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● LAND & LEASING Earnings in the trough BLM takes second look

JUDY PATRICK JUDY Feds to loosen restrictions, offer more acreage, in northeast NPR-A

By KRISTEN NELSON being developed in the ongoing NPR-A northwest Petroleum News Editor-in-Chief plan.” Both of those objectives are now under considera- enri Bisson, Bureau of Land Management tion, the agency said in an April 15 statement: reeval- Alaska state director, said April 15 that BLM uating the current plan to include exploration in areas H plans to amend the 1998 “that could provide access to land use plan for 4.6 mil- significant new oil discoveries” lion acres in the northeast plan- and considering “changing the ning area of the National current prescriptive stipulations Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. into a mixture of prescriptive Bisson told the Resource and performance-based stipula- Development Council in tions similar to those being November that the agency was developed” for the NPR-A “strongly considering amend- northwest planning area. ing the NPR-A northeast plan.” If BLM proceeded with HENRI BISSON, BLM PETER DITTON, BLM Teshekpuk Lake area amendments, he said then: “We would propose to Under the 1998 land use plan, the area around revisit several issues, including the areas that are cur- Teshekpuk Lake was not offered for leasing and a rently available for leasing in the NPR-A” and chang- boundary around that non-leased area was offered for ing “the exploration and development stipulations and mitigation measures to be identical to the ones that are see NPR-A page A13

● GOVERNMENT Fence-mending trip to D.C. eases A huge chasm has opened between U.S.-based oilfield service compa- nies and the exploration and production spending on which they depend, according to projected 2003 first quarter earnings for both groups. But despite last quarter’s weak drilling environment outside tensions between U.S., Canada onshore United States, Salomon Smith Barney expects full-year per- share earnings for service companies to rise about 14 percent on the No lasting damage to energy flow, but Canada urged to help rebuild Iraq average. Pictured above, Nabors Alaska Drilling rig on the North Slope. Nabors Industries is one of the few service companies that should By GARY PARK cooperate in efforts to rebuild Iraq and to curb show improvements over the last quarter. See full story on page A9. Petroleum News Calgary Correspondent some of the gratuitous insults directed at President George W. Bush by senior members of Prime high-powered delegation of Canada’s most Minister Jean Chretien’s government. Mackenzie Valley gas pipeline influential business leaders, including a Following a two-day summit April 7 and 8 that spurs drilling, staking along route A heavy sprinkling of oilpatch executives, has included 100 Canadian chief executive officers, scurried back home from a fence-mending Deputy Prime Minister John Manley, U.S. One of the liveliest winter drilling seasons in years is wind- trip to Washington, D.C., hoping they won’t suffer Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge and ing down in the Northwest Territories, although results remain too much from U.S.-Canada tensions over Iraq. White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card, there scant for competitive reasons. But their optimism is tempered by warnings was a general view that the immediate crisis is Spurred by the need to make commercial natural gas discov- from political and corporate leaders on both sides eries in anticipation of an 800-mile Mackenzie Valley pipeline, of the border that Canada would be well-advised to see MEND page A21 operators were especially active in the lower NWT. With hopes high that the project will start deliveries by 2008, companies have been actively staking out interests along the pipeline route. ● LAND & LEASING On the Mackenzie Delta, there is no news yet from three wells: the Nuna I-30 exploration well being drilled by Petro- Canada and Devon Canada that is expected to reach a depth of MMS promises faster lease processing 11,800 feet; a 6,500-foot well by Devon and Shell Canada, and Langley K-30, a 4,600-foot exploration well that is being drilled Direct electronic access to seismic should cut lease issuance by a month by Chevron Canada and BP Canada Energy on Burlington PETROLEUM NEWS HOUSTON STAFF see MACKENZIE page A23 MMS is currently reviewing last month’s he U.S. Minerals Management Service, in a Central Gulf Lease Sale 185. … MMS move that should greatly speed up the T issuance of oil and gas leases in the Gulf of likely will take a close look at two blocks INSIDE Mexico, has acquired direct electronic access on the gas-prone continental shelf that to seismic data it uses to help determine whether received an unheard of 18 bids, the most Marathon bounces back A14 it’s getting fair market value for acreage sold at competitively bid blocks in the entire sale. lease sales. Mackenzie Valley breakthrough A3 Industry has long complained about the length “But it’s hard to imagine that the vast bulk of leas- of time — up to 90 days in some cases — that it es in this process would not get done faster.” Alberta makes soft price forecasts A7 takes for successful bidders to receive title to their The current process of acquiring seismic data leases. from vendors using digital linear tape and 8 mil- BP applies to expand Milne Point A11 For routine cases, the new electronic system limeter tape alone requires six to eight weeks. could reduce the waiting time by at least a month, More delay occurs when vendors write the data to AOGCC proposes rules for Prudhoe wells A10 said Chris Oynes, Gulf regional director for MMS. “The devil is in the details,” Oynes cautioned. see MMS page A23 A2 RIG REPORT PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003 Alaska - Mackenzie Rig Report

Rig Owner/Rig TypeRig No. Rig Location/Activity Operator or Status The Alaska - Mackenzie Rig Report as of April 14, 2003. Active drilling companies only listed. Alaska Rig Status TD = rigs equipped with top drive units WO = workover operations North Slope - Onshore CT = coiled tubing operation SCR = electric rig Doyon Drilling This rig report was prepared by Wadeen Hepworth Dreco 1250 UE 14 (SCR/TD) Milne Point, drilling MPS-01 BP Sky Top Brewster NE-12 15 (SCR/TD) Endicott, drilling 3-25B/L-27 BP Dreco 1000 UE 16 (SCR) Stacked, Deadhorse Available Dreco D2000 UEBD 19 (SCR/TD) Alpine, drilling CD2-51 ConocoPhillips OIME 2000 141 (SCR/TD) West Sak Multi-lateral, drilling 1C-178 ConocoPhillips

Nabors Alaska Drilling Trans-ocean rig CDR-1 (CT) Stacked, Prudhoe Bay Available Dreco 1000 UE 2-ES (SCR) Prudhoe Bay, C-11A BP Mid-Continent U36A 3-S Stacked, Prudhoe Bay Available Oilwell 700 E 4-ES (SCR) Prudhoe Bay, 16-13 BP Dreco 1000 UE 7-ES (SCR/TD) Kuparuk, 3S-23 ConocoPhillips Dreco 1000 UE 9-ES (SCR/TD) Prudhoe Bay, Borealis Field W-207i BP Oilwell 2000 Hercules 14-E (SCR) Stacked, Prudhoe Bay Anadarko Oilwell 2000 Hercules 16-E (SCR/TD) Puviaq #1 ConocoPhillips Oilwell 2000 17-E (SCR/TD) Stacked, Point McIntyre Available Emsco Electro-hoist -2 18-E (SCR) Stacked, Deadhorse Available OIME 1000 19-E (SCR) Stacked, Deadhorse ConocoPhillips Emsco Electro-hoist Varco TDS3 22-E (SCR/TD) Stacked, Milne Point Available Emsco Electro-hoist Canrig 1050E 27-E (SCR/TD) Stacked, Deadhorse Pioneer Emsco Electro-hoist 28-E (SCR) Stacked, Deadhorse Available OIME 2000 245-E Stacked, Kuparuk ConocoPhillips

Nordic Calista Services Superior 700 UE 1 (SCR/TD) Nikuk, 62A BP Superior 700 UE 2 (SCR) Prudhoe Bay, C-31 BP Ideco 900 3 (SCR/TD) Moving to stack site Available North Slope - Offshore

Nabors Alaska Drilling Oilwell 2000 33-E (SCR/TD) Northstar Is., NS-23 BP

Fairweather Dreco 147 SDC Rig cold stacked EnCana Cook Inlet Basin – Onshore

Marathon Oil Co. (Inlet Drilling Alaska labor contractor) Taylor Glacier 1 Beaver Creek, well BC-6 Marathon

Inlet Drilling Alaska/Cooper Construction Kremco 750 CC-1 Crew at Trading Bay, Kustatan #1 field Forest Oil

Nabors Alaska Drilling Rigmasters 850 129 Stacked, Swanson River Available National 110 UE 160 (SCR) Stacked, Kenai Available Continental Emsco E3000 273 Hansen #1 ConocoPhillips

Aurora Well Service Franks 300 Srs. Explorer III AWS 1 Stacked, Nikiski Available

Evergreen Resources Wilson Super 38 96-19 Stacked, Wasilla Evergreen Engersol Rand 1 Stacked, Wasilla Evergreen Cook Inlet Basin – Offshore

XTO Energy (Inlet Drilling Alaska labor contract) National 1320 A Idle Idle National 110 C (TD) Idle Idle

Nabors Alaska Drilling IDECO 2100 E 429E (SCR) Osprey, Redoubt Shoal RU#6 Forest Oil

Unocal (Nabors Alaska Drilling labor contractor) Information no longer available, due to layoffs and budget cuts. Cook Inlet Platform COURTESY OFFSHORE DIVERS

Baker Hughes North America rotary rig counts*

Mackenzie Rig Status April 11 April 4 Year Ago US 979 972 747 Mackenzie Delta-Onshore Canada 175 221 127 Akita Equtak Gulf 97 97 103 Dreco 1250 UE 63 (SCR/TD) Drilling, Nuna J-30, Spudded February 7, 2003 Petro-Canada Highest/Lowest Akita Equtak US/Highest 4530 December 1981 64 Testing, Langley K-30 Chevron Canada spud March 19, 2003 Resources US/Lowest 488 April 1999 Canada/Highest 558 January 2000 Central Mackenzie Valley Canada/Lowest 29 April 1992 Akita/SAHTU *Issued by Baker Hughes since 1944 Oilwell 500 51 Stacked, Norman Wells Available

Nabors Drilling Oilwell 500 62 Stacked, Norman Wells Available Rig start-ups expected in next 6 months

Wilson Drilling Ltd. Aurora TSM 700 3 Stacked, Ft. St. John, BC Available AWS 1 Starting pre-job maintenance on April 22, 2003. Forecast mobilization to the west of Cook Inlet between May 1 through May 5. First well is a top-to-bottom, shallow gas well for Aurora Gas, Nicolai Creek #9.

Kuukpik Drilling Rig 5 Mobilizing in May for a multi-well drilling program located on the The Alaska - Mackenzie Rig Report is sponsored by: Tyonek platform in the Cook Inlet for ConocoPhillips.

Doyon Rig 19 Drill one well at Tabasco then back to Alpine by end of April. PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003 ON DEADLINE A3 PIPELINES & DOWNSTREAM Mackenzie Valley breakthrough The Deh Cho First Nations of the Northwest Territories, the major aboriginal holdouts in the Mackenzie Valley gas pipeline project, have signed an interim land deal that could open their region to oil and gas exploration and possibly speed up pipeline negotiations. The April 18 interim resource management agreement with the federal Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development will “pave the way for orderly development” of the southern Mackenzie Valley, said Deh Cho Grand Chief Mike Nadli. He said he was “flabbergasted” that the terms had been reached as quickly as they had for a deal that is “unprecedented in its scope.” Nadli, who speaks for 10 chiefs and 4,000 residents, said the pact covers about 80,000 square miles, of which slightly over half will be open to oil, gas and min- ing development, subject to terms and conditions set out by the Deh Cho. The deal will be in effect for five years, or until the Deh Cho settle land claims and self-government negotiations and a mineral inventory is completed. Until now the Deh Cho have declined to be part of an October 2001 memo- randum of understanding between the Mackenzie Delta Producers Group and aboriginal communities along the proposed pipeline right of way that set out the terms of a one-third aboriginal stake in the project. Nadli has insisted his elders were not ready to make a commitment until issues of ownership, jurisdiction and sovereignty of the Deh Cho “homeland” were resolved. Hope for discussions A spokeswoman for Indian Affairs and Northern Development said there is now hope that discussions can proceed on a pipeline that offers benefits to all stakeholders. see BREAKTHROUGH page A4

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● GOVERNMENT CORRECTION House version of HB 16 passes Senate Railroad bonds back Petroleum News incorrectly reported April 13 that the Senate Resources substitute for House Bill 16, amendments to the Alaska Stranded Gas Development Act, was approved by the Senate. for gas financing The Senate approved the House Finance Committee substitute for HB 16. Senate Resources approved a version of the bill April 2 which restricted projects to those for Two railroad bonding bills, one for local gas, one for $17 billion North Slope gas. The Senate approved the same version of the bill approved by the House, which does not limit projects under the act to North Slope gas. By KRISTEN NELSON owned by the corporation.” The Senate vote, April 4, was unanimous; House approval, March 26, was also Petroleum News Editor-in-Chief Both bills have been referred to the unanimous. House Special Committee on Oil and emember Alaska Railroad bonding Gas. —KRISTEN NELSON, Petroleum News editor-in-chief for North Slope natural gas devel- R opment, introduced by the Knowles Other bills moving NORTH AMERICA BRIEFS administration last year? It died in House Bill 11, limiting revenues to the the Alaska Legislature, but is now back, Alaska permanent fund to 25 percent of with proposals in the Alaska House Canada’s Bonavista to become largest trust royalties, passed the House April 15 and authorizing the railroad to issue bonds for moved to the Senate, where it was Bonavista Petroleum, Canada’s sixth-largest oil and gas producer, is turning itself slope gas development and for local gas referred to Senate Finance. The bill, spon- into the largest energy income trust in a C$1.03 billion deal. It said April 9 that 90 per- utilities. sored by Rep. Norm Rokeberg, R- cent of its production of 37,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day will be placed in House Bill 235, introduced April 2 by Anchorage, sets all royalty contributions Bonavista Energy Trust. CEO Keith McPhail said Bonavista, which started as a C$20 Rep. Bruce Weyhrauch, R-Juneau, would to the fund at the constitutionally mandat- million company in 1997, has run out of expansion prospects in the Western Canada authorize use of railroad bonds to finance ed 25 percent. Department of Revenue Sedimentary Basin. Trusts traditionally direct 75 percent to 95 percent of their cash flow community gas lines, allowing the Alaska fiscal notes say deposits to the general to investors rather than into E&P activities. Railroad to “provide financing for and fund would be increased by some $40- operation of facilities for the transporta- $55 million annually; royalty deposits to Canada on notice: Wyoming gas output to soar tion and distribution of natural gas, the permanent fund would be reduced by propane air, and manufactured gas.” the same amount, and permanent fund Canadian natural gas producers have been put on notice that they could lose out to The bill authorizes bonds to provide dividends would be reduced by amounts production from Wyoming’s Powder River Basin unless they tie up long-term pipeline gas public utility service in Southeast and estimated at $1 per dividend in 2005 to capacity. Paul Miller, vice president of Northern Border Pipeline Co., said contracts for Southcentral Alaska: Juneau, Sitka, $20 per dividend in 2012. 1 billion cubic feet per day on the Northern Border system and 1.8 bcf on the Haines, Ketchikan, Kodiak, Yakutat, House Bill 57, royalty gas contracts, TransCanada PipeLines system expire in November. He said Wyoming output is now Angoon, Cordova, Craig, Kake, passed the House April 16 and moved on 900 million cubic feet per day and could soar to 5 bcf in the next three to five years. Klawock, Petersburg, Skagway, Valdez, to the Senate. Sponsored by Rep. Mike Wrangell, Klukwan and Metlakatla. Chenault, R-Nikiski, the bill gives the Refiners Frontier, Holly agree to merge House Bill 267, introduced April 15 by commissioner of the Department of Rep. Vic Kohring, R-Wasilla, and Natural Resources authority to negotiate Privately held U.S. refining independents Frontier Oil and Holly have agreed to a cosponsored by Rep. Harry Crawford, D- merger valued at $462 million in cash, shares and assumed debt. The combined com- royalty contracts on natural gas and Anchorage, revives Alaska Railroad bond includes manufacturers in the negotiating financing for a North Slope gas project, see BRIEFS page A6 process. authorizing the Alaska Railroad to issue “The state has always negotiated with up to $17 billion in bonds “to finance the natural gas producers, but not with the construction of a natural gas pipeline and manufacturers,” Chenault said in a state- related facilities for the transportation of ment. “The manufacturers also incur natural gas recovered from the North costs for state royalties; therefore, they Slope of this state.” should participate in royalty negotia- As former Gov. Tony Knowles tions.” explained in February 2002, the state has A fiscal note from Mark Myers, direc- U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, to tor of the Division of Oil and Gas, says thank because when the U.S. Congress the bill requires “DNR to enter into agree- transferred the Alaska Railroad to the ments with lessees to use the price for gas state in 1983, Stevens had included in that established in contract(s) entered into on transfer a special exemption to the rail- or after the effective date between the les- road to issue tax-exempt bonds to finance see and a manufacturer of agricultural industrial development. chemicals as the value of the state’s roy- HB 267 provides that the bonds could alty share.” finance facilities “within and outside the The Agrium fertilizer plant is the ben- state without regard to whether the facili- eficiary of this bill, estimated to cost the ties are or will be owned in whole or part state $11.5 million for the fiscal years by the corporation or located on land 2004-09. ●

continued from page A3 The agreement also clears the way for land postings within a year for a region BREAKTHROUGH that Canada’s National Energy Board estimates has undiscovered marketable Hart Searle, a spokesman for the Delta resources of 10.2 trillion cubic feet. producers, told Petroleum News that the Production in the Liard Plateau has resource agreement could help “kick- totaled more than 90 billion cubic feet in start” negotiations with the Deh Cho. almost three years, but exploration ven- He said the producers’ consortium has tures involving companies such as always been “ready, willing and anxious Purcell Energy, Talisman Energy and to discuss benefits, plans and access” Chevron Canada Resources have been matters with the Deh Cho and an agree- stalled by the absence of a land agree- ment that clarifies which land is available ment. for resource development should help to —GARY PARK “move the process forward.” Petroleum News Calgary correspondent PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003 ADVERTISEMENT A5 A6 ON DEADLINE PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003

