and domestic freight for-warding and logistics services.Integrated solutions for supply chainmanagement. Specialists in oil andenergy projects.

Renew Air TaxiP.O. Box 61230Fairbanks, AK 99706Contact: Bob WenerPhone: (907) 457-7287Fax: (907) 457-7288Email: [email protected] site: www.RenewAir.comOther Office:Dillingham, AK 99576Phone: (907) 842-3440Turbine Otter air support for remoteseismic exploration, mining and con-struction sites. Cargo, fuel and passen-gers on wheels, wheel skis and amphib-ian floats.

Span-Alaska Consolidators8130 S. 216th St.Kent, WA 98032Contact: Tom Landry, executive v. p.Phone: (800) 257-7726Phone: (907) 349-3606 (Anchorage)Fax: (253) 395-7986Email: [email protected]: www.spanalaska.comAlaskan freight consolidator/forwarderserving all of Alaska with timely andfriendly service. Inbound service fromthe Lower 48 to Alaska. “PromisesMade, Promises Delivere

TOTE-Totem Ocean Trailer Express2511 Tidewater RoadAnchorage, AK 99501Contact: Curt StonerPhone: (907) 265-7215Phone: (800) 234-8683Fax: (907) 278-9689Email: [email protected] site: www.totemocean.comTOTE’s roll on/roll off ships sail twotimes per week between the Port ofTacoma and the Port of Anchorage.Transit time is a fast 66 hours.

Fueling Services

ColvillePouch 340012Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734Contact: John Daly, Kevin CilkPhone: (907) 659-3197Fax: (907) 659-3190Email: [email protected], gasoline, jet fuel, aviation gaso-line in bulk and small quantity deliver-ies, electronic card-lock fleet manage-ment, solid waste and recycling, indus-trial gases and solid waste. Tesoro fuelstation.

General Oilfield Supplies

Alaska Tent & Tarp529 Front St.Fairbanks, AK 99701Contact: Jim HaselbergerPhone: (907) 456-6328Phone: (800) 478-8368Fax: (907) 452-5260Email: [email protected] are a commercial and industrialfabric business. We make covers.

MRO Sales5631 Silverado Way, Unit GAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: Don PowellPhone: (907) 248-8808Fax: (907) 248-8878Email: [email protected] site: www.mrosalesinc.comOther offices:Kenai: Al Hull (907) 335-2782MRO Sales offers products and servicesthat are special to the Alaskan market.MRO can help solve the time problemon hard to find items.

NEI Fluid Technology3408 Arctic Blvd.Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Kathryn Russell, presidentPhone: (907) 561-4820Fax: (907) 562-2316Email: [email protected] Suppliers of petrochemical refuelingand testing equipment, meters andvalve systems for the oil and gas indus-try and portable measurement forpetroleum, chemicals and bulk liquids.We also supply refrigerant recovery andrecycling equipment.

Geophysical & GeologicalServices

ASRC Energy Services – Engineeringand Technology3900 C St.Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: John Lewis, vp operationsPhone: (907) 339-6200Fax: (907) 339-6212Email: [email protected] site: www.asrcenergy.comDrilling and completion engineering,well stimulation, facilities engineering,upstream exploration and productionservices, geological and geophysicalservices, automation, electrical andinstrumentation, platform renovationand construction.

CoreMongers6212 Magnaview Dr.Eagle River, AK 99577Contact: Clifton M. PoseyPhone: (907) 317-2361Web site: CoreMongers.comCoreMongers specializes in high resolu-tion core photography and otherwhole core services including core slab-bing and core plugging. CoreMongersis based locally in Anchorage.

ENSR International1835 S. Bragaw St., Ste. 490 Anchorage, AK 99512Contact: Chris L. Humphrey, P.E.Phone: (907) 561-5700Fax: (907) 273-4555Email: [email protected] Alaska since 1977. ENSR is anenvironmental engineering and con-sulting firm with more than 70 officesworldwide providing environmentalplanning, assessment, permitting, com-pliance management and contamina-tion cleanup.

B14 PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF OCTOBER 17, 2004PETROLEUM DIRECTORYGolder Associates1750 Abbott Rd., Ste. 200Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Bob Dugan, mgr., TomKrzewinski, Mark Musial, Bucky TartPhone: (907) 344-6001Fax: (907) 344-6011Website: www.golder.comProviding geotechnical engineering,water resource, and geosciences servic-es in support of resource developmentprojects in Alaska and the Arctic. Otheroffices worldwide.

Hunter 3-D9898 Bissonnet St., Ste. 362Houston, TX 77036Contact: Dan Huston, vice presidentPhone: (713) 981-4650Fax: (713) 981-4650Email: [email protected] site: www.hunter3dinc.comHunter 3-D is a geophysical consultingcompany based in Houston, Texas. Weinterpret seismic, gravity and magneticdata for projects in Alaska and world-wide.

Petrotechnical Resources of Alaska(PRA)3601 C St., Ste. 1378Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Tom WalshPhone: (907) 272-1232Fax: (907) 272-1344Email: [email protected] multidisciplinary staff of qualifiedand experienced professionals possess adiverse array of technical capabilities toprovide our clients with a full spectrumof geoscience and engineering consult-ing services.

PGS Onshore341 W. Tudor Rd., Ste. 206Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Larry Watt, Alaska area mgr. Phone: (907) 569-4049Fax: (907) 569-4047Email: [email protected] Office738 Hwy 6 South, Ste 900Houston, TX 77079Contact: Gehrig SchultzPhone: (281) 589-6732Fax: (281) 589-6685Email: [email protected] acquisition and processingfor the petroleum industry. PGSOnshore provides fully rubber trackedArctic geophysical crews to acquire thehighest density data with the softestenvironmental footprint on the NorthSlope.

Schlumberger Oilfield Services2525 Gambell St.Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Daniel PalmerPhone: (907) 273-1700Fax: (907) 561-8317Email: [email protected] site: www.slb.comSchlumberger Oilfield Services providespeople and technology, workingtogether to offer exploration and pro-duction solutions for the life of oil andgas reservoirs.

Smith Consulting Services16467 Noble Point DriveAnchorage, AK 99516Contact: Larry SmithPhone: (907) 345-3250Fax: (907) 345-3250Email: [email protected] geophysical consulting servic-es including seismic acquisition plan-ning and field QC as well as interpreta-tion, mapping and GIS data integrationusing Kingdom Suite and ArcGIS soft-ware.

Health Care Professionals

Aeromed International4700 Business Park Blvd., Ste. E25Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Brooks Wall, directorPhone: (907) 677-7501Fax: (907) 677-7502Email: [email protected] site: www.aeromed.comAeromed International is an all jet criti-cal care air ambulance fleet based inAnchorage. Medical crews are certifiedFlight Nurses and certified FlightParamedics.

Alaska Massage & BodyworksHilton Anchorage Fitness Center500 W. 3rd Ave.Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Patricia MainPhone: (907) 240-6880Email: [email protected] site: www.akmassage.comAlaska Massage & Bodyworks is the in-house professional massage therapyservice at the Hilton Anchorage Hotel.Sessions are available for hotel guestsand Anchorage residents. The service isavailable seven days a week on thefifth floor of the hotel. Patricia Main, acertified massage therapist, owns andoperates the service. The staff has spe-cialized training in Swedish, deep tis-sue, injury treatment and trigger pointmassage.

Worksafe300 W. 36th Ave., Ste. AAnchorage, AK 99503Phone: (907) 563-8378Fax: (907) 563-8380Web site: www.worksafeinc.comWorksafe works to keep your employ-ees from getting hurt on the job if theyare using drugs or alcohol. WorksafeDrug Testing increases productivity,reduces liability with fewer injuries andaccidents and provides insurance costsavings.

