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“This is a nation of many faiths. And this
holiday season, we’ll all be joined in prayer
that those who mourn will find comfort; that
those in danger will find protection; and that
God will continue to watch over the land we
love.”
—PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH, NOV. 19, 2001
Vol. 6, No. 18 $1 • www.PetroleumNewsAlaska.com Alaska’s source for oil and gas news Week of November 25, 2001
I N S I D E
Alaska no longer core area for BP 5
Canadians claim ANWR veto power 3
BP pulls back on Alaska exploration 11
Forest budgets $225 million for Cook Inlet 15
Agrium wants to grow Cook Inlet operation 14
North Pole petrochemical plant moves ahead 10
Gasline permitting for trenching tests under way 9
What will it take to get BP’s focus
back on Alaska?
With competition tight within the company for investment dollars
— and other places in the world offering better exploration and
development opportunities — BP has shut down frontier exploration
in Alaska and switched to harvest mode. (See story on page
11)
The man who heads up BP Exploration
(Alaska) Inc.’s now defunct exploration
department told PNA the company is focusing
its exploration and development dollars
on prospects in the Gulf of Mexico, Trinidad
and West Africa.
In a Nov. 21 interview, F.X. O’Keefe
talked about what it would take to get BP’s
attention once again focused on Alaska.
The ability to “find and develop projects
in a time period that is competitive” with
other oil and gas provinces was his answer.
F.X. O’Keefe, BP
Exploration (Alaska)
Inc.
And what in Alaska is preventing BP from doing that now?
“A highly developed regulatory climate and the cost to develop
a barrel of oil in Alaska is too high,” O’Keefe said.
Gov. Knowles was warned
In trying to track down a tip that Gov. Tony Knowles had visit-
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F I N A N C E & E C O N O M Y
Conoco, Phillips merge as equals
ConocoPhillips will be third largest U.S. energy company, sixth largest
worldwide; business as usual in Alaska, company says
By Kristen Nelson
PNA Editor-in-Chief
I
t's a big shakeup in Bartlesville but business as
usual in Anchorage following the Nov. 18
announcement by Conoco Inc. and Phillips
Petroleum Co. that their boards of directors had
unanimously approved a merger of equals.
The new company,
ConocoPhillips, will be Phillips Alaska
headquartered in Houston —
and part of the $750 million
in synergies the companies
have targeted includes a single
headquarters — costing
Bartlesville, Okla., home of
Phillips, an unknown number
of jobs.
But in Anchorage, headquarters
of Phillips Petroleum
subsidiary Phillips Alaska
Inc., “it's business as usual for
doesn’t “expect a
significant impact
on headcount
because Conoco
has no operations
in Alaska and
there’s no local
staff overlap
between the
companies.”
—Natalie Knox,
Phillips Alaska Inc.
us,” spokeswoman Natalie
Knox told PNA Nov. 21.
“We don't expect any plans to change — for development,
exploration or capital spending — as a
result of the merger.” Phillips Alaska has not yet
announced exploration plans for the 2001-2002
E X P L O R A T I O N & P R O D U C T I O N
Conoco Chairman and CEO Archie Dunham, left, and
Phillips Chairman and CEO Jim Mulva, right.
season; the budget doesn't come up for board
approval until early December.
Knox said Phillips Alaska doesn't “expect a significant
impact on headcount because Conoco has
no operations in Alaska and there's no local staff
overlap between the companies.” (See related
story on page 5.)
ConocoPhillips will be the third-largest integrated
U.S. energy company based on market cap-
see MERGER page A2
A new light in the sea: Alberta Energy
moves forward with McCovey exploration
New player on North Slope assumes operatorship of Beaufort unit; drilling
to begin November 2002 from converted tanker managed by Fairweather
Courtesy of Phillips Petroleum
Phillips, Conoco union a plus for
Arctic gas development
A union of Phillips Petroleum Co. and Conoco Inc. will be
positive for the future of Arctic natural gas by ensuring that neither
the North Slope nor the Mackenzie Delta basins get left on
the shelf, said a spokesman for Conoco's Canadian subsidiary.
Given the strong
interest of both companies
in Arctic gas “there
will be a desire to try
and see both sets of
resources getting developed,”
Peter Hunt told
reporters Nov. 19.
He said the merging
see FOCUS page A4
William Lacey, with FirstEnergy
Capital Corp., said the merger
won't change the fundamentals
of Arctic development, because
both projects still face political
and economic hurdles.
of Phillips and Conoco, to become the No. 5 oil and gas producer
in Canada, will give impetus to the search for economically
feasible ways of developing the North Slope and Delta
reserves.
Hunt dismissed fears that a race between the two basins to
come on stream first could see one of them stranded.
Because the merger proposal won't go to a shareholder vote
see UNION page A18
By Kay Cashman
PNA Publisher
A
subsidiary of Calgarybased
Alberta Energy
Company Ltd. has
assumed operatorship of
the McCovey unit from partner
Phillips Alaska Inc. and is moving
forward with exploration.
Steve Harding, AEC’s
Alaska group exploration manager,
told PNA Nov. 19 that
drilling is expected to begin in
November 2002 from the SDC
unit, a converted tanker owned
by Seatankers Management Co.
and managed by Fairweather
Inc. If the independent hits oil,
he said the bottom-founded unit
could, with modification, be
used for the development platform.
Which one of the three equal
partners in the McCovey
prospect — AEC, Phillips and
Chevron USA — would operate
the unit if it is developed has not
been decided, Harding said.
Drilling is expected to begin in November 2002 from the SDC unit, a converted
tanker owned by Seatankers Management Co. and managed by
Fairweather Inc.
“AEC will consider this opportunity
should it arise, but
Phillips, because of its infrastructure
and facilities on the
North Slope, might also be interested.”
No preferred contractors
AEC will probably open an
office in Anchorage in the next
year, Harding said.
Procurement for exploration
see MCCOVEY page A17
Courtesy of Fairweather Inc.

A2 Petroleum News • Alaska Week of November 25, 2001
THE REST OF THE STORY
continued from page A1
MERGER
italization and oil and gas reserves and
production, the companies said.
Worldwide, it will be the sixth-largest energy
company based on hydrocarbon
reserves and the fifth-largest global refiner.
Phillips shareholders will receive one
share of new ConocoPhillips common
stock for each share of Phillips and
Conoco shareholders will receive 0.4677
shares of new ConocoPhillips common
stock for each share of Conoco. The new
company will have an estimated enterprise
value of $53.5 billion ($34.9 billion
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We are encouraging every resident, and every business to get connected with local and/or long distance telephone service
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of equity; $18.6 billion of debt and preferred
securities), with Phillips shareholders
owning about 56.6 percent and
Conoco shareholders owning about 43.4
percent of the new company.
Archie Dunham, Conoco chairman
and chief executive officer, will serve as
chairman of ConocoPhillips and will
delay his scheduled retirement to 2004.
Jim Mulva, Phillips chairman and chief
executive officer, will be president and
chief executive officer of the combined
company and will become chairman upon
Dunham's retirement.
Each company will designate eight
members of a 16-member board of directors.
Dunham told analysts Nov. 19 that
the target board size is 12.
Initial regulatory filings will be made
in December; shareholder approvals are
expected in February; regulatory
approvals and closing are expected in the
second half of 2002.
The stars were aligned
Mulva said in a Nov. 18 press briefing
that the companies have known each
other for a long time, but that the merger
came together “in the last few weeks.”
“The stars were aligned in the last six
weeks,” said Dunham. The exchange
ratio over the last few weeks allowed us
to make this a merger of equals, he told
analysts Nov. 19.
Mulva said the companies have been
“very strong competitors” and that “both
have strong growth programs going forward”
and Dunham said the goal of the
merger is to take two strong companies
and make one stronger companies. It will
be good for the shareholders — and, he
said, it will also be good for the country
to have a third strong integrated oil company.
ConocoPhillips sees a minimum of
$750 million in recurring synergies: $250
million from upstream operating efficiencies;
$150 million from exploration; $150
million from downstream operating efficiencies;
$50 million from supply chain;
and $150 million from corporate.
Conoco has major Canadian
holdings
Conoco Canada Ltd. is one of four
major leaseholders in Canada's
Mackenzie Delta and is part of the
Mackenzie Delta Producer Group, which
includes ExxonMobil Canada Ltd.,
Imperial Oil Ltd. (69 percent owned by
ExxonMobil) and Shell Canada Ltd. The
group wants to build a gas pipeline from
the Mackenzie Delta south to the United
States.
In August, Dunham spoke to former
Gulf Canada Resources' employees who
would work for Conoco after Conoco's
C$9.8 billion takeover of Gulf Canada.
He said a gas pipeline from the
Mackenzie Delta is “very, very important
to us — priority No. 1 for (Conoco
Canada).” He set an ambitious target of
slashing “at least two years” from the current
timetable of five to eight years for
delivering Delta gas to market. “I think if
we could do it in four to six years, that
would be good.”
On the subject of an over-the-top route
versus a highway route, Dunham said:
“Our sole interest right now is going to be
Canada and the Mackenzie Delta, so we
have no potential conflict of interest
around choosing this route versus another
route.”
Phillips Alaska's Knox told PNA that
nothing has changed about Phillips
Alaska's position on commercializing
North Slope gas: “We've always believed
that both North Slope and Mackenzie
Delta gas will be needed to satisfy future
demand in the American marketplace,”
Knox said. “And our continued belief is
that it is going to take two pipelines to
bring those resources to market.”
The Alaska Public Interest Research
Group, one of the groups which opposed
BP's acquisition of ARCO's Alaska
assets, said Nov. 19 that Gov. Knowles
should condition his support of the merger
on a continuing commitment to Alaska
North Slope natural gas development and
an Alaska natural gas pipeline and should
also revisit “the Valdez all-Alaska route”
under these new circumstances.
The Alaska connection
Conoco, which developed the North
Slope's Milne Point field, pulled out of
Alaska in 1993 after filing suit against the
trans-Alaska pipeline owners for their tariff
policies. Conoco traded its interest in
Milne Point to BP for part interest in a
Gulf of Mexico field. Dunham was number
two man at Conoco at that time. A
former high level Conoco employee told
PNA in August that without a major stake
in the trans-Alaska oil pipeline, Conoco's
fixed costs on the North Slope were too
high to develop a field in the region. ◆
—PNA Publisher Kay Cashman contributed
to this story

Week of November 25, 2001
ON DEADLINE
Petroleum News • Alaska
A3
POLITICS
Official claims 1987 agreement gives
Canada say-so on ANWR drilling
Roger Simmons, Seattle-based Consul General of Canada for Alaska, Washington,
Idaho and Oregon, told Commonwealth North Nov. 20 that a 1987 agreement between
Canada and the United States for the conservation of the Porcupine caribou herd gives
the Canadian government approval rights over anything that would affect that herd —
including development on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
“The undertaking in the agreement,” … Simmons said, “is that each country will
consult the other before it takes any initiative which would have any real adverse
impact on the herd.
“We interpret that to mean that before any drilling would be decided on by the
Americans, we, the Canadian government, would be consulted,” he said.
The Canadian position relates to both the survival of the herd and survival of the
way of life of the Gwich’in people — in both Alaska and the Yukon, Simmons said.
Canada and the United States have different positions on various issues, “and on
ANWR we not only have a very different position than yours, we’ve put our money
where our mouth is. We have established two national parks up in the Yukon and
we’ve closed off forever the development of those areas, even though studies had
shown, preliminary drilling had shown that there were substantial reserves of … oil up
there.”
Canadian jurisdiction overstated
Arctic Power told PNA that Simmons is “vastly overstating” Canada’s power under
the 1987 agreement. It creates a jointly managed herd, Arctic Power said: If the United
States were to claim the same jurisdiction, it would hold sway over Mackenzie Delta
or northwestern Canada development, a stance Canada would find unpalatable.
Before objecting to ANWR development, Arctic Power said, Canada first must
prove that the proposed action would be detrimental to the herd. Anti-development
forces have tried to make that case and failed, the organization said.
Arctic Power said that Canada is acting in its own self interest by attempting to
block ANWR development: Canada would like to see Canadian oil shipped to the
United States, not Alaska oil. Canadian producers stand to benefit most if ANWR stays
on ice, Arctic Power said.
—Kristen Nelson & Steve Sutherlin
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LAND & LEASING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
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A4 Petroleum News • Alaska Week of November 25, 2001
ON DEADLINE
ARCTIC GAS
Legislature’s joint gas committee
issues RFP for gas project economist
The Legislature’s Joint Committee on Natural Gas Pipelines is advertising for
an individual or a firm to serve as an economist for a “natural gas project.”
The Request for Proposals, published Nov. 21, said the economist will report to
Sen. John Torgerson, committee chair.
Proposals are due by Dec. 11. The term of the contract is through June 30, 2001,
with a six and a half month renewal option.
The economist must be available to work full-time in Juneau during the legislative
session and to meet with Torgerson daily.
The contract is to “provide economic research, analysis, economic modeling
and advice” on a pipeline through Canada to ship gas to North America markets; a
gasline to Southcentral for a liquefied natural gas project; in-state pipelines; and a
gas-to-liquids development.
For more information, contact Torgerson in Soldotna at 907 260-3041.
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P O L I T I C S
Progress on opening coastal
plain to drilling still hog-tied by
filibuster threats, says Stevens
By Steve Sutherlin
PNA Managing Editor
Exploration and development in the
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is
the largest privately financed stimulus
to the economy that Congress
could initiate, Sen. Ted Stevens said Nov.
20 at a press conference in Anchorage.
Other projects that might have a comparable
economic impact, such as rebuilding
the nation’s
bridges and other
infrastructure or the
rebuilding of New
York, will require
the use of taxpayer
funds.
Stevens and his
staff have prepared a
graphic presentation
Stevens plans to use
on the Senate floor
Sen. Ted Stevens
“A lot of people have suggested we
put (an ANWR amendment) on the
farm bill, but that would be like
reserving a stateroom on the
Titanic.” —Sen. Ted Stevens
to illustrate the economic benefits
ANWR development would bring to the
nation. A color-keyed map shows how
many of the 750,000 projected ANWRrelated
jobs would accrue to each state.
In contrast, another chart details job
losses that have hit the nation following
Sept. 11. Stevens said recent business
failures and job losses threaten to derail
economic recovery despite tax cuts and
subsidies, and might plunge the nation
into a deficit despite government studies
that predict a continued budget surplus.
An Alaska oil production graph shows
projected ANWR production would significantly
extend and increase Alaska’s
contribution to the nation’s domestic
energy production. By contrast another
display shows U.S. reliance on foreign
energy sources climbing from 55 percent
today to 65 percent within two decades.
Senate still stymied on ANWR
Stevens said the Senate is still stymied
on the ANWR issue by the threat of filibuster
of any bill containing a provision
to allow drilling in the refuge, and he has
been cautious about attaching an ANWR
amendment to vital legislation.
“We’ve had to balance the national
interest against our own interests,” he
said.
An ANWR amendment was not added
to the Aviation Security bill because of its
urgency, Stevens said, adding, “We don’t
know if we can get it on the military bill;
it’s already loaded up.”
Stevens dismissed the idea of adding
an ANWR amendment to a farm bill that
is favored by Senate Majority Leader
Tom Daschle.
“A lot of people have suggested we
put (an ANWR amendment) on the farm
bill, but that would be like reserving a
stateroom on the Titanic.” ◆
continued from page A1
FOCUS
ed BP Exploration (Alaska) President Steve
Marshall before BP announced it was closing
down frontier exploration in Alaska,
PNA encountered a highly placed, senior
employee within the state Department of
Natural Resources who was willing to talk
about how the state of Alaska might have
contributed to BP’s decision. He did not
wish to be identified.
“We warned our commissioner (Pat
Pourchot) and the governor this could happen,”
he told PNA Nov. 20. “DEC’s re-written
the rules and it’s done so without the
knowledge or support of the Legislature …
or other state agencies. And look what’s
happened. The Gulf of Mexico will be getting
business that Alaska should be getting.
… You can’t trust the state of Alaska anymore.
We’ll sell you oil and gas leases but
you’ll play heck getting them developed.”
When asked about the McCovey
prospect (see page 1 story), which now
appears to be headed to development with
the approval of the state Department of
Environmental Conservation, he said, “But
look how much time — and probably
money — it took to get to that point. … It’s
too little, too late. The governor’s focused
on the gasline and running for national
office. … not on what supports this state —
which is the oil business. He’s allowed a
few low and middle level bureaucrats at
DEC to change the rules of doing business
in Alaska. … The train isn’t derailed yet, but
the first car has left the tracks.”
The governor, he said, is “too proud to
admit he’s lost control of his people. …
He’ll just keep saying everything’s fine …
reiterating how he got the NPR-A open. …
“I don’t see him cracking the whip at
DEC,” he said. “It’s less than a year until
John Shively or Frank Murkowski is elected.
Maybe they can fix this.”
The 1 billion barrel rule
O’Keefe wasn’t willing to comment further
on the reason Alaska is no longer a core
exploration area for BP (see related story on
page 5), other than to emphasize it takes too
long to bring projects on-line in Alaska.
He did, however, address news reports
that said BP would only explore where it
thought it could find 1 billion barrel-plus
fields .
“That’s not a hard and fast number. …
And it’s not to say we don’t explore for
fields that have less than a billion barrels.
It’s sort of a criteria we have used for several
years. Sometimes we have used it more
rigorously than other times.”
The way “things are ranked in our worldwide
exploration portfolio is those fields
that are close to infrastructure, can be developed
in a relatively short period of time and
have 1 billion barrels, those are placed closer
to the top. In the immediate future, we
didn’t see that happening in Alaska.”
And the frontier prospects, he said, especially
because of the regulatory climate and
higher costs in Alaska, were not attractive
investments for BP.
—Kay Cashman
Editor’s note: PNA has made several
requests for an interview with Gov. Knowles
since mid-August both about allegations
that DEC has changed the rules for the oil
and gas industry, and to ask the governor
what the state is doing to meet the need for
increased domestic energy since the Sept.
11 tragedy. To date, no interview has been
granted.

Week of November 25, 2001
Petroleum News • Alaska
A5
FINANCE & ECONOMY
WORLDWIDE
Analysts: Phillips-Conoco
merger a matter of survival
While executives promoted their $15.6 billion deal to unite
Phillips Petroleum Co. and Conoco Inc. as a merger of equals, analysts
described it as a simple matter of survival.
If Phillips and Conoco hadn’t decided to join forces, they risked
losing market share to competitors in a business climate that’s
increasingly unhealthy for all but the largest petroleum companies,
the analysts said.
“This is absolutely a matter of survival — not necessarily to
thrive, but to guarantee they will survive,” said Fadel Gheit, an analyst
at Fahnestock & Co. “If oil and gas prices collapse, smaller
companies will be swept away.”
Oil prices recently have plunged to their lowest level in more
than two years, with gasoline averaging $1.23 a gallon at stations
nationwide, according to the Lundberg Survey. Prices at the pump
could drop further if OPEC fails in its efforts to stop the free-fall.
In a conference call Nov. 19, top Phillips and Conoco officials
said the merger will allow them to save at least $750 million annually,
in part through elimination of jobs from the combined company’s
roster of 58,000 employees.
Phillips chairman James Mulva said it’s too soon to say how
many positions will be cut. Gheit predicted about 10 percent of the
work force would be eliminated.
VENEZUELA
—The Associated Press
Chavez: Agreement
between OPEC and
independent producers
President Hugo Chavez said Nov. 21 that an agreement
between non-OPEC and independent oil producers to cut output
was “imminent.”
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed
Nov. 14 to trim production by 1.5 million barrels a day but only if
independent producers such as Russia, Norway and Mexico contribute
with an additional combined cut of 500,000 barrels a day.
Chavez praised comments from top Russian officials suggesting
that Russia might cut by more than the tiny 30,000 barrels a
day it has pledged. Russia produces more than 7 million barrels a
day. Press reports Nov. 23 indicated Russia will only commit to
cutting 50,000 bpd.
NORWAY
—The Associated Press
Norway to cut production
Under pressure from OPEC, Norway will scale back its oil production
by 100,000 to 200,000 barrels a day to help shore up
plunging oil prices, as long as other oil producers do their share,
Norway’s oil and energy minister said Nov. 22.
The reduction was to take effect on Jan. 1 on the condition that
members of the Organization of Petroleum Producing Countries
comply with their promises and nonmembers do their share,
Minister Einar Steensnaes said after getting permission from parliament
for the decision.
“It is very important that Russia follow up efficiently,”
Steensnaes told reporters, adding that he would be in contact with
officials in that country. He would not name a specific target for
what Norway thinks the oil price should be, but said OPEC’s price
band of $22 to $28 a barrel “is not sensible at the moment.”
The cut would be made from an estimated production of 3.2
million barrels a day from Norway’s offshore oil fields next year,
Steensnaes said. OPEC has agreed to scale back output by 1.5 million
barrels a day on Jan. 1 but only if non-OPEC members, like
Norway, Russia and Mexico, follow suit.
The oil cartel has asked them to put production by a combined
500,000 barrels a day, as oil prices dropped nearly 30 percent in the
last two months amid a sharp downturn in the global economy and
a slump in petroleum demand.
— Nils Myklebost, The Associated Press
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L O N D O N
BP has no plans to wind down
Alaska operations, says London
But state appears to have dropped from company’s core areas; Wood
Mackenzie Alaska analyst suggests BP might be willing to relinquish some
of its exploration acreage; ANWR may be reason Shell recently bid on
North Slope acreage
By Derek Brower
PNA London Correspondent
The Alaska oil industry’s largest investor, BP,
has no plans to wind down operations or sell
its assets in the state’s upstream and denies
that it has cut back on spending, a senior
spokesman from the
company’s corporate … BP (is) unlikely to
headquarters in London
told PNA Nov. 19.
BP’s expected international
spending for
the next year “has not
changed in any way,
shape or form,” said
spokesman Ian Stuart.
“There is no spending
freeze,” he said, adding
be considering pulling
out of the state. Such
a move “would simply
not make sense. Any
buyer would have to
be offering BP
something it really
wanted.” —Scott
Mitchell, Wood
Mackenzie
adamantly that the
company was not interested
in selling any of its Alaska assets.
The commitment from BP will reassure industry
observers in Alaska, where BP’s recent exploration
activities have been limited, prompting
speculation that the British major was considering
rationalising some of its portfolio.
At the same time, Royal Dutch/Shell, which
withdrew from the Alaska upstream several years
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W O R L D W I D E
ago, has stepped up its efforts to re-build a position
in the state, leading some to speculate that it could
be a buyer for assets BP was putting up for sale.
Shell backed up its ambitious talk earlier this
month when it bought rights to 10 leases in the
state’s recent lease sale (see PNA issue of Oct. 28).
But even with the return of Shell, any downsizing
by BP of its own involvement would be painful for
Alaska.
Scott Mitchell, an Alaska analyst from the
Edinburgh, Scotland-based oil and gas consultancy
Wood Mackenzie, said he thought BP was
unlikely to be considering pulling out of the state.
Such a move “would simply not make sense,” he
said. “Any buyer would have to be offering BP
something it really wanted,” he added.
Alaska seems to have dropped from BP’s
core areas
However Mitchell acknowledged that Alaska
now seemed to have dropped from BP’s “core
areas”, which he said were the Gulf of Mexico and
West Africa. “In terms of exploration (in Alaska),
BP hasn’t been active at all.” (See related story on
page 10.)
That being the case, Mitchell added, BP might
be willing to relinquish some of its exploration
acreage. Among the producing assets, however,
Alaska will continue to be major asset
in combined company
Alaska’s 40 percent contribution to Phillips’ worldwide production will be
diluted to 25 percent when it is combined with Conoco’s production
By Steve Sutherlin
PNA Managing Editor
Alaska’s hefty percentage of Phillips
Petroleum Co.’s worldwide production will
be diluted when Conoco and Phillips become
ConocoPhillips in late 2002 and production
totals of the companies are combined. The merger,
announced Nov. 18, is subject to regulatory and
stockholder approval.
Alaska is — and
will continue to be —
a major asset, Phillips
Alaska spokeswoman
Natalie Knox told
Archie Dunham,
Conoco chairman and
chief executive officer
said at the Nov. 18
press conference …
that ConocoPhillips
will adopt Conoco’s
goal of a 50-50 gas-oil
ratio.
see PLANS page A6
PNA. Alaska
accounts for 40 percent
of Phillips'
worldwide production
(barrels of oil equivalent).
"After the merger
Alaska's share will be about 25 percent of combined
production," she said, "still a major legacy
asset."
ConocoPhillips daily production will be 1.7
million BOE, the merging companies said.
The stock prices of both companies closed
higher Nov. 19, the first day of trading following
the merger announcement.
Based on its balance sheet and its own exploration
commitments, Conoco is unlikely to feed
major cash into Phillips exploration and production
programs until it pays down some of its debt,
which ballooned with the Gulf Canada purchase.
Conoco’s debt to equity ratio is 1.21. In contrast,
Phillips has recently been praised by analysts
for aggressively paring down its debt from the purchase
of ARCO Alaska and the Tosco refinery
operation. Phillips’ debt to equity ratio is .54,
below the industry average.
Other suitors?
The merger announcement produced initial
speculation that other suitors might appear for
Conoco, at $15.2 billion of market capitalization
the smaller of the companies, because no premium
was placed on its stock in what was billed as a
merger of equals.
But as analysts had a chance to review the deal,
the outside suitor possibility was discounted
because of regulatory difficulties larger firms such
as ExxonMobil would face, whereas Phillips and
Conoco have little in the way of overlapping interests
to raise the hackles of regulators. TotalFinaElf
has had a look at Conoco in the past, but European
analysts said the company is not predisposed to
hostile takeovers and is unlikely to bid unless
assured of success.
Both companies have sharply altered the size
and geographic positioning of reserves and production
with recent acquisitions. Phillips doubled
its reserves and increased daily production by 70
see ASSET page A6