● GOVERNMENT continued from page A4 periods of open water, free of ice, are thriving in 50 Northwest Territories lakes. BRIEFS Queen’s biologist John Smol said the eas- iest explanation is global warming. BLM to improve pany will have initial output of 263,000 barrels per day from five refineries in Suncor to buy Kansas, Wyoming, New Mexico, Utah ConocoPhillips refinery application process and Montana and a 25 percent market share in the Rocky Mountain region. Calgary-based Suncor Energy said Goal is to increase efficiency for processing drilling applications April 15 that its U.S. subsidiary has El Paso asks for reached an agreement with PETROLEUM NEWS ANCHORAGE STAFF •Geographic area development planning employees’ advice ConocoPhillips to acquire its Denver, he U.S. Department of the Interior’s approach for fields or areas within fields, Colorado refinery, along with 43 Phillips- On April 14, El Paso Corp. filed a let- Bureau of Land Management said “designed to meet the BLM’s environmental branded retail stations and associated stor- ter with the U.S. Securities and Exchange April 16 that it is implementing “fun- goals while addressing the operator’s busi- age, pipeline and distribution facilities. T ness needs”; Commission saying it has sent a letter to Suncor is paying US$150 million plus damental new management strategies” employees asking for ideas on how to cut to improve the agency’s processing of oil •Standard operating practice agreements buying current crude and product invento- expenses for its three-month “clean slate and gas permit applications as part of the its to identify drilling and surface practices for ries. The company says the acquisition, initiative.” The letter said El Paso’s costs implementation of President Bush’s entire oil and gas fields or geologic forma- which is subject to a number of conditions increased as a result of mergers with National Energy Policy. tions to “improve protection of the environ- including approval of the U.S. Federal Sonat, Tenneco and Coastal Corp., but “These innovative ment, reduce paperwork and eliminate Trade Commission, is a key strategic step expenses haven’t decreased as El Paso has strategies will update redundancy in project analyses”; in its oil sands growth strategy. shrunk in the past year in the face of a the permit application •Applying best environmental practices weak energy market, the ongoing shut- process while ensur- and allowing block surveys of cultural ARC Energy, Star Oil and down of its energy trading unit, heavy ing protection of cul- resources “to cover larger areas, resulting in debt, fleeing shareholders and stepped-up Gas close deal tural and other a more thorough survey of cultural resources scrutiny from credit rating agencies and resources on the pub- and greater flexibility in planning”; ARC Energy Trust said April 16 that it regulators in the aftermath of the collapse lic lands,” said BLM •Promoting clear and consistent use of had closed on its acquisition of Star Oil & of Enron Corp. Director Kathleen “conditions of approval” for permit applica- Gas following receipt of all regulatory Clarke. tions; approvals. ARC, Canada’s second largest “Overall, the new KATHLEEN CLARKE •Revising established procedures for El Paso sells stake in conventional oil and gas royalty trust with policies will help implement the National completing applications for permits to drill; East Coast Power an enterprise value of approximately $2.4 and billion, will change its name to ARC Energy Policy. These important steps move El Paso Merchant Energy, a subsidiary us toward a much improved method of •Initiating a working group to revise and Resources Ltd. update BLM’s brochure on oil and gas sur- of El Paso Corp., is selling its stake in East working with our energy partners across the Coast Power to a subsidiary of The country and ensure a reliable supply of face operating standards. Michigan web site Policy changes are effective immediate- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. for $456 mil- affordable energy for America’s families lion. The cash sale was announced April offers gas price info and businesses.” ly. 16 and is subject to a number of condi- The state of Michigan has a new web BLM said the goal of the new policies is The agency is establishing workgroups tions. site for consumers to get information on to enhance the agency’s efficiency in pro- to revise “Onshore Oil and Gas Order No. gasoline in Michigan, including gas cessing applications for permits to drill. 1,” the agency’s procedure for completing Kyoto cash: Stanford prices, where to find gas stations and tips The new policies include: applications for permits to drill, and to revise for buying gasoline. Check it out at •Simultaneous processing and complet- the brochure on operating standards. Drafts donates $350 million of the revised onshore order No. 1 and the www.michigan.gov/gasprices ing of environmental analyses on multiple KYOTO CASH: James Stanford, a brochure are to be completed by March 1, permit applications with similar characteris- former chief executive officer at Petro- 2004. ● Union files Habitat tics; Canada, is handing out C$350 million of Canadian government money to acceler- Division grievance ate commercialization of technologies to The Alaska State Employees NORTH AMERICA BRIEFS help Canada meet its Kyoto Protocol tar- Association has filed a grievance filed gets. He is chairman of the government’s with the state Personnel Division over lay- Decision could affect Exxon Valdez judgment Sustainable Development Technology offs that will result from Gov. Frank Fund. Despite Kyoto opposition from his Murkowski’s executive order to do away An early April U.S. Supreme Court decision limiting the size of jury awards could former company and the industry at large, with the state’s Department of Fish and affect the $5 billion judgment in the Exxon Valdez oil spill case, which is still pending. Stanford said the “debate is over.” Now Game’s Habitat Division. The union cites The court ruled in a case involving a Utah traffic accident that a state court jury’s award the challenge is to make the climate contract violations as the reason for the fil- of $145 million was excessive and found that punitive damages should not so vastly change treaty work. ing. Twenty-two division employees will exceed the actual damages. The court also said juries may not award giant sums to pun- lose their jobs May 1 when the agency’s ish companies just because they’re big, rich or regarded as part of an unpopular indus- Temps in Canada Arctic authority to issue permits is transferred to try. hit 5,000 year high the Alaska Department of Natural ChevronTexaco cuts CEO’s bonus by 86% Resources. Habitat biologists have been A study to be published soon by criticized for delaying development proj- ChevronTexaco reduced its year-end bonus for Chairman and Chief Executive researchers at Queen’s University, ects by holding up permits or demanding Officer Dave O’Reilly by 86 percent due to lower than anticipated income in 2002, the Ontario, says temperatures in Canada’s unnecessary studies or other paperwork, company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission in mid-April. Arctic are the warmest in 5,000 years. The Murkowski has said. O’Reilly received a $700,000 bonus for 2002, compared with $5 million for 2001. findings show that algae requiring long finance&economy

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● JUNEAU, ALASKA IRAQ Iraqi oil fields under U.S. control Alaska boosts revenue forecast All oil fields in Iraq now fall within areas controlled by the State projects ANS crude average at $28.14, adds 35 million to NPR-A production U.S. coalition, a U.S. general announced April 14. By KRISTEN NELSON Allied forces had previously secured all 1,000 oil wells in There were two adjustments for NPR-A: Petroleum News Editor-in-Chief southern Iraq. Kurdish allies last week seized the northern oil city production was shifted out two years “as of Kirkuk, Iraq's No. 2 oil center, which pumps as much as he Alaska Department of Revenue is now pro- the permitting timelines and construction 900,000 barrels a day. jecting North Slope crude oil delivered to the planning have become clearer.” The U.S. Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks made the announcement at a T West Coast to average $28.14 a barrel for fiscal department also added 35 million barrels U.S. Central Command briefing in Doha, Qatar. year 2003, up from the fall Revenue forecast of to its projected recovery from NPR-A. "There is one well we discovered in the north in recent days $25.94 a barrel. that is still burning, and that will be addressed as soon as we can Commissioner of Revenue do so," he added. Bill Corbus said April 10 believes that the price will be about $22 a barrel, the Iraq has the world's second-largest proven crude reserves, at when the department present- bottom of the $22-$28 per barrel OPEC range. These 112 billion barrels, but its pipelines, pumping stations and oil ed its 2003 spring forecast that numbers are the same as the department's fall fore- reservoirs have suffered for years from a dearth of funds and lack the increase is due to price cast. of maintenance. In recent years, oil revenue has accounted for 95 volatility caused by the Iraq The department had used a post-1985 average of percent of Iraq's revenue and is estimated at $22 billion a year. war and problems with pro- $16.50 to $17.50 a barrel for long-term forecasting. On April 13, Kuwaiti firefighters extinguished the last oil well duction from not just Iraq, but Due to OPEC's success “over the past four years in fire in Iraq's southern al-Rumeila field. Since the war began, fire- also Venezuela and Nigeria. maintaining the OPEC basket price within its target fighters have put out fires at four Iraqi oil wells that were sabo- Corbus said the department BILL CORBUS price band” of $22 to $28 per barrel, the department taged by Saddam Hussein's loyalists. Another seven wells sabo- expects production from all three countries to return began with its fall forecast to use the $22 per barrel taged by Iraqis went out by themselves. to past levels. The Organization of Petroleum bottom of OPEC's target range as the base case long- Saddam's forces booby-trapped hundreds of Kuwait's oil wells Exporting Countries, he said, will then face the chal- term oil price forecast. after invading the country in 1990, and blew them up during the lenge of preventing a worldwide oil glut. Production: 21 percent from 1991 Gulf War as U.S. forces drove them out of Kuwait. It took The department is projecting an ANS West Coast months for the fires to be put out. price of $25.28 a barrel for FY 2004 and $21.67 for new fields by 2010 —THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FY 2005. The FY 2004 projection is an increase ANS production is expected to average just under from the $23.25 a barrel the department projected in a million barrels a day for FY 2003 and to remain at its fall forecast; the FY 2005 projection is down from about that level through 2010, gradually rising to just TULSA, OKLAHOMA $22 a barrel projected last fall. a little more than a million barrels a day, virtually the For 2006-10, Corbus said, the department see REVENUE page A8 Williams sells more assets, moves closer to $3.7 billion sale goal ● CALGARY, ALBERTA Financially troubled energy company Williams is now about two- thirds of the way to its goal of shedding $3.7 billion in assets this year, agreeing to sell its 5,800-mile Texas Gas Transmission natural Alberta makes soft price forecasts gas pipeline system to New York conglomerate Loews for about Natural resource revenues are projected to account for 22% of total revenues in 2003 $1.05 billion in cash and debt. The April 14 announcement came just a week after Tulsa, Okla.- By GARY PARK expected to average 1.67 million barrels per day based Williams said it agreed to sell $400 million worth of U.S. Petroleum News Calgary Correspondent and gas volumes at 5.03 tcf for the year. Alberta exploration and production properties to Fort Worth, Texas, inde- accounts for about 80 percent of all Canadian oil pendent XTO Energy. he Alberta government has taken its custom- and gas production. Last month Williams completed the sale of its Memphis, Tenn., ary cautious stance in forecasting oil and nat- Non-conventional oil production, including oil refining operations to Premcor for about $455 million, and agreed to T ural gas prices for the 2003-04 fiscal year. sands and condensate, will represent 63 percent of sell its power agreement with Jackson Electric Membership Corp. in In releasing its budget April 8, the province total oil output, up from 56 percent in 2002-03. Georgia to Progress Energy for $188 million. based its revenue projections Non-conventional gas sources, such as coalbed Williams’ Alaska North Pole refinery and small stake in the on an average of US$23.30 methane, will edge up to 0.5 percent from 0.3 per- Trans-Alaska Pipeline are among assets yet to find a buyer. per barrel for West Texas cent. In its latest transaction, Williams said Loews would pay the com- Intermediate crude oil and pany $795 million in cash and assume $250 million of Texas Gas C$4.05 (US$2.75) per thou- Sustainable budget plan debt. The sale is expected to close within 60 days, Williams said. sand cubic feet for AECO Finance Minister Patricia Nelson also unveiled “We are quickly and carefully moving forward with our goal of spot gas, which most analysts a previously announced plan to spend no more creating a financially strengthened, more focused Williams,” said placed at the low end of their than C$3.5 billion a year from oil and gas rev- Steve Malcolm, Williams’ chairman and chief executive officer. estimates. enues, with anything above that level being direct- Williams transports about 12 percent of the natural gas consumed Last year’s predictions of ed into a “sustainability fund” that will be drawn PATRICIA NELSON in the United States. US$20 for oil and C$3 for down when commodity prices fall. Loews, a holding company, is one of the largest diversified finan- gas were hiked in late August to US$25.50 and “Instead of pegging our budgets and spending cial corporations in the United States. Its subsidiaries include CNA C$3.25, which are expected to generate C$6.43 plans to best guesses about the price of oil and gas, Financial, Lorillard, Diamond Offshore Drilling and Loews Hotels. billion in natural resource revenues for 2002-03 we’ll consistently count on C$3.5 billion in oil and The Texas Gas pipeline system, with a capacity of 2.8 billion once the final numbers are released in June. gas revenues,” she said. cubic feet per day, transports natural gas from the Gulf Coast, east For the new fiscal year, Alberta has budgeted Government land sales are predicted to yield for C$4.78 billion in resource revenue, or 21.8 see WILLIAMS page A8 C$679 million, up strongly from 2002’s C$502 percent of total revenues, with crude production see ALBERTA page A8 A8 FINANCE & ECONOMY PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003

PARIS Major North Slope fields in decline Alaska's major oil fields, Prudhoe Bay and Kuparuk, are in decline, but some new IEA says OPEC shouldn’t cut fields haven't yet reached peak production. Alaska Department of Revenue figures for average production per day show that Prudhoe Bay peaked in 1988 at 1.605 million bar- production; OPEC leader disagrees rels per day. Kuparuk River and Endicott peaked in 1993 at 322,000 bpd 115,000 bpd OPEC should think twice about cutting production to boost sagging oil prices respectively. Greater Point McIntyre (primarily Lisburne, Point McIntyre and Niakuk) because supplies remain short and the immediate outlook remains cloudy, the peaked at 180,00 bpd in 1997. International Energy Agency said April 10. Milne Point (includes Schrader Bluff and Sag River production) is projected to peak But OPEC's president, Abdullah Hamad bin al-Attiyah of Qatar, said April 10 in in 2006 at 62,000 bpd and Prudhoe Bay satellites (Midnight Sun, Polaris, Aurora, Paris that the world's oil markets are glutted, and the resumption of Iraqi oil production Borealis and Orion) at 89,000 bpd in 2008. could make that worse. Kuparuk River satellites (West Sak, Tabasco, Tarn, Meltwater and other potential Officials at the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries said April 7 that oil Kuparuk satellites) show increasing production reaching 75,000 bpd in 2010. ministers planned to meet April 24 in Vienna, Austria, whether or not the war in Iraq Northstar is expected to be at peak production, 60,000 bpd, from 2004 through 2006, has ended. while Alpine will peak at 103,000 bpd from 2005 through 2007. Alpine satellites Nanuk Most OPEC members have been producing at maximum capacity to keep supplies and Fiord will peak at 14,000 bpd in 2007-09 and at 20,000 bpd in 2008-09, respec- plentiful during the war. However, oil ministers fear that OPEC might be oversupply- tively. Point Thomson will peak at 75,000 bpd in 2009. Other known onshore fields, ing the market just as demand starts falling to its seasonal low. Liberty and the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska will begin production in 2008- The Paris-based IEA, which represents the world's wealthiest countries, said stocks 2010. were low in member nations, and there were doubts about the export situations in Iraq, Nigeria and Venezuela. “Significant production curbs ... may impact upon the industry's ability to rebuild continued from page A7 fall. The spring forecast includes NPR-A stocks,” the report said. production beginning in FY 2009 at some Al-Attiyah said the current crude oil excess totals more than 2 million barrels a day. REVENUE 3,000 barrels per day and increasing to 20,000 bpd in FY 2010. The fall forecast, same as the fall 2002 forecast. IEA: managing falling prices tricky however, showed NPR-A production Corbus noted that by 2010 the depart- beginning a year earlier and coming on The IEA said OPEC may find that managing falling oil prices will be as tricky as ment expects 21 percent of production to stronger: 30,000 bpd in FY 2008; 65,000 controlling recent high prices. come from new fields — some of those bpd in FY 2009; 90,000 bpd in FY 2010. With oil prices over $25 a barrel, the incentive for some OPEC members to cut out- already discovered, and some not yet dis- put may fade, the IEA said. covered. He said the state expects the Production forecast more difficult Saudi Arabia pumped an extra 450,000 barrels per day in March compared to exploration program to continue and new February, raising daily output to 9.32 million barrels, the IEA said. The Saudis have fields to be discovered. Production forecasting is “somewhat reportedly turned down requests for extra volumes of oil from customers, and there The department said its production more difficult,” the department said, were unconfirmed signals that “the recent sharp ramp-up in production may be draw- forecast is “virtually unchanged” from the because of “increased downtime in the ing to a close,” the IEA said. fall, but the spring numbers are a little newer, high-productivity fields at Alpine The report said supplies are uncertain because of unrest in Nigeria's main oil-pro- lower. and Northstar. In order to keep production ducing region, which has cut the country's output by 40 percent. However, production The FY 2003-FY 2010 Alaska North costs low and the footprint small, these is increasing in Venezuela following civil disturbances there. Slope fall production forecast averaged fields are produced with very little equip- The IEA cut its forecast for average demand in the second quarter, which it now sees more than a million barrels per day, rang- ment redundancy, so as a result, mechani- at 76.38 million barrels per day, down 2 million barrels daily in the first quarter. ing from 956,000 bpd in FY 2008 to cal disruptions can affect production for —THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 1,091,000 bpd in FY 2009. The average of the entire field.” The department said it is the spring forecast for FY 2003-FY 2010, continuing to monitor that situation and however, is 990,125 bpd, ranging from a has adjusted its production forecast to take low of 957,000 bpd in FY 2008 to a high this into account. continued from page A7 C$256 per hectare (2.471 acres) from of 1,031,000 bpd in FY 2009. The other change the department noted ALBERTA C$156 for the same period last year. But The 21 percent production from new in its spring forecast is delayed develop- analysts are counting on land values eas- fields by 2010 is also down from the ment — beyond FY 2007 — of NPR-A ing once commodity prices dip. million, but well short of the record department's fall forecast, which projected discoveries. There were two adjustments Welcome news for the petroleum C$1.08 billion in 2001. 26.9 percent of the state's production to for NPR-A: production was shifted out industry was a government pledge to For the first quarter of 2003, operators come from new oil in FY 2010. two years “as the permitting timelines and lower the corporate tax rate this year to paid C$174.5 million for exploration The significant change there is in pro- construction planning have become clear- 12.5 percent from 13 percent and drop the rights, with average prices surging to jections for production from the National er.” The department also added 35 million rate to 11 percent in 2004. ● Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, which are now barrels to its projected recovery from more conservative than they were in the NPR-A. ●

continued from page A7 ing of the Transco and Northwest Pipeline systems. Williams also maintains a 50 per- WILLIAMS cent stake in the 581-mile Gulfstream pipeline. Texas and north Louisiana to markets in the As a result of the sale, Williams said it South and Midwest. expects to take a pre-tax impairment charge After the deal closes, Williams’ sub- to earnings of about $110-to $120 million in sidiaries would own and operate about the 2003 first quarter. 14,000 Miles of interstate pipelines, consist- —PETROLEUM NEWS HOUSTON STAFF PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003 FINANCE & ECONOMY A9