Helicopter Contract & Charter Services

Air Logistics of Alaska1915 Donald Ave.Fairbanks, AK 99701Phone: (907) 452-1197Fax: (907) 452-4539Contact: Dave ScarbroughPhone: Anchorage: (907) 248-3335Email: [email protected] contract and charter servic-es.

ERA Aviation6160 Carl Brady DriveAnchorage, AK 99502Contact: Bryan BlixhavnPhone: (907) 248-4422Fax: (907) 266-8383Email: [email protected] site: www.eraaviation.comHelicopter and fixed wing contract andcharter services; scheduled airline serv-ice.

Evergreen Helicopters of Alaska1936 Merrill Field DriveAnchorage, AK 99501Contact: Joy Journeay, marketing mgr.Phone: (907) 257-1519Fax: (907) 257-1535Email: [email protected]: Greg Thies, director, marketingPhone: (907) 257-1504Email: [email protected]: Christina Wallace, director,salesPhone: (907) 257-1513Email: [email protected] office: (907) 443-5334Airlines office: (907) 257-1500Website: evergreenaviation.comEvergreen’s diverse fleet has providedaward-winning safety to Alaskans since1960 in petroleum exploration & pro-duction, firefighting, forestry, construc-tion, search & rescue, cargo transport,and utility transmission.

Industrial Gases

Air Liquide6415 Arctic Blvd.Anchorage, AK 99518Contact: Brian Benson, tech sales repPhone: (907) 273-9762Fax: (907) 561-8364Email: [email protected] Liquide is your local manufacturerand supplier of industrial, medical, andscientific gas in Alaska. We also supplybulk gases and dry ice statewide.

ColvillePouch 340012Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734Contact: John Daly, Kevin CilkPhone: (907) 659-3197Fax: (907) 659-3190Email: [email protected], gasoline, jet fuel, aviation gaso-

line in bulk and small quantity deliver-ies, electronic card-lock fleet manage-ment, solid waste and recycling, indus-trial gases and solid waste. Tesoro fuelstation.

Industrial Parts & Supply

Air Liquide6415 Arctic Blvd.Anchorage, AK 99518Contact: Brian Benson, tech sales repPhone: (907) 273-9762Fax: (907) 561-8364Email: [email protected] Liquide is the dealer and warrantystation for Lincoln, Miller, Milwaukee,Victor and most other welding equip-ment manufacturers

Brooks Range SupplyPouch 3400081 Old Spine RoadPrudhoe Bay, AK 99734Contact: Mike Kunkel/Craig Welch, gen-eral managersPhone: (907) 659-2550Toll Free: (866) 659-2550Fax: (907) 659-2650Email: [email protected] source on the Slope for safetysupplies, welding supplies, automotiveand truck parts, hardware, tools, steel,building materials, glass, propane,hydraulic hoses and fittings, paint andchemicals. Napa and True ValueHardware distribution.

Unique Machine5839 Old Seward HwyAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: Pat Hanley, COOPhone: (907) 563-3012Fax: (907) 562-1376Email: [email protected]: www.uniquemachineinc.comConnections; API 5CT, API 7B, GrantPrideco H-Series, Hydril, Hunting, AtlasBradford, NS Technology Co, Inc.,Vallourec and Vam PTS proprietary con-nections.

U.S. Bearings & Drives611 E. International Airport Rd.Anchorage, AK 99518Contact: Dena Kelley, operations mgr.Phone: 563-3000Fax: 563-1003Email: [email protected] site: www.bearings.comU.S. Bearings & Drives, formerly BESCOhas been providing bearings and drivecomponents to our Alaskan customerssince 1952. We offer quality compo-nents and experienced personnel.

Inspection Services

Engineered Fire & Safety3138 Commercial Dr.Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Don Maupin, gen. mgr.Phone: (907) 274-7973 ext. 123Fax: (907) 274-6265Email [email protected] site: www.efs-fire.comAn industry leader in the design, inte-gration and testing of safety solutionsfor high value risks. UL system certifica-tions and panel fabrication.

Kakivik Asset Management5401 Fairbanks St., Ste. 3Anchorage, AK 99518Phone: (907) 770-9400Fax: (907) 770-9450Contact: Mark Hylen, president/CEOEmail: [email protected] site: www.kakivik.comFairbanks OfficePhone: (907) 451-4898Fax: (907) 451-4897Valdez OfficePhone: (907) 831-1390Offering all elements of nondestructivetesting, inspection services, quality con-trol and asset management.

Udelhoven Oilfield System ServicesAnchorage office:184 E. 53rd Ave.Anchorage, AK 99518Phone: (907) 344-1577Fax: (907) 522-2541Nikiski office:P.O. Box 8349Nikiski, AK 99635Phone: (907) 776-5185

Fax: (907) 776-8105Prudhoe office:Pouch 340103Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734Phone: (907) 659-8093Fax: (907) 659-8489Serving Alaska for more than 25 years.

Instrumentation Systems

Arctic Controls1120 E. 5th Ave.Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Scott Stewart, presidentPhone: (907) 277-7555Fax: (907) 277-9295Email: [email protected]: www.arcticcontrols.comAn Alaskan owned and operated com-pany since,1985, Arctic Controls, Inc.has been highly successful as manufac-turer representatives for the state ofAlaska in the Process Control andInstrumentation field. Selling equip-ment to the oil and gas markets, min-ing and water wastewater/municipalmarkets.

Epoch Well Services5801 Silverado WayAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: James R. Carson, AK div. mgr.Phone: (907) 561-2465Fax: (907) 561-2474Email: [email protected] is a complete digital drillinginstrumentation system that monitorsall drill floor and mud system parame-ters. Critical data is displayed andarchieved on workstations located atkey points on the rig.

Quadco6116 Nielson WayAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: David Baggett, vp, AK mgr.Phone: (907) 563-8999Fax: (907) 563-8985Email: [email protected] offices: Farmington NM, DenverCO, Casper WYQuadco maintains a fleet of oil fieldinstrumentation, solids control andother equipment for oilfield and indus-trial needs. We represent Varco OilTools, MD Totco, Texas Oil Tools, SPM,Derrick Equipment and various othermanufacturers. 24 hours on call

Laboratory Services

CoreMongers6212 Magnaview Dr.Eagle River, AK 99577Contact: Clifton M. PoseyPhone: (907) 317-2361Web site: CoreMongers.comCoreMongers specializes in high resolu-tion core photography and otherwhole core services including core slab-bing and core plugging. CoreMongersis based locally in Anchorage.

Kakivik Asset Management5401 Fairbanks St., Ste. 3Anchorage, AK 99518Phone: (907) 770-9400Fax: (907) 770-9450Contact: Mark Hylen, president/CEOEmail: [email protected] site: www.kakivik.comFairbanks OfficePhone: (907) 451-4898Fax: (907) 451-4897Valdez OfficePhone: (907) 831-1390Offering all elements of nondestructivetesting, inspection services, quality con-trol and asset management.

Legal Services

Perkins Coie1029 W. 3rd Ave., Ste. 300Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Eric Fjelstad, attorneyEmail: [email protected]: Teresa Berwick, attorneyEmail: [email protected]: (907) 279-8561Fax: (907) 276-3108Other Offices: Beijing, Bellevue, Boise, Chicago,Denver, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Menlo Park, Olympia,Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington D.C.Website: www.perkinscoie.com

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Perkins Coie law firm handles oil spillplanning, air emissions, NPDES permits,hazardous waste, CERCLA, wetlandspermits, NEPA, and other environmen-tal and natural resources issues.