A6 Petroleum News • Alaska Week of November 25, 2001
FINANCE & ECONOMY
continued from page A5
PLANS
none of “value” to the company would be sold, he believes.
“There might be some peripheral fields of little value (that BP
might wish to sell), but no major assets.” Among the “peripheral”
fields is the troubled Badami, Mitchell added. “But I
don’t see that anyone would want to buy it.”
In any case, other factors suggest BP is going nowhere,
believes Mitchell.
One major factor remains the vast untapped natural gas
reserves the company has in the ground in Alaska. “There’s lots
of future potential if they want to get the gas to the Lower 48.”
BP would not ignore that fact, he said.
Shell drawn by ANWR
But foremost among the attractions of the state is the possibility
of an opening of the coastal plain of the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge. Given the possibility that ANWR may soon be
open for exploration, Mitchell said, BP is unlikely to pass off its
prime position in the line-up for entry — particularly when the
sensitive issue of U.S. security of supply is focusing attention
once again on the domestic energy resources available in
Alaska.
An ANWR opening is also what is attracting Shell to the
state again, says Mitchell. The company wants a position in the
state in order to get into ANWR when and if it opens, he says.
“The Prudhoe Bay area has been drilled out, so Shell sees
Raoul Restucci, president of Shell Exploration &
Production Co., made clear recently that the company
would be eager to explore in ANWR if it is opened for
drilling.
ANWR as a longer-term growth potential.”
Raoul Restucci, president of Shell Exploration & Production
Co., made clear recently that the company would be eager to
explore in ANWR if it is opened for drilling. “Can we perform
in those areas?” he was reported as saying. “The answer is ‘yes.’
Can we be environmentally compliant? The answer is ‘yes’.”
Restucci added that Alaska remained “highly prospective
country and as new blocks and leases are released we will evaluate
them.”
Whether the riches of ANWR have persuaded Shell to sniff
around assets BP is currently sitting on, as some suggest,
remains speculation. A spokeswoman at the Anglo-Dutch
major’s London head office reiterated the company’s enthusiasm
to grow its position in Alaska, but refused to comment on
“market rumours.” ◆
Editor’s note: Freelance writer Derek Brower is Petroleum
News • Alaska’s London correspondent. He is a regular contributor
to Petroleum Economist, where he has been a senior
staff writer covering the Middle East, Latin America, the
European Union and Eastern Europe. He is working on a
Ph.D.
continued from page A5
ASSET
percent with the purchase of ARCO
Alaska in 2000. Conoco boosted its
worldwide reserves by more than 1 billion
BOE to 3.7 billion BOE with the
acquisition of Gulf Canada Resources in
July. The purchase is expected to increase
worldwide production by 32 percent in
2001 to 335 million BOE.
Boost of gas as percentage of
production
The Gulf Canada purchase also moved
Conoco closer to its goal of having natural
gas comprise 50 percent of its total worldwide
production, by increasing North
American natural gas production and
proved natural gas
Conoco’s debt
to equity ratio is
1.21. In contrast
… Phillips’ debt
to equity ratio is
.54, below the
industry
average.
reserves 50 percent
to 1.4 billion cubic
feet per day and 4.1
trillion cubic feet net,
respectively. Conoco
has increased gas
production as a percentage
of worldwide
production
from 37 percent in
1996 to 45 percent in 2001, Rob McKee,
Conoco vice president of exploration and
production told analysts at a Nov. 14 meeting.
The merger with Phillips will bump the
gas-oil ratio for the combined company
down to 38-62, Archie Dunham, Conoco
chairman and chief executive officer said
at the Nov. 18 press conference, adding
that ConocoPhillips will adopt Conoco’s
goal of a 50-50 gas-oil ratio.
A large portion of ConocoPhillips
growth in gas production will likely be in
North America, due to aggressive Conoco
exploration in the Mackenzie Delta and the
Gulf of Mexico, coupled with the eventual
commercialization of Phillips’ North
Slope reserves. (See related story on page
1.)
Conoco is an integrated, international
energy company with operations in more
than 40 countries. Headquartered in
Houston, Texas, the company had 20,000
employees and $27.7 billion in assets at
Sept. 30.
Phillips Petroleum is an integrated
petroleum company with interests around
the world. Headquartered in Bartlesville,
Okla., the company had 38,500 employees
and $35.4 billion in assets at Sept. 30. ◆

Week of November 25, 2001
LAND & LEASING/FINANCE & ECONOMY
Petroleum News • Alaska
A7
■
W E S T E R N N O R T H S L O P E
BLM seeks industry nominations
in northwestern NPR-A
By Petroleum News • Alaska
The Bureau of Land Management said
Nov. 15 that it will prepare a land use
plan for approximately 10 million
acres in the northwest corner of the
National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. The
land is immediately west of lands covered
in a plan released in 1998. A draft environmental
impact statement is planned
for release in November 2002.
BLM seeks information and comment
on issues such as:
• resources present, such as wilderness,
wildlife and subsistence;
• what measures should be considered
to protect various resources and uses;
• current and potential future activities,
including possible oil and gas development;
• conflicts with approved coastal management
plans and other land use plans;
■
J U N E A U
By The Associated Press
Falling crude prices could reduce revenues
by as much as $300 million this
budget year, forcing a larger draw on
the state's financial reserves, Annalee
McConnell, Gov. Tony Knowles' budget
director, said Nov. 20.
• subsistence uses and needs;
• environmental justice.
BLM said that oil and gas companies
are requested to nominate (and rank by
priority) areas within the plan area that
should be considered for oil and gas leasing.
Nominations must be depicted on a
call map available from BLM. Individual
nominations will be held confidential
consistent with applicable law.
BLM said it will host public meetings
in Point Lay, Anaktuvuk Pass,
Wainwright, Atqasuk, Barrow, Nuiqsut,
Fairbanks and Anchorage during
December and January.
Specific dates and locations will be
posted on the BLM Web site as the schedule
becomes available:
http://aurora.ak.blm.gov/npra
Comments will be accepted through
Jan. 17. ◆
Falling oil prices, lower production
widen state’s budget gap
“We're revising downward. The
question is how much.”
—Chuck Logsdon, Department of
Revenue
the Anchorage Daily News.
If the governors' 2003 fiscal plan is
approved and prices remain low, draw on
the reserve fund could be $900 million to
$1 billion, exhausting the $2.8 billion fund
by 2005.
“Falling oil prices move up the drop
dead date,” said economist Scott Goldsmith
of the Institute of Social and Economic
Research. The state has two basic options
for more money: taxes or tapping the state's
$24.8 billion Permanent Fund. ◆
STATEWIDE
Potential State and Federal Oil
and Gas Lease Sales
Agency Sale and Area Proposed Date
DNR Cook Inlet Areawide May 8, 2002
DNR Foothills Areawide May 8, 2002
BLM NPR-A June 2002
MHT Cook Inlet Fall 2002
DNR North Slope Areawide October 2002
DNR Beaufort Sea Areawide October 2002
MMS Sale 186 Beaufort Sea 2003
MMS Sale 188 Norton Basin 2003
DNR Cook Inlet Areawide May 2003
DNR Foothills Areawide May 2003
DNR North Slope Areawide October 2003
DNR Beaufort Sea Areawide October 2003
BLM NPR-A 2004
MMS Sale 191 Cook Inlet/Shelikof Strait 2004
MMS Sale 193 Chukchi Sea/Hope Basin 2004
DNR Cook Inlet Areawide May 2004
DNR Foothills Areawide May 2004
DNR North Slope Areawide October 2004
DNR Beaufort Sea Areawide October 2004
MMS Sale 195 Beaufort Sea 2005
DNR Cook Inlet Areawide May 2005
DNR Foothills Areawide May 2005
DNR North Slope Areawide October 2005
DNR Beaufort Sea Areawide October 2005
MMS Sale 199 Cook Inlet/Shelikof Strait 2006
MMS Sale 202 Beaufort Sea 2007
MMS Sale 203 Chukchi Sea/Hope Basin 2007
Agency key: DNR, Alaska Department of Natural Resources, division of oil and gas, manages
state oil and gas lease sales onshore and in state waters; MHT, Alaska Mental Health
Trust Land Office, manages sales on trust lands; MMS, U.S. Department of the Interior’s
Minerals Management Service, Alaska region outer continental shelf office, manages sales
in federal waters offshore Alaska.
Alaska's revenue has been slipping for a
decade as North Slope oil production
declines. Only twice in that period has the
state covered its costs. The deficit sparks
debate over budget cuts, taxes or taking
money from the Alaska Permanent Fund.
On July 1, the Department of Revenue
set its projected ANS West Coast price at
$24.54 a barrel, but the price weakened and
then plunged after Sept. 11. On Nov. 19,
Revenue estimated an average price of
$22.62 a barrel for the fiscal year.
State spending was expected to outstrip
oil money and other revenues by $474 million;
with falling prices, the budget shortfall
could stretch to more than $750 million.
“We're revising downward. The question
is how much,” Chuck Logsdon,
Revenue's chief petroleum economist, told

A8 Petroleum News • Alaska Week of November 25, 2001
ARCTIC GAS
■
C A N A D A
J.C. returns to community some of what he reaped
Anderson Exploration bought by Devon Energy in September; J.C. Anderson is planning new
company focused on smaller gas fields
By Gary Park
PNA Canadian Correspondent
In his characteristically blunt manner, J.C. Anderson declared it
was payback time — in the nicest possible way. The Nebraskaborn,
Canadian oil patch legend then dug deep and turned over
C$11 million to the Calgary Foundation, which administers
C$152 million and doles out millions each
year to charitable and community organizations.
“This is a massive, astounding gift,”
gasped Sam Aylesworth, executive director
of the foundation. “When 7 percent of our
value is given by one person at one time, that
is a massive gift to the community.”
J.C. — which is all he answers to — rolled
into Calgary in the mid-1960s as an Amoco
Corp. employee before launching Anderson J.C. Anderson
Exploration Ltd. in 1968, discovering the
huge Dunvegan gas field in northern Alberta and making a series of
high-profile takeovers before succumbing in September to a C$5.3
billion offer from Devon Energy Corp.
Out of that, J.C. was estimated to have pocketed C$136 million
for the “sweat equity” he put into creating a company with rich gas
holdings in Western Canada, the Yukon and Northwest Territories.
“I have been fortunate enough to live and work here for
a number of years. I made the money here and what
better way to share my fortune.” —J.C. Anderson
“I have been fortunate enough to live and work here for a number
of years,” said Anderson. “I made the money here and what better
way to share my fortune.”
Not easing into retirement
Those who thought J.C. would ease into retirement and enjoy his
700-acre ranch south of Calgary, underestimated the man.
At 71, he just isn’t the retiring kind. “I’d go nuts doing something
like that,” he said.
So J.C. has moved to new quarters in downtown Calgary, clinging
to one vestige of his past — Big Blue, a leather couch that he
uses for a daily half-hour “power nap” after eating lunch at his desk.
His goal is to build another company from scratch, concentrating
on a bunch of smaller gas fields and land that various new U.S.-
based owners are expected to discard as non-core holdings.
J.C. shows no concern over the slump in gas prices. “It doesn’t
mean the whole town’s under water,” he said.
Possibly the biggest change of all in his life is the acquisition
of a cell phone, which he’s pretty sure will be useful once he figures
out the fancy features. ◆

Week of November 25, 2001
ARCTIC GAS
Petroleum News • Alaska
A9
■
C A L G A R Y
United States ramps up
domestic energy production
DOE’s Vicky Bailey says country will be “hard pressed to
meet” the demand for gas unless greater domestic reserves
can be found
By Gary Park
PNA Canadian Correspondent
The United States is hunting for new
domestic sources of energy on a
wide front, from the Arctic, to liquefied
natural gas imports, the Gulf
of Mexico and Lower 48 onshore opportunities,
various speakers told a North
American Gas Strategies conference in
Calgary in early November.
At a gas conference in Calgary in
early Novemeber, BP Vice President
Jim Farnsworth, who heads up BP’s
North American Exploration
Business Unit in Houston, said his
company is an active explorer in the
Gulf, Mackenzie Delta and Alaska
foothills. “There are plenty of
opportunities and no single one area
will meet the growth,” he said.
Vicky Bailey, assistant secretary for
policy and international relations with
the U.S. Department of Energy, said the
United States will be “hard pressed to
meet the (forecast) demand for gas
unless we can manage to locate and
develop far greater domestic reserves
than currently exist.”
She noted the DOE’s Energy
Information Administration, in a May
report, predicted total U.S. gas consumption
will grow by 50 percent to
34.7 trillion cubic feet in 2010.
The report emphasized the importance
of “improving our energy infrastructure,
both within the United States
and at our borders with Canada and
Mexico. We will be seeking to increase
domestic production and to diversify
our sources of energy,” Bailey said.
At the same time the United States
will be promoting energy efficiency and
expects that more than 60 percent of the
projected gap in 2020 between demand
and supply will be offset by conservation
actions.
But demand will still grow fast
enough to require Arctic gas and other
sources, such as liquid natural gas,
which accounted for only 6 percent of
U.S. gas imports last year, a number that
will rise as LNG terminals in the United
States are reopened or expanded, she
said.
Focus on Gulf of Mexico
Bailey also said the focus will shift
strongly to the Gulf of Mexico, where
proven developed reserve distribution
on the shelf is placed at 38 billion barrels
of oil equivalent (33 percent oil and
67 percent gas),while deepwater projected
distribution is the reserve at 33
percent gas and 67 percent oil on 38 billion
barrels of oil equivalent.
Greg Guidry, a strategic planning
manager with Shell Exploration and
Development Company, said the deepwater
Gulf will have a prominent role
provided technological development
can unlock new reserves economically.
BP vice president Jim Farnsworth,
who heads up the company’s North
American Exploration Unit in Houston,
said his company is an active explorer in
the Gulf, Mackenzie Delta and Alaska
foothills.
“There are plenty of opportunities
and no single one area will meet the
growth,” he said.
As of Nov. 16, Farnsworth is in
charge of Alaska’s frontier exploration.
Rod Erskine, El Paso Production
Co.’s president of exploration and
production, said El Paso is moving
into mature basins and making
new discoveries by adding
technology and going deeper into
formations.
BP looking at LNG
Farnsworth also said BP is examining
LNG development, believing it will
be a major source of growth for the
company in North America.
Rod Erskine, El Paso Production
Co.’s president of exploration and production,
said El Paso is moving into
mature basins and making new discoveries
by adding technology and going
deeper into formations. It has already
had success boosting output in the
Texas Coastal Plains and is certain the
same techniques can work in Canada
and the shallow water Gulf. ◆
NORTH SLOPE
Trenching tests proposed for gas
pipeline
The North Slope producers — BP
Exploration (Alaska) Inc., ExxonMobil
Production Co. and Phillips Alaska Inc.
— have begun permitting pipeline
trenching trials for potential construction
of a gas pipeline to bring North Slope gas
to market.
The trenching trials will evaluate
a range of excavation procedures
using two different trenching
machines.
Four sites will be used to conduct tests of trenching equipment: two locations
on the North Slope in the vicinity of the Deadhorse Airport and at the Put-23 gravel
mine; and two locations off the Elliott Highway outside of the coastal zone
about 40 miles north of Fairbanks.
Ice pads will be used in areas where gravel pads are not present.
The trenching trials will evaluate a range of excavation procedures using two
different trenching machines.
The North Slope trials are planned for Feb. 1 through mid-March; trials at the
Elliott Highway sites will end in mid-April.
Areas disturbed by the trenching test and associated activities will be restored
following breakup in spring 2002.

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N O R T H P O L E
Williams moves closer to
building petrochemical facility
By Kay Cashman
PNA Publisher
CMAI’s study on the feasibility of a
petrochemical business in Alaska is
complete, Cavan Carlton told PNA
Nov. 18. The results are encouraging,
prompting Williams to take the next step
toward building a petrochemical facility
near its North Pole refinery.
Carlton, director of gas pipeline business
development for Williams, said CMAI, one
of the world’s leading petrochemical consulting
firms, concluded that “under certain
economic conditions a petrochemical business
can work.”
Must have Alaska Highway gasline
At the top of a list of conditions is a large
supply of natural gas liquids.
“This will only work if you have a natural
gas pipeline from the North Slope that
runs down an Alaska Highway route,”
Carlton said.
Another condition is lowering the cost of
ocean and rail freight to get the product to
global markets. There are several ways that
can be done, he said, and Williams is working
on a solution now.
“We also have to dig a little deeper into
the capital costs. Some of the construction
cost assumptions used by CMAI are low for
Interior Alaska. They need to be refined a
little bit more,” Carlton said.
The final hurdle will be the composition
of the gas from the North Slope.
“It has to be rich enough …. There has to
be enough ethane in the gas to make it
work; to build a petrochemical facility,” he
said. Gas composition is considered proprietary
information. “But from our research
and discussions with the producers, we feel
there will be enough ethane in the stream
for a world scale facility,” Carlton said.
Project narrowed to polyethylene
CMAI, hired last May after Williams
completed an internal review that suggested
a petrochemical business in Interior
Alaska might be feasible, also narrowed
the focus of the project to the production of
polyethylene pellets, a component in the
manufacture of plastics.
Initially, Williams was also looking at
extracting methane and propane for local
use, but CMAI’s economic analysis vetoed
both activities.
The project now includes a gas processing
facility near North Pole to extract
ethane and re-inject the unused liquids; a
world class ethane cracker to convert
ethane into ethylene; and a polyethylene
plant to convert ethylene into polyethylene
pellets — some 2 million tons of pellets
each year.
The next step
The next step is another internal review,
Carlton said.
Williams has committed some of its
best people in several areas of the company
to that analysis, he said.
“But we will stop short of actually
announcing a project. We prefer to let the
overall North Slope gas commercialization
project develop a bit more first because a
petrochemical plant won’t work without a
supply of gas,” Carlton said. ◆

Week of November 25, 2001
EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION
Petroleum News • Alaska
A11
■
A N C H O R A G E
BP closes local exploration
office; future exploration in
Alaska to be decided by Houston
O’Keefe says NPR-A and ANWR prospective areas; BP will
eventually build a gas business in Alaska that will last for
decades; former Alaska exploration manager Jim Farnsworth
heads North American Exploration unit in Houston
By Kay Cashman
PNA Publisher
BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. has disbanded
its exploration unit in
Alaska. All that will remain of the
group’s 30-35 people in BP’s
Anchorage office are approximately nine
people, F.X. O’Keefe, who heads up the
now defunct exploration unit, told PNA
Nov. 21.
Four geoscientists
will remain in
an in-field/satellite
exploration group,
which is being folded
into the “ACT
Performance Unit,”
he said. They will
report to Gordon
F.X. O’Keefe, BP
Birrell.
Exploration (Alaska)
Five people from Inc.
the land department,
which used to report to O’Keefe and was
considered part of the exploration unit,
will be moved into BP’s commercial and
business support organization in
Anchorage, O’Keefe said.
What about O’Keefe’s future?
“I don’t know. Right now I am
focused on making sure that all the people
I worked with are placed where they
will be happy within BP,” he said.
Technically O’Keefe said he is part of
the North American Exploration
Business Unit, the Houston group that
BP’s Alaska President Steve Marshall
told employees Nov. 16 will now be
responsible for all frontier exploration
strategies in Alaska.
“Right now, I report to both Steve
Marshall here and Jim Farnsworth in
“And we still believe we have a long
future in Alaska, bridging to a gas
business that will last for decades.”
—F.X. O’Keefe, BP Exploration
(Alaska) Inc.
Houston. … I don’t know where I will
land up,” he said.
Farnsworth, he said, used to live in
Alaska and was head of BP’s exploration
unit here. O’Keefe saw Farnsworth’s
experience in Alaska as a positive sign.
Last year, BP spent approximately $30
million on frontier exploration, drilling
its Trailblazer prospect in the National
Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. The year
before it participated in the Meltwater
discovery and spent $10-15 million on
the western side of the North Slope for a
season of seismic work, O’Keefe said.
“It’s not so much the dollars they
spend that are lost, it’s the fact they won’t
be replacing the reserves they are pumping
now,” a senior level state Department
of Natural Resources official told PNA.
“They’re not going to be able to find
enough oil inside or near existing fields.”
NPR-A, ANWR and gas
But O’Keefe said there are still some
large, prospective areas that BP might be
interested in exploring and developing in
the future — areas with reserves that
might replace production from Prudhoe
Bay, Kuparuk and other existing North
Slope fields.
“NPR-A is still a very large prospective
area for us. We do have partners
(Chevron 30 percent, Phillips 20 percent)
see CLOSE page A19
Goal to raise output 10 percent in 2002
When Steve Marshall, president of BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc., told employees in
a Nov. 16 e-mail that the company is disbanding its exploration unit in Alaska, he said
the attention of the remaining in-field and satellite exploration staff in Anchorage will
be focused on “accumulations which can be produced through existing facilities, lowering
development costs and shortening the time between exploration and production.”
In 2002, Marshall said, BP will invest more than $700 million in “existing fields, on
satellite field development and on facility upgrades and tanker construction.”
BP spokesman Ronnie Chappell told PNA Nov. 16 that the company expects to
increase net production from Alaska by 10 percent in 2002.
In a separate e-mail Marshall addressed the subject of “rumors that BP is considering
the sale of its Alaska assets.” (See related story on page 5.) He said BP “does not
comment on rumors relating to the acquisition or sale of assets anywhere in the world
even when those rumors are unfounded,” reminding employees, “Alaska is a large and
material piece of BP's global business, accounting for about 10 percent of the company's
worldwide production.”
Marshall said over the next 5 years, BP “will spend more than $800 million to build
four new double hull tankers to move BP's Alaska production to market.” The company
also has options on two additional ships.
Lifting costs cut in half
As a result of the Prudhoe Bay unit alignment agreement, he said BP reduced its
Prudhoe lifting costs by half. “As a result, our Alaska business is in better shape today
than it was 2 years ago.”
The company's goal, Marshall said, “is to convert BP's huge North Slope resource
base of more than 7 billion barrels of oil equivalent into 30 or 40 years of production
by managing our costs and investing wisely.”
He pledged “continuing support for the effort to move North Slope natural gas to
market.”
— Kay Cashman
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A12 Petroleum News • Alaska Week of November 25, 2001
PIPELINES & DOWNSTREAM
Graphic courtesy of BP
A computer visualisation
of BP's
new gas to liquids
(GTL) plant
now under construction
at
Nikiski.
■
C O O K I N L E T
BP’s Nikiski GTL plant nears
completion
Nikiski pilot plant will test compact reformer, other new
technology, over expected five-year life
By The Associated Press
T
he gas-to-liquids demonstration plant
BP is building in Nikiski is expected
to start producing in February or
March, according to Steve Fortune,
engineering manager for the $86 million
project.
“We are very close to finishing, and we
are very excited,” said Fortune, who has
worked on BP’s GTL team for five years.
“Sixty percent of the cost is in the
first step, so if we can bring that
price down, it will impact the whole
project.” —Steve Fortune, BP
A gas-to-liquid plant takes natural gas
and turns it into liquid fuels that can be
transported more easily.
The first step is breaking down the gas
in a “reformer” that converts natural gas
and water to carbon monoxide and hydrogen.
BP has developed a compact reformer
that is 1/40th the size of conventional
ones.
“Sixty percent of the cost is in the first
step, so if we can bring that price down, it
will impact the whole project,” Fortune
said.
Step two takes the carbon monoxide
and hydrogen and turns that mix into a
kind of paraffin, which Fortune said would
look a lot like candle wax if allowed to
harden.
The third step breaks down the molecular
chain of the paraffin so it can be turned
into liquids such as diesel and jet fuel. The
fuels produced by this method contain no
polluting sulfur or nitrogen oxides.
“All of this gives you an idea why BP
wants to move in this direction, but there
are some barriers,” Fortune said.
Bringing down cost essential
The main barrier is cost. Bringing down
the cost of the GTL process means boosting
efficiency. Similar plants elsewhere
have been roughly 60 percent efficient,
while the Nikiski plant is projected to be
65 percent efficient.
But Fortune said a commercial plant
standing alone needs to reach 75 percent
efficiency. Waste heat and excess hydrogen
can be used to generate electric power,
however, and other byproducts can be
used in fertilizer or plastics. Combined,
that could boost efficiency to 80 or 85 percent.
The pilot plant in Nikiski will take 3
million cubic feet of natural gas and
convert it into 300 barrels of product
daily. BP will sell the liquid to the
nearby Tesoro refinery.
The pilot plant in Nikiski will take 3 million
cubic feet of natural gas and convert it
into 300 barrels of product daily. BP will
sell the liquid to the nearby Tesoro refinery.
A full-scale commercial version of the
GTL plant would produce 100 times as
much.
The Nikiski facility has a projected fiveyear
life span, and it’s designed so that new
technology can be plugged in for future
testing.
“We need to run it for a year or two
years to get a handle on the technology,” he
said.
Construction employment for the project
peaked at 220 employees in October.
When it is operating, the plant will have a
staff of 20.
BP could use the GTL process on the
North Slope to turn natural gas into a liquid
that could be pumped down the trans-
Alaska oil pipeline.
Fortune said the process needs natural
gas at or below 50 cents per thousand cubic
feet to be feasible. That means it would
have to be near a source of gas that can’t be
sold on the open market, where the fuel
brings several times that amount. ◆