● HOUSTON, TEXAS Oilfield service sector’s earnings lag Earnings expected to be flat to down as service companies await windfall from surging exploration and production profits

PETROLEUM NEWS HOUSTON STAFF demand by 3-to-1 this year. One of the problems is the Gulf of huge chasm has opened between U.S.- Mexico. The offshore rig count during this

based oilfield service companies and year’s first quarter fell by 2 percent com- PATRICK JUDY A the exploration and production spend- pared to the prior quarter and by 10 percent ing on which they depend, according compared to the same period last year. to projected 2003 first quarter earnings for Additionally, the international drilling both groups. environment was lackluster, down by 2 per- The run-up in commodity prices during cent quarter-over-quarter and up just 2 per- the first quarter could boost profits for explo- cent year-over-year. Activity was particularly ration and production companies more than slow in Latin America, the North Sea and 80 percent from the prior quarter, up from an West Africa. estimated 60 percent increase just a few weeks ago. Companies are to begin reporting Nigeria uncertainty the week of April 20. Overseas, industry analysts seem to be However, not much of the windfall seems particularly concerned about Nigeria, where to be filtering down the food chain. increased civil unrest over the past few Investment bank Salomon Smith Barney weeks forced Shell, ChevronTexaco and said it expects two-thirds of the service com- TotalFinaElf to shut in a cumulative 850,000 Investment panies it covers to report flat to reduced earn- bank Salomon barrels per day, or 38 percent of the nation’s Smith Barney ings compared to the previous quarter. total daily production. said it expects “Most companies should report negative Salomon Smith Barney estimates that two-thirds of sequential comparisons, following a series of the service com- while 3 to 5 percent of worldwide explo- panies it covers mostly negative estimate revisions,” the firm ration and production spending occurs in to report flat to concluded in a report to investors. reduced earn- Nigeria, only 1 percent of worldwide rigs is Commodity prices reached extraordinary ings compared located in the region. However, service rev- to the previous heights during the first quarter. NYMEX enues are among the most concentrated of quarter. Henry Hub prices for natural gas averaged Nevertheless, any geographic market, particularly off- $6.58 per million cubic feet, versus $4.07 in service compa- shore.Prolonged unrest could seriously dis- nies exposed to the prior quarter and $2.54 in first quarter rupt service companies operating in Nigeria, North American 2002. West Texas Intermediate crude prices land drilling particularly Noble, GlobalSantaFe and followed a similar path, rising on average to during the first Schlumberger, Halliburton, Smith quarter, such as $33.97 per barrel, compared to $28.24 in the International and Baker Hughes. Already, Nabors prior quarter and $21.57 in the year-ago peri- Industries, two jackup rigs have been evacuated. od. should show And offshore production is processed improvements through onshore facilities where violent con- over the prior Producers hedge on spending quarter. frontations between Ijaw militants and Analysts note that exploration and pro- Nigerian soldiers continue, creating more duction companies, because of economic uncertainty. uncertainties and a lack of viable prospects, Because of weaker activity than expected have been using their cash reserves primari- in offshore and international drilling in the ly to pay down debt, buy back company first quarter, per-share earnings for service shares and invest in relatively safe mergers companies with exposure to these sectors are and acquisitions. expected to decline 16 percent from the prior Nevertheless, service companies exposed quarter and 21 percent from the year-ago to North American land drilling during the period. For offshore drillers alone, per-share first quarter, such as Nabors Industries, BJ earnings are expected to fall 26 percent Services and Patterson-UTI, should show sequentially and 35 percent year-over-year. improvements over the prior quarter. However, it generally takes time for Helped by surging commodity prices and exploration and production spending to seasonal trends, U.S. and Canadian land make its way to the service sector. Despite drilling combined increased by 23 percent last quarter’s weak drilling environment out- quarter-over-quarter. Canadian drilling was side onshore United States, Salomon Smith especially strong, up 74 percent sequentially Barney expects full-year per-share earnings and up 30 percent from first quarter 2002. for service companies to rise about 14 per- U.S. land rig counts rose 6 percent sequen- cent on the average. tially and 10 percent from the year-over-year “In our view, the first quarter will repre- quarter. Still, U.S. natural gas production fell sent the earnings trough for most service and 3 to 5 percent last year and is expected to trail drilling companies,” the firm said. ● A10 GOVERNMENT PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003

● GULF OF MEXICO CENTRAL NORTH SLOPE Feds say no to Florida drilling AOGCC proposes rules for Prudhoe wells The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ment remains firm in that commit- Commission has published proposed rules Want to know more? n aide to President Bush has ment,” she wrote. for governing annular pressures in Prudhoe assured Florida's two senators The governor, Nelson, Graham and Bay development wells and set May 27 as If you’d like to read more about that pending energy legislation 24 of Florida's 25 U.S. representatives, the annular pressure issue go to A a tentative hearing date. Annular pressures would not be used to lift a mora- meanwhile, sent a letter to House and Petroleum News’ web site: Senate leaders opposing any legislation were determined as the cause of an Aug. 16 www.PetroleumNewsAlaska.com torium on oil and natural gas drilling explosion at well A-22 at Prudhoe which within 100 miles of the state's gulf that would open waters off Florida to seriously injured a worker. 2003 coast. drilling. Only Rep. John Mica, R- ● The commission held a hearing in March 9 AOGCC, with ... tackles Sen. Bill Nelson's office released a Winter Park, did not sign it. old and new business “The majority of Floridians oppose November on whether or not it should ● copy April 9 of a letter from Rebecca Jan. 26 AOGCC will issue rule on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico because issue such rules. annular pressure management W. Watson, assistant secretary of interi- Prudhoe Bay operator BP Exploration ● Jan. 26 Pressure exceeded design or for land and minerals management, of the threat to the tourism industry, (Alaska) and the Alaska Oil and Gas burst rating that included a renewed commitment which is vital to the state's economy,” Association told the commission that against such drilling. She was respond- the letter says. 2002 It also points out the eastern gulf is changes have been made in operating pro- ● ing to an April 2 letter from Nelson and Nov. 24 OGCC hears from BP, vital for military weapons testing and cedures and training following the A-22 AOGA Sen. Bob Graham. explosion, and both said no new regula- ● Sept. 29 BP reports to AOGCC In the letter dated April 8, Watson training, particularly because bombing tions are needed. ● Sept. 15 BP begins bringing 137 wrote that the energy bill before the ranges on the island of Vieques in The commission said Jan. 16 that it had Prudhoe Bay wells back on line Senate does not affect moratoriums on Puerto Rico are being closed. ● Sept. 1 BP halts production from Also, Graham and Reps. Jeff Miller, decided that a rule addressing annular pres- 150 slope wells new lease rights for drilling or explo- sure management in Prudhoe Bay field ration in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida, R-Chumuckla, and Jim Davis, D- development wells is appropriate to protect except for one small section south of Tampa, introduced legislation to protect worker safety. That rule, the commission said, would require BP to keep the commis- Alabama, and President Bush's direc- the moratoriums by removing the sion informed about wells with pressure communication or leaks, and to get permission tive against drilling in existing lease “impediment” inventory from the from the commission for the continued operation of such wells. areas off Florida. Senate bill and similar legislation in the Rules proposed April 16 include: daily monitoring of Prudhoe Bay wells to detect The two Democratic senators, House. sustained pressures and notification to the commission within three working days of Republican Gov. Jeb Bush, the presi- “It appears the language could be any Prudhoe Bay unit “well that exhibits sustained inner annulus pressure or outer dent's brother, and other Florida law- construed to open the doors for offshore annulus pressure greater than 20 percent of the burst pressure rating of the annulus's makers are worried that the bill, which drilling off Florida,” Miller said. “The outer tubular.” The commission may require corrective action or increased surveillance calls for a report to Congress analyzing Department of the Interior says that's for a well with sustained inner annulus or outer annulus pressure. “restrictions and impediments” to oil not what's intended by the language, but If a well has inner annulus or outer annulus pressure greater than 45 percent of the drilling, could reopen waters off there is such a thing as the law of unin- burst pressure rating of the annulus's outer tubular, the commission must be notified Florida's coast to such activity. tended consequences.” and the well must be immediately shut in. Graham's attempt, through an At pressures not greater than 45 percent, the commission could sanction continued Moratoriums will continue amendment to have the eastern gulf and nine other underwater blocs exempted operation “if the well operator demonstrates, by mechanical integrity testing, the exis- Watson wrote that the Interior from the proposed inventory, failed tence of two competent barriers to pressure communication” at testing which the com- Department's budget request includes April 9 by a 17-6 vote. A Graham mission has an opportunity to witness. language to continue the moratoriums, spokesman said he plans to reintroduce —KRISTEN NELSON, Petroleum News editor-in-chief in effect until 2012. his amendment to the full Senate. ● “Please be assured that the depart- exploration&production

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● CENTRAL NORTH SLOPE MEXICO Mexico boosts output targets, Winstar gets Kuparuk deal but slashes reserves ConocoPhillips, other owners, agree to drill well on independent’s lease Mexico’s stated-owned Pemex is targeting an 8 percent hike in By KRISTEN NELSON crude oil production this year to 3.43 million barrels per day. Petroleum News Editor-in-Chief Want to know more? That would raise its export potential to the United States by 20 per- cent to 2 million barrels per day, supplanting Saudi Arabia, Canada he paperwork is finally complete and Winstar If you’d like to read more about Winstar Petroleum, go to the Petroleum News Web and Venezuela as the leading external sources of U.S. crude. Petroleum has the access it needs for drilling site and search for some of the articles about Pemex’s annual report also forecast 2 percent growth in natural T — and if that drilling is successful for pro- the independent published in the last three gas output to 4.42 billion cubic feet per day. duction — at an oil and gas lease adjacent to and a half years. The company said the increases are possible because of a surge in the Kuparuk River field on Alaska's North Slope. upstream investment that followed the election of President Vicente Meanwhile, the Alaska Department of Natural Web site: www.PetroleumNewsAlaska.com Fox in late 2000. Resources is moving ahead with an application 2003 That momentum will continue this year if Pemex achieves its goal from Winstar to add the Winstar lease, which lies ● Jan. 19 Winstar Petroleum applies for of 581 development wells, almost 50 percent ahead of 2002. between the Kuparuk River expansion of Kuparuk River unit But tougher accounting standards have lowered Mexico’s proven and Milne Point units, to the ● Jan. 5 What facilities owners can, can’t do reserves of crude and equivalent and natural gas to 20.08 billion bar- Kuparuk unit. for new entrants on North Slope ● Jan. 5 Access to properties, facilities and rels, a dramatic drop from 30.8 billion barrels at the end of 2001. The paperwork signed by Alaska Clean Seas necessary for independents Over the same period, proven probable and possible reserves the companies, a joinder to work in Alaska, say Bo Darrah and Jim dipped almost 3 billion barrels to 50 billion barrels. agreement between Winstar Weeks —GARY PARK, Petroleum News Calgary correspondent and the Kuparuk River work- ing interest owners, gives the 2002 ● Oct. 20 Winstar, UltraStar sign exploration Alaska-based independent agreement with Chroma Energy CENTRAL NORTH SLOPE access to Kuparuk facilities ● Oct. 13 How many wells? ● July 28 Jim Weeks, Dale Lindsey form new on the same basis as Kuparuk JIM WEEKS satellites, Winstar President independent, UltraStar ● BP applies to expand Milne Point Jim Weeks told Petroleum News April 16. The April 7 Winstar wants year-round road to BP Exploration (Alaska) applied April 7 to expand the Milne Badami; ice roads too costly facilities are owned by the companies which ● Feb. 3 Affordable access to facilities key to Point unit and the Schrader Bluff participating area on Alaska's North developed the Kuparuk River field and unit opera- attracting new oil companies Slope. BP is operator and 100 percent working interest owner at tor ConocoPhillips Alaska will drill to the Winstar Milne Point. offshore lease from drill site 3-R on the northern 2001 ● The Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and edge of the Kuparuk unit. Oct. 28 North Slope, Beaufort Sea areawide Gas, said the proposed expansion area is on the southeast border of lease sales bring in $12.9 million All of the working interest owners at Kuparuk ● March 28 Winstar blazes trail for independ- the Milne Point unit and northwest of the Prudhoe Bay unit, sections signed off on the joinder agreement, Weeks said. In ent producers on North Slope 5 and 8 of township 12 north range 11 east, Umiat Meridian, and addition to ConocoPhillips, they include BP would include some 1,280 acres, the eastern half of ADL 380110. Exploration (Alaska), Union Oil Company of 2000 ● The western half of this lease is already in the unit. California, ExxonMobil Alaska Production and Nov. 28 Jim Weeks joins Winstar Petroleum BP told the state this is acreage where the Schrader Bluff forma- ChevronTexaco. tion is believed “to be commercially viable at this time” and said it estimates that gross proven Schrader Bluff reserves within the expan- Access a long time coming and 1998, has “lined up the investment capital nec- sion area are 10.9 million barrels of oil “subject to oil-water con- It has been a long time coming. Weeks told the essary to test these beliefs by drilling and we hope tacts.” BP said it does not currently anticipate any further expansion Resource Development Council's annual confer- to do that in the next year.” of the Schrader Bluff participating area. ence in November that of the leases Winstar holds A big advantage to that lease, he said, is that it The expansion request is based on the development plans of the on the North Slope, the lease at Kuparuk, at can be drilled from Kuparuk drill site 3R, “about a Schrader Bluff horizon at BP's newly constructed Milne Point S pad. Oliktok Point offshore just north of the Kuparuk mile and a half south of our intended drilling loca- S pad was sanctioned in June of 2000 and “is on schedule to devel- unit, “has the highest potential of generating cash tion (bottomhole).” op BP's viscous oil strategy in Alaska,” BP told the state. Fourteen flow … Charter, long-term negotiations production wells and 20 injection wells with facilities infrastructure “Based on 3-D seismic information we have, are under development at S pad. Plans this year call for drilling we believe there's a very high chance that the main Weeks told the RDC conference that what beyond current Milne Point unit and Schrader Bluff participating Kuparuk River pool extends onto that lease,” makes the Winstar project possible is the Charter area boundaries “in order to fully develop the reserve potential,” the Weeks said. “We also believe there's a fair chance for Development of the Alaskan North Slope, company said. there's a substantial quantity of oil on another fault signed by the state, BP and ARCO on Dec. 2, 1999. One producer-injector pattern is planned in the expansion area. block offsetting the main pool.” When Phillips Petroleum acquired ARCO's Alaska BP said it might drill a second pattern to increase ultimate recovery, Weeks said that Winstar, founded in 1996 by assets, it also signed on to the charter. depending on the location of the oil-water contact. John Winther who teamed up with Dale Lindsey to The charter, Weeks said, “obligates —KRISTEN NELSON, Petroleum News editor-in-chief buy leases at North Slope areawide sales in 1997 see EXPANSION page A12 A12 EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003