Logistics

Alaska Railroad Corp.P.O. Box 107500Anchorage, AK 99510Contact: Katie Bender, Marketing andLogistics TechnicianPhone: (907) 265-2485Fax: (907) 265-2597Email: [email protected] Alaska Railroad Corporation offersreal estate, passenger and freight serv-ices – including complete services tomove your freight between Alaska, theLower 48 and Canada.

Carlile Transportation Systems1800 E. 1st Ave.Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Linda LearyPh: (907) 267-7797Fax: (907) 276-6786Email: [email protected] Offices: Fairbanks, Prudhoe Bay,Kenai, Seward, Federal Way, WA,Houston, TX, Edomonton, ALTAAlaska owned and operated, full serv-ice, multi-modal, transportation andlogistics company.

Crowley Alaska2525 C St., Ste. 303Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Craig TorngaPhone: (907) 278-4978Fax: (907) 257-2828Email: [email protected] materials supply services toremote locations. Marine transportthroughout Alaska. Oil field servicesincluding heavy hauling with all-terrainvehicles on North Slope.

The Fairweather Companies2000 E. 88th Ave.Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Bill PenrosePhone: (907) 258-3446Fax: (907) 279-5740Website: www.fairweather.comThe Fairweather Companies provideproject management, engineering,drilling, permitting, logistics, and oper-ational services to the exploration andproduction sectors of the petroleumindustry.

LyndenAlaska Marine LinesAlaska Railbelt MarineAlaska West ExpressLynden Air CargoLynden Air FreightLynden InternationalLynden LogisticsLynden Transport6441 S. Airpark Pl.Anchorage, AK 99502Contact: Jeanine St. JohnPhone: (907) 245-1544Fax: (907) 245-1744Email: [email protected] combined scope of the Lyndencompanies includes truckload and less-

than-truckload highway connections,scheduled barges, intermodal bulkchemical hauls, scheduled and char-tered air freighters, domestic and inter-national air forwarding and interna-tional sea forwarding services.

MRO Sales5631 Silverado Way, Unit GAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: Don PowellPhone: (907) 248-8808Fax: (907) 248-8878Email: [email protected] site: www.mrosalesinc.comOther offices:Kenai: Al Hull (907) 335-2782Prudhoe Bay: Joe Bob Bruster (907)659-2868We provide Professional ProcurementService for hard-to-find supplies, partsand equipment. Regardless of yourlocation, you will receive service that isguaranteed to meet your requirements.From Anchorage to Siberia, from ship-ping to communications, you receiveservice from the experts that have‘Been There, Done That’

Northern Air Cargo3900 W. International Airport Rd. Anchorage, AK 99502Contact: Nick Karnos, acct. mgr.Anch./Prudhoe BayPhone: (907) 249-5161Fax: (907) 249-5194Email: [email protected] site: www.nac.aeroServing the aviation needs of ruralAlaska for almost 50 years, NAC is thestates largest all cargo carrier movingnearly 100 million pounds of cargo onscheduled flights to 17 of Alaska’sbusiest airports. NAC’s fleet of DC-6, B-727, and ATR-42 aircraft are availablefor charters to remote sites and flagstops to 44 additional communities.

Northern Transportation310 K St., Ste. 200Anchorage, AK 9950142003 McKenzie Hwy.Hay River, NWT X0E0R9Contact: John Marshall Phone: (867) 874-5167Fax: (867) 874-5179Email: [email protected] site: www.ntcl.com Marine transportation along theMcKenzie River to the Beaufort Seaand Alaska’s North Slope.

Northwestern Arctic Air6231 S. Airpark Pl.Anchorage, AK 99502Contact: Judy McClellan, office mgr.Phone: (907) 245-4566Fax: (907) 245-4567Email: [email protected] site: www.NWArcticAirAK.comOn-demand, worldwide, air charterservice, Russia Far-East experience,medical transports, express packagedelivery, secure convenient, cost-effec-tive, 24/7. Member MedallionFoundation.

Panalpina4305 W. International Airport Rd.Anchorage, AK 99502

Contact: John Hodel, branch mgr.Phone: (907) 245-8008Fax: (907) 245-8018Email: [email protected] site: www.panalpina.comOther offices:Houston: (281) 446-0600Calgary: (403) 291-1137International and domestic freight for-warding and logistics services.Integrated solutions for supply chainmanagement. Specialists in oil andenergy projects.

Span-Alaska Consolidators8130 S. 216th St.Kent, WA 98032Contact: Tom Landry, executive v. p.Phone: (800) 257-7726Phone: (907) 349-3606 (Anchorage)Fax: (253) 395-7986Email: [email protected]: www.spanalaska.comAlaskan freight consolidator/forwarderserving all of Alaska with timely andfriendly service. Inbound service fromthe Lower 48 to Alaska. “PromisesMade, Promises Delivered.”

Umiat Commercial2700 S. Cushman St.Fairbanks, AK 99701Contact: Mike TolbertPhone: (907) 452-6631Fax: (907) 451-8632Email: [email protected] provides lodging and fuel sales atUmiat located on the Colville River. Weare open 24 hours a day everyday ofthe year.

MachiningUnique Machine5839 Old Seward HwyAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: Pat Hanley, COOPhone: (907) 563-3012Fax: (907) 562-1376Email: [email protected] site: www.uniquemachineinc.comThe design, development, manufactureand distribution of oilfield, construc-tion, mining, fishing, and governmentparts to industry quality standards.

Maintenance

Alaska Tent & Tarp529 Front St.Fairbanks, AK 99701Contact: Jim HaselbergerPhone: (907) 456-6328Phone: (800) 478-8368Fax: (907) 452-5260Email: [email protected] are a commercial and industrialfabric business. We make covers.

Arctic Controls1120 E. 5th Ave.Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Scott Stewart, presidentPhone: (907) 277-7555Fax: (907) 277-9295Email: [email protected]: www.arcticcontrols.comAn Alaskan owned and operated com-pany since,1985, Arctic Controls, Inc.has been highly successful as manufac-

turer representatives for the state ofAlaska in the Process Control andInstrumentation field. Selling equip-ment to the oil and gas markets, min-ing and water wastewater/municipalmarkets.

ASRC Energy Services – Operationsand Maintenance3900 C St.Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Mark Nelson, exec. vpPhone: (907) 339-6200Fax: (907) 339-6212Email: [email protected] site: www.asrcenergy.comOil and gas services, industrial construc-tion, operations and maintenance,module fabrication and assembly, proj-ect management and non-destructivetesting.

Engineered Fire & Safety3138 Commercial Dr.Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Don Maupin, gen. mgr.Phone: (907) 274-7973 ext. 123Fax: (907) 274-6265Email [email protected] site: www.efs-fire.comAn industry leader in the design, inte-gration and testing of safety solutionsfor high value risks. UL system certifica-tions and panel fabrication.

MRO Sales5631 Silverado Way, Unit GAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: Don PowellPhone: (907) 248-8808Fax: (907) 248-8878Email: [email protected] site: www.mrosalesinc.comOther offices:Kenai: Al Hull (907) 335-2782We are a stocking distributor for top-of-the-line waste oil heaters (Reznor),waste water flocculants (Waterclear),environmentally friendly solvents foryour parts washer (PT Technology), cor-rosion and erosion repair and mainte-nance polymers (Belzona), Vapor phase(VpCI™) and Migrating CorrosionInhibitors (MCI) (Cortec) and valvelubricants and sealants (Chemola).

Management Consultant

Hawk Consultants200 W. 34th Ave., Ste. 809Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Maynard Tapp, presidentPhone: (907) 278-1877Fax: (907) 278-1889Email: [email protected] people and resources to theoil, gas, power, telecommunication andpublic works industries. Services includestrategic planning, full service projectmanagement team consulting/outsourc-ing, supplemental professionals, profes-sionals, management consulting servic-es.