Week of November 25, 2001
SERVICE & SUPPLY
Petroleum News • Alaska
A13
■
A N C H O R A G E
Software firm automates complex business tasks
Resource Data uses software and the Internet to organize and automate oil business, from
data and maps to the trans-Alaska pipeline quality bank
By Steve Sutherlin
PNA Managing Editor
Alaska-grown software application
development company Resource Data
Inc. isn’t the expert in adjusting for
differences in the quality of North
Slope crude that shares the trans-Alaska
pipeline, but it developed the software that
makes the job easier.
By using Internet technology to automate
complex business tasks, the company has
expanded to 50 employees in Anchorage
and Juneau, Kimball Forrest, Resource Data
co-owner, told PNA in a recent interview.
The trans-Alaska pipeline quality bank
software includes a database application for
tracking samples, calculating crude oil
assays, evaluating assays, determining crude
oil pricing and computing financial adjustments
resulting from mixing various grades
of oil for four quality banks in two major oil
pipeline systems, company officials said.
It also developed quality control procedures
and worked with auditors and bank
personnel for accurate quality bank adjustments.
GIS a company specialty
Resource Data also designed a geographic
information system for the trans-Alaska
pipeline that delivers vector data and raster
images of the pipeline and surrounding areas
through a standard web browser. GIS is a
specialty for Resource Data around which a
number of its resource company projects are
based.
A GIS system displays a map or other
diagram on the screen. The user clicks on
features on the map, and the system pulls up
information based on that map point such as
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W A S H I N G T O N
New generation
of Hytorc tools
available
By Amy Marie Armstrong
PNA Correspondent
Anew generation of Hytorc tools used
for turning nuts and bolts is now
available from Pacific Rim Hytorc in
Shelton, Wash.
Kevin Campbell, a direct factory representative,
said Hytorc now offers a fiveyear
unlimited warranty on certain models
of tools including the MXT-SA and the
XLCT-SA hydraulic torque wrenches.
“We used to only offer a one-year warranty,”
Campbell said. “But Hytorc made
enough changes that we are now confident
enough in these new generation tools to
extend that warranty to five years.”
The changes include use of higher
strength alloys in the housing and internal
components of the hydraulic tools.
“The speed of the tools has increased
slightly,” Campbell said, adding that the
new pumps are lighter in weight.
Campbell said the wrenches weighing
between 30 and 40 pounds are easily handled
by one hand.
“We hope people will like the next generation
of an already existing tool,”
Campbell said. But he also quickly points
out that “this represents an improvement in
technology and not just a rehashing” of
what is already in use.
To reach Campbell directly, phone 888-
459-5900 or fax to 888-459-5901. His territory
includes Washington, Oregon, British
Columbia, the Yukon, Hawaii and Alaska.
To learn more about Hytorc tools, visit their
website at www.hytorc.com.◆
Resource Data Inc. owners Lois Hansen, Jim Rogers, Doug Ruppert, Greg Fischer, Kimball Forrest
and John Hennessy. Not pictured: Daryl Scherkenbach.
drilling data, lease ownership or geological
information.
One-third of Resource Data’s business is
GIS design.
Another key component of the company’s
services is the use of the Internet, and of
private Intranet networks for access to needed
data on-site and off-site in a familiar format
for users on standard Internet browsers.
The universal familiarity with web browsers
insures ease of use and a short learning
curve. For instance, the trans-Alaska
pipeline GIS system is accessible from the
Internet and an Intranet.
Resource Data uses itself as a test lab for
many of its product ideas. In fact, the efficiencies
it has gained by using its own systems
have helped it to compete, particularly
against two major out-of-state based firms
with offices in Anchorage.
And features it has developed make it
easier to do business with the company.
“We’re believers because we’ve saved a
lot of money internally,” Kimball Forrest,
Resource Data co-owner said. “Using a
secure log-on, our clients can look at their
bill at any time and see what’s going on.”
ANCHORAGE
Engineering firm adds two
Serving the oil industry
The company started in 1986 linking
mineral data to maps for mineral companies.
When the Exxon Valdez ran aground in
1989, Resource Data approached VECO
Alaska Inc., the prime contractor for the
cleanup effort, and offered its services to
manage and incorporate environmental data.
That was a foot in the door to the oil business,
and a forerunner to the current Oil Spill
Response GIS the firm developed and continues
to maintain. For the project, Resource
Data converted U.S. Geological Survey
files, generated contours from the U.S.G.S.
data, translated environmental data into the
required format, and developed a land-ownership
atlas.
The company now claims oil field clients
such as BP, Phillips Alaska Inc.,
ExxonMobil, Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.,
Yukon Pacific Corp., Unocal, VECO and
Alaska Tanker Corp.
The firm is busy, and expects to stay that
way even if energy prices enter a low cycle.
“There’s lots of things to do if oil prices
drop,” Forrest said, “People are looking for
efficiencies.”◆
Anchorage-based engineering,
architectural, and technical service
consulting firm ASCG Inc. has hired
Jessica Mayer, E.I.T. as a junior engineer
in the company’s airports/general
civil division. Mayer has a bachelor’s
degree in geological engineering and a
bachelor’s degree in geology, both
from the University of Alaska
Fairbanks.
Ramona Jathanha has relocated
Jessica Mayer Ramona Jathanha
from ASCG’s office in Barrow to the company’s Anchorage office architectural
department as a staff architect. Jathanha has a master’s degree from the State
University of New York at Buffalo and has been with the firm since 1994.
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Photo courtesy of Resource Data
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A14 Petroleum News • Alaska Week of November 25, 2001
COOK INLET
■
N I K I S K I
Agrium would like to grow Cook Inlet operation
Company concerned about gas supply and price; state’s royalty rate also a concern as some utility gas prices are now contracted
to rise to match Henry Hub price in Lower 48
By Kristen Nelson
PNA Editor-in-Chief
Chris Tworek, vice president of supply
management for Agrium Inc., told
the Legislature's Joint Committee on
Natural Gas Pipelines Nov. 8 that the
company would like to expand the
Nikiski ammonia and urea facilities it
purchased from Unocal.
But, he said, that expansion would
require both a long-term extension of the
current base supply for the plant of 50-55
billion cubic feet a year, and an additional
30 billion cubic feet a year.
And those industrial natural gas supplies
would have to be at worldwide competitive
prices, he said, because Agrium
competes against gas sold in the range of
75 cents to $1 per million Btu in the
world nitrogen market. The company is
currently paying in the range of $1.20-
$1.50 MMBtu for gas in Alaska, Tworek
said.
Agrium has put in some preinvestment
in some of its other
locations, Tworek said, buying gas
production or investing in
infrastructure of pipelines and has
even done exploration and drilling
partnerships to reduce the risk for
the explorer and put some cash on
the table to help with exploration,
especially for independents.
Nikiski plant could be expanded
“We really see that there is an expansion
opportunity,” Tworek said.
The Nikiski plant is close to Pacific
Rim markets and there is a positive business
climate here and a skilled work
force. And the plant is world scale today,
he said.
But the plant will need things done to
it or it will reach the end of its economic
life, and Tworek said it's not the most
efficient plant Agrium has by about 10
percent.
“So we try to do things with that plant
in order to maintain its competitiveness.
Today we use that 50-55 Bcf. We have
drawn up various expansion plans where
over a five-year period we could add
another 30 Bcf.”
The committee had heard forecasts
from the state about declining reserves in
Cook Inlet — and projections that if both
Agrium and the liquefied natural gas
plant were still in operation in 2015, and
no new gas discoveries were in Cook
Inlet — there would not be enough gas
remaining to meet utility needs.
Tworek said that based on those forecasts,
“we'd be hard pressed to commit
another $200-$300 million for the plant
expansion based on those gas outlooks. If
you're going to spend that kind of money
you expect 15-20-25 years of economic
life out of your facility. So we do have to
find a solution for this.”
Royalty rate issues a concern
Agrium has put in some pre-investment
in some of its other locations,
Tworek said, buying gas production or
investing in infrastructure of pipelines
and has even done exploration and
drilling partnerships to reduce the risk for
the explorer and put some cash on the
table to help with exploration, especially
for independents.
But in addition to supply, Tworek said
Agrium is concerned about the state's
royalty rate.
The gap that is opening up between
utility gas and industrial gas “could
expose the industrial gas to a higher royalty
load than they now pay, which could
hurt competitiveness,” he said.
State royalties are based on the highest
contract prices, he said, without consideration
of volume rate or individual contract
price.
“So you can have a peaking utility
contract say at $5. And your royalties,
even though you're maybe paying $1.20
or $1.50 or whatever else, would be based
on $5 rather than what you were actually
paying to your producer.”
Agrium, he said, would like to see royalties
kept at the existing level and based
on actual contracts or a volume-weighted
price, “rather than just being exposed to
the highest possible prices in the Cook
Inlet.” ◆

Week of November 25, 2001
Petroleum News • Alaska
A15
COOK INLET
COOK INLET BASIN
Forest Oil plans to spend
$225 million in inlet over
next five years
Forest Oil Corp. is activity exploring for gas reserves in the
Cook Inlet area, Forest Oil Corp.’s Gary Carlson told the
Legislature’s Joint Committee on Natural Gas Pipelines in a
Nov. 5 letter. Carlson, senior vice president with Forest, said that
while the company’s current operations are focused on oil in the
inlet, “our strategy includes finding and developing gas reserves
in our areas of activity.” The company “has defined multiple gas
prospects on our leased acreage” in the Cook Inlet basin, and is
working on both the geologic and business aspects to turn them
into “specific drillable prospects.”
Forest Oil’s Cook Inlet drilling budget for the next five years
is $225 million, Carlson said, including development and
exploratory drilling to both oil and gas targets.
The committee had asked if there was any legislation it
should consider to advance natural gas development in the state.
Carlson responded that Forest Oil (and its predecessor
Forcenergy Inc.) has been involved in the permitting processes
“in Alaska for the last few years and it is not an efficient system.
It takes too much time, adds little or no value to the state’s interest
and is destructive to industry’s investment returns.
“In our opinion,” Carlson said, “the problem lies in the
administration and regulatory agencies. We have not identified
any legislative solutions to this problem at this time.”
KENAI PENINSULA
—Kristen Nelson
Kenai left off GAO list of oil
and gas producing refuges
The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge was left off a government
list in a report of refuges where federally owned oil and gas is produced.
The General Accounting Office’s report lists eight refuges
nationwide where federally owned oil and gas is produced. But the
Kenai refuge was not among them even though it fits the description,
according to Greg Noble, the federal Bureau of Land
Management’s petroleum engineer in Alaska.
The report was requested
by Rep. Ed Markey, D-
Mass., who used it to
argue against oil drilling in
the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge.
The report was requested by
Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., who
used it to argue against oil
drilling in the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge. He said only a
few refuges produce federal oil,
and no new leases have been
issued for 35 years.
Roger Herrera, with the prodrilling
group Arctic Power, said the GAO’s dropping of Kenai
was “a very convenient mistake” for Markey. That’s because the
refuge represents “a very clear example” of the compatibility of oil
work and wildlife.
Alfredo Gomez, an analyst with the GAO, said investigators
were told by the Kenai refuge manager that the oil and gas rights
underlying the old federal leases were transferred to a regional
Native corporation. So the GAO didn’t include the refuge in its list
of eight refuges where federally owned oil and gas is produced.
Noble said some mineral rights on the refuge are held by Cook
Inlet Region Inc., the Anchorage-area Native corporation. But
mineral rights to the Swanson River and Beaver Creek fields north
of Soldotna are still owned by the federal government, he said.
“They’re big oil fields,” Noble said. The oil produced helps
supply the refining industry on the Kenai Peninsula while the natural
gas helps supply Anchorage.
The Kenai refuge began as the Kenai National Moose Range in
1941. Richfield Oil Corp. filed for leases on the refuge in 1954 and
struck oil in 1957. In 1958, Interior Secretary Fred Seaton
announced that the northern half of the range would be leased but
the southern half closed, according to Anchorage author Jack
Roderick’s history of Alaska oil work.
—The Associated Press
Phillips Alaska Inc.’s Cosmopolitan project north of Anchor Point. The photo was tekn Sept. 29 prior to commencement
of drilling.
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A N C H O R P O I N T
State, feds OK Cosmopolitan unit
Phillips Alaska and Forest Oil combined have 90 percent of interest; Hansen
No. 1 exploration well being drilled now
By Kristen Nelson
PNA Editor-in-Chief
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources
Division of Oil and Gas and the U.S.
Department of the Interior Minerals
Management Service have approved Phillips
Alaska Inc.’s application to form the 24,600 acre
Cosmopolitan unit in Cook Inlet north of Anchor
Point. The other majority working interest owner
is Forest Oil Corp.
Cosmopolitan includes nine leases, seven state
and two federal, 9,765 federal acres in the outer
continental shelf and 14,835 acres in state of
Alaska lands in sections 15-17, 20-23, 26-27, 33-
35 of T3S-R15W, SM; sections 2-10, 16-19 T4S-
R15W, SM; and sections 13 and 24 T4S-R16W,
SM.
The target is a potentially oil-bearing reservoir
in the Hemlock formation which Phillips is drilling
now at the Hansen No. 1 well from an onshore surface
location on private land to an offshore bottomhole
in the unit.
MMS approval came Nov. 15; the state signed
off Nov. 16.
Some leases would have expired this year
Two of the state leases in the unit would have
expired Dec. 31 if the unit had not been formed.
Other state leases have expiration dates in 2003,
2007 and 2008. The two federal leases have expiration
dates of July 31, 2002.
One of the state leases, ADL 18790, was issued
in 1962, and is held because a well capable of production
was drilled on the lease.
Two wells were drilled in the prospect, which
was identified in the 1960s. The discovery well,
Pennzoil Starichkof State No. 1, was drilled in
January 1967 from an offshore location and penetrated
a hydrocarbon-bearing section.
A second well, Pennzoil Starichkof State Unit
No. 1, was spud in August 1967 approximately 2.5
miles north of the discovery well. The reservoir
was wet in the second well and the project was
abandoned. The discovery well was suspended and
was subsequently certified by the state as capable
of production in paying quantities.
Drilling at prospect has begun
The initial plan of exploration requires that
Phillips drill the Hansen No. 1 well to depths sufficient
to penetrate the lower Tyonek sand prone
interval — correlative to the section seen in the
Starichkof State No. 1 well between 6,740 feet and
7,006 feet measured depth or 6,500 feet total vertical
depth, whichever is the lesser depth. Phillips
was required to begin the Hansen No. 1 before
Dec. 31 and to reach target depth by Sept. 1, 2002.
Phillips is currently drilling that well.
The initial plan of exploration also requires
acquisition of a minimum of 30 square miles of 3D
seismic or a second well. A sidetrack of the
Hansen No. 1 with a bottomhole location more
than 500 feet from the initial well to target depth
would satisfy the second well requirement.
The unit will only continue past its initial term
— three years — if further appraisal, delineation
or development/production activities satisfactory
to the state are proposed before the end of the initial
plan of exploration. Those activities would be
addressed in a second plan of exploration or in a
plan of first plan of development.
Phillips and Forest majority owners
Phillips and Forest control 90.52 percent of the
unit area. The Cosmopolitan unit joint operating
agreement specifies agreement of two or more parties
with at least 61 percent working interest for the
drilling of wells, and the agreement of two or more
parties with at least 80 percent working interest for
development and production operations.
The state said that 100 percent of the lessees are
not committed to the unit, but Phillips has demonstrated
that a reasonable effort was made to get 100
percent participation and that the two companies
between them hold sufficient interest in the unit to
control operations during the term of the initial
plan of exploration.
The four minority working interest owners all
hold interests in the lease held by the discovery
well. Forest Oil has the majority interest in that
lease, 41 percent; 25 percent is held by Devon
Energy Corp.; 25 percent is held by ExxonMobil;
4.7 percent by Rosewood Resources Inc.; and 4.2
percent by Hunt Petroleum Corp. ◆
Lin Reid, Eagle Eye Helicopter Inc.

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A L B E R T A
Alberta oil sands get another
boost from U.S. interest
Past month sees another C$12 billion of projects unveiled,
with combined incremental production of more than
400,000 barrels per day over next 10 years
By Gary Park
PNA Canadian Correspondent
Alberta’s oil sands promoters are
responding to rising interest from
the United States as they open up the
investment taps on billions of dollars
in new projects.
In the past couple of weeks, Vicki
Bailey, an assistant secretary with the U.S.
Department of Energy, and the New York
Times have intensified the spotlight on
Alberta, which already ships about 1.69
million barrels per day south of the 49th
parallel.
“The estimates of Canada’s
recoverable oil sands reserves …
are substantial and their continued
development could become a pillar
of sustained North American energy
and economic security.” —Vicki
Bailey, U.S. Department of Energy
Bailey, speaking to a Ziff Energy
Group conference in Calgary, said the
United States hopes to increase its imports
of Canadian energy and sees the oil sands
as a key element.
“The estimates of Canada’s recoverable
oil sands reserves (about 300 billion barrels
from a reserve of 1.7 trillion barrels)
are substantial and their continued development
could become a pillar of sustained
North American energy and economic
security,” Bailey said.
Her thinking was echoed last week in
the New York Times, which said that for
many American consumers “who fear the
United States is overly dependent on
OPEC, it may be a revelation to learn that
Canada is a leading source of natural gas
and crude oil.
“What is more, most of the natural gas
and crude imported from Canada comes
from one province, Alberta.”
One long-time Calgary oilman, who
asked not to be identified, said all that
needs to happen is for Americans to be
“told we’re up here, that we’ve got the
reserves and that the regulations aren’t
going to be suddenly changed. Then
they’ll come.”
The risk-takers are wasting no time
placing their hopes in the oil sands, where
more than C$40 billion worth of projects
are in the works and in just the last month
another C$12 billion have been unveiled.
Suncor to double synthetic crude
production
Suncor Energy Inc., which pioneered
the development of synthetic crude in
Canada, has laid the groundwork to more
than double its output to 550,000 barrels
per day by 2012.
Unshaken by heavy cost overruns on its
newest expansion phase, the Calgarybased
integrated company is moving
ahead with its so-called Voyageur project,
aiming to get regulatory approvals by 2004
and spend C$10 billion over 10 years.
Suncor’s Project Millennium is just finished
and is scheduled to almost double
current production to 225,000 barrels per
day by the end of 2001, despite a price tag
that soared to C$3.25 billion from C$2 billion
as labor and materials costs climbed.
However, Suncor is counting on
Millennium lowering its operating costs to
between C$8.50-$9.50 per barrel from
C$13.55 in 2000.
Mike Ashtar, executive vice-president
of oil sands, said Suncor has incorporated
many lessons learned from 34 years of
producing synthetic crude “to run our
operation very reliably and at a lower
cost.”
Earlier this month, the Alberta Energy
and Utilities Board approved Suncor’s
new C$1 billion Firebag development,
which will tap a 9.8 billion barrel lease and
produce 35,000 barrels per day by 2005
and 140,000 barrels per day by the end of
2008.
For the first time, Suncor will switch
from its traditional strip-mining of bitumen
to steam assisted gravity drainage,
injecting steam into deeper deposits to
force the bitumen to the surface.
Mindful that the oil sands have been
fingered as one of the major contributors
to greenhouse gas emissions, Suncor
intends to integrate the Voyageur project
with a program to minimize air emissions,
reduce water use and discharge, accelerate
reclamation of mined areas and tailing
ponds and limit land disturbance.
In a speech to the New York investment
community earlier this month, Suncor
Executive Vice President Mike O’Brien
said the company can see 1 million barrels
per day as a long-term goal through continuous
expansion phases and provided
fiscal and market conditions are favorable.
Nexen to build new plant
Adding to the growing ranks of new
operators, Nexen Inc. (formerly Canadian
Occidental Petroleum Ltd.) has announced
a joint venture with OPTI Canada Inc. to
build a 60,000 to 70,000 barrel per day
project in the Athabasca region of northeastern
Alberta by 2006.
The project will also use steam-assisted
gravity drainage technology, based on the
success of a 500 barrel per day demonstration
plant at the Long Lake lease, which
holds about 5 billion barrels of recoverable
bitumen.
As part of the C$1 billion first phase of
the venture, Nexen has acquired a 50 percent
interest in the Long Lake property and
the exclusive right to use OPTI’s technology
on other Nexen lands in Alberta and
elsewhere in the world.
Established in 1999 to focus on the
recovery and upgrading of Canadian
heavy oil using new eco-efficient methods,
OPTI Canada is a private company and a
subsidiary of Israeli-based ORMAT
Group of engineering companies.
Nexen president and chief executive
officer Charlie Fischer said the OPTI technology,
when combined with other existing
commercial technology, solves the
major challenges of a low-cost fuel source
to drive large-scale projects and a costeffective
process to upgrade bitumen into a
high-value light, sweet product.
He said Nexen’s bitumen resource is
“so significant it could replace our current
world-wide production of 210,000 barrels
per day for more than 30 years.
“By providing a low-risk, low-cost, stable
source of long-term production
growth, bitumen reduces the overall risk of
our portfolio and provides a strong cash
flow base to sustain our global expansion
plans,” Fischer said. ◆

Week of November 25, 2001
THE REST OF THE STORY
Petroleum News • Alaska
A17
continued from page A1
MCCOVEY
activities will likely be administered in
essentially the same manner AEC handles
procurement in their oil and gas properties
around the world.
“Our preference is to hire and buy
local whenever we can,” Harding said.
The company has no established
alliances with contractors and suppliers
elsewhere in the world that would be
transferred to Alaska, he said. “Work
goes out to bid on a per project basis.”
In addition to Anchorage-based
Fairweather, who will manage the
SDC unit, AEC has hired Mark
Schindler’s Anchorage-based firm,
Lynx Enterprises, to do the
permitting for McCovey.
In addition to Anchorage-based
Fairweather, who will manage the SDC
unit, AEC has hired Mark Schindler’s
Anchorage-based firm, Lynx Enterprises,
to do the permitting for McCovey. Lynx,
Harding said, is “doing an extremely
good job.”
Retained this past summer, AEC’s
first contractor in Alaska was consultant
Ken Boyd, former director of the state
Division of Oil and Gas. Boyd continues
to represent AEC in what Harding
dubbed “a variety of roles, including representing
us with AOGA, helping facilitate
meetings with different people. …
He’s our man on the ground in Alaska.
He helps us stay plugged in to what’s
happening in private industry and government.”
The single steel drilling caisson (SDC) unit at Port Clarence will be towed next summer to location
at the McCovey drill site in the central Beaufort Sea. The tanker was modified by Canmar
so that it can sit on the ocean floor.
The project that almost wasn’t
Exploration at the new McCovey unit,
located about 12 miles due east of the
Northstar field and 12 miles northeast of
West Dock at Prudhoe Bay (see map on
page 19), has been on hold since last winter
when Phillips halted permitting due to
an unexpected shift in state regulatory
policies. The plan submitted by Phillips
was to drill one well, the McCovey No. 1,
on federal lease OCS-Y-1578. Drilling
would be from an artificial ice island,
connected to shore by an ice road “during
the stable solid-ice period between
February and May 2001.”
Although the U.S. Minerals
Management Service had approved
Phillips exploration plan and oil spill contingency
plan on Oct. 22, 2000, the project
also had to undergo an Alaska
Coastal Management Zone review by
the state because an oil spill in federal
waters could potentially impact the
state’s coastal zone. Without state
ACMP certification, no drilling could
occur.
The ACMP review, overseen by the
state Division of Governmental
Coordination, involved several agencies,
including the Department of
Environmental Conservation. Senior
MMS and state Division of Oil and Gas
officials told PNA last year that the stipulations
proposed by DEC were unreasonable,
unanticipated and unnecessary;
Phillips said the added regulatory burden
would render the project uneconomic.
At the top of the list of complaints
from MMS, the division and Phillips
was the short drilling window. Instead
of being able to drill until May 1 or the
May 15 date that MMS considered reasonable,
DEC wanted all drilling operations
to cease by April 1.
Phillips said that deadline would not
give it time to adequately test the exploration
well and could necessitate a second
season — and the cost of building of
another ice road and island — to complete
drilling and testing a single exploration
well.
Phillips pulled the plug on McCovey
permitting last spring, leaving industry
observers to question whether or not
Alaska’s offshore was really “open for
business” as its governor and lease sale
offerings suggested.
SDC costs “manageable”
In July, Phillips announced it was turning
over operatorship of McCovey to
AEC. The paperwork for that assignment
was completed in November.
AEC has been working on a new way
to drill McCovey: a plan that would both
meet DEC’s new regulatory policies and
make economic sense.
AEC will probably open an office in
Anchorage in the next year, Harding
said.
“We take the regulatory requirements
very seriously and it is our intention to
comply with them. … One of the biggest
challenges we had last year revolved
around time. The ice island plan meant
that we were not going to be able to start
drilling a well until the latter part of
February and then have to stop drilling
April 1,” Harding said. “That simply cut
things too fine.” The SDC unit allows
AEC to begin drilling in November.
“It will take about 40 to 50 days to drill
this well, so we will complete the initial
penetration close to the New Year.”
Costs, he said, will be “manageable for
the program using the SDC, but the flexibility
is far superior to the ice island alternative.”
Quiet mode during whaling
season
The SDC will be towed by a
Seatankers ice breaker from Port
Clarence to location next summer. It will
sit dormant, in “quiet mode,” with no
occupants during the whaling season.
“Around the end of October or early
November, the drilling crew will board
the ship. Drilling will commence shortly
Courtesy of Fairweather Inc.
thereafter, Harding said. The well will be
drilled to an oil target in the range of
12,000 feet.
“Stratal geometry, seismic and an earlier
well drilled by Sohio (BP) at the edge
of the existing unit allows us, and our
partners, to be very optimistic about what
we expect to find,” Harding said.
Pre-permitting meeting goes well
On Nov. 14, AEC and Lynx officials
met with the agencies involved in the
ACMP review, including DEC, to discuss
their new exploration plans for the unit.
Harding said the meeting went well.
“It was a good interactive meeting, a
good information exchange from both
sides. … We feel optimistic about DEC’s
response to our plans.”
DGC’s Glenn Gray concurred. “So far,
this review is shaping up to be a good
one. I think AEC has really worked the
issues up front, including use of the SDC
rather than an ice island. Hopefully, there
won’t be any glitches later in the review,”
he told PNA Nov. 21.
AEC officials have also been visiting
with people in the North Slope communities
of Kaktovik, Nuiqsuit and Barrow
about their project.
“Our primary objective is to understand
their concerns, especially about
whaling, and work with them. We have
been providing them information about
our exploration plan and details about the
SDC. … We have requested a lot of feed-
see MCCOVEY page A19

A18 Petroleum News • Alaska Week of November 25, 2001
THE REST OF THE STORY
continued from page A1
UNION
until next year, Hunt said Conoco, which
acquired Gulf Canada Resources Ltd.'s
Delta gas holdings earlier this year, will
continue working with Imperial Oil Ltd.,
ExxonMobil Canada and Shell Canada
Ltd. on the Delta feasibility study, which is
expected to be finished either this year or
early in 2002.
Conoco focus has been on
Mackenzie
Following the Gulf Canada takeover,
Conoco chairman Archie Dunham said his
company would take a more active role in
pressing for development of the
Mackenzie Delta.
At the time, because Conoco had no
stake in Alaska, he said “our sole interest
right now is going to be Canada and the
Mackenzie Delta, so we have no potential
conflict of interest around choosing this
(pipeline) route over another route.”
Regardless of the Phillips-Conoco deal,
Canadian analysts said they still believe
the Mackenzie Valley pipeline option has
the best chance of proceeding first.
William Lacey, with FirstEnergy
Capital Corp., said the merger won't
change the fundamentals of Arctic development,
because both projects still face
political and economic hurdles, notably
the tumble in gas prices this year.
In those circumstances, he said the
smaller Mackenzie Valley line is closer to
market, which is vital for all four Delta
partners who need gas for their extraction
and processing operations in Alberta's oil
sands and heavy oil sectors.
Peter Linder of Research Capital Corp.
agreed that the Mackenzie Valley is “just a
more sensible route,” with at least 50 percent
of the Delta gas volumes likely to be
used in the oil sands.
—Gary Park

Week of November 25, 2001
THE REST OF THE STORY
Petroleum News • Alaska
A19
continued from page A17
MCCOVEY
back so we understand their issues and
can work to accommodate their needs,”
Harding said.
Local hire was also an important issue
to the North Slope residents and one, he
said, AEC was taking seriously.
Plays on both sides of the border
With an “enterprise value of approximately
C$14 billion,” Harding said
Alberta Energy is one of North America’s
largest independent oil and gas companies.
Trading on both the Toronto and
New York stock exchanges, it ranks first
in natural gas production in Canada, and
The company has no established
alliances with contractors and
suppliers elsewhere in the world
that would be transferred to
Alaska, he said. “Work goes out to
bid on a per project basis.”
fifth among independent producers in
North America.
According to Alberta Energy’s
President and CEO Gwyn Morgan, the
company’s goal is to become a “global
super-independent oil and gas company”
to rival Anadarko and Burlington.
Expansion-minded and market savvy,
in the last 2 years Morgan has expanded
Alberta Energy’s reach throughout North
America, taking over McMurry Oil and
Ballard Petroleum, two key operators in
the U.S. Rockies; gaining a foothold in
the North Slope with exploration acreage
deals totaling more than 1.2 million acres;
and signing a farm-in deal with Conoco to
explore deepwater prospects in the Gulf
of Mexico. It currently has exploration
and production properties in Ecuador,
Canada and the United States as well as
exploration properties in Argentina,
Australia and the Caspian Sea.
Alberta Energy’s Canada properties
include two exploration licenses in the
Mackenzie Delta involving 535,000 gross
acres.
When asked if he considered Alaska
“open for business,” Harding said,
“That’s the assumption we are operating
under. We’re excited; we want to stay
“So far, this review is shaping up
to be a good one. I think AEC has
really worked the issues up front,
including use of the SDC rather
than an ice island.”
—Glenn Gray, DGC
here as long as there are opportunities for
us. We were happy to take over operatorship
at McCovey.
“We are a firm believer in the region
for both oil and gas. We acquired a very
large position in the Mackenzie Delta and
saw an opportunity to look at gas on both
sides of the border. We were also
attracted by what we saw as world class
oil opportunities,” he said. ◆
continued from page A11
CLOSE
out there at our Trailblazer prospect and
we’re talking to them now about our
future out there,” he said, unwilling to
comment further.
“ANWR is clearly a perspective area
for us but clearly the information we have
on ANWR from the KIC well remains
very strictly confidential.” O’Keefe said
the decision to drill on the coastal plan of
the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a
political, not an industry, one.
“It’s not so much the dollars they
spend that are lost, it’s the fact
they won’t be replacing the
reserves they are pumping now.
They’re not going to be able to find
enough oil inside or near existing
fields.”
—a senior level state DNR official
“And we still believe we have a long
future in Alaska, bridging to a gas business
that will last for decades,” he
said.◆