continued from page A11 ConocoPhillips in the Kuparuk field. Winstar's plan of operations says drilling EXPANSION operations are planned to begin in mid- July. Drilling and completion are expect- ConocoPhillips and BP to furnish access ed to take 13 days. Drilling operations, to their facilities on — quote — reason- including a second well or a sidetrack, able terms. … If we didn't have that char- are expected to be complete by the end of ter I don't think we'd be in negotiations August. today and things wouldn't be as opti- If a well to the Winstar lease finds mistic looking as they are,” Weeks said. commercial quantities of oil in the North Slope drilling requires access to Kuparuk formation and in communica- Alaska Clean Seas. “It costs half a mil- tion with the Kuparuk River reservoir, lion dollars to join,” Weeks said, and you then Winstar can apply for an expansion have to have a $200 million net worth, of the Kuparuk participating area, the which meant Winstar couldn't drill on its area within the unit from which oil and own. gas are produced. If there are commercial quantities, but not in the Kuparuk forma- “Based on 3-D seismic tion or not in communication with the information we have, we believe Kuparuk reservoir within the unit, then there's a very high chance that Winstar can apply for formation of a sep- the main Kuparuk River pool arate participating area. extends onto that lease.” Tract participation —Jim Weeks, Winstar Petroleum The joinder agreement allows for drilling a well on the Winstar tract and pro- duction from that tract if commercial quan- Winstar has been talking to the tities of oil and gas are found. Kuparuk operator about drilling for three Winstar acquires no rights to the exist- years, Weeks said, and finally in August ing Kuparuk River unit properties — and of 2002 Phillips (now ConocoPhillips) the other owners acquire no rights to the agreed to drill. Winstar lease. “I'm optimistic that this will all get If drilling is successful, Winstar will done and we will get our well drilled by have access to Kuparuk River facilities on the end of next year,” he said in the same basis as Kuparuk River unit satel- November. lites and will have access to a minimum of One or more wells planned five wellhead areas to Winstar. Winstar is responsible for connecting its Weeks described the planned drilling wells into drill site 3R facilities for trans- in the January application to the state: portation of its production. one or more wells would be drilled “to The joinder agreement also says that prove reserve potential” on drilling on this lease is a decision by leaseADL388584. ConocoPhillips will Winstar: Winstar is responsible for its own drill on Winstar's behalf from an existing review, analysis and interpretation of lease, gravel pad, Kuparuk River unit drill site geologic and geophysical data, and for oil 3R. Winstar Oliktok Point State No. 1 and gas exploration, development and pro- “will be drilled north into the down- duction operations and economic analysis. thrown fault block,” with a planned depth And the agreement says the unit owners of some 6,700 feet true vertical depth, “or have a different view than Winstar: to a depth sufficient to penetrate the base Winstar “acknowledges that its review, of the Kuparuk River formation,” Weeks analysis and interpretation of its geologic said. and geophysical data have yielded an inter- If the first well is successful, a second pretation or result significantly different well would be drilled farther north “to and substantially more optimistic than that further define reservoir extent.” of the Kuparuk owners,” the agreement If the first well is unsuccessful, a side- says. track would be drilled to the upthrown If Winstar is successful in finding com- fault block. The expected true vertical mercial quantities of oil in Oliktok Point depth of this well would be 6,900 feet. State No. 1, it will be the first Alaska- ConocoPhillips will use Doyon Rig owned independent to produce oil on the No. 141, currently under contract to North Slope. ● PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003 EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION A13

continued from page A1 east NPR-A gives the agency confidence Supplemental EIS nities for public comment. He said oppor- that the area can be explored safely “with- tunities for North Slope residents to com- An environmental impact statement was NPR-A out significant impact to sensitive wildlife ment will be scheduled to allow for subsis- prepared for the NPR-A northeast planning and subsistence resources. We also believe tence activities. The amendments are area, and Bisson said a supplemental EIS lease, but no surface occupancy was allow. that we can develop critical hydrocarbon expected to include both prescriptive and will be prepared for amendments to the Peter Ditton, BLM’s associate state resources in a manner that protects these performance-based stipulations. plan. The agency will release a schedule for director for Alaska, said the area is impor- same values.” Bisson said he expects the process to be revising the plan and there will be opportu- tant both for oil resources and as a devel- Technology for developing oil and gas complete by the end of 2004. ● opment base. has improved since Prudhoe Bay was While the Teshekpuk Lake area is both developed. The agency’s model for surface “an important caribou habitat” and “a sig- development in the Teshekpuk Lake area is nificant breeding and molting ground for Alpine, said Ditton. This most recent of several sensitive waterfowl species,” onshore North Slope developments — it Ditton said, the result of withholding the began producing in 2000 — is a roadless Teshekpuk Lake area from leasing was to development, with drilling and production on a main compact pad with an adjacent runway. What BLM is considering, Ditton The plan for the northeast NPR-A con- said, is performance-based tains specific stipulations. stipulations, based on objectives What BLM is considering, Ditton said, rather than fixed rules, allowing is performance-based stipulations, based the agency to adapt to changing on objectives rather than fixed rules, allow- technology. ing the agency to adapt to changing tech- nology. He said an example of current require- exclude from leasing the “Barrow Arch ments is that pipelines to be five feet off the east plays” estimated to contain some 2 bil- ground to allow caribou passage. lion barrels of technically recoverable oil. Performance based requirement would Ditton said industry actions support the require pipelines to be high enough to agency’s view: A ConocoPhillips (Alaska)- allow free movement of caribou, setting the Anadarko Petroleum partnership and BP goal to be met rather than requiring a bidding separately leased a perimeter method which could become outmoded as around the withdrawn area and technology changes. ConocoPhillips-Anadarko also leased the Money is also an issue, Bisson said. outer continental shelf portion of the BLM looks at plans every five years, but Barrow Arch. funding is such that they can only be He also said that Teshekpuk Lake devel- revised every 10 to 15 years. Goal-based opment is connected to development of the requirements, he said, could give plans a surrounding area: the OCS Barrow arch long and useful life by providing more play depends on “an intermediate onshore flexibility up front. facility,” as is development of “smaller dis- Another goal for the North Slope is to continuous reservoirs” in the northwest have one uniform plan across the NPR-A, planning area of NPR-A. Bisson said. The proposed plan for the Performance based stipulations northwest NPR-A, out now in draft form, is different than the 1998 plan for the north- Bisson said knowledge gained during east. four years of exploration work in the north- A14 INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003

● RUSSIA NORWAY Marathon bounces back Syntroleum to conduct Houston-based Marathon Oil, criticized by analysts for its poor exploration record in the Gulf of Mexico, has come back with an oil discovery in one of its other core preliminary investigation areas, offshore Norway. The company operated Kneler 25/4-7 well, located in 390 feet of water about 140 miles from Stavanger, encountered a 155-foot gross oil column, Marathon said April of GTL industry for Russia 15. Reserve estimates were not provided. Marathon said core and wireline logs were collected and are being analyzed. PETROLEUM NEWS ANCHORAGE STAFF of clean hydrocarbon liquid products: syn- “The success realized with the Kneler prospect demonstrates the potential of this ulsa, Okla.-based Syntroleum Corp. thetic liquid fuels such as low viscosity Marathon core area,” said Philip Behrman, Marathon’s senior vice president of world- signed a contract March 26 to do a Arctic-grade diesel and other fuels meet- wide exploration. The company has not been nearly as fortunate in deepwater Gulf of preliminary investment analysis to ing Russian standards; petrochemical T feedstock; and specialty products such as Mexico, where it has drilled or participated in six dry holes or non-commercial finds support efforts by OAO Gazprom to during the past two years. Those disappointments have led the company to “de-empha- build a gas-to-liquids industry in Russia. lubricants. size” its deepwater program in the region. Gazprom is the world's largest gas com- Syntroleum said plant sizes could range It was Marathon’s first operated well in Norway, drilled to a total depth of 7,425 feet pany, Syntroleum said March 27. The con- from input rates of 1 billion cubic meters and located 7.5 miles west of the producing Heimdal platform. tract is with Gazprom's research and devel- per year to 10 billion cubic meters per Marathon said the Kneler discovery is part of a three-well program to evaluate the opment affiliate, the Scientific and year. West Heimdal area. The next exploration well would be drilled on the nearby Boa Research Institute of Natural Gas and Gas The first deliverable under the agree- prospect and into the same formation probed by the Kneler well, the company added. Technologies in Moscow. ment will be an investment memorandum Marathon holds a 65 percent interest in the Production License 203 area, followed The study includes 12 specific locations suitable for presenting to financing institu- by ConocoPhillips with a 20 percent stake and Norway’s Det Norske Oljeselskap. in the Russian Federation selected by tions. Through its subsidiary Marathon Petroleum Norge, Marathon last year acquired Gazprom as potential sites for GTL units Norsk Hydro’s interest in PL 203 and 150, marking Marathon’s fifth acquisition on the using Syntroleum's GTL technology. The Twenty percent of world's proved gas Norwegian shelf during the previous year. locations gas feedstock from four sources: Syntroleum said Gazprom holds 20 —PETROLEUM NEWS HOUSTON STAFF stranded, underutilized associated gas; nat- percent of the world's proved gas reserves ural gas from remote discovered, but unde- and in presentations in Houston during the veloped large gas fields; pipeline quality October 2002 U.S.-Russia Commercial CHINA gas from Gazprom-operated transmission Energy Summit, Gazprom indicated that it lines in proximity to centers for export intends to become even more of an inter- and/or consumption; and gas well gas from national energy concern in the coming Oil output of China’s top producer drops fields with flowing pressures too low to be years and that GTL, along with independ- economic when compressing to normal ent power and petrochemical projects, are slightly, gas production increases 12% transmission line operating pressures. PetroChina, China's largest oil producer, said it produced 191.1 million barrels of a natural fit for this strategy. crude oil during the first quarter of this year, down 1 million barrels from the same peri- Gas supplies would be dedicated Jack Holmes, Syntroleum president and chief operating officer, said Gazprom od in 2002. At the same time, the company’s output of natural gas increased 12.8 per- Syntroleum said the natural gas sup- cent to 184.5 billion cubic feet, China Daily reported in mid-April, quoting a statement began assessing Syntroleum's GTL tech- plies are owned or controlled by Gazprom nology more than a year ago. Syntroleum from PetroChina. and could be dedicated to GTL plants is the developer and licensor of proprietary An industry analyst with a Beijing investment bank said the drop in oil production under long-term contracts. GTL technology for converting natural gas is due to maturing oil fields and is in line with market expectations. The analysis will consider three types into synthetic liquid hydrocarbons. ●

VENEZUELA Venezuela discovers new oil field Venezuela has discovered a new oil field with reserves of over 350 million bar- rels of light crude oil, state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA has said. Preliminary drilling on the Chaguaramal oil field in the eastern state of Monagas also revealed deposits of 870 billion cubic feet of natural gas, the com- pany said in a statement over the weekend. Total deposits may be as high as 460 million barrels of oil and 1.6 trillion cubic feet of gas, depending on the results of more drilling at the field. PDVSA is still smarting from a two-month strike by thousands of oil workers in December and January that devastated production. The government fired the strikers and has gradually regained control of the company. In March PDVSA said it had found two new deposits with over 1 billion bar- rels of oil that could be developed by foreign oil companies. Venezuela has the largest oil reserves outside the Middle East and is a major supplier of oil and gasoline to the United States. —THE ASSOCIATED PRESS pipelines&downstream

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● NIKISKI, ALASKA WASHINGTON, D.C. Sen. Murkowski gets ethanol Step one successful at exemption for Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, has convinced U.S. Senate Energy and Public Works Committee members to BP’s gas-to-liquids plant exempt Alaska and Hawaii from a proposed nationwide requirement that refineries add ethanol to their gasoline. First of three-stage chemical process is operating at BP’s GTL plant in The U.S. Senate Energy and Public Works Committee approved Murkowski's exemption April 10 as part of a pro- Nikiski, final “white crude” product remains to be produced posed revision of the nation's Clean Air Act. By PATRICIA JONES At this time, BP does not plan to use the The committee bill would require Petroleum News Contributing Writer technology for commercial gas production refiners to put 5 billion gallons of ethanol in the nation's gasoline supply annually by P Exploration (Alaska) is producing synthet- in Alaska: “Our focus for North Slope gas 2012. The nation uses about 1.7 billion ic gas at its gas-to-liquids demonstration is concentrated on building a pipeline gallons now. B plant in Nikiski, Alaska; the first of the from Alaska’s North Slope to Canada and While ethanol can reduce production of three-stage chemical process for converting the U.S. That’s the most viable option.” natural gas to a clean-burning diesel fuel. carbon monoxide, the main goal is to —Dave MacDowell, BP Exploration (Alaska) boost usage of a domestic, renewable fuel, “At this point, we’ve successfully demonstrated that the compact reformer can manufacture syn- according to Michael Catanzaro, SEN. LISA MURKOWSKI gas, is roughly one-quarter of the size of conven- gas,” BP spokesman Dave MacDowell told spokesman for committee Republicans. tional technology used in existing GTL plants. Petroleum News April 14. “Obviously we’re real However, Murkowski, R-Alaska, said the ethanol require- The GTL project is designed to test and prove excited … everybody is very enthused about what ment would make Alaska gas more expensive by 2 to 5 cents up two pieces of proprietary technology, we’re doing.” per gallon. And she said it is impractical, given the state's MacDowell said, and the compact reformer is one remoteness, to add ethanol. One quarter of the size of the two. The bill now goes to the Senate Energy and Natural The second secret technology that BP will be Resources Committee, where it will likely be added to a BP’s design for the compact reformer, where testing is contained in the next step of the GTL national energy policy bill expected to come to the Senate floor natural gas is chemically altered into a carbon in May. monoxide and hydrogen-rich substance called syn- see GTL PLANT page A16 Ethanol currently is one option that Alaska or its cities can use to help meet existing federal air quality rules. However, the Senate bill also phases out the federal mandate ● PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA that ethanol, or any other “oxygenated fuel,” be used as a method to combat air quality problems, Catanzaro said. The House energy bill, passed April 11, also would boost the Converting tires to oil ethanol requirement in gasoline and repeal the oxygenated fuel requirement. Plant’s production cost will be $15 a barrel, compared with $5-13 to produce new oil So, if either bill becomes law, it would eliminate ethanol as a remedy for air problems in specific places but simultaneous- By BILL BERGSTROM In one end went tires, ground to quarter- ly encourage its use everywhere. The Associated Press The Fairbanks North Star Borough, despite historic difficul- inch bits by a giant industrial shredder. Out ties meeting federal carbon monoxide standards, has never aking oil from tires and turkey parts is one of the other end came a caramel-colored liquid required the use of ethanol. the first projects planned by an entrepreneur Appel said compares with a light crude oil. In contrast, Anchorage motorists have pumped a 10 percent M who demonstrated a waste-eating maze of ethanol blend into their cars each year between Nov. 1 and the pipes and tanks April 15 at a Philadelphia smells like it. It is it,” Appel said. end of February since 1995. industrial site. The demonstration at the Philadelphia plant, built Alice Edwards, with the state Department of Environmental “It's a mini-refinery, that's all it is,” Brian S. Appel, in 1999, was a prelude to starting up the first com- Conservation, said Anchorage burns 3.5 million to 4 million chief executive officer of Changing World mercial use of the process, a $20 million facility at gallons of ethanol each winter. Technologies, said of the pilot plant at the ConAgra's Butterball turkey processing plant at Steve Morris, Anchorage's environmental quality program Philadelphia Naval Business Center on the Delaware Carthage, Mo. supervisor, said federal and state governments give tax credits River. to dealers to compensate for the added expense. In one end went tires, ground to quarter-inch bits Two hundred tons of leftover turkey parts “I think that comes close to offsetting the cost,” Morris said. by a giant industrial shredder. Out the other end came The Missouri plant, expected to start operating in However, Gov. Frank Murkowski's budget proposes to elim- a caramel-colored liquid Appel said compares with a May or June, is designed to process 200 tons a day of inate the tax credit, Morris said. light crude oil. leftover turkey bones, feathers, fats, grease and oils —THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The product can be refined into fuels like those into 600 barrels of light oil. made from crude oil, he said. “This looks like gasoline and diesel, it acts like it, see TIRES TO OIL page A16 A16 PIPELINES & DOWNSTREAM PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003