Maps

AeroMap U.S.2014 Merrill Field Dr.Anchorage, AK 99501

B16 PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF OCTOBER 17, 2004PETROLEUM DIRECTORYContact: Holly Holmes, MarketingPhone: (907) 272-4495Fax: (907) 274-3265Email: [email protected] site: www.aeromap.comAeroMap provides geospatial informa-tion about the earth utilizing land, air-borne and satellite sensors. We defineits topography, measure its features,and chronicle its condition.

Mapmakers Alaska259 S. Alaska St.Palmer, AK 99645Contact: Brit Lively, managerPhone: (907) 745-3398Fax: (907) 745-6733Maps for oil and gas industry and cus-tom map work

Marketing Solutions3330 C. St., Ste. 101Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Laurie Fagnani,president/ownerPhone: (907) 569-7070Fax: (907) 569-7090Email: [email protected] site: www.marketingsol.netMarketing Solutions a full-serviceaward-winning advertising and publicrelations firm also designs and pro-duces full-scale custom maps.

Smith Consulting Services16467 Noble Point DriveAnchorage, AK 99516Contact: Larry SmithPhone: (907) 345-3250Fax: (907) 345-3250Email: [email protected] geophysical consulting servic-es including seismic acquisition plan-ning and field QC as well as interpreta-tion, mapping and GIS data integrationusing Kingdom Suite and ArcGIS soft-ware.

Marine Services & Construction

American Marine Corp.6000 A St.Anchorage, AK 99518Contact: Tom Ulrich, reg. mgr. svc.groupPhone: (907) 562-5420Fax: (907) 562-5426Email: [email protected] site: www.amsghq.comAmerican Marine Corp. provides fullservice marine construction and divingservices throughout Alaska and thePacific Basin.

Offshore Divers5400 Eielson St.Anchorage, AK 99518Contact: Don Ingraham, owner/mgr.Contact: Leif Simcox, owner/oper. mgr.Phone: (907) 563-9060Fax: (907) 563-9061Email: [email protected] site:http//www.offshoredivers.comOffshore Divers is an Alaska owned div-ing contractor specializing in sub-seaoilfield work on mooring systems,pipelines, platforms and docks in CookInlet, on the North Slope and in Valdez.

Peak Oilfield Service2525 C St., Ste. 201Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Bill Stamps, business develop-ment/ex. affairsPhone: (907) 263-7000Fax: (907) 263-7070Email: [email protected] site: www.peakalaska.comAlaska based general contractors.

Storm Chasers Marine ServicesP.O. Box 757Seward, AK 99664Contact: Mica Van BuskirkPhone: (907) 224-3536Fax: (907) 224-6080Email: [email protected] quality marine services inAlaska for over 15 years. Commercialdiving, underwater welding, underwa-ter inspection with video, vessel repair,marine construction and marine sal-vage services.

Mat Systems

Alaska Dreams522 Goldstreak Rd.Fairbanks, AK 99712Contact: M. Huser, presidentPhone: (907) 455-7712Fax: (907) 455-7713Email: [email protected] fabrication of timber or timberwith steel combination heavy-dutyequipment or road mats, prefabricatedretaining walls, containment enclosuresor helicopter landing platforms.

Carolina Mat Co.P.O. Box 339Plymouth, NC 27962Contact: Susan Harrison, ownerPhone: (252) 793-4045Fax: (252) 793-5187Email: [email protected]: www.carolinamat.comCompany established in 1985.Manufacture 3-ply patented, bolted,portable, reusable, solid oak construc-tion mats. Guaranteed to hold up to 50tons, the mats are interlocking andnon-interlocking, countersunk or non-countersunk.

Mechanical & ElectricalInspection

Udelhoven Oilfield System Services Anchorage office:184 E. 53rd Ave.Anchorage, AK 99518Phone: (907) 344-1577Fax: (907) 522-2541Nikiski office:P.O. Box 8349Nikiski, AK 99635Phone: (907) 776-5185Fax: (907) 776-8105Prudhoe office:Pouch 340103Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734Phone: (907) 659-8093Fax: (907) 659-8489Serving Alaska for more than 25 years.

Medical Facilities & EmergencyResponse

Aeromed International4700 Business Park Blvd., Ste. E25Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Brooks Wall, directorPhone: (907) 677-7501Fax: (907) 677-7502Email: [email protected] site: www.aeromed.comAeromed International is an all jet criti-cal care air ambulance fleet based inAnchorage. Medical crews are certifiedFlight Nurses and certified FlightParamedics.

Medical Services

Aeromed International4700 Business Park Blvd., Ste. E25Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Brooks Wall, directorPhone: (907) 677-7501Fax: (907) 677-7502Email: [email protected] site: www.aeromed.comAeromed International is an all jet criti-cal care air ambulance fleet based inAnchorage. Medical crews are certifiedFlight Nurses and certified FlightParamedics.

Kuukpik Arctic Catering5761 Silverado Way, Ste PAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: Rick MacMillanPhone: (907) 562-5588Fax: (907) 562-5898Email: [email protected]

Metal Distributors

Alaska Steel Co.1200 W. DowlingAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: Joe Lombardo, vice presidentPhone: (907) 561-1188Toll free: (800) 770-0969 (AK only)Fax: (907) 561-2935Email: [email protected] office:

2800 S. CushmanContact: Dan Socha, branch mgr.Phone: (907) 456-2719Fax: (907) 451-0449Kenai office:205 Trading Bay Rd.Contact: Will Bolz, branch mgr.Phone: (907) 283-3880Fax: (907) 283-3759Full-line steel and aluminum distributor.Complete processing capabilities,statewide service. Specializing in lowtemperature steel.

Mining

Usibelli Coal Mine100 Cushman St., Ste. 210Fairbanks, AK 99701Contact: Bill Brophy, vp cust. relationsPhone: (907) 452-2625Fax: (907) 451-6543Email: [email protected] site: www.usibelli.comOther OfficeP. O. Box 1000Healy, AK 99743Phone: (907) 683-2226Usibelli Coal Mine is headquartered inHealy, Alaska and has 200 million tonsof proven coal reserves. Usibelli pro-duced one million tons of sub-bitumi-nous coal this year.

Movers/Relocation

Capital Office Systems1120 E, 35th Ave.Anchorage, AK 99508Contact: Leslye Langla, managingdirect.Phone: (907) 777-1501Fax: (907) 777-1515Email: [email protected] management, systems furniture,project coordination, space planning,systems delivery/installation, furniturerefurbishing, and relocation/remodelservices. Authorized Steelcase dealerfor Alaska.

Mud & Mudlogging

Epoch Well Services5801 Silverado WayAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: James R. Carson, AK div. mgr.Phone: (907) 561-2465Fax: (907) 561-2474Email: [email protected] over 250 wells logged since 1989,Epoch is the leading provider ofadvanced mudlogging services inAlaska. Our DML 2000 software assimi-lates a comprehensive database of geo-logical and drilling information withpresentations available in a variety ofhardcopy and digital formats.

Office Furniture

Capital Office Systems1120 E, 35th Ave.Anchorage, AK 99508Contact: Leslye Langla, managingdirect.Phone: (907) 777-1501Fax: (907) 777-1515Email: [email protected] management, systems furniture,project coordination, space planning,systems delivery/installation, furniturerefurbishing, and relocation/remodelservices. Authorized Steelcase dealerfor Alaska.