A20 Petroleum News • Alaska Week of November 25, 2001
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November 2001
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Week of November 25, 2001
Petroleum News •Alaska Directory
Petroleum News • Alaska
B3
Baroid Drilling Fluids: Banking on decades of experience for
drilling leadership in the present and a stake in the future
The first mud company in the world, today Baroid employs 2,150 people worldwide, has 20 grinding plants and 5 mining
operation and maintains 150 field stockpoints in 53 countries
By Alan Bailey
PNA Contributing Writer
Drilling an oil well without the correct
drilling mud bears some similarity
to driving a car without the right oil
in the engine – things just don’t
work properly. Unlike most car engines,
however, an oil well requires an individually
tailored set of fluids, geared to the
specific well trajectory and rock formations
encountered.
That’s where Baroid Drilling Fluids is
foremost in the oil field.
A member of the Halliburton Energy
Services group of companies, Baroid provides
a complete range of drilling fluid
services, from drilling mud design to the
supply of materials for the fluids. Baroid
has operated in Alaska for more than 40
years and employs more than 70 people in
the state.
“Baroid was the first mud company in
the world,” said Tom Burgin, product service
line operations manager for
Halliburton Energy Services.
Headquartered in Houston, Texas,
Baroid employs more than 2,150 people
worldwide. It has 20 grinding plants and 5
mining operations that mine, grind, and/or
chemically process bentonite and barite,
the basic constituents of drilling mud. The
company maintains 150 field stockpoints
in 53 countries, located near areas of
drilling activity, to serve as local warehousing
and customer billing centers for
its products.
Baroid got its start in the 1920s as a
provider of fluids for cleaning well holes
and controlling formation pressures.
Baroid has had several ownership changes
since those early days before merging
with Halliburton Energy Services in 1998.
Its Alaska operations are based in
Anchorage.
“We’ve done all of the work in the NPR-A for both
BP and for ARCO/Phillips.”
—Tom Burgin, product service line operations
manager for Halliburton Energy Services
“It’s pretty much an integrated, working
relationship with all the other
(Halliburton) product service lines now,”
Burgin said. “The merger gave the two
companies a full complement of services.”
Increased drilling complexity
Drilling was relatively simple in
Baroid’s early years. The straight, shallow
well holes of that era placed few demands
on drilling muds. Since then, however, the
increasing complexity of drilling has
forced the creation of fluids with carefully
controlled properties. The formulation of
drilling fluids has evolved into a specialized
engineering skill for Baroid.
Today, Baroid technicians begin their
work at the planning stage of a new well.
“The oil company will tell us what kind
of well they’re going to be drilling, what
formations they’re going to be targeting
and the trajectory of the well,” Burgin
said. “Based on our experience, we know
what these formations need in terms of filtration
properties. We also need to take a
look at the flow properties of the fluid,
which will determine how well the fluid is
able to carry cuttings out of the hole.”
Planning is particularly critical in
Alaska. The increased use of horizontal
and extended reach drilling push drilling
Baroid’s mud plant in Prudhoe Bay.
technology to its limits. For example, the
drill string tends to drop to the low side of
a horizontal well bore, causing friction.
“If you can’t keep your torque down,
you could twist the pipe in two,” Burgin
said. “We have to use a lot of lubricants,
which can result in the chemistry becoming
quite complex.”
Breaking through barriers
The need to tap oil pockets in isolated
fault blocks also is a challenge in the
Prudhoe Bay field. In particular, mud may
leak into geologic faults that delimit a
block. High fluid pressures aggravate the
mud circulation losses through the faults.
Consequently, Baroid has worked with its
sister company, Sperry Sun, using sensors
to measure the downhole
pressures. Monitoring
activity inside the well,
Baroid technicians can
manage the pressures by
fine-tuning the composition
of the drilling fluids.
Baroid also uses computer
models of the wells to counter circulation
loss. The models compute fluid
compositions that minimize loss while
retaining adequate hole cleaning capabilities.
“It’s becoming more and more science
and computer driven … to avoid the problems
and costs associated with lost circulation,”
Burgin said.
Occasionally, designing a workable
fluid for a particular well may not be possible.
“Sometimes the operator will give
us a well that they want to drill and we’ll
tell them that it can’t be drilled,” Burgin
said. In that case planners must make
changes to the well trajectory or some
other aspect of the well.
On-site assistance
Once drilling starts, Baroid engineers
assist the drill teams on-site.
“We have engineers on location who
are continually monitoring the properties
of the fluid and making adjustments and
chemical additions,” Burgin said.
Often, as a drill bit cuts through different
types of rock, drillers need to displace
various muds at changing stages of the
well development.
“We generally use a separate fluid for
the surface interval of a well,” Burgin
said. “Then they’ll have an intermediate
section and that section will take them to
the production interval, the pay sands.”
The production interval requires very
tight fluid properties, he said.
Also, as the drilling mud circulates
back through the well to the surface,
Baroid technicians extract rock detritus
from the fluid. “You’re continually fighting
solids build up in the fluid as you’re
drilling,” Burgin said.
Baroid operates a specially equipped
solids-control van on the North Slope to
separate solids from the mud.
Baroid supports drilling on the North Slope.
Courtesy of Baroid Drilling Fluids
Planning is particularly critical in
Alaska. The increased use of
horizontal and extended reach
drilling push drilling technology to
its limits. … “We have engineers on
location who are continually
monitoring the properties of the fluid
and making adjustments and
chemical additions,” Burgin said.
Baroid also operates a filtration van to
filter the brines that the company supplies
for cleaning well completion and
workover fluids.
“They need to put a clean fluid in the
well whenever they go to perforation,”
Burgin said. “Solids will damage the
exposed reservoir.”
To accommodate the continuous
demand for drilling fluids on the North
Slope, Baroid maintains a manufacturing
plant and tank farm in Prudhoe Bay.
“We’re able to build these fluids in
advance of needing them on the well,”
Burgin said. “When the drillers reach a
certain point where they want to put different
fluid in the well, they call us up and
we’ll ship those fluids to location.”
Supplying materials
Baroid supplies all materials required
to mix the drilling fluids. The materials
come from a wide variety of sources
around the world, including Baroid’s own
barite and bentonite mines in Wyoming
and Nevada. Sodium chloride originates
in Alaska.
Carlile Transportation Systems freights
the materials to Alaska, trucking the materials
to its staging yard in Fairbanks. From
there it transports them up the haul road to
Prudhoe Bay. The Kenai dock provides a
convenient staging point for materials for
the Cook Inlet oilfields.
Experience in Alaska
With Baroid’s long history in Alaska,
the company’s technicians understand the
fluid requirements for drilling through
many of the rock formations encountered
in oilfields around the state.
“We’ve got a high experience level,
probably in the neighborhood of 18 to 20
years for our engineers that work for us on
the Slope and in the Cook Inlet,” Burgin
said. “We’ve worked off and on for just
about everybody in the state.”
Baroid currently does most of the fluids
engineering for BP’s rotary drilling
program and is the drilling fluids company
for the Northstar project. Baroid has
also accumulated a unique knowledge of
the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
“We’ve done all of the work in the NPRA
for both BP and for ARCO/Phillips,”
Burgin said.
And the future is bright.
“We’re part of a very strong organization
with Haliburton Energy Services,”
Burgin said. “We’re committed to the
long run.” ◆
Courtesy of Baroid Drilling Fluids

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Alaska will never be the same again. Stay
with us in the heart of downtown and
visit our new Hooper Bay Café and Bruins
bar and lounge on the main floor. But first
enjoy our stunning new lobby that is the
talk of the town.
Kuukpik Arctic Catering
5761 Silverado Way, Ste. P
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Rick MacMillan
Phone: (907) 562-5588
Fax: (907) 562-5898
Email: rickkac@aol.com
Umiat Commercial Co. Inc.
2700 S. Cushman St.
Fairbanks, AK 99701
Contact: Mike Tolbert
Phone: (907) 452-6631
Fax: (907) 451-8632
Email: mike@taigaventures.com
UCC provides lodging and fuel sales at
Umiat located on the Colville River. We
are open 24 hours a day everyday of the
year.
Cellular Communications
ASTAC
4300 B Street, Ste. 501
Anchorage, AK 99503
Contact: Erin Ealum
Phone: (907) 563-3989
Toll free: (800) 478-6409
Fax: (907) 563-1932
Email: info@astac.net
Full service cellular company providing
cellular service, and equipment sales and
service, maintenance, installation, and
custom calling features.
Bearcom Wireless
14572 NE 95th St.
Seattle, WA 98052
Contact: Stephen Hull
Phone: (800) 313-2327
Fax: (425) 895-9119
Email: Stephen.hull@bearcom.com
As North America’s largest supplier of
Motorola radios, Bearcom offers complete
communications solutions for shutdowns
and turnarounds, including service,
sales and rentals of intrinsically safe two
way radios and accessories.
Chemicals
Baroid Drilling Fluids
6900 Arctic Blvd.
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Tom Burgin
Phone: (907) 275-2612
Fax: (907) 275-2650
Email: tom.burgin@hallibuton.com
Baroid is a Halliburton company, operating
in Alaska for over 40 years. We provide
a full compliment of fluid related
products and services for the oil and gas
industry.
Commercial Diving
American Marine Corp.
6000 A St.
SAN DIEGO— A car ramp of TOTE’s Midnight Sun under construction Nov. 6 at the
National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. in San Diego, Calif. (See brief on page B2.) The double-bottomed,
Orca class vessel will in Alaska service by October 2002.
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Tom Ulrich, Marine Operations
Contact: Steve Stuart, Alaska Regional
Manager
Phone: (907) 562-5420
Fax: (907) 562-5426
Email: thomas@amarinecorp.com
Web site: www.amsghq.com
American Marine Corp. (American Divers)
provides full service marine construction/divers
throughout Alaska and the
Pacific.
Offshore Divers
5630 Silverado Way, A-9
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Don Ingraham, Owner/Mgr.
Contact: Leif Simcox, Owner/Operations
Mgr.
Phone: (907) 563-9060
Fax: (907) 563-9061
Email: don@offshoredivers.com
Web site: http//www.offshoredivers.com
Offshore Divers is an Alaska owned diving
contractor specializing in sub-sea oilfield
work on mooring systems, pipelines, platforms
and docks in Cook Inlet, on the
North Slope and in Valdez.
Commercial Real Estate
Re/Max Properties Inc.
2600 Cordova St., Suite 100
Anchorage, AK 99503
Contact: Stewart Smith, Associate
Broker
Phone: (907) 257-0122
Fax: (907) 277-7005
Email: stewsell@acsalaska.net
Sales and leasing of commercial property.
Communications
ASTAC
4300 B Street, Ste. 501
Anchorage, AK 99503
Contact: Erin Ealum
Phone: (907) 563-3989
Toll free: (800) 478-6409
Fax: (907) 563-1932
Email: info@astac.net
Providing local and long distance service,
maintenance & training, consultation,
installation, engineering, Centrex, custom
calling features, digital cross connect
service, and digital data service.
Alaska Telecom, Inc.
6623 Brayton Dr.
Anchorage, AK 99507
Contact: Siri Bergh-Kerkvliet
Phone: (907) 344-1223
Fax: (907) 344-1612
Email: smk@alaskatelecom.com
Providing telecommunications support to
oil exploration and production companies
and contractors. Satellite communications,
voice, data, microwave, VHF/UHF
radio, engineering and installation.
Bearcom Wireless
14572 NE 95th St.
Seattle, WA 98052
Contact: Stephen Hull
Phone: (800) 313-2327
Fax: (425) 895-9119
Email: Stephen.hull@bearcom.com
As North America’s largest supplier of
Motorola radios, Bearcom offers complete
communications solutions for shutdowns
and turnarounds, including service,
sales and rentals of intrinsically safe two
way radios and accessories.
Construction Materials
Alaska Industrial Hardware, Inc.
2192 Viking Dr.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: MaryAnn Hartzog
Phone: (907) 276-7201
Fax: (907) 258-2123
Email: aih@aihalaska.com
AIH – Alaska largest supplier of hand and
power tools, contractor’s supplies and
builder’s hardware. Fast jobsite service
and free local delivery.
Arctic Foundations
5621 Arctic Blvd.
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Leslie Patton
Phone: (907) 562-2741
Fax: (907) 562-0153
Email: lpatton@arcticfoundations.com
Web site: www.arcticfoundations.com
Manufacturer of two-phase thermosyphons
for permafrost stabilization
and containment.
Construction Project
Management
Alaska Anvil
509 W. 3rd Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99501-2237
Contact: Frank Weiss
Phone: (907) 276-2747
Fax: (907) 279-4088
Second office: Kenai
50720 Kenai Spur Hwy., Mile 24.5
Kenai, AK 99611
Multi-discipline engineering and design
services including construction management
for petro-chemical and heavy industrial
client projects.
CCI Inc.
800 Cordova St., Ste. 102
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: Mark Hylen, Vice President
Phone: (907) 258-5755
Fax: (907) 258-5766
Other Office: Prudhoe Bay
Phone: (907) 659-2428
Web site: www.CCIAlaska.com
A wholly owned subsidiary of Bristol Bay
Native Corporation providing construction,
project management and environmental
services throughout Alaska.
Central Trading Systems dnc
15 Terra Mar Dr.
Huntington, NY 11743
Contact: Mike Laserson, President
Courtesy of Totem Ocean Trailer Express Inc.
Phone: (631) 427-8390
Fax: (631) 427-8298
Central Trading Systems dnc, incorporated
in 1990 , is the U.S. Representative of
Sovin Forms Putnik, the only officially
licensed distributor of Russian satellite
imagery.
Managed Integrity Services, Inc. (MIS)
301 Arctic Slope Ave., Suite 100
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Jeffrey Smith, Business
Development Leader
Phone: (907) 349-5148
Fax: (907) 267-6480
Email jsmith@ascg.com
Providing Corrosion and mechanical
integrity management services, integrity
assessment, corrosion engineering, corrosion
monitoring, quality control program
development and inspection services.
Nana /Colt Engineering, LLC
700 G Street, 5th floor
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: (907) 273-3930
Fax: (907) 273-3990
Contact: John Minier, 273-3910
NANA/Colt offers project management,
engineering, design, construction management,
and procurement services to
the oil industry.
Natchiq Inc.
6700 Arctic Spur Rd.
Anchorage, AK 995l8-l550
Phone: (907) 344-5757
Fax: (907) 267-3190
In the business of excellence, provides in
its family of companies: oil field service,
pipeline construction, engineering and
equipment for Alaska’s hydrocarbon industry.
VECO
949 E. 36th Ave., Ste. 500
Anchorage, AK 99508
Phone: (907) 762-1500
Fax: (907) 762-1596
Web site www.veco.com
VECO Corp. provides complete services in
engineering, construction, and operations
and maintenance. VECO is organized in
regional centers located around the
world.
Yukon Engineering Services Inc.
#1 Calcite Business Center
Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2V3
Contact: Bruce MacLean
Phone: (867) 688-2000
Fax: (867) 667-2220
Email: manager@yes.yk.ca
Northern survey and engineering services
company with global experience and
expertise in remote projects.
Contractors — General
Alaska Telecom, Inc.
6623 Brayton Dr.
Anchorage, AK 99507
Contact: Siri Bergh-Kerkvliet
Phone: (907) 344-1223
Fax: (907) 344-1612
Email: smk@alaskatelecom.com
Providing telecommunications support to
oil exploration and production companies
and contractors. Satellite communications,
voice, data, microwave, VHF/UHF
radio, engineering and installation.
Alaska Interstate Construction LLC
(AIC)
P.O. Box 233769
Anchorage, AK 99523
Contact: John Ellsworth
Phone: (907) 562-2792
Fax: (907) 562-4179
Alaska Mechanical Inc.
Anchorage, AK
Contact: Vern Brown
Phone: (907) 349-8502
Fax: (907) 349-1324
Alaska Mechanical has a 25-year track
record of success in Alaska as a general
contractor or major subcontractor.
American Marine Corp.
6000 A St.
Anchorage, AK 99518

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Contact: Tom Ulrich, Marine Operations
Contact: Steve Stuart, Alaska Regional
Manager
Phone: (907) 562-5420
Fax: (907) 562-5426
Email: thomas@amarinecorp.com
Web site: www.amsghq.com
American Marine Corp. (American Divers)
provides full service marine construction/divers
throughout Alaska and the
Pacific.
CCI Inc.
800 Cordova St., Ste. 102
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: Mark Hylen, Vice President
Phone: (907) 258-5755
Fax: (907) 258-5766
Other Office: Prudhoe Bay
Phone: (907) 659-2428
Web site: www.CCIAlaska.com
A wholly owned subsidiary of Bristol Bay
Native Corporation providing construction,
project management and environmental
services throughout Alaska.
Conam Construction Co.
301 W. Northern Lights Blvd., Ste. 300
Anchorage, AK 99503
Contact: Robert Stinson
Phone: (907) 278-6600
Fax: (907) 278-3255
Email: bstinson@conamco.com
Oil, gas, and mining facility; pipeline,
civil, and commercial construction.
Great Northwest Inc.
P.O. Box 74646
Fairbanks, AK 99707-4646
Contact: Buzz Otis
Phone: (907) 452-5617
Fax: (907) 456-7779
H.C. Price
301 W. Northern Lights Blvd., Ste. 300
Anchorage, AK 99503
Contact: David L. Matthews
Phone: (907) 278-4400
Fax: (907) 278-3255
Other offices: Dallas, Texas, and international.
Email: dmatthews@hcpriceco.com
EPC contractor performing oilfield support
construction projects and other heavy
industrial projects statewide.
M.T. Housing, Inc.
P.O. Box 9695
21 W Vida Ave.
Yakima, WA 98902
Contact: Denyce Marshall
Phone: (509) 248-8616
Fax: (509) 248-8656
Email mthousing@nwinfo.net
We manufacture modular buildings using
insulated 40 foot cargo containers. We
manufacture housing units, lavatories and
showers, kitchen and dining facilities and
offices, storage, etc.
Montgomery Watson Harza
4100 Spenard Rd.
Anchorage, AK 99517
Contact: Sandra Hamann
Phone: (907) 248-8883
Fax: (907) 248-8884
Email: sandra.hamann@mw.com
Montgomery Watson Harza is a designbuild
engineering firm that has been providing
environmental, engineering, construction,
and remediation services in
Alaska for the last 25 years.
Natchiq Inc.
6700 Arctic Spur Rd.
Anchorage, AK 995l8-l550
Phone: (907) 344-5757
Fax: (907) 267-3190
In the business of excellence, provides in
its family of companies: oil field service,
pipeline construction, engineering and
equipment for Alaska’s hydrocarbon
industry.
Peak Oilfield Service Co.
2525 C St., Ste. 201
Anchorage, AK 99503
Contact: Bill Stamps, Business
Development/Ex. Affairs
Phone: 263-7000
Fax: 263-7070
SAN DIEGO— Another view of a car ramp of TOTE’s Midnight Sun under construction Nov.
6 at the National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. in San Diego, Calif. (See brief on page B2.)
All fuel is stored internally in double-sided tanks that are placed to prevent spills in the
case of an accident.
Email: billstamps@peakalaska.com
Alaska based general contractors.
Udelhoven Oilfield System Services
Inc.
Anchorage office:
184 E. 53rd Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99518
Phone: (907) 344-1577
Fax: (907) 522-2541
Nikiski office:
P.O. Box 8349
Nikiski, AK 99635
Phone: (907) 776-5185
Fax: (907) 776-8105
Prudhoe office:
Pouch 340103
Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734
Phone: (907) 659-8093
Fax: (907) 659-8489
Serving Alaska for more than 25 years.
VECO
949 E. 36th Ave., Ste. 500
Anchorage, AK 99508
Phone: (907) 762-1500
Fax: (907) 762-1596
Web site: www.veco.com
VECO Corp. provides complete services in
engineering, construction, and operations
and maintenance. VECO is organized in
regional centers located around the
world.
Welding Services
P.O. Box 7248
Nikiski, AK 99635
Mile 20.5 Kenai Spur Hwy.
North Kenai, AK
Contact: Keith T. Raham
Phone: (907) 776-8279
Fax: (907) 776-8279
Cell Phone: (907) 252-5466
Member AWS Reg. #27005. Oilfield and
general welding fabrication and repair services
including aluminum, stainless steel
and carbon steel.
Contractors — Pipeline
Conam Construction Co.
301 W. Northern Lights Blvd., Ste. 300
Anchorage, AK 99503
Contact: Robert Stinson
Phone: (907) 278-6600
Fax: (907) 278-3255
Email: bstinson@conamco.com
Oil, gas, and mining facility; pipeline,
civil, and commercial construction.
H.C. Price
301 W. Northern Lights Blvd., Ste. 300
Anchorage, AK 99503
Contact: David L. Matthews
Phone: (907) 278-4400
Fax: (907) 278-3255
Other offices: Dallas, Texas, and international.
Email: dmatthews@hcpriceco.com
EPC contractor performing oilfield support
construction projects and other heavy
industrial projects statewide.
Natchiq Inc.
6700 Arctic Spur Rd.
Anchorage, AK 995l8-l550
Phone: (907) 344-5757
Fax: (907) 267-3190
In the business of excellence, provides in
its family of companies: oil field service,
pipeline construction, engineering and
equipment for Alaska’s hydrocarbon
industry.
Peak Oilfield Service Co.
2525 C St., Ste. 201
Anchorage, AK 99503
Contact: Bill Stamps, Business
Development/Ex. Affairs
Phone: (907) 263-7000
Fax: (907) 263-7070
Email: billstamps@peakalaska.com
Alaska based general contractors.
Contractors – Specialty
Fireproof Protection
Alaska Stucco & Fire Proofing
1700 E 76th Ave., Ste. 1223
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Joe Gearhart
Phone: (907) 336-7122
Fax: (907) 336-7123
Email: akstucco@gci.net
Alaska Stucco is a specialty contractor
with emphasis on fire proof & insulating
coating. Also fabrication of explosion and
fireproof panels.
Corrosion Anaylsis
ASCG Inspection, Inc.
301 Arctic Slope Ave., Ste. 100
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Jeffrey Smith, Business
Development Leader
Phone: (907) 267-6236
Fax: (907) 267-6480
Email: jsmith@ascg.com
Quality control / quality assurance,
inspection and nondestructive testing
services for the oil, gas and construction
industries
Managed Integrity Services, Inc. (MIS)
301 Arctic Slope Ave., Ste. 100
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Jeffrey Smith, Business
Development Leader
Phone: (907) 349-5148
Fax: (907) 267-6480
Email: jsmith@ascg.com
Providing Corrosion and mechanical
integrity management services, integrity
assessment, corrosion engineering, corrosion
monitoring, quality control program
development and inspection services.
Testing Institute of Alaska
2114 Railroad Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: Robert Lockman
Phone: (907) 276-3440
Fax: (907) 279-7093
Courtesy of Totem Ocean Trailer Express Inc.
Welder testing; welding procedures/specifications;
weld failure analysis/metallurgical
testing; nondestructive testing weld
stress relief; specialty weld repairs/manufacturing.
Drilling & Well Services
Baker Hughes Inteq
7260 Homer Dr.
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Ron Doshier, AK Business Dev.
Mgr.
Contact: Dave
Phone: (907) 267-6600
Cell Phone: (907) 229-0158
Fax: (907) 267-6623
Email: ron.doshier@inteq.com
Contact: Dave Reimer, AK Area Mgr.
Email: dave.reimer@inteq.com
Web site: www.bakerhughes.com
Baker Hughes Inteq delivers advanced
drilling technologies and services that
deliver efficiency and precise well placement.
Major capabilities include directional
drilling, measurement-while-drilling
(MWD), logging-while-drilling (LWD),
drilling fluids, and well-site information
management services.
Baroid Drilling Fluids
6900 Arctic Blvd.
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Tom Burgin
Phone: (907) 275-2612
Fax: (907) 275-2650
Email: tom.burgin@hallibuton.com
Baroid is a Halliburton company, operating
in Alaska for over 40 years. We provide a
full compliment of fluid related products
and services for the oil and gas industry.
Doyon Drilling Inc.
101 W. Benson Blvd., Ste. 503
Anchorage, AK 99503
Contact: Ron Wilson
Phone: (907) 563-5530
Fax: (907) 561-8986
Email: rwilson@doyondrilling.com
FMC Energy Systems
700 W. International Airport Rd.
Anchorage, AK 99518-1122
Contact: Alan McArthur, Area Mgr.
Phone: (907) 563-3990
Fax: (907) 563-5810
Email: alan.mcarthur@fmcti.com
Supplier of wellheads and Christmas
trees, to API specifications, with repair
facility and service organization to support
all North Slope and Cook Inlet locations.
MI SWACO
721 W. First Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99501 &
225 W. 92nd Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99515
Contact: Craig Bieber
Phone: (907) 274-5564
Email: mialaska@alaska.net
MI SWACO combines Alaska know-how
and global strength to provide the oil
industry with a full-service drilling partner
Nabors Alaska Drilling Inc.
2525 C St., Ste. 200
Anchorage, AK 99503
Contact: Trudy Elder
Phone: (907) 263-6000
Fax: (907) 563-3734
Email: telder@nabors.com
Petroleum Equipment & Services
5631 Silverado Way, Ste. G
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Kevin Durling/Donald Parker
Phone: (907) 248-0066
Fax: (907) 248-4429
Web site: www.pesiak.com
P.E.S.I. offers both conventional and
specialty products and services for
Alaska oil industry.
Schlumberger Oilfield Services
3940 Arctic Blvd. Ste. 300
Anchorage, AK 99503
Contact: Steve Harrison
Phone: (907) 273-1700
Fax: (907) 561-8317
Schlumberger Oilfield Services provides