● ALASKA/CONTINENTAL U.S. continued from page A15 $20 million cost. ConAgra was interested in CWT not TIRES TO OIL only because of the potential for disposing DOE grant calls for diesel of its own food processing and agricultur- Potential customers, according to al wastes, “but as a business,” said Julie Appel, are fuel blenders that would use DeYoung, a ConAgra spokeswoman. generator fueled by GTL the oil for home heating or power-gener- “Having an actual operating facility is ating fuel, refineries that would buy and the thing that will convince people that Syntroleum/Marathon gas-to-liquids plant near Tulsa more than half refine it as they now refine crude oil, and this is not just a pilot project,” said former complete; Koniag subsidiary main contractor, fuel tests in Denali utilities that would use it to generate CIA Director James Woolsey, an adviser power. to the CWT. GTL project. By PATRICIA JONES Oil from waste isn't yet price competi- Woolsey said converting waste to oil ICRC will manage the fuel test pro- Petroleum News Contributing Writer tive with crude oil, Appel acknowledged. could reduce the dependence on Middle grams, which involve shipping clean- Eastern oil by the United States, which nder a U.S. Department of Energy burning diesel to Washington D.C. and Cost is $15 per barrel research grant approved this spring, has only 3 percent of the world's proven Denali National Park and Preserve for test- The Missouri plant's production cost University of Alaska Fairbanks ing in existing diesel fleet vehicles, in oil reserves but accounts for 25 percent of U will be $15 a barrel, compared with $13 a the world's consumption. researchers will investigate waste addition to the UAF diesel generator tests. barrel for a small petroleum exploration heat recovery techniques in a diesel gen- ICRC is also conducting cold weather tests and production company and $5 a barrel erator powered by gas-to-liquids fuel. Eleven more projects in planning in its research facilities in Michigan, said for a major company, he said. Work on the two-year, $375,000 stages Steve Bergin, ICRC’s project manager. The cost will fall as more plants are research project will be incorporated with “Evaluating the fuel is very important built, said Appel, 44, formerly president of Eleven more projects are in the plan- an existing $300,000 diesel engine per- piece in the sense that, okay you’ve pro- Atlantis International, a trading company, ning stages, Appel said, including one at a formance test at UAF, and both are duced something — what can it be used and executive vice president of Ticket ConAgra turkey plant in Longmont, included in a $16 million DOE-funded for? The real thrust of the evaluation side World USA, predecessor of Ticketmaster. Colo., that has won a $2.5 million GTL fuel evaluation process. is to demonstrate how great a fuel this is,” In the meantime, he said Changing Department of Energy grant; one at a Most of those DOE funds will cover a he said. World Technology is urging Congress to poultry plant in Enterprise, Ala., that has portion of construction costs of a GTL approve a clean-fuel subsidy to make its won a $3 million grant, and one at an demonstration plant in the Port of Waste heat tests approve oil competitive with crude from small pro- onion dehydration plant in Fernley, Nev., Catoosa, located just a few miles east of In a competitive evaluation process for duction companies. that has won a $4 million grant. Tulsa, Oklahoma. DOE funding held in March, the UAF-led The company received a $5 million The process also produces a fuel made Syntroleum’s conversion process diesel engine research project was selected Environmental Protection Agency grant up mainly of methane, propane and butane, which is piped in the Philadelphia already proven for $125,000 in funding this year, with for the Missouri plant. $250,000 requested for the 2004 fiscal CWT and the $27 billion ConAgra plant to two 75-kilowatt turbines that gen- Industry partners Syntroleum year. Foods conglomerate formed a partner- erate its electricity. Corporation, which holds a proprietary This project will evaluate methods of ship, Renewable Environmental On the net, you can find Changing license for converting natural gas to syn- capturing and using waste heat generated Solutions, to commercialize the waste-to- World Technologies at http://www.chang- thetic fuels, and Marathon Oil are making by a 300-kilowatt diesel generator pow- oil process, and are sharing the rest of the ingworldtech.com ● up the rest of the estimated $36 million ered by synthetic diesel, said Dennis cost for the GTL plant. Witmer, coordinator for UAF’s Arctic “This demonstration project, under the Energy Technology Development continued from page A15 come together.” DOE contract, is not to demonstrate the Laboratory. GTL PLANT Construction at the Nikiski plant was technology. The purpose is to produce the Diesel engines design in recent years complete about a year ago. Originally, BP fuels and deliver them and demonstrate said start-up of the GTL demonstration has increased electrical efficiency but conversion process, where syngas is them in a commercial setting,” Branch plant would occur in May 2002. eliminated a portion of waste heat generat- chemically changed to a “waxy hydrocar- Russell said. Russell is Syntroleum’s for- Following construction, components ed, Witmer said. While that heat can be bon,” MacDowell said. mer director of the Catoosa GTL demon- in all three steps of the process have been valuable in a stationary generator applica- BP’s patented catalyst for that conver- stration program. mechanically tested. In addition, the plant tion — particularly in rural Alaska loca- sion is based on using cobalt as the active Syntroleum’s proprietary conversion has had short duration start-ups for a tions — it can be excessive for vehicle component, he said. While other GTL process is already proven, he said, and number of months, but has yet to produce applications. plants based on the Fischer-Tropsch some of the key equipment currently any of the final syncrude products, he “This project is designed to figure out a process developed during World War II being installed in the Oklahoma plant said. way to recover that heat,” he said. “There’s also use cobalt, BP’s proprietary technol- operated for about a year in the Cherry “This design will help us learn, and no reason for engine manufacturers to cap- ogy involves how the element is used, Point, Washington GTL project, original- we’re doing just that,” MacDowell said. ture that heat … in stationary applications, MacDowell said. ly operated by ARCO. “Commissioning a chemical plant is when your diesel fuel costs $3 gallon, you The final step in producing syncrude Construction of the Oklahoma GTL much more complex than commissioning can find a use for the heat. By not burning (also called “white crude” because of its plant, designed to produce 100 barrels a an oil production facility … the conver- heating oil, you save yourself money.” sulfur-free, environmentally friendly day of the synthetic, clean-burning diesel sion process is changing the molecular The waste heat research, approved this characteristics) is the conventional refin- and jet fuel, is a little more than 50 per- structure of a compound into something spring by DOE’s Arctic Energy Office of ing process — where the waxy hydrocar- cent complete, Russell said. Completion else.” the National Energy Technology bon is hydrocracked to produce useable is anticipated in mid-September, with Laboratory, will be incorporated in anoth- synthetic fuels, such as diesel, naphtha start-up about a month later. Fuel cell project canceled er diesel generator test selected for funding and lubricating oils. “The opportunity to make our dates is last fall. The Nikiski plant will not be put into very good. We’ve already run our plant in That $300,000 research will compare Final product yet to be produced commercial production to provide white Cherry Point and it had its break-in tra- crude products for Alaska. MacDowell and evaluate diesel engine performance BP’s $86 million demonstration plant vails then,” Russell said. “We anticipate said the estimated length of the test using conventional fuel and the clean- is designed to convert 3 million cubic feet there’s no show stoppers.” plant’s operation should be 12 to 18 burning GTL product, a project outlined of natural gas to 300 barrels of liquid months, less if the technology can be last fall by Dr. Chuen-Sen Lin, assistant products on a daily basis, once the entire Koniag subsidiary main contractor for proven in a shorter period of time. professor in UAF’s mechanical engineer- plant is up and operating. MacDowell project Following that demonstration period, ing department. could not say when that would occur. BP plans to disassemble the GTL plant Integrated Concepts and Research “Essentially it’s an add-on project,” “We have no rigid timelines … we’re and remediate the site, he said. Corporation, a subsidiary of Koniag, an Witmer said. “We’re going to combine learning from every aspect,” he said. “We are testing proprietary technolo- Alaska Native corporation based in those two projects in terms of experimen- “We’re looking at the entire conversion gies and once we prove them up, they will Kodiak, is the prime contractor for the tation, and use the same generator.” ● process and how all those pieces will have application any where in the world with stranded gas,” he said. At this time, BP does not plan to use the technology for commercial gas pro- duction in Alaska. “Our focus for North Slope gas is con- centrated on building a pipeline from Alaska’s North Slope to Canada and the U.S. That’s the most viable option,” he said. A fuel cell project planned to produce electricity at the Nikiski GTL plant has been canceled, MacDowell said. “It became clear that the fuel cell manufac- turing process would not match up with our testing process.” ● mining news

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● INTERIOR ALASKA WESTERN ALASKA Placer Dome hikes Donlin Creek estimates Placer Dome has boosted its gold resource estimates for its Donlin Creek joint venture in western Alaska, while advancing it to a pre-fea- sibility stage project. The Vancouver-based compa- Average grade of Donlin