Oilfield Service & Rig Up

Weaver Brothers14223 Kenai Spur Hwy.Kenai, AK 99611Contact: Glen Dye, terminal mgr.Phone: (907) 283-7975Fax: (907) 283-3677Email: [email protected] Offices:Anchorage, AlaskaFairbanks, AlaskaTrucking company specializing in oilfield winch truck services. Bed tandems& loaders plus rig moving capabilities.Petroleum and chemical trailers, low-boys, bulk trailers, vans and flats.

Photography

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2014 Merrill Field Dr.Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Holly Holmes, MarketingPhone: (907) 272-4495Fax: (907) 274-3265Email: [email protected] site: www.aeromap.comAeroMap provides geospatial informa-tion about the earth utilizing land, air-borne and satellite sensors. We defineits topography, measure its features,and chronicle its condition.

CoreMongers6212 Magnaview Dr.Eagle River, AK 99577Contact: Clifton M. PoseyPhone: (907) 317-2361Web site: CoreMongers.comCoreMongers specializes in high resolu-tion core photography and otherwhole core services including core slab-bing and core plugging. CoreMongersis based locally in Anchorage.

Judy Patrick Photography430 W. 7th Ave., Ste. 220Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Judy PatrickPhone: (907) 258-4704Fax: (907) 258-4706Email: [email protected] site: JudyPatrickPhotography.comCreative images for the resource devel-opment industry.

Pipe & Fittings

Petroleum Equipment & Services5631 Silverado Way, Ste GAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: Kevin Durling/Donald ParkerPhone: (907) 248-0066Fax: (907) 248-4429Email: [email protected] site: www.pesiak.comP.E.S.I. provides both conventional andspecialty products and services for theAlaska oil industry. Regardless of yourlocation, you will receive products andservice that is guaranteed to meet yourrequirements.

Pipeline Maintenance

American Marine Corp.6000 A St.Anchorage, AK 99518Contact: Tom Ulrich, reg. mgr. svc.groupPhone: (907) 562-5420Fax: (907) 562-5426Email: [email protected] site: www.amsghq.comAmerican Marine Corp. provides fullservice marine construction and divingservices throughout Alaska and thePacific Basin.

ASRC Energy Services – Pipeline,Power & Communications3900 C St., Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Wade BlasingamePhone: (907) 339-6400Fax: (907) 339-6444Email:[email protected] site: www.asrcenergy.comPipeline construction and maintenance,fiber optic cable installation.

Offshore Divers5400 Eielson St.Anchorage, AK 99518Contact: Don Ingraham, owner/mgr.Contact: Leif Simcox, owner/oper. mgr.Phone: (907) 563-9060Fax: (907) 563-9061Email: [email protected] site:http//www.offshoredivers.comOffshore Divers is an Alaska owned div-ing contractor specializing in sub-seaoilfield work on mooring systems,pipelines, platforms and docks in CookInlet, on the North Slope and in Valdez.

Peak Oilfield Service2525 C St., Ste. 201Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Bill Stamps, business develop-ment/ex. affairsPhone: (907) 263-7000Fax: (907) 263-7070Email: [email protected] site: www.peakalaska.comAlaska based general contractors.

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VECO949 E. 36th Ave., Ste. 500Anchorage, AK 99508Contact: Emily CrossPhone: (907) 762-1510Fax: (907) 762-1001Email: [email protected] site: www.VECO.comVECO is a multi-national corporationthat provides services, project manage-ment, engineering, procurement, con-struction, operations and maintenance– to the energy, resource and processindustries and the public sector.

Plumbing

Udelhoven Oilfield System ServicesAnchorage office:184 E. 53rd Ave.Anchorage, AK 99518Phone: (907) 344-1577Fax: (907) 522-2541Nikiski office:P.O. Box 8349Nikiski, AK 99635Phone: (907) 776-5185Fax: (907) 776-8105Prudhoe office:Pouch 340103Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734Phone: (907) 659-8093Fax: (907) 659-8489Serving Alaska for more than 25 years.

Process Equipment

Hanover Canada500, 101-6 Ave. SWCalgary, AB, T2P 3P4 CanadaContact: Rod Saville, Country Mgr.CanadaPhone: (403) 261-6801Fax: (403) 266-1066Email: [email protected] site: www.hanover-canada.comHanover Canada is the leading providerof natural gas compression services andequipment in Canada. We maintain an85,000 horsepower rental compressionfleet in Canada and over 3.6 millionhorsepower rental fleet worldwide.Hanover custom designs productionequipment in accordance with cus-tomer’s specifications using strict inter-nal engineering standards. We have thecapability to provide process, mechani-cal and instrument design engineeringfor any production equipment projectworldwide.

Natco GroupP.O. Box 850, Stn. TCalgary, Alberta T2H2H3Contact: Kevin Baird, bus. dev. mgr.Phone: (403) 203-2103Fax: (403) 236-0488Email: [email protected] site: www.natco-ca.comNatco Group engineers, designs andmanufactures process, wellhead andwater treatment equipment and sys-tems used in the production of oil andgas worldwide.

Procurement Services

Alaska Anvil509 W. 3rd Ave.Anchorage, AK 99501–2237Contact: Frank WeissPhone: (907) 276-2747Fax: (907) 279-4088Web site: anvilcorp.comOther office: Kenai50720 Kenai Spur Hwy, Mile 24.5Kenai, AK 99611Phone: (907) 776-5870Fax: (907) 770-5871Multi-discipline engineering and designservices including construction manage-ment for petro-chemical and heavyindustrial client projects.

MRO Sales5631 Silverado Way, Unit GAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: Don PowellPhone: (907) 248-8808Fax: (907) 248-8878Email: [email protected] site: www.mrosalesinc.comOther offices:Kenai: Al Hull (907) 335-2782We provide Professional ProcurementService for hard-to-find supplies, partsand equipment. Regardless of your

location, you will receive service that isguaranteed to meet your requirements.From Anchorage to Siberia, from ship-ping to communications, you receiveservice from the experts that have‘Been There, Done That’

NANA/Colt Engineering700 G Street, 5th floorAnchorage, AK 99501Phone: (907) 273-3900Fax: (907) 273-3990Contact: John MinierNANA/Colt offers project management,engineering, design, construction man-agement, and procurement services tothe oil industry.

Production Equipment

Oilfield Improvements1902 North Yellowood Ave.Broken Arrow, OK 74145Contact: Hughes Coston SRPhone: (918) 250-5584Phone: (800) 537-9327Fax: (918) 250-4666Email: [email protected]: www.rodguides.comSucker rod guides – The Ultra Flow fieldinstalled guide, The Wheeled RodGuide

Real Estate

Alaska Railroad Corp.P.O. Box 107500Anchorage, AK 99510Contact: Katie Bender, Marketing andLogistics TechnicianPhone: (907) 265-2485Fax: (907) 265-2597Email: [email protected] Alaska Railroad Corporation offersreal estate, passenger and freight serv-ices – including complete services tomove your freight between Alaska, theLower 48 and Canada.

Prudhoe Bay Shop & StorageDeadhorse AirportDeadhorse, AK 99734Contact: J. Harper Gaston, presidentP.O. Box 670Greenville, GA 30222Phone: (706) 672-0999Fax: (706) 672-1188Email: [email protected] designed for oilfield services.Located one-half mile north ofDeadhorse airport. 800 sf.–1,200 sf.individual or combined units. Rentincludes heat, snow removal, mainte-nance and repairs.

Recycling Waste Management

ColvillePouch 340012Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734Contact: John Daly, Kevin CilkPhone: (907) 659-3197Fax: (907) 659-3190Email: [email protected], gasoline, jet fuel, aviation gaso-line in bulk and small quantity deliver-ies, electronic card-lock fleet manage-ment, solid waste and recycling, indus-trial gases and solid waste. Tesoro fuelstation.