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people and technology, working together
to offer exploration and production services
during the life cycle of the oil and
gas reservoir.
Engineering & Consulting
Alaska Anvil
509 W. 3rd Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99501-2237
Contact: Frank Weiss
Phone: (907) 276-2747
Fax: (907) 279-4088
Other office: Kenai
50720 Kenai Spur Hwy., Mile 24.5
Kenai, AK 99611
Multi-discipline engineering and design
services including construction management
for petro-chemical and heavy industrial
client projects.
Alaska Telecom, Inc.
6623 Brayton Dr.
Anchorage, AK 99507
Contact: Siri Bergh-Kerkvliet
Phone: (907) 344-1223
Fax: (907) 344-1612
Email: smk@alaskatelecom.com
Providing telecommunications support to
oil exploration and production companies
and contractors. Satellite communications,
voice, data, microwave, VHF/UHF
radio, engineering and installation.
Central Trading Systems dnc
15 Terra Mar Dr.
Huntington, NY 11743
Contact: Mike Laserson, President
Phone: (631) 427-8390
Fax: (631) 427-8298
Central Trading Systems dnc, incorporated
in 1990 , is the U.S. Representative of
Sovin Forms Putnik, the only officially
licensed distributor of Russian satellite
imagery.
Golder Associates
1750 Abbott Rd., Ste. 200
Anchorage, AK 99507
Contacts: R. G. “Bucky” Tart, Bob
Dugan, Mark Musial
Phone: (907) 344-6001
Fax: (907) 344-6011
Geotechnical and environmental engineering
for resource development in Alaska
and the Arctic.
Lounsbury and Associates Inc.
723 W. 6th Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: Craig L. Savage, President
Phone: (907) 272-5451
Fax: (907) 272-9065
Toll free: (800) 478-5451
Surveyors for Alaska oil and gas exploration,
development and transportation
systems; conventional and GPS surveying,
mapping, civil engineering.
McLane Consulting Group
38240 Kenai Spur Hwy.
P.O. Box 468
Soldotna, AK 99669
Contact: Scott McLane
Contact: Stan McLane
Phone: (907) 283-4218
Fax: (907) 283-3265
Email: msmclane@mclanecg.com
Web site: www.mclanecg.com
Civil engineering and surveying support to
the oil and gas industry for the past 40
years.
Montgomery Watson
4100 Spenard Rd.
Anchorage, AK 99517
Contact: Sandra Hamann
Phone: (907) 248-8883
Fax: (907) 248-8884
Email: sandra.hamann@mw.com
Montgomery Watson is a design-build
engineering firm that has been providing
environmental, engineering, construction,
and remediation services in Alaska for
the last 25 years.
Nana /Colt Engineering, LLC
700 G Street, 5th floor
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: (907) 273-3930
Fax: (907) 273-3990
SAN DIEGO—TOTE’s Midnight Sun under construction Nov. 6 at the National Steel and
Shipbuilding Co. in San Diego, Calif. (See brief on page B2.) The Midnight Sun and its sister
ship, the North Star, are expected to cost $300 million.
Contact: John Minier 273-3910
NANA/Colt offers project management,
engineering, design, construction management,
and procurement services to
the oil industry.
Natchiq Inc.
6700 Arctic Spur Rd.
Anchorage, AK 995l8-l550
Phone: (907) 344-5757
Fax: (907) 267-3190
In the business of excellence, provides in
its family of companies: oil field service,
pipeline construction, engineering and
equipment for Alaska’s hydrocarbon
industry.
Petrotechnical Resources of Alaska
(PRA)
3601 C St., Ste. 1378
Anchorage, AK 99503
Contact: Tom Walsh
Phone: (907) 272-1232
Fax: (907) 272-1344
Email: info@petroak.com
Our multidisciplinary staff of qualified and
experienced professional’s posses a
diverse array of technical capabilities to
provide our clients with a full spectrum of
geosciences and engineering consulting
services.
URS Corp.
2700 Gambell St., Ste. 200
Anchorage, AK 99503
Contact: Lori Kell-Nakanishi
Phone: (907) 562-3366
Fax: (907) 562-1297
Email: Lori_Kell@urscorp.com
Web site: www.urscorp.com
URS Corporation provides comprehensive
integrated services to the petroleum
industry, including contaminated site
cleanup, NEPA and regulatory compliance,
engineering and field studies and
monitoring.
VECO
949 E. 36th Ave., Ste. 500
Anchorage, AK 99508
Phone: (907) 762-1500
Fax: (907) 762-1596
Web site: www.veco.com
VECO Corp. provides complete services in
engineering, construction, and operations
and maintenance. VECO is organized in
regional centers located around the
world.
Yukon Engineering Services Inc.
#1 Calcite Business Center
Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2V3
Contact: Bruce MacLean
Phone: (867) 688-2000
Fax: (867) 667-2220
Email: manager@yes.yk.ca
Northern survey and engineering services
company with global experience and
expertise in remote projects.
Engineering & Permitting
ENSR International
4600 Business Park Blvd., Ste. 22
Anchorage, AK 99503-7143
Contact: Chris L. Humphrey, P.E.
Phone: (907) 561-5700
Fax: (907) 273-4555
Email: chumphrey@ensr.com
Serving Alaska since 1977. ENSR is an
environmental engineering and consulting
firm with more than 60 offices worldwide
providing environmental planning, assessment,
permitting, compliance management
and contamination cleanup.
LCMF, Inc.
139 E. 51st Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99503
Contact: Willey Wilhelm, Engineering
Mgr.
Phone: (907) 273-1830
Fax: (907) 273-1831
Arctic specialized architectural and engineering
design for all structures;
water/sewer, fuel and transportation systems
design; contractor support surveying
and permitting for oil and gas development;
dredging operations, remote site
land and hydrographic surveying.
Environmental Engineering
& Consulting
Courtesy of Totem Ocean Trailer Express Inc.
Alaska Anvil
509 W. 3rd Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99501-2237
Contact: Frank Weiss
Phone: (907) 276-2747
Fax: (907) 279-4088
Other office: Kenai
50720 Kenai Spur Hwy., Mile 24.5
Kenai, AK 99611
Multi-discipline engineering and design
services including construction management
for petro-chemical and heavy industrial
client projects.
ENSR International
4600 Business Park Blvd., Ste. 22
Anchorage, AK 99503-7143
Contact: Chris L. Humphrey, P.E.
Phone: (907) 561-5700
Fax: (907) 273-4555
Email: chumphrey@ensr.com
Serving Alaska since 1977. ENSR is an
environmental engineering and consulting
firm with more than 60 offices worldwide
providing environmental planning, assessment,
permitting, compliance management
and contamination cleanup.
Golder Associates
1750 Abbott Rd., Ste. 200
Anchorage, AK 99507
Contacts: R. G. “Bucky” Tart, Bob
Dugan, Mark Musial
Phone: (907) 344-6001
Fax: (907) 344-6011
Geotechnical and environmental engineering
for resource development in Alaska
and the Arctic.
Managed Integrity Services, Inc. (MIS)
301 Arctic Slope Ave., Suite 100
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Jeffrey Smith, Business
Development Leader
Phone: (907) 349-5148
Fax: (907) 267-6480
Email: jsmith@ascg.com
Providing Corrosion and mechanical
integrity management services, integrity
assessment, corrosion engineering, corrosion
monitoring, quality control program
development and inspection services.
Montgomery Watson
4100 Spenard Rd.
Anchorage, AK 99517
Contact: Sandra Hamann
Phone: (907) 248-8883
Fax: (907) 248-8884
Email: sandra.hamann@mw.com
Montgomery Watson is a design-build
engineering firm that has been providing
environmental, engineering, construction,
and remediation services in Alaska for
the last 25 years.
PSI Environmental & Instrumentation
1611 E 1st Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: (907) 272-8010
Fax: (907) 272-9005
Email: pssigas@ptialaska.net
Web site: www.pssigas.com
PSI offers environmental services to
Alaskan clients including hazardous
waste management, remediation, plans,
and training.
URS Corp.
2700 Gambell St., Ste. 200
Anchorage, AK 99503
Contact: Lori Kell-Nakanishi
Phone: (907) 562-3366
Fax: (907) 562-1297
Email: Lori_Kell@urscorp.com
Web site: www.urscorp.com
URS Corporation provides comprehensive
integrated services to the petroleum
industry, including contaminated site
cleanup, NEPA and regulatory compliance,
engineering and field studies and
monitoring.
VECO
949 E. 36th Ave., Ste. 500
Anchorage, AK 99508
Phone: (907) 762-1500
Fax: (907) 762-1596
Web site: www.veco.com
VECO Corp. provides complete services in
engineering, construction, and operations
and maintenance. VECO is organized in
regional centers located around the
world.
Environmental Response
& Clean Up
CCI Inc.
800 Cordova St., Ste. 102
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: Mark Hylen, Vice President
Phone: (907) 258-5755
Fax: (907) 258-5766
Other Office: Prudhoe Bay
Phone: (907) 659-2428
Web site: www.CCIAlaska.com
Alaska’s premier rapid response organization.
Maintaining a database in excess of
200 plus current 40-hour Hazwoper certified
potential responders/clean up workers
throughout the State.
ENSR International
4600 Business Park Blvd., Ste. 22
Anchorage, AK 99503-7143
Contact: Chris L. Humphrey, P.E.
Phone: (907) 561-5700
Fax: (907) 273-4555
Email: chumphrey@ensr.com
Serving Alaska since 1977. ENSR is an
environmental engineering and consulting
firm with more than 60 offices worldwide
providing environmental planning, assessment,
permitting, compliance management
and contamination cleanup.
Pacific Environmental Corp. (PENCO)
6000 A St.
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Steve Stuart
Phone: (907) 562-5420
Fax: (907) 562-5426

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Petroleum News • Alaska
B7
Email: geo@amarine.com
URS Corp.
2700 Gambell St., Ste. 200
Anchorage, AK 99503
Contact: Lori Kell-Nakanishi
Phone: (907) 562-3366
Fax: (907) 562-1297
Email: Lori_Kell@urscorp.com
Web site: www.urscorp.com
URS Corporation provides comprehensive
integrated services to the petroleum
industry, including contaminated site
cleanup, NEPA and regulatory compliance,
engineering and field studies and
monitoring.
Unitech of Alaska
2130 E. Dimond Blvd.
Anchorage, AK 99507
Contact: Debbie Hawley
Phone: (907) 349-5142
Fax: (907) 349-2733
Email: unitech@acsalaska.net
Other Office:
Unitech Southeast
Contact: Bob Bacolas
Phone: (907) 790-4439
Fax: (907) 790-4469
Email: unitech@gci.net
UOA is Alaska’s only 24 hour oil spill
remediation, environmental and industrial
supply company. Specialty areas include
sorbents, geotextile, containment berms,
drums and ice melt.
VECO
949 E. 36th Ave., Ste. 500
Anchorage, AK 99508
Phone: (907) 762-1500
Fax: (907) 762-1596
Web site: www.veco.com
VECO Corp. provides complete services in
engineering, construction, and operations
and maintenance. VECO is organized in
regional centers located around the
world.
Vopak USA Inc.
590 E. l00th Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99515
Contact: Ken Lambertsen
Phone: (907) 344-7444
Fax: (907) 522-1486
Email: Ken.Lambertsen@vwr-inc.com
World’s largest industrial chemical distributor
serving Alaskans since 1924.
Industrial emphasis in oil and gas refining,
processing, and gas treating.
Equipment & Heavy Hauling
Carlile Transportation Systems
1800 E. First Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: Linda Leary
Phone: (907) 276-7797
Fax: (907) 276-6786
Email: lleary@carlilekw.com
Alaska owned and operated, full service
multi-modal, transportation and logistics
company
Crowley Alaska Inc.
2525 C St., Ste. 303
Anchorage, AK 99503
Contact: Craig Tornga
Phone: (907) 278-4978
Fax: (907) 257-2828
Email: cms.@crowley.com
Marine transportation throughout Alaska.
North Slope heavy hauling with CATCO
all-terrain vehicles.
Dura-Wrap Containments
P.O. Box 2374
Palmer, AK 99645
Contact: John Hutchinson
Phone: (907) 373-3443
Toll Free: (866) 873-3443 (lower 48
only)
Fax: (907) 373-3453
Email: plastics@durawrap.com
Web site: www.durawrap.com
Dura-Wrap’s mobile shrinkwrap service
provides complete product protection to
barge, marine and overland cargo haulers,
heavy equipment haulers, and other
industrial products. Dura-Wrap: an expedient
and environmentally safe method of
SAN DIEGO—A view below deck of TOTE’s Midnight Sun during construction Nov. 6 at the
National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. in San Diego, Calif. (See brief on page B2.) Last year,
the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation awarded the annual
Commissioner’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Waste Reduction to TOTE for the
design and construction of the Midnight Sun and its sister ship the North Star.
providing your clients with clean freight,
less costly cleanup and bigger profits.
Lynden Inc.
Alaska Marine Lines
Alaska West Express
Lynden Air Cargo
Lynden Air Freight
Lynden International
Lynden Logistics
Lynden Transport
6441 S. Air Park Pl.
Anchorage, AK 99502
Contact: Mark Anderson
Phone: (907) 254-1544
Fax: (907) 245-1744
Email: custsvc@lynden.com
The combined scope of the Lynden companies
includes truckload and less-thantruckload
(LTL) highway connections,
scheduled barges, intermodal bulk chemical
hauls, scheduled and chartered air
freighters, domestic and international air
forwarding, and international sea forwarding
services.
Northern Transportation Co. Ltd.
310 K St., Ste. 200
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: John Marshall, Lynette Storoz
Phone: (907) 264-6682
Fax: (907) 264-6602
Email: email@ntcl.com
Marine transportation along Alaska’s
North Slope via Mackenzie River route.
TOTE-Totem Ocean
Trailer Express Inc.
2511 Tidewater Rd.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: Curt Stoner
Phone: (907) 265-7215
Fax: (907) 278-0461
Email: cstoner@toteocean.com
TOTE’s roll on/roll off ships sail two to
three times a week between Port of
Anchorage and Tacoma. Transit time is a
fast 66 hours.
Expeditor/Clerk Services
SECORP Industries
5520 Lake Otis Parkway, Ste. 103
Anchorage, AK 99507
Contact: Darrell Patterson, Branch
Manager
Phone: (907) 562-9722
Fax: (907) 562-9420
Email: secorpalaska@aol.com
SECORP Industries has been a leader in
the medical and safety industry for over
30 years. Our medical and safety equipment
meets the industry’s highest standards.
SECORP is a distributor for such
companies as Drager, MSA, Survivair, Det
Con and PemTech.
Financial Services
Dynamic Capital Management
471 W. 36th Ave., Ste. 201
Anchorage, AK 99503
Contact: David Gottstein
Phone: (907) 562-6374
Toll free: (800) 280-3962 (DYNA)
Fax: (907) 563-9502
Alaska money management firm, offering
experienced professional judgement, leading
edge technology, and customized
portfolios. Individual and corporate
clients.
Freight/Shipping & Cargo
Air Logistics of Alaska Inc.
1915 Donald Ave.
Fairbanks, AK 99701
Phone: (907) 452-1197
Fax: (907) 452-4539
Email: airlog@airlogak.com
Contact: Dave Scarbrough (Fairbanks)
Anchorage: (907) 248-3335
Helicopter contract and charter services.
Alaska Cargo Transport
6700 W Marginal Way S.W.
Seattle, WA 98106
Contact: Malana LeBlanc
Phone: (206) 762-5955
Toll free: (800) 327-7739
Fax: (206) 762-1041
Email: malana@jore.com
Other offices:
825 Whitney Rd.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: (907) 276-3535
Fax: (907) 276-3545
ACT is a common carrier, offering marine
and overland cargo transportation anywhere
in the USA and around the world.
ACT utilizes the strengths of it’s sister
companies in the Jore Group to provide
door-to-door transportation services.
Brooks Range Supply
1 Old Spine Rd.
Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734
Contact: Mike Kunkel/Craig Welch, general
managers
Phone: (907) 659-2550
Toll free: (866) 659-2550
Fax: (907) 569-2650
Email: brooks@astacalaska.com
Expediting and delivery of hardware and
more throughout oilfield and North Slope
villages. Open 24 hours, 365 days a year.
Toll free number 866-659-2550.
CN Aquatrain
3015 Madison Way
Anchorage, AK 99508
Contact: Laurie A. Gray, Agent
Phone: (907) 279-3131
Toll free: (800) 999-0541
Fax: (907) 272-3963
CN Aquatrain has provided Alaska with
dependable access to Canadian and
Lower 48 markets for 38 years.
Carlile Transportation Systems
1800 E. First Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: Linda Leary
Phone: (907) 276-7797
Fax: (907) 276-6786
Email: lleary@carlilekw.com
Alaska owned and operated, full service
Courtesy of Totem Ocean Trailer Express Inc.
multi-modal, transportation and logistics
company
Cook Inlet Tug & Barge
824 Delaney St.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: Carl Anderson, President
Phone: (907) 277-7611
Fax: (907) 272-3410
Cook Inlet Tug and Barge Company provides
ship and barge assistance mainly in
the Port of Anchorage, also Nikiski and
Homer. Oil barge escort in the winter. We
are Cook Inlet specialists.
Crowley Alaska Inc.
2525 C St., Ste. 303
Anchorage, AK 99503
Contact: Craig Tornga
Phone: (907) 278-4978
Fax: (907) 257-2828
Email: cms.@crowley.com
Marine transportation throughout Alaska.
North Slope heavy hauling with CATCO
all-terrain vehicles.
Dura-Wrap Containments
P.O. Box 2374
Palmer, AK 99645
Contact: John Hutchinson
Phone: (907) 373-3443
Toll Free: (866) 873-3443 (lower 48
only)
Fax: (907) 373-3453
Email: plastics@durawrap.com
Web site: www.durawrap.com
Dura-Wrap’s mobile shrinkwrap service
provides complete product protection to
barge, marine and overland cargo haulers,
heavy equipment haulers, and other
industrial products. Dura-Wrap: an expedient
and environmentally safe method of
providing your clients with clean freight,
less costly cleanup and bigger profits.
Era Aviation
6160 Carl Brady Dr.
Anchorage, AK 99502
Contact: John Holland
Phone: (907) 248-4422
Fax: (907) 266-8383
Helicopter and fixed wing contract and
charter services; scheduled airline service.
Evergreen Helicopters of Alaska Inc.
1935 Merrill Field Dr.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: Jerry H. Rock, president
Phone: (907) 276-2454
Fax: (907) 279-6816
Email: jerry@evergreenak.com
Other offices: Nome, Deadhorse
Specializing in helicopter and fixed wing
support for the petroleum and mining
industry. Heavy lift and Construction.
Golden North Van Lines, Inc.
940 Raspberry Rd.
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Suzanne Davenport, account
executive
Phone: (907) 349-3511
Phone: (800) 478-4685
Fax: (907) 349-7938
E-mail: Suzanne@goldennorth.com
Fairbanks office
1110 Charles St.
Phone: (907) 456-5291
Fax: (907) 456-5647
Golden North Van Lines specializes in
relocating household goods, electronics,
and commodities. Golden North provides
professional interstate, intrastate, local
moving services, and office relocations.
Kenai Aviation
P. O. Box 46
Kenai, AK 99611
Contact: Bob or Jim Bielefeld
Phone: (907) 283-4124
Phone: (800) 478-4124 (within Alaska)
Fax: (907) 283-5267
Email: kb@chugach.net
Air taxi services provided since 1961
state wide, mostly Cook Inlet. Single
engine and twin Bonanza.
Lynden Inc.
Alaska Marine Lines
Alaska West Express
Lynden Air Cargo

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Lynden Air Freight
Lynden International
Lynden Logistics
Lynden Transport
6441 S. Air Park Pl.
Anchorage, AK 99502
Contact: Mark Anderson
Phone: (907) 254-1544
Fax: (907) 245-1744
Email: custsvc@lynden.com
The combined scope of the Lynden companies
includes truckload and less-thantruckload
(LTL) highway connections,
scheduled barges, intermodal bulk chemical
hauls, scheduled and chartered air
freighters, domestic and international air
forwarding, and international sea forwarding
services.
Northern Air Cargo
3900 W. International Airport Rd.
Anchorage, AK 99502
Contact: Todd Wallace
Phone: (907) 243-3331
Toll free: (800) 727-2141
Email: twallace@northernaircargo.com
Web site: www.northernaircargo.com
Northern Air Cargo is the largest in-state
air cargo carrier handling more than 100
million pounds of freight annually with
scheduled flights to 17 of Alaska busiest
destinations plus charter and flagstop
flights to 44 additional communities
around the state. Northern Air Cargo
operates a fleet of 727 and pressurized
DC-6 aircraft.
Northern Transportation Co. Ltd.
310 K St., Ste. 200
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: John Marshall, Lynette Storoz
Phone: (907) 264-6682
Fax: (907) 264-6602
Email: email@ntcl.com
Marine transportation along Alaska’s
North Slope via Mackenzie River route.
Pacific Alaska Forwarders
2812 70th Ave. E.
Fife, WA 98424
Contact: Doug Martin
Phone: (800) 426-9940
Fax: (253) 926-3161
Email: dmartin@pafak.com
Pacific Alaska Forwarders provides logistics
services, including trucking within
the Lower 48, LTL and full loads to and
from Alaska, full load intrastate Alaska
trucking.
TOTE-Totem Ocean Trailer Express Inc.
2511 Tidewater Rd.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: Curt Stoner
Phone: (907) 265-7215
Fax: (907) 278-0461
Email: cstoner@toteocean.com
TOTE’s roll on/roll off ships sail two to
three times a week between Port of
Anchorage and Tacoma. Transit time is a
fast 66 hours.
Yute Air
3600 W. International Airport Rd.
Anchorage, AK 99502
Contact: Richard Ameline
Phone: (907) 342-3040
Fax: (907) 243-2811
Email: CaptainRick@Ak.net
Heavy cargo, long load, large loads, short
& unimproved airstrip. Large groups up to
19 passengers, 8 passenger LearJets,
turbo prop and twin-engine safety.
Fueling Services
Colville, Inc.
Pouch 340012
Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734
Contact: Rick Hofreiter or John Daly
Ph: (907) 659-3197
Fx: (907) 659-3190
Website: www.colvilleinc.com
Tesoro Fuel Station, diesel, gasoline, jet
fuel, aviation fuel in bulk and small quantities
delivery services.
Geologists & Geophysicists
ENSR Corp.
4600 Business Park Blvd., Ste. 22
SAN DIEGO—A view of the stern of TOTE’s Midnight Sun under construction Nov. 6 at the
National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. in San Diego, Calif. (See brief on page B2.)
Anchorage, AK 99503-7143
Phone: (907) 561-5700
Fax: (907) 273-4555
Email: chumphrey@ensr.com
Contact: Chris Humphrey, P.E.
Other offices:
Fairbanks (907) 452-5700
ENSR is an international environmental
construction and engineering firm providing
full-service, multi-discipline, environmental
solutions.
Petrotechnical Resources of Alaska
(PRA)
3601 C St., Ste. 1378
Anchorage, AK 99503
Contact: Tom Walsh
Phone: (907) 272-1232
Fax: (907) 272-1344
Email: info@petroak.com
Our multidisciplinary staff of qualified and
experienced professional’s posses a
diverse array of technical capabilities to
provide our clients with a full spectrum of
geosciences and engineering consulting
services.
Hazardous Materials Cargo
Northern Air Cargo
3900 W. International Airport Rd.
Anchorage, AK 99502
Contact: Todd Wallace
Phone: (907) 243-3331
Email: twallace@northernaircargo.com
Toll Free: (800) 727-2141
Website: www.northernaircargo.com
Northern Air Cargo is the largest in-state
air cargo carrier handling more than 100
million pounds of freight annually with
scheduled flights to 17 of Alaska busiest
destinations plus charter and flagstop
flights to 44 additional communities
around the state. Northern Air Cargo
operates a fleet of 727 and pressurized
DC-6 aircraft.
Yute Air
3600 W. International Airport Rd.
Anchorage, AK 99502
Contact: Richard Ameline
Phone: (907) 342-3040
Fax: (907) 243-2811
Email: CaptainRick@Ak.net
Heavy cargo, long load, large loads, short
and unimproved airstrip. Large groups up
to 19 passengers, 8 passenger LearJets,
turbo prop and twin-engine safety.
Helicopter Contract
& Charter Services
Air Logistics of Alaska Inc.
1915 Donald Ave.
Fairbanks, AK 99701
Phone: (907) 452-1197
Fax: (907) 452-4539
Email: airlog@airlogak.com
Contact: Dave Scarbrough (Fairbanks)
Anchorage: (907) 248-3335
Helicopter contract and charter services.
Era Aviation
6160 Carl Brady Dr.
Anchorage, AK 99502
Contact: John Holland
Phone: (907) 248-4422
Fax: (907) 266-8383
Helicopter and fixed wing contract and
charter services; scheduled airline service.
Evergreen Helicopters of Alaska Inc.
1935 Merrill Field Dr.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: Jerry H. Rock, President
Phone: (907) 276-2454
Fax: (907) 279-6816
Email: jerry@evergreenak.com
Other offices: Nome, Deadhorse
Specializing in helicopter and fixed wing
support for the petroleum and mining
industry. Heavy lift and construction.
Lynden Inc.
Alaska Marine Lines
Alaska West Express
Lynden Air Cargo
Lynden Air Freight
Lynden International
Lynden Logistics
Lynden Transport
6441 S. Air Park Pl.
Anchorage, AK 99502
Contact: Mark Anderson
Phone: (907) 254-1544
Fax: (907) 245-1744
Email: custsvc@lynden.com
The combined scope of the Lynden companies
includes truckload and less-thantruckload
(LTL) highway connections,
scheduled barges, intermodal bulk chemical
hauls, scheduled and chartered air
freighters, domestic and international air
forwarding, and international sea forwarding
services.
Inspection Services
ASCG Inspection, Inc.
301 Arctic Slope Ave., Ste. 100
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Jeffrey Smith, Business
Development Leader
Phone: (907) 267-6236
Fax: (907) 267-6480
Email: jsmith@ascg.com
Quality control / quality assurance,
inspection and nondestructive testing
services for the oil, gas and construction
industries
Udelhoven Oilfield System
Services Inc.
Anchorage office:
184 E. 53rd Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99518
Phone: (907) 344-1577
Fax: (907) 522-2541
Nikiski office:
P.O. Box 8349
Nikiski, AK 99635
Phone: (907) 776-5185
Fax: (907) 776-8105
Prudhoe office:
Pouch 340103
Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734
Courtesy of Totem Ocean Trailer Express Inc.
Phone: (907) 659-8093
Fax: (907) 659-8489
Serving Alaska for more than 25 years.
Instrumentation Systems
Epoch Well Services, Inc.
5801 Silverado Way
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: James R. Carson, Alaska
Division Manager
Phone: (907) 561-2465
Fax: (907) 561-2474
Email: jcarson@nabors.com
RIGWATCH Drilling Instrumentation
Services: RIGWATCH is a complete digital
drilling instrumentation system that
monitors all drill floor and mud system
parameters. Critical data is displayed and
archived on workstations located at key
points on the rig.
PSI Environmental & Instrumentation
1611 E 1st Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: (907) 272-8010
Fax: (907) 272-9005
Email: pssigas@ptialaska.net
Web site: www.pssigas.com
PSI is a local supplier of gas detection
instrumentation. We carry both fixed and
portable instruments available for purchase
or rent and calibration gases at
very competitive rates.
Laboratory Services
Flowline Alaska Inc.
1881 Livengood
Fairbanks, AK 99701
Contact: Chris Johanssen
Phone: (907) 456-4911
Fax: (907) 456-1194
Flowline has three pipe insulation, fabrication,
and coating facilities encompassing
over 45,000 square feet of enclosed
production area, on a 22 acre site in
Fairbanks that offers substantial area for
material handling and staging, and a dedicated
rail spur.
Vopak USA Inc.
590 E. l00th Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99515
Contact: Ken Lambertsen
Phone: (907) 344-7444
Fax: (907) 522-1486
Email: Ken.Lambertsen@vwr-inc.com
World’s largest industrial chemical distributor
serving Alaskans since 1924.
Industrial emphasis in oil and gas refining,
processing, and gas treating.
Lodging
Hilton Anchorage
500 West Third Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: Karen Thornhill
Phone: (907) 272-7411
Toll free: (800) 321-3232
Fax: (907) 265-7175
Web site: www.anchorage.hilton.com
Our $15 million renovation project is complete.
In addition to our popular meeting
floor, we now have a 6,000 sq. ft. conference
center with eight state-of-the art
meeting rooms, Internet connectivity,
video-conferencing and complete catering
and service support.
Logistics
Alaska Cargo Transport
6700 W Marginal Way S.W.
Seattle, WA 98106
Contact: Malana LeBlanc
Phone: (206) 762-5955
Toll free: (800) 327-7739
Fax: (206) 762-1041
Email: malana@jore.com
Other offices:
825 Whitney Rd.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: (907) 276-3535
Fax: (907) 276-3545
ACT is a common carrier, offering marine
and overland cargo transportation anywhere
in the USA and around the world.
ACT utilizes the strengths of it’s sister
companies in the Jore Group to provide
door-to-door transportation services.