ny, through its subsidiary, Placer GOLD MINING INC. FAIRBANKS COURTESY Dome U.S., said April 9 that the Creek is three grams, or measured and indicated gold .08 ounces of gold per ton resource at the project totals 11.1 of rock, richer than the million ounces, a 62 percent .025 ounces per ton grade increase over its original estimate average at the start-up of in December. Fort Knox, Alaska’s Another 14.3 million ounces of largest gold mine. gold are included in the inferred resource category, bringing the total to 25.4 million ounces. Those estimates are based on an eco- nomic mine cutoff of 1.5 grams or .044 ounces of gold per ton of rock. Average grade of Donlin Creek is three grams, or .08 ounces of gold per ton of rock, richer than the .025 ounces per ton grade aver- age at the start-up of Fort Knox, Alaska’s largest gold mine. Donlin Creek is a joint venture owned 30 percent by Placer Dome and 70 percent by NovaGold Resources, although Placer Dome is The Fort Knox gold mine, March 2003 raising its stake to 70 percent. To do so, Placer Dome must spend $30 million, complete a bankable feasibility study and make a decision to build a mine producing at least 600,000 ounces by Nov. 14, 2007, to earn its additional interest. A complete pre-feasibility study is expect- Looking for more gold ed by late 2003. Studies are under way on detailed pit designs, mill process work and the layout of site facilities. On-going environmental monitoring is also being conducted in In an effort to extend life of Interior Alaska gold mine, Fairbanks Gold anticipation of future permitting requirements. Mining geologists plan to drill closed Ryan Lode mine, NOAA prospect —PATRICIA JONES, Petroleum News contributing writer By PATRICIA JONES New look at Ryan Lode WASHINGTON, D.C. Petroleum News Contributing Writer In 1999, Fairbanks Gold took over Ryan Lode, a airbanks Gold Mining, operator of the Fort Knox shuttered heap leach mill and mine on Ester Dome, as gold mine, plans to complete exploration drilling part of Kinross Gold’s acquisition of the property’s Barrick Gold defeats EPA in this summer at the shuttered and partially owner, LaTeko Resources. F Company geologists conducted some exploratory reclaimed Ryan Lode mine located on Ester toxic waste court case Dome, about 10 miles west of Fairbanks, Alaska. drilling then and in 2000, but opted not to continue Barrick Gold has won a court challenge to have itself removed Drilling crews are currently working on a grass- that effort in the last two years. Instead, more than from a “worst polluters list” published by the U.S. Environmental roots exploration property located less than a mile $800,000 worth of reclamation and cleanup began at Protection Agency. west from the existing Fort Knox pit on federal land Ryan Lode, work that will continue this year. A 1999 document alleged The company submitted plans last year to state reg- A 1999 document alleged used by the National Environmental Satellite, Data Barrick’s Goldstrike mine in and Information Service. NESDIS operates satellites ulators to close the process facilities at Ryan Lode, but Barrick’s Goldstrike mine in Nevada produced 398 million and processes their data for the National Oceanic and told Petroleum News in January that higher gold pounds of toxic material the Nevada produced 398 Atmospheric Administration’s National Weather prices could spark interest in additional exploration. previous year. million pounds of toxic Service. Fairbanks Gold submitted to state regulators on Barrick fought back, saying material the previous year. “We’re putting a lot of energy into exploration … April 14 final plans for this year’s exploration pro- the EPA unfairly included non- we’ve changed our focus and priorities,” Rick Dye, gram on Ryan Lode, scheduled to begin as early as treated waste rock, which it general manager of the 400,000-plus ounce per year June 1. An informational meeting outlining the com- moved out of the way to access gold deposits, in the calculations. Fort Knox gold mine, told Petroleum News April 10. pany’s plans, which is not required, is scheduled for Judge Penfield Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District Finding mineralization that could replace those April 23, starting at 7 p.m. at the Noel Wien Library of Columbia said April 9 the EPAwent too far when it included waste gold ounces mined and milled before the end of the in Fairbanks. rock in the definition of toxic waste. mine’s expected life in 2010 is the new exploration Plans call for 68 drill holes, involving both dia- The verdict also was welcomed by another Canadian company, goal, he said. The company plans to spend $3.2 mil- mond core and reverse-circulation rigs, spaced on Placer Dome, which the EPA accused of producing 106 million lion this year on exploration. either end of an existing trench-like pit that formerly pounds of waste in 1998 at three U.S. mines. “If it’s going to take six years to drill up, it won’t provided ore for the mine’s heap leach pads. —GARY PARK, Petroleum News Calgary correspondent fit in Fort Knox’s expected life,” Dye said, referring to “The drilling is essentially a step out from where neighboring prospects that are not being worked this we know mineralization is at this point,” Ted Wilton, year. “There’s no point in spending money on those chief geologist for Fairbanks Gold, told Petroleum SASKATCHEWAN until we get our holdings in order.” News April 15. The maximum depth of drill holes will be 300 feet, Gil prospect will get $850,000 shallow for typical mining exploration holes. Uranium mine shut by flood However, portions of the Ryan Lode deposit previ- In addition to spending an undisclosed amount on Cameco, the world’s largest uranium producer, said its flagship ously mined were less than 100 feet from the surface, the Ryan Lode and the NOAA properties, Fairbanks McArthur River mine in Saskatchewan will be shut down for at least Wilton said. Gold plans to invest with its partner Teryl Resources six months following an April 7 cave-in and flood. “That’s part of the nature of that mineral system … $850,000 on the Gil prospect located about six miles The mine, located 370 miles north of Saskatoon, is a joint venture there’s no great advantage to drilling at great depth,” east of the Fort Knox mill. owned 70 percent by Cameco and 30 percent by privately held Wilton said. “Below the base of oxidation there may Another $285,000 is budgeted for exploration on Cogema Resources. It has more than 70 supply contracts. Cameco be some mineralization … but gold occurs in a more the True North mine, where crews are currently dig- will supply customers from its nine-month inventory stockpile and complex fashion and is not economic to process it. All ging up and trucking ore to Fort Knox. with uranium it buys from other suppliers. sorts of gold deposits have that same problem.” Geologists working for Fairbanks Gold, a sub- The closure is expected to cost C$30 million in lost profits and Access will be from existing roads and trails on the sidiary of Kinross Gold, are also focused on the exist- will likely result in layoffs, the company said April 14. property. How long the work will take this summer is ing pit at Fort Knox, with plans to spend $710,000. The mine collapse took place when tunnel workers were digging unknown, Wilton said. It’s all part of an effort to extend the life of the 425- to prepare part of the deposit for future production. Initially water “It’s driven by three things: how hard is the rock, is employee operation, and the chances of doing so are poured into the mine at a rate of 900 cubic yards an hour, but a con- it going to rain or snow some time while we’re in “good,” Dye said. “We think it will, especially if the crete dam has been built to contain the water. there and will we have any breakdowns on the drill gold price stays where it is.” —GARY PARK, Petroleum News Calgary correspondent see GOLD page A21 Week of April 20, 2003 PETROLEUM NEWS A18 CLASSIFIEDS NICET level 2 and 3 Certified Rare Metal or gold exploration level, pressure, temperature, experience with DCS and PLC Labor 269-4900 Consultants Technicians. Work Site: North required. Salary DOE. Junior and analyzers). Candidate will systems. Experience with AB Hoefler Consulting Group Slope send resumes to Geologists: Bachelors degree preferably have a technical Controllogic, Siemens APACS Services include environmental [email protected] in Geology required, Alaska degree in Electrical, Mechanical, and Quadlog, and Bailey Infi90 a permitting and studies, air quali- Positions we are always experience preferable, experi- or Chemical Engineering. PE a plus. Candidate should have ty, and RCRA for Alaska oil and accepting applications for ence in PGE, Rare metal or gold plus. Please submit your resume good experience sizing valves, PSI is a small and fast growing gas, mining and utility indus- include: Administrative, cleri- exploration helpful. Salary DOE. to: Recruiting Department 949 orifice plates, and specifying a company with offices located in tries. Call (907)563-2137 or cal, As built, Material Handler, Geotechnicians: Experience E. 36th Avenue Suite 500 wide array of instruments (flow, Anchorage, Fairbanks, and email administrator@hoefler- Carpenter, Electrician, Electrical in gridding, sampling, power Anchorage, AK. 99508 Email level, pressure, temperature, Soldotna, Alaska. We are look- net.com Inspector, Engineer, Equipment auger drilling drill sampling and Resume to: and analyzers). Principal engi- ing for those talented, open- Operator, FCO Technician, GPS navigation preferable. [email protected] or fax neer shall be capable of leading Bill Vallee - Petroleum Land minded professional individuals HVAC, Instrument Technician, Salary DOE If you are interested (907) 762-1040 VECO Alaska an instrument project team. This Services, 37 Years Field & who want their talent to make a Laborer, Millwright, NICET, in learning more about Job Website: www.veco.com person shall be the lead engi- Staff Experience, Contract or difference in their work environ- Operator, Pipe fitter, Plumber, Employment opportunities in VECO Alaska is an Equal neer for several projects for a Day Rate, Phone: (907) 333- ment. Project Control, Project Alaska with Avalon Opportunity Employer that specific customer site. Positions 1277, FAX: (907) 333-7889, e- Environmental technician- Manager, Quality Assurance, Development, submit a resume Supports a Diverse Workforce. will require some travel to the mail: [email protected] B.S. in a discipline science pre- Safety, Surveyor, Welder. Please along with references. Resumes Positions Require U.S. Work North Slope, and is based in our ferred, but not required with a Maps for oil & gas industry e-mail your resume to: may be emailed to: Authorization Anchorage office. Candidate will minimum of two years of field and custom map work. RFRONTDESK@UDEL- [email protected], Faxed to preferably have a technical experience. A complete under- Mapmakers Alaska (907) 745- HOVEN.COM or fax to: (907) 907-455-8069 or mailed to degree in Electrical, Mechanical, standing of the federal, state and 3398. 522-2541 Attention: Lisa Avalon Development, attn: or Chemical Engineering. PE a local regulations pertaining to ALASKA eCOMMERCE AV-Jobs2002, PO Box 80268, Principal Instrument plus. Please submit your resume UST,AST,RCRA,TSCA,OSHA, ONLINE - Highly user friendly, Fairbanks, Alaska 99708 Engineer - Anchorage, to: Recruiting Department 949 and DOT regulations. Technical affordable, interactive websites Alaska 10+ years in instrumen- E. 36th Avenue Suite 500 writing experiences a must. for automated business man- tation and controls engineering Anchorage, AK. 99508 Email Position based in Anchorage agement. Web based access to Craig Taylor Equipment related to oil and gas or the Resume to: with anticipated travel around files and software all running on Company is seeking job appli- Senior Instrument Engineer petrochemical industries. [email protected] or fax the State of Alaska. DOE based any designated servers, yours or cants for the following position. - Anchorage, Alaska 10+ Detailed experience in project (907) 762-1040 VECO Alaska on experience. Please email ours. Call us for a demo, you'll Heavy equipment mechanic, years in instrumentation and work working with other instru- Job Website: www.veco.com resumes to [email protected] or be glad you did. Dave Nanney must have a minimum of four controls engineering related to ment engineers and designers, VECO Alaska is an Equal fax 272-9005 attn: human 1 907 766 2763 years experience performing oil and gas or the petrochemical writing scopes of work, doing Opportunity Employer that resources. [email protected] heavy equipment repair and industries. Detailed experience engineering estimates, and cre- Supports a Diverse Workforce. Instrumentation Technician- AVALON DEVELOPMENT maintenance. Ideal applicant will in project work working with ating schedules for the work to Positions Require U.S. Work A.A or B.S. in electrical engi- CORP. Mineral Exploration possess knowledge of hydraulic other instrument engineers and be performed. All of the scopes, Authorization neering or instrumentation tech- Consulting Services Property systems and repair, diesel designers, writing scopes of schedules, and budgets shall be Employment offers that suggest nology. A minimum of one year Evaluations, Exploration Design engine overhaul and service. work, doing engineering esti- based on standard templates we guaranteed out of state or over- working with portable and fixed & Management, Field Must be willing to travel to mates, and creating schedules have for each. Candidate should seas positions, glamorous travel, detection systems with an Exploration and Logistics Curt remote locations for occasional for the work to be performed. All have experience coordinating gifts or high wages for limited emphasis on integration. field work. Must provide own of the scopes, schedules, and Technical writing a plus, but not Freeman, Cert. Prof. Geologist with project engineering and experience may be deceptive or tools. This position is for our budgets shall be based on stan- required. Position based n #6901 P.O. Box 80268 management as well as good unethical in nature. contact the Anchorage location For addi- dard templates we have for Anchorage with anticipated trav- Fairbanks, AK 99708 Phone interpersonal skills (very impor- following for possible informa- tional details, Contact: Bob each. Candidate should have el around the State of Alaska. 907-457-5159 Fax 907-455- tant). Technical competence tion: Better Business Bureau 8069 email [email protected] Combs, General Service man- experience coordinating with DOE based on experience. required in instrument engineer- 562-0704 Wage & Hour web site ager, in Anchorage. 907-276- project engineering and man- Please email resumes to ing. Candidate should have Administration AK Dept. of www.avalonalaska.com 5050 or 800-279-5051 e-mail agement as well as good inter- David Bickerstaff [email protected] personal skills (very important). Fire Maintenance Technician- Prudhoe Bay, Alaska Recruiting Authorization Consulting Geologist om Technical competence required No.1329 Summary: Provides hands-on maintenance, repair, testing and inspection of www.bickerstaffpetroleum.com Avalon Development is seek- in instrument engineering. fixed and portable fire protection systems and equipment. Responsible for the opera- 907-344-1953 ing personnel interested in antic- Candidate should have experi- tional readiness and maintenance of assigned mobile fire fighting apparatus and ipated 2003 field positions. ence with DCS and PLC sys- equipment. Trains client and contractor employees in the use of safety and fire fight- Employment These are no-nonsense geology tems. Experience with AB ing equipment and procedures. Essential Functions: Inspects, services, maintains and repairs oriented field positions in remote Controllogic, Siemens APACS portable and wheeled fire extinguishers, installed fire protection systems (Halon, Dry Chemical, camps. Positions are as follows: and Quadlog, and Bailey Infi90 a CO2,Deluge, Foam, Sprinkler, Standpipes, Hydrants, Division Valves), respiratory protection and Senior Geologists: +5 years plus. Candidate should have breathing air equipment (SCBA, Air Line, Escape Paks, B/A Cylinders, and B/A experience, Alaska experience good experience sizing valves, Udelhoven Current Compressors).Conducts performance tests on facility firewater systems and mobile fire apparatus. orifice plates, and specifying a Immediate Openings: 4 preferable, expertise in PGE, Conducts classroom and fireground training activities for the Emergency Response Team and employ- wide array of instruments (flow, ee training on fire protection and respiratory protection equipment. Assists Safety Specialists and Industrial Hygienists in the performance of their duties. Functions as crew chief on mobile fire fighting apparatus and as a member of the Rescue Team and/or Hazardous Materials Response Team. Directs emergency response crews during training and emergency operations. Maintains records and reports. Routinely performs safety and productivity observations; shop, field, and vehicle inspections; and is required to attend various components of technical, developmental and safety training. Must demonstrate support for the company's environmental management system objectives. Respiratory Specialist Functions: Inspects, repairs and tests airline supply respiratory equipment and systems field wide for safe operation. Trains employees in use and operation in respiratory protection equipment. Long Term And Transient Office Space At The Deadhorse Airport Performs respiratory fit testing; service and maintenance on breathing air compressors; service and Strategically Located on the Tarmac maintenance on personal protective equipment; and maintenance on fire extinguishers, division valves, halon, deluge, CO2 and dry chemical extinguishing systems. Flow test and calibrates SCBA regula- tors. Flow test, repair or replace SCBA and SAR masks. 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Note: Skills tests may be Aaron Poschman required of new hires to demonstrate core proficiencies, or of existing employees to advance to a new job level Please submit your resume to: Recruiting Department 949 E. 36th Avenue Suite 500 Classifieds Manager Anchorage, AK. 99508 Email Resume to: [email protected] or fax (907) 550-8890 Veco Alaska is an Equal Opportunity Employer that Supports a Diverse Workforce. Positions Require U.S. Phone: (907)(907) 644-4444644-4444 Work Authorization PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003 PETROLEUM NEWS CLASSIFIEDS A19 [email protected] or fax 272- 1644s setup for North Slope, Services - Power washing & cleaning visit us on-line at Office Space At The 9005 attn: human resources. toll free 866-766-2281 Painting & drywall is our #1 serv- - QUALITY WORK! petroleumnews.com. Deadhorse Airport. Strategically Alaska Equipment Appraisers ice! 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Facility Completion Date 9/1/02 world each week. Your ad will be Perfect Location For Logistics Safety Administration Assistant - Anchorage, Alaska Recruiting Authorization viewed on-line and in our weekly Support, Environmental And No. 1360 Summary Organizes and completes all clerical duties in the office. These paper for only $8 per line or Permitting For Remote Site duties include: answering telephones, typing correspondence, memorandums and Projects Contact Kevin Starnes statistical data, filing, scheduling meetings, input and tracking of safety training less.Please call 907-644-4444, at 907-659-2398 or Tom records, preparing monthly reports, copying and distributing reports. Performs tech- e-mail [email protected], or Long Term And Transient Hendrix 907-276-7797. Perfect nical duties in support of the safety programs. Must have tact and discretion concerning the handling of people and confidential information. Must be accurate in all duties performed. Essential Functions · Maintains training records (both computer and hard-copy files) and provides necessary database Legal Notice reports to safety staff and field supervisors · Produces and distributes monthly injury / incident reports to client · Produces and distributes monthly safety training compliance reports · Faxes injury, incident Notice of Public Hearing STATE OF ALASKA Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation and spill reports to appropriate agencies and company personnel · Assists with the facilitation of new Commission. Re: The application of Union Oil Company of California (“Unocal”) for an order author- hire orientation and training on an as needed basis · Enters data regarding employee traffic citations izing the underground storage of hydrocarbons by injection into the Tyonek Formation in proposed into the traffic citation tracking log · Tracks contract safety performance measures · Obtains and main- well Swanson River Unit KGSF #3. Union Oil Company of California (“Unocal”) by letter dated April tains medical information on each individual in the respiratory protection and hearing conservation pro- 1, 2003, has applied for an injection order for storage injection well, Kenai Gas Storage Facility #3 gram · Other duties as assigned · Maintain/update desk procedures · Maintains confidentiality regard- (“KDSF #3”). The Commission has tentatively set a public hearing on this application for May 13, 2003 at 9:00 am at the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission at 333 West 7th Avenue, Suite ing sensitive contract and medical information Administrative Duties · Establishes and maintains office 100, Anchorage, Alaska 99501. A person may request that the tentatively scheduled hearing be held filing system for technical and safety related personnel records · Performs various administrative by filing a written request with the Commission no later than 4:30 pm on April 28, 2003. If a request assignments in support of VECO contract supervision. These assignments may include, but are not for a hearing is not timely filed, the Commission will consider the issuance of an order without a hear- limited to: correspondence, preparation for assorted presentation materials, special reports, and rou- ing. To learn if the Commission will hold the public hearing, please call 793-1221. In addition, a per- tine typing and administrative duties. · Handles confidential material regarding employee medical his- son may submit written comments regarding this application to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation tories and medical questionnaires. Restricts access to this information to only those having a need to Commission at 333 West 7th Avenue, Suite 100, Anchorage, Alaska 99501. Written comments must know. Qualifications and Experience Requirements Three (3) years safety and administrative experi- be received no later than 4:30 pm on May 12, 2003, except that if the Commission decides to hold ence preferred. Must become familiar with applicable OSHA Regulations. Must have strong working a public hearing, written comments must be received no later than 9:00 am on May 13, 2003. If you knowledge of PC computer systems including the following software: Windows, Microsoft Excel, and are a person with a disability who may need a special modification in order to comment or to attend Microsoft Word. Experience in other software programs such as Microsoft Access, Power Point, the public hearing, please contact Jody Colombie at 793-1221 before May 1, 2003. Sarah Palin, tdVantage, Filemaker Pro and relational databases a plus. Strong interpersonal/communication skills Chair, Published Date: April 11, 2003 ADN AO# 02314042 and proven ability to work well with others required, with emphasis on tact and discretion due to the confidential nature of much of the information handled. Must be a self-starter, capable of working with minimal direction/supervision. Flexibility to adapt to a changing work environment required. Proven ini- Legal Notice tiative in developing and automating processes is required as well as the ability to perform a variety of administrative assignments requiring independent judgment. Must have working knowledge of gener- Notice of Public Hearing STATE OF ALASKA Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. al office procedures, with ability to organize and prioritize voluminous work efforts. Knowledge of Re: Beaver Creek Unit BC-3RD, ADL 028083, Section 34, T7N, R10W, SM, AK, Kenai Peninsula VECO and client departmental functions and organization a plus. Experience with audit trail docu- Borough, Alaska Marathon Oil Company by letter dated March 19, 2003 and received by the Alaska mentation processes a plus. Must be accurate in all duties performed. Physical Requirements The Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (Commission) on March 20, 2003, has requested the physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to suc- Commission to issue an order in conformance with 20 AAC 25.055 allowing regular production of cessfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to the Beaver Creek Unit 3-DPN Gas Development Well from a location within 1500 feet of the external enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. MOBILITY: Employee required boundary of the Beaver Creek Unit. The surface location of the proposed well is 1400’ from the north to sit; stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; and stoop or kneel. HEARING: Must be able to hear line and 1500’ from the west line of Section 34, T7N, R10W Seward Meridian (SM). The top of the audible safety warnings and alarms. VISUAL ACUITY: Vision must be adequate to perform above list- productive interval is estimated to be encountered 1952’ from the south line (FSL) and 634’ from the ed tasks in a safe manner. LIFTING: Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 lbs. COMMUNICA- east line (FEL) of Section 27, T7N, R10W, S.M. The proposed bottomhole location is 2172’ FSL and TION SKILLS: Must display ability to read and comprehend job descriptions, safety manuals and safe- 413’ FEL of Section 27, T7N, R10W S.M. The Commission has tentatively set a public hearing on ty and warning signs. Must be able to read and fill out hiring documents and forms. Must display suf- this application for April 29, 2003 at 9:00 am at the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission at 333 West 7th Avenue, Suite 100, Anchorage, Alaska 99501. A person may request that the tenta- ficient oral communication skills to be able to give and receive oral safety warnings and instructions tively scheduled hearing be held by filing a written request with the Commission no later than 4:30 and task assignments. FLSA Status: D.O.T. Code: Alternate Titles: DISCLAIMER: The above pm on April 10, 2003. If a request for a hearing is not timely filed, the Commission will consider the description covers the principal duties and responsibilities of the job, specific to and intended for the issuance of an order without a hearing. To learn if the Commission will hold the public hearing, please VECO Anchorage based support of Greater Prudhoe Bay contracts only and may or may not reflect call 793-1230. In addition, a person may submit written comments regarding this application to the position duties and responsibilities on other VECO projects. The description shall not, however, be Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission at 333 West 7th Avenue, Suite 100, Anchorage, construed as a complete listing of all duties which may be required from day-to-day. Please submit Alaska 99501. Written comments must be received no later than 4:30 pm on April 28, 2003. If you your resume to: Recruiting Department 949 E. 36th Avenue Suite 500 Anchorage, AK. 99508 Email are a person with a disability who may need a special modification in order to comment or to attend Resume to: [email protected] or fax (907) 762-1040 VECO Alaska Job Website: www.veco.com the public hearing, please contact Jody Colombie at 793-1230 no later than April 21, 2003. Daniel T. VECO Alaska is an Equal Opportunity Employer that Supports a Diverse Workforce. Positions Seamount, Jr. Commissioner, Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. Published Date: March Require U.S. Work Authorization 28, 2003 Clarion AO # 02314040 A20 PETROLEUM NEWS CLASSIFIEDS PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003