NEI Fluid Technology3408 Arctic Blvd.Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Kathryn Russell, presidentPhone: (907) 561-4820Fax: (907) 562-2316Email: [email protected] Suppliers of petrochemical refuelingand testing equipment, meters andvalve systems for the oil and gas indus-try and portable measurement forpetroleum, chemicals and bulk liquids.We also supply refrigerant recovery andrecycling equipment.

Pacific Environmental (PENCO)6000 A St.Anchorage, AK 99518Contact: Tom Ulrich, reg. mgr. AmericanMaine svc. groupPhone: (907) 562-5420Fax: (907) 562-5426Email: [email protected] site: www.amsghq.comPENCO provides environmentalresponse, containment and clean up.Hazardous wastes and contaminatedsite clean up and remediation. Asbestos

and lead abatement. Petroleum vesselservices and bulk fuel oil facility andstorage tank maintenance, manage-ment and operations.

Quadco6116 Nielson WayAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: David Baggett, VP, AlaskamanagerPhone: (907) 563-8999Fax: (907) 563-8985Email: [email protected] offices: Farmington NM, DenverCO, Casper WYQuadco has supplied services to theAlaska oilfield since 1976. We havetrained personnel to help with instru-mentation, solids control, pipe han-dling and Top Drive drilling equipment.24 hour on call

Reporting Software

Epoch Well Services5801 Silverado WayAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: James R. Carson, AK div. mgr.Phone: (907) 561-2465Fax: (907) 561-2474Email: [email protected] is a Windows based relationaldatabase program for morning reports,well planning, drilling, completion andworkover reports. RIGREPORT providescontractors with an electronic toursheet for morning reports and payrollreporting.

Right of Way Maintenance

Carolina Mat Co.P.O. Box 339Plymouth, NC 27962Contact: Susan Harrison, ownerPhone: (252) 793-4045Fax: (252) 793-5187Email: [email protected]: www.carolinamat.comCompany established in 1985.Manufacture 3-ply patented, bolted,portable, reusable, solid oak construc-tion mats. Guaranteed to hold up to 50tons, the mats are interlocking andnon-interlocking, countersunk or non-countersunk.

Cruz ConstructionHC04 Box 9323Palmer, AK 99645Contact: Dave or Dana CruzPhone: (907) 746-3144Fax: (907) 746-5557Email: [email protected] contractor specializing in heavycivil construction, horizontal directiondrilling for utilities. Ice road and icebridge construction throughout Alaskain support of resource development.

Safety Equipment & Supplies

Arctic Fire & Safety702 30th Ave.Fairbanks, AK 99701Contact: Bobby, Shane, GigiPhone: (907) 378-2116Fax: (907) 452-7876Email: [email protected] Alaskan owned safety specialistsince 1975. Barricades, barrels, all PPE,gas detection marine and FAA related,extinguisher services, fit testing, signs,we stock heavy.

Brooks Range SupplyPouch 3400081 Old Spine RoadPrudhoe Bay, AK 99734Contact: Mike Kunkel/Craig Welch, gen-eral managersPhone: (907) 659-2550Toll Free: (866) 659-2550Fax: (907) 659-2650Email: [email protected] source on the Slope for safetysupplies, welding supplies, automotiveand truck parts, hardware, tools, steel,building materials, glass, propane,hydraulic hoses and fittings, paint andchemicals. Napa and True ValueHardware distribution.

Jackovich Industrial & Construction SupplyFairbanks: 1600 Wells St.Attn: Buz JackovichPhone: (907) 456-4414

Fax: (907) 452-4846Anchorage: 1716 Post RoadAttn: Steve SlonePhone: (907) 277-1406Fax: (907) 258-170024 hour emergency service. With 30 yearsof experience, we're experts on Arcticconditions and extreme weather.

MEDC International5829 West Sam Houston Pkwy, North,Ste.1005Houston, TX 77041Contact: Phil Hausman, sales mgr. -AmericasPhone: (713) 937-9772Fax: (713) 937-9773Cell: (713) 410-1144Email: [email protected] Office: MEDC Ltd. – UKWeb site: www.medc.comMEDC design, manufacture and sell arange of UL/CSA/ATEX-NEC/IECapproved field devices for fire & gasand communications systems for use inpotentially explosive atmospheres.

Unitech of Alaska2130 E. Dimond Blvd.Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Debbie HawleyPhone: (907) 349-5142Phone: (800) 649-5859Fax: (907) 349-2733Email: [email protected]: [email protected] is Alaska’s only 24-hour oil spillremediation, environmental and indus-trial supply company. Specialty areasinclude sorbents, geotextile, contain-ment berms, drums and ice melt.

Security

Kuukpik Arctic Catering5761 Silverado Way, Ste PAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: Rick MacMillanPhone: (907) 562-5588Fax: (907) 562-5898Email: [email protected]

Seismic & Geophysical

Hunter 3-D9898 Bissonnet St., Ste. 362Houston, TX 77036Contact: Dan Huston, vice presidentPhone: (713) 981-4650Fax: (713) 981-4650Email: [email protected] site: www.hunter3dinc.comHunter 3-D is a geophysical consultingcompany based in Houston, Texas. Weinterpret seismic, gravity and magneticdata for projects in Alaska and world-wide.

Kuukpik/Veritas2000 E. 88th Ave.Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Jeff HastingsPhone: (907) 276-6037Fax: (907) 279-5740Email: [email protected]

PGS Onshore341 W. Tudor Rd., Ste. 206Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Larry Watt, Alaska area mgr. Phone: (907) 569-4049Fax: (907) 569-4047Email: [email protected] Office738 Hwy 6 South, Ste 900Houston, TX 77079Contact: Gehrig SchultzPhone: (281) 589-6732Fax: (281) 589-6685Email: [email protected] acquisition and processingfor the petroleum industry. PGSOnshore provides fully rubber trackedArctic geophysical crews to acquire thehighest density data with the softestenvironmental footprint on the NorthSlope.

Smith Consulting Services16467 Noble Point DriveAnchorage, AK 99516Contact: Larry SmithPhone: (907) 345-3250Fax: (907) 345-3250Email: [email protected] geophysical consulting servic-es including seismic acquisition planningand field QC as well as interpretation,mapping and GIS data integration using

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Shops/Storage Space

Prudhoe Bay Shop & StorageDeadhorse AirportDeadhorse, AK 99734Contact: J. Harper Gaston, presidentP.O. Box 670Greenville, GA 30222Phone: (706) 672-0999Fax: (706) 672-1188Email: [email protected] designed for oilfield services.Located one-half mile north ofDeadhorse airport. 800 sf.–1,200 sf. indi-vidual or combined units. Rent includesheat, snow removal, maintenance andrepairs.

Soil Stabilization

Arctic Foundations5621 Arctic Blvd.Anchorage, AK 99518-1667Contact: Ed YarmakPhone: (907) 562-2741Fax: (907) 562-0153Email: [email protected] site: www.arcticfoundations.comSoil stabilization – frozen barrier andfrozen core dams to control hazardouswaste and water movement. Foundations– maintain permafrost for durable highcapacity foundations.

Space Design/Planning

Capital Office Systems1120 E, 35th Ave.Anchorage, AK 99508Contact: Leslye Langla, managing direct.Phone: (907) 777-1501Fax: (907) 777-1515Email: [email protected] management, systems furniture,project coordination, space planning, sys-tems delivery/installation, furniture refur-bishing, and relocation/remodel services.Authorized Steelcase dealer for Alaska.