Week of November 25, 2001
Petroleum News •Alaska Directory
Petroleum News • Alaska
Arctic Insulation and Manufacturing: Rebuilt and growing
Big Lake company specializes in “nesting” together pipes and jackets with foam insulation
By Lori Jo Oswald
PNA Contributing Writer
Ayear after Jim Protzman moved his
business, Arctic Insulation and
Manufacturing, from Anchorage to a
huge new warehouse in Big Lake, the
Miller Reach fire of 1996 burned it down.
All of the company’s equipment and building
space were lost.
But perhaps persistence should be
Protzman’s middle name.
Within a few months, he had rented
space and started building a new shop.
The company is
now located at Mile
3.5 on South Big
Lake Road, where it
occupies 4 acres
across from the Big
Lake Fire Station.
COMPANY
PROFILE
Arctic Insulation
operates out of five
specialty designed
heated shop buildings
with a total of
14,000 square feet of heated shop space and
three cold storage buildings with another
20,000 square feet.
Owner Jim Protzman, right, and Robert Dyal.
Villages are main source of
company’s business
“If you can design it, we can build and
insulate it,” is the company’s motto.
Arctic Insulation specializes in making
insulated pipes for water and sewer projects.
Protzman explains how the process
works: “We buy the carrier pipe and the
jacket. We nest it together and then inject
insulation in between it.” This is all done in
the Big Lake warehouse; then the pipes are
delivered to the customers in the field for
installation.
Most of its customers are or involve villages,
such as Point Lay and Point Hope.
Protzman lists North Slope villages, a state
agency,Village Safe Water, and the federal
Public Health Service among the company’s
customers. As Protzman explains,
“Whenever the villages want to get rid of
their honey buckets, we will provide insulated
pipe and all their underground and
aboveground utilities. We provide everything
from fire hydrants, manholes and
insulated HDPE (high-density polyethylene
water and sewer carrier pipes),” as well as
installation of above and below ground storage
tanks.
Protzman says that his company also
offers fusion equipment rentals — the
equipment that actually welds the pipe
together. “We don’t put the pipe together;
we rent it to them and they weld it together.”
Although Arctic Insulation will field
train the installers if needed, Protzman said
that “most of the contractors we work with
are already currently trained and have certified
people.”
The company is always expanding into
other areas when there
is a need. Protzman
said, “Since the fire, I
picked up a line of
sewage vacuum valves
that are manufactured
in Germany. A lot of
the villages are going to vacuum systems.
Also, since the fire, I’ve started doing custom
fabrication of HDPE fittings.”
Company’s history begins and ends
with Protzman
Protzman learned his trade in the urethane
business beginning in 1978, when he
worked for the Vertecs Corp. in Anchorage.
Vertecs is a foam urethane insulation company
based in Kirkland, Wash. At that time,
it had an office in Anchorage.
Protzman first worked in the field, traveling
to villages where he would spray foam
insulation for various projects.
In 1983, he was moved into the office as
the company’s estimator, and in 1987 he
was promoted to branch manager.
In 1990, Protzman said, “I bought the
Anchorage office out.” Vertecs had wanted
him to move to San Diego to run an
asbestos abatement program. “From 1987
to 1990 we had completed about $25 million
of asbestos abatement from Anchorage
offices and schools, such as schools,”
Protzman said. He turned down the move
and instead “made them an offer to buy the
company out,” Protzman said. “I’m a thirdgeneration
Alaskan, so I didn’t have any
desire to leave.” He purchased Vertecs’
equipment and changed the local company’s
name to Arctic Insulation and
Manufacturing.
In 1985, Protzman decided to move
“Whenever the villages want to get rid of their honey
buckets, we will provide insulated pipe and all their
underground and aboveground utilities.” —Jim Protzman,
owner, Arctic Insulation and Manufacturing
from the Anchorage location. “I only had
about 2,000 square feet of space … and was
running out of room for where I wanted to
go and what I wanted to do (with the company),”
he said. Because property was so
much less expensive in the Valley, he purchased
a 10,000 square foot building in Big
Lake from the state of Alaska. Then came
the fire.
Some businesses never recovered from
the fire’s destruction. But Arctic Insulation
not only survived, but flourished. Since
1996, the company’s business has increased
about 300 percent. It now grosses between
$3 million and $4 million annually.
Competition abounds
Protzman says all of his company’s jobs
are obtained through the bidding process.
“There’s a fair amount of competition” out
there, he said; “we probably get more than
our share.”
But he emphasizes that Arctic
Insulation’s workmanship and service make
the company uniquely qualified to handle
the insulation needs of his clients. He takes
pride in his company’s ability to meet deadlines
and provide the customers with a
B9
product they are satisfied with.
“With the facility we have and the qualified
dedicated employees,” he said, “we
can turn out a lot of product. We also have
a Seattle insulated pipe supplier that can
help us make quick deliveries on orders (if
we need them to).”
Other qualities that work in Arctic
Insulation’s favor are the company’s “very
competitive pricing,” Protzman said, and
the fact that the company stands behind
what it does. “We have always worked with
the field contractor to ensure that when he
gets started we can provide the supplies that
he needs. We work weekends, overtime,
whatever to make sure they get what they
need. They may call on a Friday and need it
on a plane Saturday morning; we’ll go the
extra mile to do that.”
Present success and future plans
“We stay pretty busy,” Protzman said.
His business is one that doesn’t see
much slow down in the winter. From the 11
warehouse and four office staff members
(including Protzman) the company now
has, the warehouse staff might drop to
seven or eight employees in the winter.
In fact, Protzman has just purchased a
new urethane truck so that the company can
expand and do more area fieldwork, providing
foam insulation spraying for residential
customers. “Up here, it’s something that
fills the void when it gets a little slow,” said
Protzman, adding that he hasn’t owned a
urethane truck for 15 years.
As for the company’s future, Protzman
said, “We’re here for the long run. We have
some really good people here. I still have
employees who have worked for me since
1978.” He said he believes in taking care of
his employees. “I pay them right, I treat
them right, and I make sure that they know
that they are part of the program and that
their opinions are valued.” Every Friday,
the staff members meet for what Protzman
calls a “family lunch” meeting, where the
employees are encouraged to discuss any
topics of concern.
Protzman plans to continue his company’s
growth and success. “We just hired a
(second salesman). We want to keep growing.
We continually look at new products to
sell and manufacture. We are currently finishing
up on building a self-contained bathroom
that will attach to the outside of an
existing house.”
It seems, when one hears Protzman’s
business philosophy, that Arctic Insulation
will indeed keep growing: “Keep it safe,
build a good product and try to make
money, in that order.” ◆

B10 Petroleum News • Alaska Week of November 25, 2001
Petroleum News •Alaska Directory
Alaska Anvil: Thriving on engineering challenges
Parent company provides proud tradition, depth of expertise for Alaskan provider of engineering and project management services
By Petroleum News Alaska
Alaska Anvil Inc. is a considerable presence in the
Alaska oil industry, but like the tip of an iceberg,
the engineering and project management firm has
much more heft than meets the eye.
The Anchorage-based company draws on the strength
and traditions of its parent company,
Anvil Corp.
Anvil Corp. was founded in 1971
in Ferndale, Wash., by Loren K.
“Larry” Levorsen, who has since
retired but is still the chairman of the board. From two
people at the first office, the company has grown to more
than 650 employees. Anvil puts its people first; in fact,
in 1996 the company completed a transition from a privately
held firm to an employee-owned ESOP company,
said Ronald Vekved, president of Anvil Corp.
The transition continues today as the company
rewards employees with ownership and a share of company
profits. Employees hold more than 50 percent of
the voting stock.
Company founder Levorsen had a fair amount of
Alaska experience before the formation of Anvil Corp.
In 1969 Levorsen was superintendent of construction for
Bechtel Inc. at the Phillips Petroleum Co. LNG plant in
Nikiski. Further advancement of the oil industry and
other industries in
Alaska would create
an ongoing climate of
opportunity for Anvil
Corp. Jobs in Alaska
are a natural fit with
the company’s strategy
of pursuing energy-related
projects in
the Pacific Northwest.
Anvil Corp.
entered the Alaska
scene in the early
1970s with a job for
UV Industries of Salt
Lake City to install a
power plant and distribution
system at a
gold dredge in Nome.
COMPANY
PROFILE
The use of modular facilities
in Alaska oil fields gave Anvil
the opportunity to strengthen
its ties to the petrochemical
industry in the state. The
company rose to the
challenge by teaming up with
W.M. Snelson, president of
Snelson Companies, Inc.
Snelson-Anvil Inc. was
formed to construct modules
for the petrochemical and
energy industries, with an
emphasis on serving
companies engaged in
developing the Cook Inlet
and North Slope oil fields.
Module construction boosts Anvil
The use of modular facilities in Alaska oil fields gave
Anvil the opportunity to strengthen its ties to the petrochemical
industry in the state. The company rose to the
challenge by teaming up with W.M. Snelson, president
of Snelson Companies, Inc. Snelson-Anvil Inc. was
formed to construct modules for the petrochemical and
energy industries, with an emphasis on serving companies
engaged in developing the Cook Inlet and North
Slope oil fields.
The idea, as stated in a Snelson-Anvil brochure, was
to meet the need for facilities to process the Arctic’s vast
reservoir of raw materials, along with housing and other
services, “by designing modules and building them in
locations more suited to the task.” Snelson-Anvil was
involved in the early days of oil production on the North
Slope. In 1975, the company delivered a trio of gathering
centers to the Prudhoe Bay field from its yard in
Anacortes, Wash. In Cook Inlet, the company was active
as well on the Urea plant for Union-Collier Inc. at
Nikiski.
In the early 1980s, the company was involved in
delivering the modular infrastructure of the Kuparuk
field, including drill-site modules, housing and accommodations,
and the central processing facility.
The company divested the module fabrication yard in
1985 because it saw the movement toward smaller,
truckable modules. What’s more, many of the large facilities
in Alaska were already in place.
Alaska Anvil is formed
Also in the early 1980s, the company recognized that
it could better serve its burgeoning Alaska business with
a corporate presence in the state. On Dec. 24, 1984,
Alaska Anvil Inc. opened in Anchorage as a wholly
owned subsidiary of Anvil Corp. with a staff of one.
Today Alaska Anvil has 175 employees.
“We serve the industry from the well to the finished
product terminals,” said Frank Weiss, Alaska Anvil president
and manager.
In the late 1980s, Alaska Anvil worked in
Nome with WestGold on Bima, a 558-foot long
bucket line dredge — the world’s largest oceangoing
gold dredge at the time. Bima was a retrofit
of a Malaysian tin dredge that churned
through 10,000 cubic yards to 20,000 cubic
yards of gold-bearing ocean sediment per day.
Alaska Anvil also assisted
WestGold with a sledmounted
drilling unit that
went onto the ice pack to
drill and test ore quality
during the winter months when the dredge was
idle.
In the meantime Alaska Anvil worked on projects
for all of Alaska’s major refineries, as well
as with Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. and Sohio.
The 1984-1985 expansion of the Mapco refinery
in North Pole added a crude unit and gasoline
Courtesy of Alaska Anvil Inc.
An Alaska Anvil
utilities plant
module, completed
and
ready to ship.
Courtesy of Alaska Anvil Inc.
The Petro Star Inc. refinery in Valdez is a client of Alaska Anvil Inc.
plant under a direct contract with Anvil in conjunction
with OceanTech. This work led to an ongoing relationship
between Alaska Anvil and the refinery’s new
owner, Williams Cos. Inc. Alaska Anvil gets the call
when the refinery needs support services or modifications
at the terminal.
In 1992, the industry went to the alliance system of
purchasing, and in November 1992 Alaska Anvil was
awarded an alliance contract with ARCO Alaska Inc.
(Now Phillips Alaska Inc.) Today Phillips and Alyeska
are major clients of Alaska Anvil.
Anvil’s relationship with Phillips spans more than 30
years, Vekved said, since the first barrel of North Slope
see ALASKA ANVIL page B11

Week of November 25, 2001
Petroleum News •Alaska Directory
Petroleum News • Alaska
B11
Steve Sutherlin
Ron Vekved,
left, president
of Anvil
Corp., and
Frank Weiss,
president of
Alaska Anvil
Inc. work
together at
the company's
Alaska
headquarters.
continued from page B10
ALASKA ANVIL
crude hit ARCO’s
Cherry Point, Wash.,
refinery in 1971.
Anvil’s Levorsen
was involved in the
construction of the
refinery, which was
designed to process
100,000 barrels of
North Slope crude
per day. Today, the
refinery processes
more than 230,000
barrels per day, has
grown to cover a
square mile, and is
Alaska Anvil Inc.
509 W. 3rd Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99501-
2237
Contact: Frank Weiss
Phone: (907) 276-2747
Fax: (907) 279-4088
Second office: Kenai
50720 Kenai Spur Hwy.,
Mile 24.5
Kenai, AK 99611
the largest such facility in Washington state, according
to its new owner, BP. Anvil was instrumental in
upgrades to the plant, and continues to service the refinery.
Through the work at Cherry Point, Anvil counts BP
among its clients.
Anvil engineered a Frame 6 Gas Turbine 45-
megawatt power plant for the Central Processing
Facility 1 of the Kuparuk River Unit, along with a
power grid for electric distribution around the
field. The design of the Kuparuk electric system is
based on an Anvil study aimed at meeting present
and future needs at the field.
Courtesy of Alaska Anvil Inc.
Courtesy of Alaska Anvil Inc.
At Kuparuk, Alaska Anvil has been a part of recent
satellite field development including Tarn, Tabasco and
Meltwater, including enhanced recovery programs using
miscible injectants. In addition to small-scale and largescale
recovery projects, the firm has been involved with
gas handling and expansion projects.
Anvil engineered a Frame 6 Gas Turbine 45-
megawatt power plant for the Central Processing
Facility 1 of the Kuparuk River Unit, along with a
power grid for electric distribution around the field. The
design of the Kuparuk electric system is based on an
Anvil study aimed at meeting present and future needs
at the field.
The company has developed unique solutions for
some of the formidable challenges Arctic oil development
has faced. At the first seawater treatment plant at
Prudhoe Bay, for example, a method was needed to
level the sea floor to set the water plant. The job
required a tolerance of plus or minus two inches. Anvil
responded with a custom undersea grader fabricated at
Tarn Satellite Field Development, Drillsite 2N.
its Ferndale plant. The grader was an odd-looking piece
of equipment, but it got the job done.
Alaska Anvil’s branch office in North Kenai allows
the company to support Cook Inlet producers and platforms.
Phillips is a major client in the area with its LNG
plant and Tyonek production platform. Other clients
include XTO Energy Inc., Tesoro Petroleum Corp.,
Forest Oil Corp., Unocal, and Marathon Oil Co.
Alaska Anvil made a further commitment to Alaska
with the purchase of the company’s Alaska headquarters
building in 1998, located at 509 W. 3rd Ave. in
Anchorage.
Alaska means more than just a lucrative market for
Anvil Corp. services, Vekved said. One of the factors
CPF1 Frame 6 Power Generation Facility
“We serve the industry from the well to the
finished product terminals.”
—Frank Weiss, Alaska Anvil
president and manager
Anvil looks for when choosing a market is the quality of
life an area offers to the company’s employees. Alaska
and Washington state share similar lifestyle opportunities
with other states where the company operates —
Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Montana and North Dakota.
“A permanent presence in Alaska is a benefit to
Anvil and to the community,” Vekved said. ◆