Location For Logistics Support, Direct 907-265-9130 Cell 907- Confined Space: 5/1-2 Commission staff and feature Registration: on-line registration Analyst, (206) 220-6877. Environmental And Permitting 440-6777 email: Employment Discrimination Anchorage area attorneys. at www.eeoc.gov, follow links ALASKA eCOMMERCE For Remote Site Projects [email protected] Training: A full-day seminar News Reporter Joy Mapaye, under Quick Start Employer- ONLINE - Seminars and tutor- designed for KTUU-TV Channel 2, is present- Training, $265. ing in Internet technology. Call Training employers,Wednesday, April 23, ing "Race and the News" in her For information call Rodolfo Dave at 1 907 766 2763. 2003 at the Hotel Captain Cook, luncheon Keynote. Hurtado, EEOC Program Anchorage. Tips to help you sur- vive and thrive in your busi- Legal Notice 907-272-8852 / 800-458-2580 ness/agency. You will receive Beautiful 5-bedroom home locat- Hazwoper 40: 4/21-25 updates on recent legal develop- ed in south Anchorage. Hazwop Ref: 5/2, 20, 29 ments in EEO. Workshops will Notice of Public Hearing STATE OF ALASKA Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Solarium, sauna, bar, backs to Asbestos 40: 5/12-16 be presented by Alaska State Commission Re: The petition of Daniel K. Donkel to unitize leases ADL 380066 and 28249 or, in greenbelt plus 4,000 sq. ft. of liv- Asbestos Ref: 4/22, 5/1 Commission for Human Rights, the alternative, to expand the Kuparuk Unit to include lease ADL 380066. A petition has been filed ing area. Perfect for entertaining. Painters Cert: 4/28-29 Anchorage Equal Rights under AS 31.05.110 by Daniel K. Donkel, seeking to unitize leases ADL 380066 and 29249 or, in the 10,000 sq. ft. lot. $ 329,000.00. Painters Ref: 4/30, 5/7 Commission,and US Equal alternative, to expand the Kuparuk Unit to include lease ADL 380066. A public hearing on the petition Please contact Steven Craig. Hazmat Trans: 6/11-13 Employment Opportunity will be held before the Commission at its offices, 333 W. 7th Avenue, Suite 100, Anchorage, Alaska 99501. The hearing will commence on May 15, 2003, at 9:00 a.m., and may continue from day to day until completed or may recess and resume at a later date to be specified at the hearing. If you are a Meetings/Events person with a disability who may need a special modification in order to participate, please contact Jody Colombie at 793-1221 before May 1, 2003. Sarah Palin, Chair Published Date: March 19, 2003 YOU'RE INVITED Vision Anchorage Public Forum If you care about our city's economic future, join us May 13th. VISION ANCHORAGE , a group of business and community leaders, has a common vision for Anchorage's economic future. Join us May 13th to hear how Anchorage's key development Legal Notice leaders are accomplishing the "Call to Action" plan goals designed to address our city's: Educated work force environment for new and existing businesses, quality of life through a healthy economy SPEAKERS PANEL: Representatives of the following organizations will present goals and progress Notice of Public Hearing STATE OF ALASKA Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation to date in five key economic development areas: (1) Collaborative Leadership (2) Readiness (3) Commission. Re: Proposed Amendment of Conservation Order No. 457(Aurora Oil Pool, Prudhoe Education (4) Workforce Development and (5) Business Development. Vision Anchorage, Anchorage Bay Field)and Proposed Revocation of Conservation Order No. 98-A (Prudhoe Bay Kuparuk River Chamber of Commerce, Anchorage Convention and Visitors Bureau, Anchorage Economic Oil Pool, Prudhoe Bay Field)The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission on its own motion Development Corporation, Anchorage School District, Chugiak-Eagle River Chamber of Commerce, proposes to amend Conservation Order No. 457 and to revoke Conservation Order No. 98-A. Among Municipality of Anchorage, University of Alaska Anchorage. Reserve your seat by calling 258-3700, the changes to Conservation Order No. 457 that the Commission may consider are: 1. Adding a def- or email [email protected], Tuesday, May 13, 2003, noon till 1:30pm, (doors open at 11:30am), inition of the Aurora Oil Pool, which is currently contained in Conservation Order No. 98-A; 2. Revising Sheraton Hotel, $20.00, includes lunch. Rule 4 to recognize the applicability of the PBU Western Satellite Production Metering Plan, for allo- cation of production, well test frequency, and reporting requirements, as adopted within Conservation Order 471; 3. Revising Rule 5 to require wells S-100, S-102, S-105, S-106, and S-108 to be tem- Meetings/Events porarily shut in for reservoir pressure measurements, to require those wells to remain shut in if the pressure is below 2700 psi, and to require the submission for Commission approval of a plan for water injection, repressurization, and enriched gas injection; 4. Revising Rule 7 to provide for approval POGO GOLD MINE PROJECT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT The draft of a waterflood program and to require the reservoir pressure to be maintained above 2700 psi; 5. EIS for Teck-Pogo, Inc.’s proposed Gold Mine Project has been released. Individuals interested in Revising Rule 8 to require submission for Commission approval of a reservoir depletion plan that pro- commenting may do so via one of the following: PUBLIC MEETINGS: 1. Delta Junction Tuesday, April vides for reservoir repressurization to a level that will allow for future miscible gas injection and will 29, 2003 Delta Junction Community Center (across from City Hall) 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Informational ensure greater ultimate recovery under waterflood. A public hearing on this proposal will be held Open House 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Project Presentation followed by Public Testimony 2. Fairbanks before the Commission at 9:00 a.m. on May 8, 2003, at the Commission's offices, 333 W. 7th Wednesday, April 30, 2003 Chena River Convention Center 109 Clay Street 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Avenue, Suite 100, Anchorage, Alaska 99501. If you are a person with a disability who may need a Information Open House 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Project presentation followed by Public Testimony special modification in order to attend the public hearing, please contact Jody Colombie at 793-1230 Comments and input may be mailed, emailed, or faxed no later than May 13, 2003 to: Hanh Gold, NEPA Compliance Coordinator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Sixth Avenue, OW-130 no later than April 30, 2003.Sarah Palin, Chair, Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Seattle, WA 98101 Phone: (206) 553-0171 Toll Free: 1/(800) 424-4372 extension 0171 Fax: (206) Published Date: April 4, 2003 ADN AO # 02314041 553-0165 Email: [email protected] A copy or online review of the D-EIS can be obtained att: www.pogomineeis.com. ..for responsible development of Alaska's oil, gas and mineral resources. 4220 B Street, Suite 200 Anchorage, AK 99503 Phone: (907) 563-2226 Fax: (907) 561-8870 Legal Notice Website: www.akalliance.org Notice of Public Meetings Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Under the Open Meetings Act (AS 44.62.310), notice is given that the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission HRIS/Benefits Coordinator - Anchorage, Alaska VECO Corporation Vacancy will meet in public meetings on March 5, 12, 19, 26, 2003, April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 2003 and May 7, Notice Position: HRIS/Benefits Coordinator Department: Corporate Human 14, 21, 28, 2003 at 9:00 AM in the Commission’s Conference Room in Anchorage, Alaska at the Resources Department/Corporate Benefits Group Qualifications: The ideal candidate address below. The Agenda may include: general commission business including personnel; regula- will have: * 3-5 years of progressively responsible accounting or information technol- tion matters; policy and budget matters; oil and gas conservation issues; legislative issues; and agen- ogy experience. Benefits or human resources experience, a plus; * Superior problem da items deferred from prior meetings. The public is invited to attend the meetings, however, com- solving, strategizing and planning skills, with ability to produce a suitable final product; * Well-devel- mission business meetings do not provide for public testimony. A finalized agenda will be prepared oped analytical skills necessary to interpret legal rules/regulations, benefit plan structure and internal and posted at the Commission’s office by noon of the workday before each of the scheduled meet- policies to work independently and productively; * Strong interpersonal and communication skills ings. Circumstances may cause items to be either added or deleted from an agenda. If you have any (both oral and written) necessary to work effectively as a liaison between employees, regional HR staff questions about the agenda, please contact Jody Colombie at the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation and vendors regarding benefit inquiries and problem resolution with a high level of maturity, discre- Commission, 333 W. 7th Avenue, Suite 100, Anchorage, Alaska 99501, (907) 793-1221. If you are tion, tact and judgment; * Ability to effectively organize, prioritize and complete projects under dead- a person with a disability who may need special accommodation in order to attend the public meet- line constraints, while working with minimal supervision in a busy environment; * Ability to be flexible ing, please contact Jody Colombie at the address or phone number indicated above as soon as pos- in dealing with a variety of situations and must demonstrate enthusiasm, initiative, creativity and pride sible but at least 72 hours before the accommodation is needed, to ensure that any necessary accom- in work; * Proven ability to maintain strict confidentiality of sensitive information; * Exceptional com- modations can be provided. Cammy Oechlsi Taylor, Chair. Published February 13, 2003, ADN AO# munications skills, preferred, along with writing, proof reading and editing skills; * Knowledge and 02314033. understanding of Excel, Access and other Microsoft Office products; and * Bachelor’s degree, pre- ferred. Primary Duties and Responsibilities: Audits data entry into the company's HRIS system for accuracy and completeness. Validates data used for various company reporting requirements such as benefits eligibility, open enrollment, EEO-1, VETS-100, Service Award programs, etc. Evaluates Legal Notice additional or new system requirements, makes recommendations to management for enhancements and coordinates changes across multiple companies and locations. Creates reports with Microsoft Corrected Notice of Public HearingSTATE OF ALASKA Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Access or Crystal Reports. Understanding of OLAP cubes a plus. Please submit your resume to: Commission Re: Rules governing annular pressures in Prudhoe Bay Unit development wells. The Recruiting Department 949 E. 36th Avenue Suite 500 Anchorage, AK. 99508 Email Resume to: Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission ("Commission") resolved to establish rules regulating [email protected] or fax (907) 762-1040 VECO Alaska Job Website: www.veco.com VECO sustained casing pressures in Prudhoe Bay Unit ("PBU") development wells. The Commission has Alaska is an Equal Opportunity Employer that Supports a Diverse Workforce. Positions Require U.S. tentatively set a public hearing on this application for May 27, 2003 at 9:00 am at the Alaska Oil and Work Authorization Gas Conservation Commission at 333 West 7th Avenue, Suite 100, Anchorage, Alaska 99501. A person may request that the tentatively scheduled hearing be held by filing a written request with the Commission no later than 4:30 pm on May 5, 2003. (This May 5 deadline replaces the erroneous April 1 deadline set out in the original notice of public hearing.) If a request for a hearing is not timely filed, the Commission will consider the issuance of an order without a hearing. To learn if the Commission will hold the public hearing, please call 793-1221. In addition, a person may submit written comments regarding this application to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission at 333 West 7th Avenue, Suite 100, Anchorage, Alaska 99501. Written comments must be received no later than 4:30 pm on May 19, 2003 (this May 19 deadline replaces the May 15 deadline set out in the original notice of public hearing) except that if the Commission decides to hold a public hearing, written comments must be received no later than 9:00 am on May 27, 2003. A copy of the proposed rule may be obtained from the Commission at the address set out above, or on the Commission's website at http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/ADMIN/ogc/homeogc.htm If you are a person with a disability who may need a special modification in order to comment or to attend the public hearing, please con- tact Jody Colombie at 793-1221 before May 9, 2003. (This May 9 deadline replaces the May 6 dead- line set out in the original notice of public hearing). Sarah Palin, Chair Published Date: April 17, 2003 ADN AO# 02314044 PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003 THE REST OF THE STORY A21 continued from page A17 Management, the NOAA property adjoins Gilmore Dome, with short sections of new ration property is not necessarily a step out. the west side of the Fort Knox claim block, roads constructed for the project, according “Fort Knox does not have a trend, not to GOLD less than a mile from the existing mine pit on to the permit application. speak of,” Wilton said. “We understood the east side of Gilmore Dome. Soil samples previously taken at one of there might be some geologic features that rigs. Those things we cannot predict,” he Fairbanks Gold received permission the drill prospects show some areas with were worth a look — essentially that was said. from BLM to drill seven reverse circulation more than 80 parts per billion of gold, what attracted us over there.” Prospecting on NOAA drill holes on the property this spring, start- according to Kinross Gold’s website. Wilton Mineralization is similar to that found in ing in late February. The company has until said it is too early to talk about the size of the other areas of the Fairbanks Mining District, Unlike the Ryan Lode property June 30 to complete work, which is current- NOAA property’s geologic formation. he added. “There’s a small granite exposure Fairbanks Gold said the NOAA-Gilmore ly partially finished, Wilton said. “We’re “We have no information at this point to on the north, and spread hornfels. For every Tracking Station prospect is more of a grass- fighting wet ground conditions.” be able to make an educated guess,” he said. mine, there’s going to be 1,000 prospects. roots or early-stage project. Access is via the Gilmore Creek road and While close to the existing Fort Knox This is a prospect and until we do our work, Managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land existing roads along the west side of deposit, Wilton said that the NOAA explo- we don’t know any more than that.” ● continued from page A1 interest to several Canadian E&P and serv- range being pursued by Alberta’s oil sands Trade ties between the United ice companies. operators. MEND States and Canada remain strong, Oilexco Inc., a tiny Calgary-based outfit, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney indi- but some say the jury’s still out on was the first Canadian company to market cated earlier this month that Iraq could be over, without any lasting damage to the the long-term impacts of Iraqi crude, including some destined for producing 3 million barrels per day by late most lucrative two-way trade in the world disagreements over Iraq. North American refineries, under the United 2003, almost three times its output under valued at C$1.4 billion a day. Nations Oil-for-Food program. It also has Oil-for-Food. Gwyn Morgan, CEO of EnCana and vice dabbled in some exploration projects in If the largest slice of that vast crude chairman of the Canadian Council of Chief interests as well.” Iraq. resource ended up in the United States, it Executives, said the “longstanding friend- James Blanchard, a former Michigan Oilexco CEO Arthur Milholland, who could quickly upset Canada’s hopes of ship” between the two countries will survive governor and U.S. ambassador to Canada, once described the sanctions imposed on remaining a long-term supplier to the U.S. current strains provided Canada understands said any lingering concerns that Canada’s Iraq as a “terrible burden,” is hopeful the through expansion of Alberta’s oil sands that its dealings with the United States must corporate sector might be punished for the rebuilding of oil infrastructure will be a deposits, despite a 90 percent rise in be handled differently during a period when actions of its government were dispelled at major prize to many companies. Canadian crude exports from 1991 to 2001 the United States is more concerned about the meetings. Nexen, which produces almost 120,000 and a doubling of gas exports over the same security than economics. “I don’t think there’s anybody suggesting barrels of oil equivalent per day in Yemen, period. “We have the opportunity to do fence- that there will be any kind of trade retalia- close to half its total output, is certain its However, many analysts think it’s mending, and if we don’t, that impact could tion,” he said. almost trouble-free relationships through unlikely the United States will flood its mar- be more severe,” he said. However, other prominent Washington tumultuous times in the Middle East leave it ket with Iraqi crude, driving prices through Morgan acknowledged that Canada’s insiders suggested the real test is yet to “well positioned” to take advantage of Iraqi the floor, pounding high-cost producers and refusal to participate directly in the U.S.-led come. opportunities. actually endangering efforts to improve invasion of Iraq “is an issue ... obviously, Richard Perle, former U.S. assistant sec- President and CEO Charlie Fischer said North American energy security. ● there’s some disappointment. Security has retary of defense, bluntly warned that Nexen has “knowledge, experience and rep- become paramount, and economic relation- Canadian companies could miss out on con- utation that will allow us to do business in ships have to work within that new security tracts if the Canadian government does not the region. world.” contribute financially to the reconstruction “Will we be interested in doing some- Tim Faithful, CEO of Shell Canada, of post-war Iraq, a project that some have thing? Absolutely,” he told the Canadian agreed there has been no indication of any estimated carries a price tag of US$100 bil- Press news agency. punitive U.S. actions affecting Canada’s oil, lion. Petro-Canada also has a chance of land- natural gas and electricity exports that are “When reconstruction flows from gov- ing some Iraqi business because of its joint worth about C$50 billion a year. He said the ernment contributions, the money is likely to venture in Syria with ChevronTexaco, fact that there is an integrated North be spent with national companies,” he told which is rated as one of the leading con- American energy market embracing the reporters. Perle also hinted the next Iraqi tenders to dominate Iraq’s rebuilt oil indus- United States, Canada and Mexico means government may be reluctant to award busi- try along with TotalFinaElf, BP, Royal there is a “strong common interest” in ness to companies from countries that Dutch/Shell and ExxonMobil. achieving seamless trade. refused to join the military coalition. Other Calgary-based E&P companies Interdependent economies “You can forgive the Iraqis for distin- with strong global operations — EnCana, guishing between countries that helped in Talisman Energy and Canadian Natural Other trade experts also have argued it is their liberation and those that opposed their Resources — are seen as contenders, not in the interests of the United States to use liberation,” he said. “I would not want to be although all are taking a measured view of anti-dumping or cross-border security meas- a French entrepreneur in Baghdad with the their ability to get involved. ures to impede the flow of any Canadian next administration.” products across the 49th parallel, especially Thomas Niles, also a former U.S. ambas- Huge prize energy. Even if Washington did retaliate, the sador to Canada, said there “might well be a The scope of the potential riches has North American Free Trade Agreement problem” if Canada decides it will only par- many companies salivating. Iraq is estimat- should prevent conflict or overt protectionist ticipate in a reconstruction effort led by the ed to have oil reserves of 112 billion barrels, measures, they said. United Nations. although only 15 of its 73 known fields have Manley, in a luncheon speech, said the been developed with a mere 2,000 wells. extent to which the U.S. and Canadian Eyeing reconstruction Iraqi crude can be pumped for less than economies are intertwined makes “it pretty The prospect of landing work in the US$1 per barrel, a far better proposition hard to figure out exactly how to target multibillion-dollar restoration of Iraq’s than any conventional oil in North America Canadian businesses and not affect U.S. dilapidated oil industry is a matter of special and well ahead of the US$7-$10-per-barrel A22 ADVERTISER INDEX PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003 Companies involved in North