Steel Fabrication

Alaska Steel Co.1200 W. DowlingAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: Joe Lombardo, vice presidentPhone: (907) 561-1188Toll free: (800) 770-0969 (AK only)Fax: (907) 561-2935Email: [email protected] office:2800 S. CushmanContact: Dan Socha, branch mgr.Phone: (907) 456-2719Fax: (907) 451-0449Kenai office:205 Trading Bay Rd.Contact: Will Bolz, branch mgr.Phone: (907) 283-3880Fax: (907) 283-3759Rebar fabrication full service with inhouse estimating and detailing.

Peak Oilfield Service2525 C St., Ste. 201Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Bill Stamps, business develop-ment/ex. affairsPhone: (907) 263-7000Fax: (907) 263-7070Email: [email protected] site: www.peakalaska.comAlaska based general contractors.

Ranes & Shine Welding6111 Quinhagak St.Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Tom Ranes, OwnerContact: Mike Prince, Shop ForemanPhone: 868-5079Fax: 868-5087Email: [email protected] site: ranesandshine.comWe are a custom welding and fabricationshop with a 20’ brake, 13’ shear, comput-erized plasma table and mobile weldingtrucks.

STEELFAB2132 Railroad Ave. Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Janet Faulkner, vice presidentPhone: (907) 264-2819Fax: (907) 276-3448Email: [email protected] is the largest Alaskan-ownedsteel service center in the state. It pro-

vides pressure vessels, modules, specialdesign items and raw steel products.

Totem Equipment & Supply2536 Commercial Dr.Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Mike Huston, vpPhone: (907) 276-2858Fax: (907) 258-4623Email: [email protected] site: www.toteminc.comTotem Equipment & Supply Inc. locallyowned and operated since 1961. Supplieslight, medium and heavy equipment.Specializing in temporary and permanentheating solutions.

Udelhoven Oilfield System Services Anchorage office:184 E. 53rd Ave.Anchorage, AK 99518Phone: (907) 344-1577Fax: (907) 522-2541Nikiski office:P.O. Box 8349Nikiski, AK 99635Phone: (907) 776-5185Fax: (907) 776-8105Prudhoe office:Pouch 340103Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734Phone: (907) 659-8093Fax: (907) 659-8489Serving Alaska for more than 25 years.

Steel Sales

Alaska Steel Co.1200 W. DowlingAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: Joe Lombardo, vice presidentPhone: (907) 561-1188Toll free: (800) 770-0969 (AK only)Fax: (907) 561-2935Email: [email protected] office:2800 S. CushmanContact: Dan Socha, branch mgr.Phone: (907) 456-2719Fax: (907) 451-0449Kenai office:205 Trading Bay Rd.Contact: Will Bolz, branch mgr.Phone: (907) 283-3880Fax: (907) 283-3759Full-line steel and aluminum distributor.Complete processing capabilities,statewide service. Specializing in lowtemperature steel.

ColvillePouch 340012Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734Contact: John DalyPhone: (907) 659-3197Fax: (907) 659-3190Diesel, gasoline, jet fuel, aviation gasolinein bulk and small quantity deliveries, elec-tronic card-lock fleet management, solidwaste and recycling, steel, industrialgases and solid waste.

STEELFAB2132 Railroad Ave. Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Janet Faulkner, vice presidentPhone: (907) 264-2819Fax: (907) 276-3448Email: [email protected] is the largest Alaskan-ownedsteel service center in the state. It pro-vides pressure vessels, modules, specialdesign items and raw steel products.

Surveying & Mapping

AeroMap U.S.2014 Merrill Field Dr.Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Holly Holmes, MarketingPhone: (907) 272-4495Fax: (907) 274-3265Email: [email protected] site: www.aeromap.comAeroMap provides geospatial informa-tion about the earth utilizing land, air-borne and satellite sensors. We define itstopography, measure its features, andchronicle its condition.

ASTAC/fm, a division of ASTAC4300 B St., Ste. 501Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Don NelsonPhone: (907) 563-3989Phone: 1-800-478-6409Fax: (907) 563-1932Email: [email protected] expertise in implementing GIS

technology whether it be data conver-sions or a complete turnkey solution.

Kuukpik-LCMF139 E. 51st Ave.Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Richard Rearick, architecturalmgr.Contact: Willey Wilhelm, engineeringmgr.Contact: Tony Hoffman, survey mgr.Phone: (907) 273-1830Phone: (800) 955-1830Fax: (907) 273-1831Email: [email protected] Offices:Barrow: (800) 478-8213Email: [email protected]: (907) 670-4739Email: [email protected] contractor project support sur-veyors; remote site land and hydrograph-ic surveys for government and private;oil and gas development surveying, map-ping, and permitting.

Lounsbury and Associates723 W. 6th Ave.Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Craig L. Savage, presidentE-mail: [email protected]: Jim Sawhill, vpEmail: [email protected]: (907) 272-5451Fax: (907) 272-9065Toll Free: (800) 478-5451Website: www.lounsburyinc.comSpecializing in surveying for Alaska oiland gas exploration, oilfield develop-ment and transportation systems, con-ventional and GPS surveying, and map-ping.

Tank Fabrication

Northern Transportation310 K St., Ste. 200Anchorage, AK 9950142003 McKenzie Hwy.Hay River, NWT X0E0R9Contact: John Marshall Phone: (867) 874-5167Fax: (867) 874-5179Email: [email protected] site: www.ntcl.com Marine transportation along theMcKenzie River to the Beaufort Sea andAlaska’s North Slope.

Telephone Equipment & Sales

ASTAC4300 B St., Ste. 501Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Erin EalumPhone: (907) 563-3989Phone: 1-800-478-6409Fax: (907) 563-1932Email: [email protected] local and long distance service,Internet, maintenance and training, con-sultation, installation, engineering,Centrex, custom calling features, digitalcross connect service, and digital dataservice to the North Slope region ofAlaska.

North Slope Telecom2020 E. Dowling, Ste. 3Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Bill Laxson, presidentPhone: (907) 562-4693Fax: (907) 562-0818Email: [email protected] site: www.nstiak.comDesign, installation and maintenance oftelephone, cable plant, fiber optics, datanetwork, VOIP, paging and cellular sys-tems. Twenty years of arctic experience.

Temporary Placement Services

Chiulista Camp Services/MayflowerCatering6613 Brayton Dr., Ste. CAnchorage, AK 99507Contact: George B. Gardner, pres/gmPhone: (907) 278-2208Fax: (907) 677-7261Email: [email protected] 100 percent Alaska Native ownedand operated catering company on theNorth Slope, catering and housekeepingto your tastes, not ours.

Training

Pacific Rim Institute of Safety &

Management (PRISM)P.O. Box 3670Kenai, AK 99611Contact: David C. Burnett, program mgr.Phone: (907) 283-3054Fax: (907) 283-1853Email: [email protected] site: www.AAICorp.comProviding a full spectrum of compliancebased training for workers in the field ofhealth, safety and emergency response,all in one location. Basic rigging, forkliftand manlift operations, confined spacerescue, hazardous materials, maritime(BST, STCW certified), industrial fire fight-ing (NFPA 600).

Underwater NDT & Photography

American Marine Corp.6000 A St.Anchorage, AK 99518Contact: Tom Ulrich, reg. mgr. svc. groupPhone: (907) 562-5420Fax: (907) 562-5426Email: [email protected] site: www.amsghq.comAmerican Marine Corp. provides full serv-ice marine construction and diving servic-es throughout Alaska and the PacificBasin.

Offshore Divers5400 Eielson St.Anchorage, AK 99518Contact: Don Ingraham, owner/mgr.Contact: Leif Simcox, owner/oper. mgr.Phone: (907) 563-9060Fax: (907) 563-9061Email: [email protected] site: http//www.offshoredivers.comOffshore Divers is an Alaska owned div-ing contractor specializing in sub-sea oil-field work on mooring systems, pipelines,platforms and docks in Cook Inlet, on theNorth Slope and in Valdez.