B12 Petroleum News • Alaska Week of November 25, 2001
Petroleum News •Alaska Directory
Cook Inlet Tug & Barge
824 Delaney St.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: Carl Anderson, President
Phone: (907) 277-7611
Fax: (907) 272-3410
Cook Inlet Tug and Barge Company provides
ship and barge assistance mainly in
the Port of Anchorage, also Nikiski and
Homer. Oil barge escort in the winter. We
are Cook Inlet specialists.
Crowley Alaska Inc.
2525 C St., Ste. 303
Anchorage, AK 99503
Contact: Craig Tornga
Phone: (907) 278-4978
Fax: (907) 257-2828
Email: cms.@crowley.com
Complete materials supply services to
remote locations. Marine transport
throughout Alaska. Oil field services
including heavy hauling with all-terrain
vehicles on North Slope.
Golden North Van Lines, Inc.
940 Raspberry Rd.
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Suzanne Davenport, account
executive
Phone: (907) 349-3511
Phone: (800) 478-4685
Fax: (907) 349-7938
E-mail: Suzanne@goldennorth.com
Fairbanks office
1110 Charles St.
Phone: (907) 456-5291
Fax: (907) 456-5647
Golden North Van Lines specializes in
relocating household goods, electronics,
and commodities. Golden North provides
professional interstate, intrastate, local
moving services, and office relocations.
Lynden Inc.
Alaska Marine Lines
Alaska West Express
Lynden Air Cargo
Lynden Air Freight
Lynden International
Lynden Logistics
Lynden Transport
6441 So. Air Park Pl.
Anchorage, AK 99502
Contact: Mark Anderson
Phone: (907) 254-1544
Fax: (907) 245-1744
Email: custsvc@lynden.com
The combined scope of the Lynden companies
includes truckload and less-thantruckload
(LTL) highway connections,
scheduled barges, intermodal bulk chemical
hauls, scheduled and chartered air
freighters, domestic and international air
forwarding, and international sea forwarding
services.
MRO Sales, Inc.
5631 Silverado Way, Unit G
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Rusty Yates
Phone: (907) 248-8808
Fax: (907) 248-8878
Email: Sales1@mrosalesinc.com
Web site: www.mrosalesinc.com
Regardless of your location, you will
receive service that is guaranteed to
meet your requirements. From Anchorage
to Siberia, from shipping to communications,
you receive service from the
experts that have ‘Been There, Done
That’
Northern Air Cargo
3900 West International Airport Rd.
Anchorage, AK 99502
Contact: Todd Wallace
SAN DIEGO—A side view of TOTE’s Midnight Sun under construction Nov. 6 at the
National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. in San Diego, Calif. (See brief on page B2.)
Phone: (907) 243-3331
Email: twallace@northernaircargo.com
Toll free: (800) 727-2141
Website: www.northernaircargo.com
Northern Air Cargo is the largest in-state
air cargo carrier handling more than 100
million pounds of freight annually with
scheduled flights to 17 of Alaska busiest
destinations plus charter and flagstop
flights to 44 additional communities
around the state. Northern Air Cargo
operates a fleet of 727 and pressurized
DC-6 aircraft.
Umiat Commercial Co. Inc.
2700 S. Cushman St.
Fairbanks, AK 99701
Contact: Mike Tolbert
Phone: (907) 452-6631
Fax: (907) 451-8632
Email: mike@taigaventures.com
UCC provides lodging and fuel sales at
Umiat located on the Colville River. We
are open 24 hours a day everyday of the
year.
Maintenance
Alaska Tent & Tarp
529 Front St.
Fairbanks, AK 99701
Contact: Jim Haselberger
Phone: (907) 456-6328
Fax: (907) 452-5260
Email: aktent@ptialaska.net
Web site: www.ptialaska.net/~aktent
MRO Sales, Inc.
5631 Silverado Way, Unit G
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Rusty Yates
Phone: (907) 248-8808
Fax: (907) 248-8878
Email: Sales1@mrosalesinc.com
Web site: www.mrosalesinc.com
Regardless of your location, you will
receive service that is guaranteed to
meet your requirements. From Anchorage
to Siberia, from shipping to communications,
you receive service from the
experts that have ‘Been There, Done
That’
United Rentals
9760 Old Seward Hwy.
Anchorage, AK 99515
Contact: Jeff Benkert, Branch Mgr.
Phone: (907) 349-4425
Fax: (907) 349-9683
E-mail: jbenkert@ur.com
Anchorage: 3401 Commercial Dr.
Phone: (907) 272-4425
Palmer: 1111 Glen Hwy.
Phone: (907) 745-5321
Wasilla: 450 E. Railroad Ave.
Phone: (907) 376-5321
Soldotna: 524-K Beach Rd.
Phone: (907) 262-8700
Full line of construction equipment
rentals, sales and service. Aerial equipment,
power generation light towers,
vehicle rentals, wheel loaders, bulldozers,
excavators and heaters.
Marine Services
& Construction
American Marine Corp.
6000 A St.
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Tom Ulrich, Marine Operations
Courtesy of Totem Ocean Trailer Express Inc.
Contact: Steve Stuart, Alaska Regional
Manager
Phone: (907) 562-5420
Fax: (907) 562-5426
Email: thomas@amarinecorp.com
Web site: www.amsghq.com
American Marine Corp. (American Divers)
provides full service marine construction/divers
throughout Alaska and the
Pacific.
Cook Inlet Tug & Barge
824 Delaney St.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: Carl Anderson, President
Phone: (907) 277-7611
Fax: (907) 272-3410
Cook Inlet Tug and Barge Company provides
ship and barge assistance mainly in
the Port of Anchorage, also Nikiski and
Homer. Oil barge escort in the winter. We
are Cook Inlet specialists.
Offshore Divers
5630 Silverado Way, A-9
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Don Ingraham, Owner/Mgr.
Contact: Leif Simcox, Owner/Operations
Mgr.
Phone: (907) 563-9060
Fax: (907) 563-9061
Email: don@offshoredivers.com
Web site: http//www.offshoredivers.com
Offshore Divers is an Alaska owned diving
contractor specializing in sub-sea oilfield
work on mooring systems, pipelines, platforms
and docks in Cook Inlet, on the
North Slope and in Valdez.
Peak Oilfield Service Co.
2525 C St., Ste. 201
Anchorage, AK 99503
Contact: Bill Stamps, Business
Development/Ex. Affairs
Phone: (907) 263-7000
Fax: (907) 263-7070
Email: billstamps@peakalaska.com
Alaska based general contractors.
Mechanical & Electrical
Inspection
ASCG Inspection, Inc.
301 Arctic Slope Ave., Ste. 100
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Jeffrey Smith, Business
Development Leader
Phone: (907) 267-6236
Fax: (907) 267-6480
Email: jsmith@ascg.com
Quality control / quality assurance,
inspection and nondestructive testing
services for the oil, gas and construction
industries
Managed Integrity Services, Inc. (MIS)
301 Arctic Slope Ave., Ste. 100
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Jeffrey Smith, Business
Development Leader
Phone: (907) 349-5148
Fax: (907) 267-6480
Email: jsmith@ascg.com
Providing Corrosion and mechanical
integrity management services, integrity
assessment, corrosion engineering, corrosion
monitoring, quality control program
development and inspection services.
Testing Institute of Alaska
2114 Railroad Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: Robert Lockman
Phone: (907) 276-3440
Fax: (907) 279-7093
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Petroleum News • Alaska
B13
ifications; weld failure analysis/metallurgical
testing; nondestructive testing weld
stress relief; specialty weld repairs/manufacturing.
Udelhoven Oilfield System
Services Inc.
Anchorage office:
184 E. 53rd Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99518
Phone: (907) 344-1577
Fax: (907) 522-2541
Nikiski office:
P.O. Box 8349
Nikiski, AK 99635
Phone: (907) 776-5185
Fax: (907) 776-8105
Prudhoe office:
Pouch 340103
Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734
Phone: (907) 659-8093
Fax: (907) 659-8489
Serving Alaska for more than 25 years.
Lin Reid, Eagle Eye Helicopter Inc.
Meetings & Conventions
Hilton Anchorage
500 West Third Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: Karen Thornhill
Phone: (907) 272-7411
Toll free: (800) 321-3232
Fax: (907) 265-7175
Web site: www.anchorage.hilton.com
Our $15 million renovation project is complete.
In addition to our popular meeting
floor, we now have a 6,000 sq. ft. conference
center with eight state-of-the art
meeting rooms, Internet connectivity,
video-conferencing and complete catering
and service support.
Mudlogging Services
Epoch Well Services, Inc.
5801 Silverado Way
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: James R. Carson, Alaska
Division Manager
Phone: (907) 561-2465
Fax: (907) 561-2474
Email: jcarson@nabors.com
DML (Digital Mudlogging) Services: with
over 250 wells logged since 1989, Epoch
is the leading provider of advanced mudlogging
services in Alaska. Our DML
2000 software assimilates a comprehensive
database of geological and drilling
information with presentations available
in a variety of hardcopy and digital formats.
On-site Medical Services
Kuukpik Arctic Catering
5761 Silverado Way, Ste. P
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Rick MacMillan
Phone: (907) 562-5588
Fax: (907) 562-5898
Email: rickkac@aol.com
SECORP Industries
5520 Lake Otis Parkway, Ste. 103
Anchorage, AK 99507
Contact: Darrell Patterson, Branch
Manager
Phone: (907) 562-9722
Fax: (907) 562-9420
Email: secorpalaska@aol.com
SECORP Industries has been a leader in
the medical and safety industry for over
30 years. Our medical and safety equipment
meets the industry’s highest standards.
SECORP is a distributor for such
companies as Drager, MSA, Survivair, Det
Con and PemTech.
Permanent Hair Removal
Natasha’s Hair Removal
1237 W. 27th Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99517
Contact: Nataliya Kostareva
Phone: (907) 884-7194
Natasha’s hair removal will help to
enhance your natural inner beauty.
ANCHOR POINT—Phillips Alaska Inc.'s Cosmopolitan project in late September prior to the commencement of drilling in mid-October. The
4.6 acre pad sits on private land overlooking Cook Inlet about five and a half miles north of Anchor Point and a half mile west of the Sterling
Highway. The sidetrack will extend some 18,500 feet (3.5 miles) to reach an offshore bottom hole at approximately 7,000 vertical feet.
Drilling is expected to be complete by mid-December.
Photography
Judy Patrick Photography
Phone: (907) 376-4704
Fax: (907) 376-9703
Specializing in petroleum and mining photography
Pipeline Insulation
Flowline Alaska Inc.
1881 Livengood
Fairbanks, AK 99701
Contact: Chris Johanssen
Phone: (907) 456-4911
Fax: (907) 456-1194
Flowline has three pipe insulation, fabrication,
and coating facilities encompassing
over 45,000 ft of enclosed production
area, on a 22 acre site in Fairbanks that
offers substantial area for material handling
and staging, and a dedicated rail
spur.
Pipeline Maintenance
American Marine Corp.
6000 A St.
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Tom Ulrich, Marine Operations
Contact: Steve Stuart, Alaska Regional
Manager
Phone: (907) 562-5420
Fax: (907) 562-5426
Email: thomas@amarinecorp.com
Website: amsghq.com
American Marine Corp. (American Divers)
provides full service marine construction/divers
throughout Alaska and the
Pacific.
Offshore Divers
5630 Silverado Way, A-9
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Don Ingraham, Owner/Mgr.
Contact: Leif Simcox, Owner/Operations
Mgr.
Phone: (907) 563-9060
Fax: (907) 563-9061
Email: don@offshoredivers.com
Web site: http//www.offshoredivers.com
Offshore Divers is an Alaska owned diving
contractor specializing in sub-sea oilfield
work on mooring systems, pipelines, platforms
and docks in Cook Inlet, on the
North Slope and in Valdez.
Peak Oilfield Service Co.
2525 C St.
Anchorage, AK 99503
Contact: Kelly Collins, office manager
Phone: (907) 263-7008
Fax: (907) 263-7070
Prudhoe Bay office: (907) 659-2033
Cook Inlet office: (907) 776-4030
Service contractor providing general oilfield
services, construction, heavy hauling,
maintenance, equipment rental and
rig support.
Plumbing
Udelhoven Oilfield System
Services Inc.
Anchorage office:
184 E. 53rd Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99518
Phone: (907) 344-1577
Fax: (907) 522-2541
Nikiski office:
P.O. Box 8349
Nikiski, AK 99635
Phone: (907) 776-5185
Fax: (907) 776-8105
Prudhoe office:
Pouch 340103
Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734
Phone: (907) 659-8093
Fax: (907) 659-8489
Serving Alaska for more than 25 years.
Procurement Services
Alaska Anvil
509 W. 3rd Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99501-2237
Contact: Frank Weiss
Phone: (907) 276-2747
Fax: (907) 279-4088
Other office: Kenai
50720 Kenai Spur Hwy., Mile 24.5
Kenai, AK 99611
Multi-discipline engineering and design
services including construction management
for petro-chemical and heavy industrial
client projects.
Nana /Colt Engineering, LLC
700 G Street, 5th floor
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: (907) 273-3930
Fax: (907) 273-3990
Contact: John Minier 273-3910
NANA/Colt offers project management,
engineering, design, construction management,
and procurement services to
the oil industry.
Natchiq Inc.
6700 Arctic Spur Rd.
Anchorage, AK 995l8-l550
Phone: (907) 344-5757
Fax: (907) 267-3190
In the business of excellence, provides in
its family of companies: oil field service,
pipeline construction, engineering and
equipment for Alaska’s hydrocarbon
industry.
United Rentals
9760 Old Seward Hwy.
Anchorage, AK 99515
Contact: Jeff Benkert, Branch Mgr.
Phone: (907) 349-4425
Fax: (907) 349-9683
E-mail: jbenkert@ur.com
Anchorage: 3401 Commercial Dr.
Phone: (907) 272-4425
Palmer: 1111 Glen Hwy.
Phone: (907) 745-5321
Wasilla: 450 E. Railroad Ave.
Phone: (907) 376-5321
Soldotna: 524-K Beach Rd.
Phone: (907) 262-8700
Full line of construction equipment
rentals, sales and service. Aerial equipment,
power generation light towers,
vehicle rentals, wheel loaders, bulldozers,
excavators and heaters.
Recycling Waste Management
Colville, Inc.
Pouch 340012
Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734
Contact: Rick Hofreiter or John Daly
Phone: (907) 659-3197
Fax: (907) 659-3190
Web site: www.colvilleinc.com
Diesel, gasoline, jet fuel, aviation gasoline
in bulk and small quantity deliveries,
electronic card-lock fleet management,
solid waste and recycling, steel, industrial
gases and solid waste.
Reporting Software
Epoch Well Services, Inc.
5801 Silverado Way
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: James R. Carson, Alaska
Division Manager
Phone: (907) 561-2465
Fax: (907) 561-2474
Email: jcarson@nabors.com
Reporting Software: PERC is a Windows
based relational database program for
morning reports, well planning, drilling,
completion and workover reports. RIGRE-
PORT provides contractors with an electronic
tour sheet for morning reports and
payroll reporting.
Right-Of-Way Maintenance
Jarraff Industries
1731 Gault St.
St. Peter, MN 56082
Contact: Heidi Boyum
Phone: (800) 436-2691
Fax: (507) 934-4706
Email: jarraff@crystalcomm.net
Web site: www.geo-boy.com
The GEO-BOY brush cutter tractor from
Jarraff Industries, Inc. easily travels in a
wide variety of terrain. Its innovative
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maneuverability with lower ground pressure.
The GEO-BOY operates in almost
any condition, turning trees and brush
into a fine mulch.
Safety Equipment & Supplies
Judy Patrick
Cleanaire Alaska
P.O. Box 200142
Anchorage, AK 99520
Phone: (907) 561-2735
Toll free: (800) 478-2735
Fax: (907) 563-5678
Web site: www.cleanairstore.com
Since 1982, Cleanaire Alaska has provided
Alaska the best indoor air cleaning
devices available and carbon filtration
devices for environmental clean-up.
Security
Eurest Support Services
9210 Vanguard Dr., Ste 101
Anchorage, AK 99507
Contact: George Cuzzort
Phone: 344-1207
Fax: 344-0353
Email: gcuzzort@statewide-services.com
Web site: www.compass-usa.com
The Alaska division of the worlds largest
contract food service company. Visit our
web site at www.compass-usa.com
BEAUFORT SEA—Northstar project on Seal Island, October 2001.
Guardian Security
2600 Seward Hwy.
Anchorage, AK 99503
Contact: Dan Locke
Phone: (907) 274-5275
Fax: (907) 274-3730
Guardian Security specializes in burglar
and fire alarms, CCTV, card access systems,
armed guards and patrol services
with offices in Anchorage, Kenai,
Fairbanks, and Wasilla.
Kuukpik Arctic Catering
5761 Silverado Way, Ste P
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Rick MacMillan
Phone: (907) 562-5588
Fax: (907) 562-5898
Email: rickkac@aol.com
Seismic & Geophysical
Kuukpik / Fairweather & Veritas DGC
Land
715 L St.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: Jeff Hastings
Phone: (907) 258-3446
Fax: (907) 279-5740
Email: Jeff@fairweather.com
McLane Consulting Group
38240 Kenai Spur Hwy.
P.O. Box 468
Soldotna, AK 99669
Contact: Scott McLane
Contact: Stan McLane
Phone: (907) 283-4218
Fax: (907) 283-3265
Email: msmclane@mclanecg.com
Web site: www.mclanecg.com
Civil engineering and surveying support to
the oil and gas industry for the past 40
years.
Shrink Wrap Product
Preservation
Dura-Wrap Containments
P.O. Box 2374
Palmer, AK 99645
Contact: John Hutchinson
Phone: (907) 373-3443
Toll Free: (866) 873-3443 (lower 48
only)
Fax: (907) 373-3453
Email: plastics@durawrap.com
Web site: www.durawrap.com
Dura-Wrap’s mobile shrinkwrap service
provides complete product protection to
barge, marine and overland cargo haulers,
heavy equipment haulers, and other
industrial products. Dura-Wrap: an expedient
and environmentally safe method of
providing your clients with clean freight,
less costly cleanup and bigger profits.
Steel Fabrication
Alaska Steel Co.
1200 W. Dowling
Anchorage, AK 99514
Contact: Erika Beaudreault, VP
Phone: (907) 561-1188
Fax: (907) 561-2935
Email: e.beaudreault@alaskasteel.com
Other Office: Kenai, Fairbanks & Prudhoe
Bay
Rebar fabrication full service with in
house estimating and detailing.
Arctic Foundations
5621 Arctic Blvd.
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Leslie Patton
Phone: (907) 562-2741
Fax: (907) 562-0153
Email: lpatton@arcticfoundations.com
Web site: www.arcticfoundations.com
Manufacturer of two-phase thermosyphons
for permafrost stabilization
and containment.
Holaday-Parks Inc.
1820 Marika St.
Fairbanks, AK 99709
Contact: Michael Nelson
Phone: (907) 452-7151
Fax: (907) 452-3800
Email: mnelson@holadayparks.alaska.com
Custom metal fabrication, welding, bending,
forming ventilation system design
and installation. Ventilation system troubleshooting
and analysis.
Natchiq Inc.
6700 Arctic Spur Rd.
Anchorage, AK 995l8-l550
Phone: (907) 344-5757
Fax: (907) 267-3190
In the business of excellence, provides in
its family of companies: oil field service,
pipeline construction, engineering and
equipment for Alaska’s hydrocarbon
industry.
Peak Oilfield Service Co.
2525 C St., Ste. 201
Anchorage, AK 99503
Contact: Bill Stamps, Business
Development/Ex. Affairs
Phone: (907) 263-7000
Fax: (907) 263-7070
Email: billstamps@peakalaska.com
Alaska based general contractors.
Totem Equipment & Supply Inc.
2536 Commercial Dr.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: Mike Huston, V.P.
Phone: (907) 276-2858
Fax: (907) 258-4623
Email: sales@gci.net
Totem Equipment & Supply Inc. locally
owned and operated since 1961.
Supplies light, medium and heavy equipment.
Specializing in temporary & permanent
heating solutions.
Udelhoven Oilfield System Services
Inc.
Anchorage office:
184 E. 53rd Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99518
Phone: (907) 344-1577
Fax: (907) 522-2541
Nikiski office:
P.O. Box 8349
Nikiski, AK 99635
Phone: (907) 776-5185
Fax: (907) 776-8105
Prudhoe office:
Pouch 340103
Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734
Phone: (907) 659-8093
Fax: (907) 659-8489
Serving Alaska for more than 25 years.
VECO
949 E. 36th Ave., Ste. 500
Anchorage, AK 99508
Phone: (907) 762-1500
Fax: (907) 762-1596
Web site: www.veco.com
VECO Corp. provides complete services in
engineering, construction, and operations
and maintenance. VECO is organized in
regional centers located around the
world.
Stevedoring
Alaska Cargo Transport
6700 W Marginal Way S.W.
Seattle, WA 98106
Contact: Malana LeBlanc
Phone: (206) 762-5955
Toll free: (800) 327-7739
Fax: (206) 762-1041
Email: malana@jore.com
Other offices:
825 Whitney Rd.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Ph: (907) 276-3535
Fx: (907) 276-3545
ACT is a common carrier, offering marine
and overland cargo transportation anywhere
in the USA and around the world.
ACT utilizes the strengths of it’s sister
companies in the Jore Group to provide
door-to-door transportation services.
North Star Terminal & Stevedore Co.
790 Ocean Dock Rd.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: Steve Post
Phone: (907) 263-0117
Fax: (907) 272-8927
Email: Steve@northstarak.com
Other offices: Valdez, Seward, Homer and
Dutch Harbor
North Star excels in performing marine
vessel support services, in Anchorage,
Valdez, Seward, Homer or Dutch Harbor.
We are your one stop shop for a full lline
of stevedoring services.
Surveying & Mapping
ASTAC/fm, a division of ASTAC
4300 B Street, Ste. 501
Anchorage, AK 99503
Contact: Don Nelson
Phone: (907) 563-3989
Toll free: (800) 478-6409
Fx: (907) 563-1932
Email: don@astac.net
Provides expertise in implementing GIS
technology whether it be data conversions
or a turnkey solution.
LCMF, Inc.
139 E. 51st Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99503
Contact: Tony Hoffman, Mgr. Land Survey
Dept.
Phone: (907) 273-1830
Fax: (907) 273-1831
Email: thoffman@lcmf.com
Statewide contractor project support surveyors;
remote site land and hydrographic
surveys for government and private; oil
and gas development surveying, mapping,
and permitting.
Lounsbury and Associates Inc.
723 W. 6th Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: Craig L. Savage, president
Phone: (907) 272-5451
Fax: (907) 272-9065
Toll free: (800) 478-5451
Surveyors for Alaska oil and gas exploration,
development and transportation
systems; conventional and GPS surveying,
mapping, civil engineering.
McLane Consulting Group
38240 Kenai Spur Hwy.
P.O. Box 468
Soldotna, AK 99669
Contact: Scott McLane
Contact: Stan McLane
Phone: (907) 283-4218
Fax: (907) 283-3265
Email: msmclane@mclanecg.com
Web site: www.mclanecg.com
Civil engineering and surveying support to
the oil and gas industry for the past 40
years.
Yukon Engineering Services, Inc.
#1 Calcite Business Center
Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2V3
Contact: Bruce MacLean
Phone: (867) 688-2000
Fax: (867) 667-2220
Email: manager@yes.yk.ca

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Northern survey and engineering services
company with global experience and
expertise in remote projects.
Training
Judy Patrick
R&R Scaffold Erectors Inc.
1150 E. 68th Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: David Bond
Phone: (907) 344-5427
Fax: (907) 349-3268
Email: info@scaffold-alaska.com
Web site: www.scaffold-alaska
We’re the company that contractors and
OSHA inspectors go to for accurate, upto-date
scaffold regulations information.
We’ve never had an OSHA safety violation
in our company history. We also offer
competency training.
United Rentals
9760 Old Seward Hwy.
Anchorage, AK 99515
Contact: Jeff Benkert, Branch Mgr.
Phone: (907) 349-4425
Fax: (907) 349-9683
E-mail: jbenkert@ur.com
Anchorage: 3401 Commercial Dr.
Phone: (907) 272-4425
Palmer: 1111 Glen Hwy.
Phone: (907) 745-5321
Wasilla: 450 E. Railroad Ave.
Phone: (907) 376-5321
Soldotna: 524-K Beach Rd.
Phone: (907) 262-8700
Full line of construction equipment
rentals, sales and service. Aerial equipment,
power generation light towers,
vehicle rentals, wheel loaders, bulldozers,
excavators and heaters.
Tools
Snap-on Industrial
2606 W. 33rd Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99517
Contact: Walter G. Landgrebe
Phone: (907) 230-5608
Fax: (907) 245-8665
Email: walter.g.landgrebe@snapon.com
Underwater NDT & Photography
Offshore Divers
5630 Silverado Way, A-9
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Don Ingraham, Owner/Mgr.
Contact: Leif Simcox, Owner/Operations
Mgr.
Phone: (907) 563-9060
Fax: (907) 563-9061
Email: don@offshoredivers.com
Web site: http//www.offshoredivers.com
Offshore Divers is an Alaska owned diving
contractor specializing in sub-sea oilfield
work on mooring systems, pipelines, platforms
and docks in Cook Inlet, on the
North Slope and in Valdez.
Underwater Welding
American Marine Corp.
6000 A St.
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Tom Ulrich, Marine Operations
Contact: Steve Stuart, Alaska Regional
Manager
Phone: (907) 562-5420
Fax: (907) 562-5426
Email: thomas@amarinecorp.com
Web site: amsghq.com
American Marine Corp. (American Divers)
provides full service marine construction/divers
throughout Alaska and the
Pacific.
Offshore Divers
5630 Silverado Way, A-9
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Don Ingraham, Owner/Mgr.
Contact: Leif Simcox, Owner/Operations
Mgr.
Phone: (907) 563-9060
Fax: (907) 563-9061
Email: don@offshoredivers.com
BEAUFORT SEA-—Northstar project on Seal Island, October 2001.
Web site: http//www.offshoredivers.com
Offshore Divers is an Alaska owned diving
contractor specializing in sub-sea oilfield
work on mooring systems, pipelines, platforms
and docks in Cook Inlet, on the
North Slope and in Valdez.
Vehicle Repair
G.B.R. Equipment Inc.
6300 Petersburg St.
Anchorage, AK 99507
Contact: Bob Reynolds
Phone: (907) 563-3550
Fax: (907) 562-6468
Kenworth Alaska
2838 Porcupine Dr.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: Jim Scherieble, Branch Mgr.
Phone: (907) 279-0602
Phone: (800) 478-0602
Fax: (907) 258-6639
Fairbanks office:
3730 Braddock St.
Fairbanks, AK 99701
Contact: Ed Lewis, Branch Mgr.
Phone: (907) 455-9900
Fax: (907) 479-8295
Kenworth Alaska is a full service truck
dealership in two locations – Anchorage
and Fairbanks. New and used truck sales,
parts and service.
Snap-on Industrial
2606 W. 33rd Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99517
Contact: Walter G. Landgrebe
Phone: (907) 230-5608
Fax: (907) 245-8665
Email: walter.g.landgrebe@snapon.com
Providing tools and equipment for industrial
and automotive applications, training
and safety.
Water & Wastewater
Alaska Tent & Tarp
529 Front St.
Fairbanks, AK 99701
Contact: Jim Haselberger
Phone: (907) 456-6328
Fax: (907) 452-5260
Email: aktent@ptialaska.net
Web site: www.ptialaska.net/~aktent
Welding
Alaska Industrial Hardware, Inc.
2192 Viking Dr.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: MaryAnn Hartzog
Ph: (907) 276-7201
Fx: (907) 258-2123
Email: aih@aihalaska.com
AIH – Alaska largest supplier of hand and
power tools, contractor’s supplies and
builder’s hardware. Fast jobsite service
and free local delivery.
Arctic Foundations
5621 Arctic Blvd.
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Leslie Patton
Phone: (907) 562-2741
Fax: (907) 562-0153
Email: lpatton@arcticfoundations.com
Web site: www.arcticfoundations.com
Manufacturer of two-phase thermosyphons
for permafrost stabilization
and containment.
Flowline Alaska Inc.
1881 Livengood
Fairbanks, AK 99701
Contact: Chris Johanssen
Phone: (907) 456-4911
Fax: (907) 456-1194
Flowline has three pipe insulation, fabrication,
and coating facilities encompassing
over 45,000 square feet of enclosed
production area, on a 22 acre site in
Fairbanks that offers substantial area for
material handling and staging, and a dedicated
rail spur.
G.B.R. Equipment Inc.
6300 Petersburg St.
Anchorage, AK 99507
Contact: Bob Reynolds
Phone: (907) 563-3550
Fax: (907) 562-6468
Holaday-Parks Inc.
1820 Marika St.
Fairbanks, AK 99709
Contact: Michael Nelson
Phone: (907) 452-7151
Fax: (907) 452-3800
Email: mnelson@holadayparks.alaska.com
Custom metal fabrication, welding, bending,
forming ventilation system design
and installation. Ventilation system troubleshooting
and analysis.
Udelhoven Oilfield System Services
Anchorage office:
184 E. 53rd Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99518
Phone: (907) 344-1577
Fax: (907) 522-2541
Nikiski office:
P.O. Box 8349
Nikiski, AK 99635
Phone: (907) 776-5185
Fax: (907) 776-8105
Prudhoe office:
Pouch 340103
Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734
Phone: (907) 659-8093
Fax: (907) 659-8489
Serving Alaska for more than 25 years.
Welding Services
P.O. Box 7248
Nikiski, AK 99635
Mile 20.5 Kenai Spur Hwy.
North Kenai, AK
Contact: Keith T. Raham
Phone: (907) 776-8279
Fax: (907) 776-8279
Cell Phone: (907) 252-5466
Member AWS Reg. #27005. Oilfield and
general welding fabrication and repair services
including aluminum, stainless steel
and carbon steel.
Weld Repairs/Manufacturing
Peak Oilfield Service Co.
2525 C St., Ste. 201
Anchorage, AK 99503
Contact: Bill Stamps, Business
Development/Ex. Affairs
Phone: (907) 263-7000
Fax: (907) 263-7070
Email: billstamps@peakalaska.com
Alaska based general contractors.
Testing Institute of Alaska
2114 Railroad Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: Robert Lockman
Phone: (907) 276-3440
Fax: (907) 279-7093
Welder testing; welding procedures/specifications;
weld failure analysis/metallurgical
testing; nondestructive testing weld
stress relief; specialty weld repairs/manufacturing.
EQUIPMENT &
SUPPLIES
Arctic Gear
Army/Navy Store
320 W. 4th Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: (907) 279-2401
Fax: (907) 278-7174
Contact: Michael Miller
Email: armynavy@micronet.net
Over 50 years as major contractor in
Alaska for oil companies and subcontractors
outfitting cold weather gear, such as
flame resistant Arctic wear, flame resistant
clothing, and safety footwear.

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Brush & Tree Clearing
Equipment
Jarraff Industries
1731 Gault St.
St. Peter, MN 56082
Contact: Heidi Boyum
Phone: (800) 436-2691
Fax: (507) 934-4706
Email: jarraff@crystalcomm.net
Web site: www.geo-boy.com
The GEO-BOY brush cutter tractor from
Jarraff Industries, Inc. easily travels in a
wide variety of terrain. Its innovative
design gives you maximum power and
maneuverability with lower ground pressure.
The GEO-BOY operates in almost
any condition, turning trees and brush
into a fine mulch.
Buildings — Modular
M.T. Housing, Inc.
P.O. Box 9695
21 W Vida Ave.
Yakima, WA 98902
Contact: Denyce Marshall
Phone: (509) 248-8616
Fax: (509) 248-8656
Email: mthousing@nwinfo.net
We manufacture modular buildings using
insulated 40 foot cargo containers. We
manufacture housing units, lavatories and
showers, kitchen and dining facilities and
offices, storage, etc.
Centrifugal Compressors
Rolls-Royce
540 5th Ave. SW, Ste. 1590
Calgary, Alberta T2POM2
Contact: Scott DeWolfe
Phone: (403) 234-7800
Fax: (403) 233-0415
Rolls-Royce provides aeroderivative gas
turbine compression and power generation
packages (5,500 to 70,000 horsepower),
with technologically-advanced
control systems. All Rolls-Royce products
are backed by an extensive worldwide
parts and service support organization.
Chemicals
Baroid Drilling Fluids
6900 Arctic Blvd.
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Tom Burgin
Phone: (907) 275-2612
Fax: (907) 275-2650
Email: tom.burgin@halliburton.com
Baroid is a Halliburton company, operating
in Alaska for over 40 years. We provide
a full complement of fluid related
products and services for the oil and gas
industry.
MI SWACO DSR
721 W. First Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99501 &
225 W. 92nd Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99515
Contact: Craig Bieber
Phone: (907) 274-5564
Email: mialaska@alaska.net or dsr@alaska.net
MI SWACO DSR combines Alaska knowhow
and global strength to provide the oil
industry with a full-service drilling partner
Vopak USA Inc.
590 E. l00th Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99515
Contact: Ken Lambertsen
Phone: (907) 344-7444
Fax: (907) 522-1486
Email: Ken.Lambertsen@vwr-inc.com
World’s largest industrial chemical distributor
serving Alaskans since 1924.
Industrial emphasis in oil and gas refining,
processing, and gas treating.
Coatings – Fire Resistant,
Insulation
Alaska Stucco & Fire Proofing
1700 E 76th Ave., #1223
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Joe Gearhart
Phone: (907) 336-7122
Fax: (907) 336-7123
Email: akstucco@gci.net
Alaska Stucco is a specialty contractor
with emphasis on fire proof & insulating
coating. Also fabrication of explosion and
fireproof panels.
Construction Equipment
& Supplies
Jackovich Industrial & Construction
Supply Inc.
Fairbanks: 1600 Wells St.
Phone: (907) 456-4414
Fax: (907) 452-4846
Attn: Buz Jackovich
Anchorage: 1716 Post Road
Phone: (907) 277-1406
Attn: Steve Slone
Fax: (907) 258-1700
24 hour emergency service. With 30 years
of experience, we're experts on arctic conditions
and extreme weather.
M.T. Housing, Inc.
P.O. Box 9695
21 W Vida Ave.
Yakima, WA 98902
Contact: Denyce Marshall
Phone: (509) 248-8616
Fax: (509) 248-8656
Email: mthousing@nwinfo.net
We manufacture modular buildings using
insulated 40 foot cargo containers. We
manufacture housing units, lavatories and
showers, kitchen and dining facilities and
offices, storage, etc.
NC Machinery Co.
6450 Arctic Blvd.
Anchorage, AK 99519
Contact: Jeff Scott, Sales & Gene
Sanderson, Product
Phone: (800) 478-7000
Fax: (907) 786-7580
Email: jcott@ncmachinery.com
Other Office: Dutch Harbor, Fairbanks &
Juneau
Your caterpillar machine, engine parts &
services in the state of Alaska.
North Star Terminal & Stevedore Co.
790 Ocean Dock Rd.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: Steve Post
Phone: (907) 263-0117
Fax: (907) 272-8927
Email: Steve@northstarak.com
Other offices: Valdez, Seward, Homer and
Dutch Harbor
North Star offers certified, highly maintained
cranes from 50 to 300 tons in
size, forklifts to 43 tons, manlifts to
131’, light plants, loaders and lifting
logistic support services.
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Alaska Business
Monthly
R&R Scaffold Erectors Inc.
1150 E. 68th Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: David Bond
Phone: (907) 344-5427
Fax: (907) 349-3268
Email: info@scaffold-alaska.com
Web site: www.scaffold-alaska
We’re the company that contractors and
OSHA inspectors go to for accurate, upto-date
scaffold regulations information.
We’ve never had an OSHA safety violation
in our company history. We also offer
competency training.
Anchorage Daily News
Alaska Journal
of Commerce
Fairbanks Daily
News-Miner
Juneau Empire
Construction Materials
Alaska Industrial Hardware Inc.
2192 Viking Dr.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: Rob Whitmore
Phone: (907) 276-7201
Fax: (907) 258-2123
Email: aih@aihalaska.com
AIH – Alaska largest supplier of hand and
power tools, contractor’s supplies and
builder’s hardware. Fast jobsite service
and free local delivery.
Arctic Foundations
5621 Arctic Boulevard
Anchorage, AK 99518
Phone: (907) 562-2741

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Fax: (907) 562-0153
Manufacturer of two-phase thermosyphons
for permafrost stabilization
and containment
Brooks Range Supply
1 Old Spine Road
Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734
Contact: Mike Kunkel/Craig Welch, general
managers
Phone: (907) 659-2550
Toll free: (866) 659-2550
Fax: (907) 569-2650
Email: brooks@astacalaska.com
Your source on the Slope for safety supplies,
welding supplies, automotive and
truck parts, hardware, tools, building
materials, glass, propane, hydraulic hoses
and fittings, paint and chemicals.
Control Systems
Rolls-Royce
540 5th Ave. SW, Suite 1590
Calgary, Alberta T2POM2
Contact: Scott DeWolfe
Phone: (403) 234-7800
Fax: (403) 233-0415
Rolls-Royce provides aeroderivative gas
turbine compression and power generation
packages (5,500 to 70,000 horsepower),
with technologically-advanced
control systems. All Rolls-Royce products
are backed by an extensive worldwide
parts and service support organization.
Electrical
Dowland-Bach Corp.
6130 Tuttle Pl.
Anchorage, AK 99507
Contact: Lynn Johnson
Phone: (907) 562-5818
Fax: (907) 563-4721
Web site: www.dowlandbach.com
Industrial control and panel fabrication
Northern Lights
4420 14th Ave. NW
Seattle, WA 98107
Contact: Tracy Prescott
Phone: (206) 789-3880
Fax: (206) 782-5455
Email: tracyp@northern-lights.com
Web site: www.northern-lights.com
Northern Light generator sets range from
SKW to 1 Megawatt. Customization and
unique applications are our speciality.
Udelhoven Oilfield System Services
Anchorage office:
184 E. 53rd Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99518
Phone: (907) 344-1577
Fax: (907) 522-2541
Nikiski office:
P.O. Box 8349
Nikiski, AK 99635
Phone: (907) 776-5185
Fax: (907) 776-8105
Prudhoe office:
Pouch 340103
Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734
Phone: (907) 659-8093
Fax: (907) 659-8489
Serving Alaska for more than 25 years.
Environmental Supplies
Cleanaire Alaska
P.O. Box 200142
Anchorage, AK 99520
Phone: (907) 561-2735
Toll free: (800) 478-2735
Fax: (907) 563-5678
Web site: www.cleanairstore.com
Since 1982, Cleanaire Alaska has provided
Alaska the best indoor air cleaning
devices available and carbon filtration
devices for environmental clean-up.
Unitech of Alaska
2130 E. Dimond Blvd.
Anchorage, AK 99507
Contact: Debbie Hawley
Phone: (907) 349-5142
Fax: (907) 349-2733
Email: unitech@acsalaska.net
Other Office:
Unitech Southeast
Contact: Bob Bacolas
Phone: (907) 790-4439
Fax: (907) 790-4469
Email: unitech@gci.net
UOA is Alaska’s only 24 hour oil spill
remediation, environmental and industrial
supply company. Specialty areas include
sorbents, geotextile, containment berms,
drums and ice melt.
Equipment & Heavy Hauling
SOLOCO
207 Town Center Pky.
Lafayette, LA 70506-7524
Contact: Keith Pearson
Phone: (337) 981-5058
Fax: (337) 984-9241
Email: kpearson@solocollc.com
DURA-BASE COMPOSITE MAT SYSTEM is
the world’s most advanced solution for
temporary surfaces including heavy-duty
roads, turnarounds, work and staging
areas. It’s strength and durability allows
you to work year-round in the harshest
conditions. Installs and cleans up quickly.
It’s a permanent solution to your temporary
road and work surface needs.
Equipment — Rentals
Cameron
600 E. 57th Pl., Ste., A
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Ken Kubiak, District Mgr.
Phone: (907) 562-2332
Fax: (907) 562-3880
Email: kubiakk@camerondiv.com
Web site: www.coopercameron.com
Supplier of wellheads and trees, valves,
actuators, chokes, and controls. Sales,
complete service, and repairs provided for
the North Slope, Kenai Gas Field, and
Cook Inlet areas.
G.B.R. Equipment Inc.
6300 Petersburg St.
Anchorage, AK 99507
Contact: Bob Reynolds
Phone: (907) 563-3550
Fax: (907) 562-6468
North Star Terminal & Stevedore Co.
790 Ocean Dock Rd.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: Steve Post
Phone: (907) 263-0117
Fax: (907) 272-8927
Email: Steve@northstarak.com
Other offices: Valdez, Seward, Homer and
Dutch Harbor
North Star offers certified, highly maintained
cranes from 50 to 300 tons in
size, forklifts to 43 tons, manlifts to
131’, light plants, loaders and lifting
logistic support services.
NC Machinery Co.
6450 Arctic Blvd.
Anchorage, AK 99519
Contact: Jeff Scott, Sales & Gene
Sanderson, Product
Phone: (800) 478-7000
Fax: (907) 786-7580
Email: jcott@ncmachinery.com
Other Office: Dutch Harbor, Fairbanks &
Juneau
Your caterpillar machine, engine parts &
services in the state of Alaska.
Peak Oilfield Service Co.
2525 C St., Ste. 201
Anchorage, AK 99503
Contact: Bill Stamps, Business
Development/Ex. Affairs
Phone: (907) 263-7000
Fax: (907) 263-7070
Email: billstamps@peakalaska.com
Alaska based general contractors.
R&R Scaffold Erectors Inc.
1150 E. 68th Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: David Bond
Phone: (907) 344-5427
Fax: (907) 349-3268
Email: info@scaffold-alaska.com
Web site: www.scaffold-alaska
We’re the company that contractors and
OSHA inspectors go to for accurate, upto-date
scaffold regulations information.
We’ve never had an OSHA safety violation
in our company history. We also offer
competency training.
SECORP Industries
5520 Lake Otis Parkway, Ste. 103
Anchorage, AK 99507
Contact: Darrell Patterson, Branch
Manager
Phone: (907) 562-9722
Fax: (907) 562-9420
Email: secorpalaska@aol.com
SECORP Industries has been a leader in
the medical and safety industry for over
30 years. Our medical and safety equipment
meets the industry’s highest standards.
SECORP is a distributor for such
companies as Drager, MSA, Survivair, Det
Con and PemTech.
Totem Equipment & Supply Inc.
2536 Commercial Dr.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: Mike Huston, V.P.
Phone: (907) 276-2858
Fax: (907) 258-4623
Email: sales@gci.net
Totem Equipment & Supply Inc. locally
owned and operated since 1961.
Supplies light, medium and heavy equipment.
Specializing in temporary & permanent
heating solutions.
United Rentals
9760 Old Seward Hwy.
Anchorage, AK 99515
Contact: Jeff Benkert, Branch Mgr.
Phone: (907) 349-4425
Fax: (907) 349-9683
E-mail: jbenkert@ur.com
Anchorage: 3401 Commercial Dr.
Phone: (907) 272-4425
Palmer: 1111 Glen Hwy.
Phone: (907) 745-5321
Wasilla: 450 E. Railroad Ave.
Phone: (907) 376-5321
Soldotna: 524-K Beach Rd.
Phone: (907) 262-8700
Full line of construction equipment
rentals, sales and service. Aerial equipment,
power generation light towers,
vehicle rentals, wheel loaders, bulldozers,
excavators and heaters.
Yukon Engineering Services, Inc.
#1 Calcite Business Center
Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2V3
Contact: Bruce MacLean
Phone: (867) 688-2000
Fax: (867) 667-2220
Email: manager@yes.yk.ca
Northern survey and engineering services
company with global experience and
expertise in remote projects.
Equipment — Sales
Arctic Wire Rope & Supply
6407 Arctic Spur Rd.
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Jill Reeves
Phone: (907) 562-0707
Fax: (907) 562-2426
Email: awrs@customcpu.com
Arctic Wire Rope & Supply is Alaska’s
largest and most complete rigging supply
source. We specialize in custom sling fabrication
(wire rope, web, chain, and polyester
round.)
BK Hanna
16243 S.W. Stetson
Sherwood, OR 97140
Contact: Kara Hanna
Phone: (503) 625-9348
Fax: (503) 925-1148
Email: bkhanna@integrity.com
BK Hanna manufactures and sells all
types of wood mating (laminated mats,
crane mats and road mat systems) our
mats are used for constructing temporary
roads and or stable work sites. These
mats are designed for extremely heavy
equipment.
Cameron
600 E. 57th Pl., Ste., A
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Ken Kubiak, District Mgr.
Phone: (907) 562-2332
Fax: (907) 562-3880
Email: kubiakk@camerondiv.com
Web site: www.coopercameron.com
Supplier of wellheads and trees, valves,
actuators, chokes, and controls. Sales,
complete service, and repairs provided for
the North Slope, Kenai Gas Field, and
Cook Inlet areas.
Colville, Inc.
Pouch 340012
Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734
Contact: Rick Hofreiter or John Daly
Phone: (907) 659-3197
Fax: (907) 659-3190
Web site: www.colvilleinc.com
Diesel, gasoline, jet fuel, aviation gasoline
in bulk and small quantity deliveries,
electronic card-lock fleet management,
solid waste and recycling, steel, industrial
gases and solid waste.
Jarraff Industries
1731 Gault St.
St. Peter, MN 56082
Contact: Heidi Boyum
Phone: (800) 436-2691
Fax: (507) 934-4706
Email: jarraff@crystalcomm.net
Web site: www.geo-boy.com
The GEO-BOY brush cutter tractor from
Jarraff Industries, Inc. easily travels in a
wide variety of terrain. Its innovative
design gives you maximum power and
maneuverability with lower ground pressure.
The GEO-BOY operates in almost
any condition, turning trees and brush
into a fine mulch.
Kenworth Alaska
2838 Porcupine Dr.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: Jim Scherieble, Branch Mgr.
Phone: (907) 279-0602
Phone: (800) 478-0602
Fax: (907) 258-6639
Fairbanks office:
3730 Braddock St.
Fairbanks, AK 99701
Contact: Ed Lewis, Branch Mgr.
Phone: (907) 455-9900
Fax: (907) 479-8295
Kenworth Alaska is a full service truck
dealership in two locations – Anchorage
and Fairbanks. New and used truck sales,
parts and service.
NC Machinery Co.
6450 Arctic Blvd.
Anchorage, AK 99519
Contact: Jeff Scott, Sales & Gene
Sanderson, Product
Phone: (800) 478-7000
Fax: (907) 786-7580
Email: jcott@ncmachinery.com
Other Office: Dutch Harbor, Fairbanks &
Juneau
Your caterpillar machine, engine parts &
services in the state of Alaska.
Petroleum Equipment & Services
5631 Silverado Way, Ste G
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Kevin Durling/Donald Parker
Phone: (907) 248-0066
Fax: (907) 248-4429
Web site: www.pesiak.com
P.E.S.I. offers both conventional and specialty
products and services for Alaska oil
industry.
SECORP Industries
5520 Lake Otis Parkway, Ste. 103
Anchorage, AK 99507
Contact: Darrell Patterson, Branch
Manager
Phone: (907) 562-9722
Fax: (907) 562-9420
Email: secorpalaska@aol.com
SECORP Industries has been a leader in
the medical and safety industry for over
30 years. Our medical and safety equipment
meets the industry’s highest standards.
SECORP is a distributor for such
companies as Drager, MSA, Survivair, Det
Con and PemTech.
Snap-on Industrial
2606 W. 33rd Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99517
Contact: Walter G. Landgrebe
Phone: (907) 230-5608

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Fax: (907) 245-8665
Email: walter.g.landgrebe@snapon.com
Providing tools and equipment for industrial
and automotive applications, training
and safety.
Totem Equipment & Supply Inc.
2536 Commercial Dr.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: Mike Huston, V.P.
Phone: (907) 276-2858
Fax: (907) 258-4623
Email: sales@gci.net
Totem Equipment and Supply Inc. locally
owned and operated since 1961.
Supplies light, medium and heavy equipment.
Specializing in temporary & permanent
heating solutions.
United Rentals
9760 Old Seward Hwy.
Anchorage, AK 99515
Contact: Jeff Benkert, Branch Mgr.
Phone: (907) 349-4425
Fax: (907) 349-9683
E-mail: jbenkert@ur.com
Anchorage: 3401 Commercial Dr.
Phone: (907) 272-4425
Palmer: 1111 Glen Hwy.
Phone: (907) 745-5321
Wasilla: 450 E. Railroad Ave.
Phone: (907) 376-5321
Soldotna: 524-K Beach Rd.
Phone: (907) 262-8700
Full line of construction equipment
rentals, sales and service. Aerial equipment,
power generation light towers,
vehicle rentals, wheel loaders, bulldozers,
excavators and heaters.
Gas Turbines
Rolls-Royce
540 5th Ave. SW, Ste. 1590
Calgary, Alberta T2POM2
Contact: Scott DeWolfe
Phone: (403) 234-7800
Fax: (403) 233-0415
Rolls-Royce provides aeroderivative gas
turbine compression and power generation
packages (5,500 to 70,000 horsepower),
with technologically-advanced
control systems. All Rolls-Royce products
are backed by an extensive worldwide
parts and service support organization.
General Oilfield Supplies
Alaska Tent & Tarp
529 Front St.
Fairbanks, AK 99701
Contact: Jim Haselberger
Phone: (907) 456-6328
Fax: (907) 452-5260
Email: aktent@ptialaska.net
Web site: www.ptialaska.net/~aktent
MRO Sales, Inc.
5631 Silverado Way, Unit G
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Rusty Yates
Phone: (907) 248-8808
Fax: (907) 248-8878
Email: Sales1@mrosalesinc.com
Web site: www.mrosalesinc.com
MRO Sales offers products and services
that are special to the Alaskan market.
MRO can help solve the time problem on
hard to find items.
Hoses, Hydraulic
& Industrial
Alaska Rubber & Rigging Inc.
210 E Van Horn Rd.
Fairbanks, AK 99701
Contact: Chris Chambers
Phone: (888) 919-9299
Fax: (907) 451-8480
Email: chris@akrubber-rigging.com
Stocking warehouse distributor of hydraulic
and industrial hoses and fittings, wire rope,
chain and forging. We stock Campbell
Chains, Goodyear, Peerless and WRCA.
Industrial Parts & Supply
Brooks Range Supply
1 Old Spine Rd.
Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734
Contact: Mike Kunkel/Craig Welch, general
managers
Phone: (907) 659-2550
Toll free: (866) 659-2550
Fax: (907) 569-2650
Email: brooks@astacalaska.com
Your source on the Slope for safety supplies,
welding supplies, automotive and
truck parts, hardware, tools, building
materials, glass, propane, hydraulic hoses
and fittings, paint and chemicals.
Instrumentation Systems
Alaska Valve & Fitting
6130 Tuttle Place
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: Ron Tharp
Phone: (907) 563-5630
Fax: (907) 563-4721
Email: avf@alaska.net
Complete line of genuine SWAGELOK
products in stock. Tube fittings, valves,
pipe fittings, stainless hose, leak detectors,
tubing supports and stainless steel
tubing.
Dowland-Bach Corp.
6130 Tuttle Pl.
Anchorage, AK 99507
Contact: Lynn Johnson
Phone: (907) 562-5818
Fax: (907) 563-4721
Web site: www.dowlandbach.com
Industrial control and panel fabrication
Professional Services & Safety
Instruments, LLC
1813 E 1st Ave., Ste. 202
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: (907) 250-3540
Fax: (907) 272-9005
Other office: Kenai
Mile 14.5 Kenai Spur Highway
Kenai, AK 99611
PSSI sells, services and rents GasTech
and Thermo gas detection systems and
portable instruments. PSSI also provides
environmental consulting and hazardous
waste management services.
Maps
Mapmakers Alaska
259 S. Alaska St.
Palmer, AK 99645
Contact: Brit Lively, manager
Phone: (907) 745-3398
Fax: (907) 745-6733
Maps for oil and gas industry and custom
map work
Central Trading Systems dnc
15 Terra Mar Dr.
Huntington, NY 11743
Contact: Mike Laserson, President
Phone: (631) 427-8390
Fax: (631) 427-8298
Central Trading Systems dnc, incorporated
in 1990 , is the U.S. Representative of
Sovin Forms Putnik, the only officially
licensed distributor of Russian satellite
imagery.
Mat systems
BK Hanna
16243 S.W. Stetson
Sherwood, OR 97140
Contact: Kara Hanna
Phone: (503) 625-9348
Fax: (503) 925-1148
Email: bkhanna@integrity.com
BK Hanna manufactures and sells all
types of wood mating (laminated mats,
crane mats and road mat systems) our
mats are used for constructing temporary
roads and or stable work sites. These
mats are designed for extremely heavy
equipment.
SOLOCO
207 Town Center Pky.
Lafayette, LA 70506-7524
Contact: Keith Pearson
Phone: (337) 981-5058
Fax: (337) 984-9241
Email: kpearson@solocollc.com
DURA-BASE COMPOSITE MAT SYSTEM is
the world’s most advanced solution for
temporary surfaces including heavy-duty
roads, turnarounds, work and staging
areas. It’s strength and durability allows
you to work year-round in the harshest
conditions. Installs and cleans up quickly.
It’s a permanent solution to your temporary
road and work surface needs.
Pipe & Fittings
Petroleum Equipment & Services
5631 Silverado Way, Ste G
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Kevin Durling/Donald Parker
Phone: (907) 248-0066
Fax: (907) 248-4429
Web site: www.pesiak.com
P.E.S.I. offers both conventional and specialty
products and services for Alaska oil
industry.
Recycling & Waste
Management
Colville Inc.
Pouch 340012
Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734
Contact: Rick Hofreiter or John Daly
Phone: (907) 659-3197
Fax: (907) 659-3190
Diesel, gasoline, jet fuel, aviation gasoline
in bulk and small quantity deliveries,
electronic card-lock fleet management,
service and recycling, steel, industrial
gases and solid waste.
Rigging Supplies
Alaska Rubber & Rigging Inc.
210 E Van Horn Rd.
Fairbanks, AK 99701
Contact: Chris Chambers
Phone: (888) 919-9299
Fax: (907) 451-8480
Email: chris@akrubber-rigging.com
Stocking warehouse distributor of
hydraulic and industrial hoses and fittings,
wire rope, chain and forging. We
stock Campbell Chains, Goodyear,
Peerless and WRCA.
Arctic Wire Rope & Supply
6407 Arctic Spur Rd.
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Jill Reeves
Phone: (907) 562-0707
Fax: (907) 562-2426
Email: awrs@customcpu.com
Arctic Wire Rope & Supply is Alaska’s
largest and most complete rigging supply
source. We specialize in custom sling fabrication
(wire rope, web, chain, and polyester
round.)
Safety Equipment & Supplies
Alaska Industrial Hardware, Inc.
2192 Viking Dr.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: MaryAnn Hartzog
Phone: (907) 276-7201
Fax: (907) 258-2123
Email: aih@aihalaska.com
AIH – Alaska largest supplier of hand and
power tools, contractor’s supplies and
builder’s hardware. Fast jobsite service
and free local delivery.
Arctic Wire Rope & Supply
6407 Arctic Spur Rd.
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Jill Reeves
Phone: (907) 562-0707
Fax: (907) 562-2426
Email: awrs@customcpu.com
Arctic Wire Rope & Supply is Alaska’s
largest and most complete rigging supply
source. We specialize in custom sling fabrication
(wire rope, web, chain, and polyester
round.)
Army/Navy Store
320 W. 4th Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: (907) 279-2401
Fax: (907) 278-7174
Contact: Michael Miller
Email: armynavy@micronet.net
Over 50 years as major contractor in
Alaska for oil companies and subcontractors
outfitting cold weather gear, such as
flame resistant Arctic wear, flame resistant
clothing, and safety footwear.
Brooks Range Supply
1 Old Spine Rd.
Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734
Contact: Mike Kunkel/Craig Welch, general
managers
Phone: (907) 659-2550
Toll free: (866) 659-2550
Fax: (907) 569-2650
Email: brooks@astacalaska.com
Your source on the Slope for safety supplies,
welding supplies, automotive and
truck parts, hardware, tools, building
materials, glass, propane, hydraulic hoses
and fittings, paint and chemicals.
Jackovich Industrial & Construction
Supply Inc.
Fairbanks: 1600 Wells St.
Phone: (907) 456-4414
Fax: (907) 452-4846
Attn: Buz Jackovich
Anchorage: 1716 Post Road
Phone: (907) 277-1406
Attn: Steve Slone
Fax: (907) 258-1700
24 hour emergency service. With 30 years
of experience, we're experts on Arctic conditions
and extreme weather.
Pacific Environmental Corp. (PENCO)
6000 A St.
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Steve Stuart
Phone: (907) 562-5420
Fax: (907) 562-5426
Email: geo@amarine.com
PSI Environmental & Instrumentation
1611 E 1st Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: (907) 272-8010
Fax: (907) 272-9005
Email: pssigas@ptialaska.net
Web site: www.pssigas.com
PSI is your local supplier for gas detection
equipment and supplies. We carry
portable and fixed systems available for
purchase or rent and calibration gases at
very competitive rates.
SECORP Industries
5520 Lake Otis Parkway, Ste. 103
Anchorage, AK 99507
Contact: Darrell Patterson, Branch
Manager
Phone: (907) 562-9722
Fax: (907) 562-9420
Email: secorpalaska@aol.com
SECORP Industries has been a leader in
the medical and safety industry for over
30 years. Our medical and safety equipment
meets the industry’s highest standards.
SECORP is a distributor for such
companies as Drager, MSA, Survivair, Det
Con and PemTech.
Unitech of Alaska
2130 E. Dimond Blvd.
Anchorage, AK 99507
Contact: Debbie Hawley
Phone: (907) 349-5142
Fax: (907) 349-2733
Email: unitech@acsalaska.net
Other Office:
Unitech Southeast
Contact: Bob Bacolas
Phone: (907) 790-4439
Fax: (907) 790-4469
Email: unitech@gci.net
UOA is Alaska’s only 24 hour oil spill
remediation, environmental and industrial
supply company. Specialty areas include
sorbents, geotextile, containment berms,
drums and ice melt.
Steel sales
Alaska Steel Co.
1200 West Dowling
Anchorage, AK 99514
Contact: Erika Beaudreault, VP
Phone: (907) 561-1188
Fax: (907) 561-2935
Email: e.beaudreault@alaskasteel.com
Other Office: Kenai, Fairbanks & Prudhoe
Bay
Full-line steel and aluminum distributor.

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Complete processing capabilities,
statewide service.
Specializing in low temperature steel.
Colville, Inc.
Pouch 340012
Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734
Contact: Rick Hofreiter or John Daly
Phone: (907) 659-3197
Fax: (907) 659-3190
Web site: www.colvilleinc.com
Diesel, gasoline, jet fuel, aviation gasoline
in bulk and small quantity deliveries,
electronic card-lock fleet management,
solid waste and recycling, steel,
industrial gases and solid waste.
Steel sales, used
BK Hanna
16243 S.W. Stetson
Sherwood, OR 97140
Contact: Kara Hanna
Phone: (503) 625-9348
Fax: (503) 925-1148
Email: bkhanna@integrity.com
BK Hanna manufactures and sells all
types of wood mating (laminated mats,
crane mats and road mat systems) our
mats are used for constructing temporary
roads and or stable work sites.
These mats are designed for extremely
heavy equipment.
connect service, and digital data service.
Tires
G.B.R. Equipment Inc.
6300 Petersburg St.
Anchorage, AK 99507
Contact: Bob Reynolds
Phone: (907) 563-3550
Fax: (907) 562-6468
Tools
Snap-on Industrial
2606 W. 33rd Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99517
Contact: Walter G. Landgrebe
Phone: (907) 230-5608
Fax: (907) 245-8665
Email: walter.g.landgrebe@snapon.com
Providing tools and equipment for
industrial and automotive applications,
training and safety.
Vehicle Rental
G.B.R. Equipment Inc.
6300 Petersburg St.
Anchorage, AK 99507
Contact: Bob Reynolds
Phone: (907) 563-3550
Fax: (907) 562-6468
Full line of construction equipment
rentals, sales and service. Aerial equipment,
power generation light towers,
vehicle rentals, wheel loaders, bulldozers,
excavators and heaters.
Wire Rope
Alaska Rubber & Rigging Inc.
210 E Van Horn Rd.
Fairbanks, AK 99701
Contact: Chris Chambers
Phone: (888) 919-9299
Fax: (907) 451-8480
Email: chris@akrubber-rigging.com
Stocking warehouse distributor of
hydraulic and industrial hoses and fittings,
wire rope, chain and forging. We
stock Campbell Chains, Goodyear,
Peerless and WRCA.
Arctic Wire Rope & Supply
6407 Arctic Spur Rd.
Anchorage, AK 99518
Contact: Jill Reeves
Phone: (907) 562-0707
Fax: (907) 562-2426
Email: awrs@customcpu.com
Arctic Wire Rope & Supply is Alaska’s
largest and most complete rigging supply
source. We specialize in custom
sling fabrication (wire rope, web, chain,
and polyester round.)
Phone: (907) 564-5429
Fax: (907) 564-5900
Web site: www.bp.com
Forest Oil Corp.
310 K St., Ste. 700
Anchorage, AK 99501
Contact: Gary E. Carlson
Phone: (907) 258-6800
Fax: (907) 258-8601
Forest Oil Corporation is a growing
independent exploration and production
company focusing on investment opportunities
in Alaska, Canada, western
U.S., Mexico and unique international
prospects.
Marathon Oil Co.
3201 C St., Ste. 800
Anchorage, AK 99519-6168
Alaska Region Manager: John A.
Barnes
Phone: (907) 561-5311
Fax: (907) 564-6489
Web Site: www.marathon.com
Phillips Alaska Inc.
Subsidiary of Phillips Petroleum Co.
700 G St.
P.O. Box 100360
Anchorage, AK 99510-0360
President & CEO: Kevin O. Meyers
Phone: (907) 265-6134
Fax: (907) 265-1502
Telephone Equipment & Sales
ASTAC
4300 B Street, Ste. 501
Anchorage, AK 99503
Contact: Erin Ealum
Phone: (907) 563-3989
Toll free: (800) 478-6409
Fax: (907) 563-1932
Email: info@astac.net
Providing local and long distance service,
maintenance & training, consultation,
installation, engineering, Centrex,
custom calling features, digital cross
United Rentals
9760 Old Seward Hwy.
Anchorage, AK 99515
Contact: Jeff Benkert, Branch Mgr.
Phone: (907) 349-4425
Fax: (907) 349-9683
E-mail: jbenkert@ur.com
Anchorage: 3401 Commercial Dr.
Phone: (907) 272-4425
Palmer: 1111 Glen Hwy.
Phone: (907) 745-5321
Wasilla: 450 E. Railroad Ave.
Phone: (907) 376-5321
Soldotna: 524-K Beach Rd.
Phone: (907) 262-8700
OIL
COMPANIES
Operators
BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc.
P.O. Box 196612
Anchorage, AK 99519-6612
President: Steve Marshall
XTO Energy
810 Houston St., Suite 2000
Fort Worth, TX 76102
Contact: Vaughn O. Vennerberg, II
Phone: (817) 870-2800
Fax: (817) 870-0379
Other Office: Cross Timbers Operating
Co., 52260 Shell Road, Kenai, AK
99611, Doug Marshall, Production
Superintendent
Cross Timbers Oil Company, established
in 1986, is engaged in the acquisition
and development of quality, longlived
producing oil and gas properties
and exploration for oil and gas.

B20 Petroleum News • Alaska Week of November 25, 2001
Petroleum News •Alaska Directory