Storm Chasers Marine ServicesP.O. Box 757Seward, AK 99664Contact: Mica Van BuskirkPhone: (907) 224-3536Fax: (907) 224-6080Email: [email protected] quality marine services inAlaska for over 15 years. Commercial div-ing, underwater welding, underwaterinspection with video, vessel repair,marine construction and marine salvageservices.

Underwater Welding

American Marine Corp.6000 A St.Anchorage, AK 99518Contact: Tom Ulrich, reg. mgr. svc. groupPhone: (907) 562-5420Fax: (907) 562-5426Email: [email protected] site: www.amsghq.comAmerican Marine Corp. provides full serv-ice marine construction and diving servic-es throughout Alaska and the PacificBasin.

Offshore Divers5400 Eielson St.Anchorage, AK 99518Contact: Don Ingraham, owner/mgr.Contact: Leif Simcox, owner/oper. mgr.Phone: (907) 563-9060Fax: (907) 563-9061Email: [email protected] site: http//www.offshoredivers.comOffshore Divers is an Alaska owned div-ing contractor specializing in sub-sea oil-field work on mooring systems, pipelines,platforms and docks in Cook Inlet, on theNorth Slope and in Valdez.

Storm Chasers Marine ServicesP.O. Box 757Seward, AK 99664Contact: Mica Van BuskirkPhone: (907) 224-3536Fax: (907) 224-6080Email: [email protected] quality marine services inAlaska for over 15 years. Commercial div-ing, underwater welding, underwaterinspection with video, vessel repair,marine construction and marine salvageservices.

Vehicle Repair

Kenworth Alaska2838 Porcupine Dr.Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Jim Scherieble, branch mgr.

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Phone: (907) 279-0602Phone: (800) 478-0602Fax: (907) 258-6639Email: [email protected]: [email protected]: www.kenworthalaska.comFairbanks office:3730 Braddock St.Fairbanks, AK 99701Contact: Ed Lewis, branch mgr.Phone: (907) 455-9900Fax: (907) 479-8295Kenworth Alaska is a full service truckdealership in two locations – Anchorageand Fairbanks. New and used truck sales,parts and service.

Seekins Ford Lincoln Mercury1625 Old Steese Hwy.Fairbanks, AK 99701Contact: Steven Angel, fleet sales mgr.Phone: (907) 459-4044Fax: (907) 450-4007Email: [email protected] site: www.seekins.comFord Lincoln Mercury dealer located inFairbanks Alaska providing solutions toyour transportation needs. Parts andservice support in Fairbanks and PrudhoeBay.

Vehicle Sales/Rental

Seekins Ford Lincoln Mercury1625 Old Steese Hwy.Fairbanks, AK 99701Contact: Steven Angel, fleet sales mgr.Phone: (907) 459-4044Fax: (907) 450-4007Email: [email protected] site: www.seekins.comFord Lincoln Mercury dealer located inFairbanks Alaska providing solutions toyour transportation needs. Parts andservice support in Fairbanks and PrudhoeBay.

Welding

Ranes & Shine Welding6111 Quinhagak St.Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Tom Ranes, OwnerContact: Mike Prince, Shop ForemanPhone: 868-5079Fax: 868-5087Email: [email protected] site: ranesandshine.comWe are a custom welding and fabricationshop with a 20’ brake, 13’ shear, comput-erized plasma table and mobile weldingtrucks.

Udelhoven Oilfield System ServicesAnchorage office:184 E. 53rd Ave.Anchorage, AK 99518Phone: (907) 344-1577Fax: (907) 522-2541Nikiski office:P.O. Box 8349Nikiski, AK 99635Phone: (907) 776-5185Fax: (907) 776-8105Prudhoe office:Pouch 340103Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734Phone: (907) 659-8093Fax: (907) 659-8489Serving Alaska for more than 25 years.

Weld Repairs/Manufacturing

Hanover Canada500, 101-6 Ave. SWCalgary, AB, T2P 3P4 CanadaContact: Rod Saville, Country Mgr.CanadaPhone: (403) 261-6801Fax: (403) 266-1066Email: [email protected] site: www.hanover-canada.comHanover Canada is the leading providerof natural gas compression services andequipment in Canada. We maintain an85,000 horsepower rental compressionfleet in Canada and over 3.6 millionhorsepower rental fleet worldwide.Hanover custom designs productionequipment in accordance with customer’sspecifications using strict internal engi-neering standards. We have the capabili-ty to provide process, mechanical andinstrument design engineering for anyproduction equipment project world-wide.

Natco CanadaP.O. Box 850, Stn. TCalgary, Alberta T2H2H3Contact: Kevin Baird, bus. dev. mgr.Phone: (403) 203-2103

Fax: (403)236-0488Email: [email protected] site: www.natco-ca.comNatco Group engineers, designs andmanufactures process, wellhead andwater treatment equipment and systemsused in the production of oil and gasworldwide.

Peak Oilfield Service2525 C St., Ste. 201Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Bill Stamps, business develop-ment/ex. affairsPhone: (907) 263-7000Fax: (907) 263-7070Email: [email protected] site: www.peakalaska.comAlaska based general contractors.

Ranes & Shine Welding6111 Quinhagak St.Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Tom Ranes, OwnerContact: Mike Prince, Shop ForemanPhone: 868-5079Fax: 868-5087Email: [email protected] site: ranesandshine.comWe are a custom welding and fabricationshop with a 20’ brake, 13’ shear, comput-erized plasma table and mobile weldingtrucks.

STEELFAB2132 Railroad Ave. Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Janet Faulkner, vice presidentPhone: (907) 264-2819Fax: (907) 276-3448Email: [email protected] is the largest Alaskan-owned

steel service center in the state. It pro-vides pressure vessels, modules, specialdesign items and raw steel products.

Unique Machine5839 Old Seward HwyAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: Pat Hanley, COOPhone: (907) 563-3012Fax: (907) 562-1376Email: [email protected] site: www.uniquemachineinc.comThe design, development, manufactureand distribution of oilfield construction,mining, fishing and government parts toindustry quality standards.

OIL COMPANIES

Operators

ConocoPhillips Alaska700 G St.P.O. Box 100360Anchorage, AK 99510-0360Contact: Kevin O. Meyers, president & CEOPhone: (907) 265-6134Fax: (907) 265-1502

Marathon Oil3201 C St., Ste 800Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: John A. Barnes, regional mgr.

Phone: (907) 561-5311Fax: (907) 564-6489Website: www.marathon.com

XTO Energy810 Houston St., Ste. 2000Fort Worth, TX 76102Contact: Vaughn O. Vennerberg, IIPhone: (817) 870-2800Fax: (817) 870-0379Other Office: XTO Energy, 52260 ShellRoad, Kenai, AK 99611, Doug Marshall,production superintendentXTO Energy, established in 1986, isengaged in the acquisition and develop-ment of quality, long-lived producing oiland gas properties and exploration foroil and gas.

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company snapshots

Photographer JudyPatrick enjoys watching

and illustrating the inge-nuity of constructing

facilities in remote loca-tions — seeing how peo-ple build things. Pictured

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winter activities onAlaska’s North Slope —

like building ice roads —a world that few people

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Above, Doyon UniversalServices food and logis-tics operations havebecome so successfulthat the company nowprovides retail cateringservices in Anchorageand Fairbanks. At left, Each of thecompany’s security offi-cers has some level ofmedical qualification,ranging from emer-gency trauma techni-cian to full qualifica-tions as a paramedic.

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