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Lounsbury & Associates A Lynden Air Cargo ...... A24 Lynden Air Freight ...... A24 Advancial Federal Credit Union Lynden Inc...... A24 Agrium Lynden International ...... A24 FORREST CRANE Air Logistics of Alaska ...... A4 Lynden Logistics...... A24 Alaska Airlines Cargo ...... A14 Lynden Transport...... A24 Alaska Anvil Lynx Enterprises Alaska Coverall Machinery Technical Support Alaska Dreams Mapmakers of Alaska Alaska Interstate Construction Marathon Oil Alaska Marine Lines...... A24 Maritime Helicopters Alaska Railroad Corp. MI Swaco Alaska Rubber & Supply Michael Baker Jr. Alaska Steel Midtown Auto Parts & Machine Phil Snisarenko, operations manager Alaska Telecom...... A12 Millennium Hotel Alaska Tent & Tarp Montgomery Watson Harza Nordic Calista Alaska Textiles MRO Sales Alaska Valve & Fitting ...... A7 MT Housing After constructing a winterized Alaska West Express ...... A24 workover rig in 1982 for Conoco, Alliance, The N-P Nordic Calista mobilized the first sin- Alpine-Meadow ...... A8 gle-module self-propelled North Slope American Marine ...... A9 Nabors Alaska Drilling rig four years later.A joint venture with Anchorage Hilton Hotel NANA/Colt Engineering Schlumberger in 1996 involved con- Arctic Controls Natchiq verting an existing rig into a single unit Arctic Pacific Enterprises Natco Canada coil tubing drilling rig. A second similar Arctic Slope Telephone Assoc. Co-op Neeser Construction rig was recently put in service with ArrowHealth NEI Fluid Technology Schlumberger as partner. Avalon Development...... A6 New World Technology Operations manager Phil Nordic/Calista Services Snisarenko has been employed by B-F Northern Air Cargo Nordic and its affiliates for 25 years. Northern Lights Badger Productions His oil patch career of four decades Northern Testing Laboratories ...... A15 includes roughnecking in Canada, Baroid Drilling Fluids ...... A14 Northern Transportation Co. Brooks Range Supply Oklahoma and Texas. Phil says the Offshore Divers ...... A4 competitive but friendly spirit of Cafe Amsterdam Oil and Gas Supply Co. Cameron ...... A23 Alaska’s oil industry lured him and his Oilfield Transport family north; their second home on the Carlile Transportation Services ...... A3 PDC/Harris Group Chiulista Camp Services...... A16 Kenai and love for fishing suggests Pacific Rim Leadership Development they might stay a decade or two Chugach Technical Services Panalpina ...... A13 longer. Clarion Suites Peak Oilfield Service Co. Cleanaire Alaska Penco CN Aquatrain Petroleum Equipment & Services Coldwell Banker Petrotechnical Resources of Alaska Colville PGS Onshore Conam Construction ProComm Alaska ConocoPhillips Alaska PSI Environmental & Instrumentation YATES HEATHER Cook Inlet Tug & Barge Crowley Alaska ...... A5 Cruz Construction Q-Z Dowland - Bach Corp. Doyon Drilling QUADCO Dura-Wrap Containments Rolls Royce Energy Systems Dynamic Capital Management ...... A21 R & R Scaffold Erectors Eagle Enterprises ...... A4 Salt + Light Creative Engineered Fire Systems Schlumberger Oilfield Services ...... A11 ENSR Alaska ...... A23 SECORP Industries Janeece Higgins, general manager Epoch Well Services Security Aviation Era Aviation ...... A8 Seekins Ford...... A12 ESS Support Services Worldwide Shred Alaska ...... A9 Alaska Rubber and Evergreen Helicopters of Alaska...... A23 SimplexGrinnell Supply Inc. Evergreen Resources Alaska Snowbird Management F.A.T.S. SOLOCO (Dura-Base) Alaska Rubber and Supply was Fairweather Companies, The ...... A13 Sourdough Express incorporated in 1981 and specializes in First National Bank Alaska Span-Alaska Consolidators hose, fittings and rubber products. ARS FMC Energy Systems STEELFAB is a major supplier to the oil industry Flowline Alaska Taiga Adventures as well as military installations within Forest Oil Tec Labs Alaska and the mining, fishing and Frontier Flying Service Thrifty Car Rental construction industries. ARS has provid- TOTE ...... A10 ed products for projects of all sizes G-M Totem Equipment & Supply ...... A3 including the Whittier tunnel and the Travco Industrial Housing Sakhalin oil explorations in Russia. The Golden North Van Lines Tucker Sno-Cat Golder Associates ...... A12 company also supplies Arctic hose to Udelhoven Oilfield Systems Services some destinations in the continental Great Northwest Umiat Commercial H.C. Price U.S. Unique Machine...... A15 Janeece Higgins, general manager Industrial Project Services Unitech of Alaska...... A21 Inspirations since 1995, began working in the oil United Van Lines industry as a mechanic's helper then Integrated Systems Group Univar USA IRF Group oiler in 1973. Born in Fairbanks and URS raised on a homestead near Clear, Java King U.S. Bearings and Drives Janeece relocated to Anchorage and Jackovich Industrial & Construction Supply Veco Alaska ...... A12 attended East High and UAA. She and Judy Patrick Photography Wayne’s Original Texas Bar-B-Q her husband developed an interest in Kenai Aviation Wood Group (Alaska) ...... A7 scuba diving while in Alaska but have Kenworth Alaska XTO Energy ...... A2 KPMG LLP ...... A21 ZY-TECH Global Industries enjoyed the warmer climates of FIJI Kuukpik Arctic Catering and Aruba in recent years. They hope Kuukpik - Fairweather - Veritas to make their next dives near the Kuukpik - LCMF All of the companies listed above advertise on a regular basis with Petroleum News Caribbean Islands. PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003 THE REST OF THE STORY A23 continued from page A1 continued from page A1 Purcell is hopeful production from MMS With hopes high that the project the well will be as much as 40 million MACKENZIE will start deliveries by 2008, cubic feet per day, resulting in a boost magnetic tapes and ship them to the companies have been actively to current Liard reserves of 750 billion MMS Gulf regional office. Then addi- Resources Canada Energy land 75 miles staking out interests along the cubic feet. tional time is needed to read the tapes and northwest of Inuvik following a three- pipeline route. • Canadian Natural Resources to load the data into computers. dimensional seismic program shot last drilled two shallow-gas exploration year. wells at Colville Lake north of Norman Dedicated line EnCana also completed seismic Anadarko has yet to decide whether Wells in the Central Mackenzie Valley Under the new system, MMS said it work last month in the Delta/Beaufort they will be drilled next winter. region, while Paramount and Apache will receive the data it needs directly Sea area. • Paramount Resources has rig- Canada have completed an exploratory released 10 wells, nine of them at well in the same area. from seismic company WesternGeco NWT drilling programs through a dedicated line called DS3/T- Cameron Hills, just north of the • Partners Devlan Exploration and 3. The process will allow MMS to The list of other NWT drilling pro- Alberta border. The last two were Vintage Petroleum completed and test- grams included: released on April 6 and 8.The 10th well ed three exploration gas wells in the • Nine wells completed by Anadarko was an exploration hole east of Fort Grandview Hills area of the Central Under the new system, MMS said Canada despite a late freeze-up, with Liard. Mackenzie Valley, returning to an area it will receive the data it needs seven drilled in the Arrowhead River The company said that as a result of that Devlan first drilled two years ago. directly from seismic company three-dimensional seismic shot last Devlan also completed a new explo- ration well about five miles from a well WesternGeco through a dedicated EnCana also completed seismic year, it is targeting deep Devonian work last month in the plays. Paramount’s average production that was drilled and cased two years line called DS3/T-3. ago. Delta/Beaufort Sea area. from the northeast British Columbia- NWT core area increased by 32 per- • Canadian Forest Oil and its part- download seismic data in a matter of cent last year. ners plan to drill and test a well about hours, compared to the 30-day turn- area northeast of Fort Liard and close to • A partnership of Chevron Canada five miles southwest of Fort Liard. around time with digital linear tape, the where Anadarko drilled an exploration Resources and Purcell Energy rig- They are targeting a depth of about agency said. well last year. released a C$6 million delineation well 15,600 feet. Moreover, the process will eliminate The National Energy Board has after reaching a depth of about 11,800 —GARY PARK the need of reading tapes for incorpora- authorized another three wells, but feet. Petroleum News Calgary correspondent tion, saving one-third the time and effort required to do lease evaluations, MMS said. “This development will fit nicely into our e-government initiative for all our offshore oil and gas operations,” MMS Director Johnnie Burton said. While MMS accepts the lion’s share of high bids in any given Gulf of Mexico lease sale, it generally rejects at least a few when they don’t meet the agency’s standard for fair market value. Leases under the heaviest scrutiny can take up to 90 days to settle. MMS is currently reviewing last month’s Central Gulf Lease Sale 185, which drew 561 winning bids and gen- erated $315.5-mil in apparent high bids. MMS likely will take a close look at two blocks on the gas-prone continental shelf that received an unheard of 18 bids, the most competitively bid blocks in the entire sale. ● A24 ADVERTISEMENT PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003 PETROLEUM NEWS www.PetroleumNews.com Volume 8, No. 16 Providing information about companies that serve Alaska’s oil and gas industry April 2003

Up Front Nabors Alaska Drilling Rig 7ES at ConocoPhillips’ Palm discovery. West of the Kuparuk field on Alaska’s North Slope, Palm was FEATURED COMPANIES recently included in the Kuparuk River unit. A new 9 Lounsbury & Associates pad which will support up to 10 Lynden 20 wells was recently constructed in the area. DS 12 Unique Machine 3S began production in October and is currently 19 Travco Industrial Housing producing more than 19,000 barrels of oil per day. Photo by Judy Patrick B2 PETROLEUM DIRECTORY PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003 Companies involved in Alaska’s oil and gas industry A ESS Support Services Worldwide New World Technology Evergreen Helicopters of Alaska Nordic/Calista Services Evergreen Resources Alaska Northern Air Cargo Advancial Federal Credit Union F.A.T.S. Northern Lights Agrium Fairweather Companies, The Northern Testing Laboratories Air Logistics of Alaska First National Bank Alaska Northern Transportation Co. Alaska Airlines Cargo FMC Energy Systems Offshore Divers Alaska Anvil Flowline Alaska Oil and Gas Supply Co. Alaska Coverall Forest Oil Oilfield Transport Alaska Dreams Frontier Flying Service PDC/Harris Group Alaska Interstate Construction Pacific Rim Leadership Development Alaska Marine Lines Panalpina Alaska Railroad Corp. G-M Peak Oilfield Service Co. Alaska Rubber & Supply Golden North Van Lines Penco Alaska Steel Golder Associates Petroleum Equipment & Services Alaska Telecom Great Northwest Petrotechnical Resources of Alaska Alaska Tent & Tarp H.C. Price PGS Onshore Alaska Textiles Industrial Project Services ProComm Alaska Alaska Valve & Fitting Inspirations PSI Environmental & Instrumentation Alaska West Express Integrated Systems Group Alliance, The IRF Group Alpine-Meadow Java King American Marine Q-Z Jackovich Industrial & Construction Anchorage Hilton Hotel Supply QUADCO Arctic Controls Judy Patrick Photography Rolls Royce Energy Systems Arctic Pacific Enterprises Kenai Aviation R & R Scaffold Erectors Arctic Slope Telephone Assoc. Co-op Kenworth Alaska Salt + Light Creative ArrowHealth KPMG LLP Schlumberger Oilfield Services Avalon Development Kuukpik Arctic Catering SECORP Industries B-F Kuukpik - Fairweather - Veritas Security Aviation Kuukpik - LCMF Seekins Ford Lounsbury & Associates Shred Alaska Badger Productions Lynden Air Cargo SimplexGrinnell Baroid Drilling Fluids Lynden Air Freight Snowbird Management Brooks Range Supply Lynden Inc. SOLOCO (Dura-Base) Cafe Amsterdam Lynden International Sourdough Express Cameron Lynden Logistics Span-Alaska Consolidators Carlile Transportation Services Lynden Transport STEELFAB Chiulista Camp Services Lynx Enterprises Taiga Adventures Chugach Technical Services Machinery Technical Support Tec Labs Clarion Suites Mapmakers of Alaska Thrifty Car Rental Cleanaire Alaska Marathon Oil TOTE CN Aquatrain Maritime Helicopters Totem Equipment & Supply Coldwell Banker MI Swaco Travco Industrial Housing Colville Michael Baker Jr. Tucker Sno-Cat Conam Construction Midtown Auto Parts & Machine Udelhoven Oilfield Systems Services ConocoPhillips Alaska Millennium Hotel Umiat Commercial Cook Inlet Tug & Barge Montgomery Watson Harza Unique Machine Crowley Alaska MRO Sales Unitech of Alaska Cruz Construction MT Housing United Van Lines Dowland - Bach Corp. Univar USA Doyon Drilling URS Dura-Wrap Containments N-P U.S. Bearings and Drives Dynamic Capital Management Nabors Alaska Drilling Veco Alaska Eagle Enterprises NANA/Colt Engineering Wayne’s Original Texas Bar-B-Q Engineered Fire Systems Natchiq Wood Group (Alaska) ENSR Alaska Natco Canada XTO Energy Epoch Well Services Neeser Construction ZY-TECH Global Industries Era Aviation NEI Fluid Technology PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003 PETROLEUM DIRECTORY B3

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Web site: www.travco.ca Evergreen Helicopters of Alaska Phone: (907) 273-1830 Colville Travco is a world-class manufacturer of 1935 Merrill Field Drive Phone: (800) 955-1830 Pouch 340012 industrial and commercial modular struc- Anchorage, AK 99501 Fax: (907) 273-1831 Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734 tures. Our modular structures are used Contact: Joy Journeay, marketing mgr. 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Airlines office: (907) 257-1500 tems design; contractor support survey- Phone: (907) 456-6328 Logistics: (907) 243-8677 ing and permitting for oil and gas devel- Maritime Helicopters Fax: (907) 452-5260 Web site: evergreenaviation.com opment; dredging operations, remote 3520 FAA Rd. Email: [email protected] Evergreen’s diverse fleet has provided site land and hydrographic surveying. Homer, AK 99603 Web site: www.ptialaska.net/~aktent award-winning safety to Alaskans since Contact: Audrey Rearden 1960 in petroleum exploration & pro- Café Amsterdam Arctic Engineering Phone: 907-235-7771 530 E. Benson Blvd., Ste. 3 duction, firefighting, forestry, construc- Fax: 907-235-7741 tion, search & rescue, cargo transport, Anchorage, AK 99503 Golder Associates Email: [email protected] and utility transmission. Contact: Gable Smith 1750 Abbott Rd., Ste. 200 In business since 1973, Maritime Phone: (907) 274-0074 Helicopters offers statewide (including Kenai Aviation Anchorage, AK 99507 Fax: (907) 274-0077 Aleutian Islands) helicopter support from P.O. Box 46 Contact: Bob Dugan, mgr., Tom Café Amsterdam serves breakfast, lunch, bases in Homer and Kodiak. We also Kenai, AK 99611 Krzewinski, Mark Musial, Bucky Tart and dinner in a comfortable atmosphere offer an 86-foot research vessel with Contact: Bob or Jim Bielefeld Phone: (907) 344-6001 using the freshest foods and local beers heli-pad. Phone: (907) 283-4124 Fax: (907) 344-6011 available. European seasonal menu, spe- Website: www.golder.com Phone: (800) 478-4124 (within Alaska) Umiat Commercial Co. cials, wine, and beer from around the Fax: (907) 283-5267 Providing geotechnical engineering, world. water resource, and geosciences services 2700 S. Cushman St. Email: [email protected] Fairbanks, AK 99701 Air taxi services provided since 1961 in support of resource development Chiulista Camp Services projects in Alaska and the Arctic. Other Contact: Mike Tolbert 301 Calista Ct., Ste. A state wide, mostly Cook Inlet. Single Phone: (907) 452-6631 engine and twin Bonanza. offices worldwide. Anchorage, AK 99518 Fax: (907) 451-8632 Contact: George B. Gardner, President Email: [email protected] Lynden and GM. Arctic Gear UCC provides lodging and fuel sales at Alaska Marine Lines Phone: (907) 278-2208 Umiat located on the Colville River. We Alaska Railbelt Marine Fax: (907) 279-8430 Alaska Textiles are open 24 hours a day everyday of the Alaska West Express Email: [email protected] 620 W. Fireweed Lane year. Lynden Air Cargo Anchorage, AK 99503 The 100 percent Alaska Native owned Lynden Air Freight and operated catering company on the Contact: Clif Burnette, vice president Bearings Lynden International Phone: (907) 265-4880 North Slope, catering and housekeeping Lynden Logistics Fax: (907) 265-4850 to your tastes, not ours. Lynden Transport U.S. Bearings & Drives Email: [email protected] ESS Support Services Worldwide 6441 S. Airpark Pl. Website: www.alaskatextiles.com 611 E. International Airport Rd. Anchorage, AK 99502 Anchorage, AK 99518 9210 Vanguard Dr., Ste 101 Alaska Textiles Inc. is Alaska’s leader in Anchorage, AK 99507 Contact: Jeanine St. John FR Arctic Apparel supplier. Contact: Dena Kelley, operations mgr. Phone: (907) 245-1544 Phone: 563-3000 Contact: Deanne Earnheart, business Fax: (907) 245-1744 Army/Navy Store Fax: 563-1003 development coordinator Email: [email protected] 320 W. 4th Ave. Email: [email protected] Phone: 344-1207 The combined scope of the Lynden com- Anchorage, AK 99501 Web site: www.bearings.com Fax: 344-0353 panies includes truckload and less-than- Contact: Michael Miller U.S. Bearings & Drives, formerly BESCO Email: [email protected] truckload highway connections, sched- Phone: (907) 279-2401 has been providing bearings and drive Website: www.ess-global.com uled barges, intermodal bulk chemical Fax: (907) 278-7174 components to our Alaskan customers The Alaska division of the worlds largest hauls, scheduled and chartered air Email: [email protected] since 1952. We offer quality components contract food service company. Visit our freighters, domestic and international Over 50 years as major contractor in and experienced personnel. web site at www.ess-global.com air forwarding and international sea for- Alaska for oil companies and subcontrac- Kuukpik Arctic Catering warding services. tors outfitting cold weather gear, such as Buildings — Modular 5761 Silverado Way, Ste P flame resistant Arctic wear, flame resist- Security Aviation Anchorage, AK 99518 ant clothing, and safety footwear. Alaska Cover-All LLC 3600 International Airport Rd. Contact: Rick MacMillan 6740 Jollipan Crt. Anchorage, AK 99502 Phone: (907) 562-5588 Eagle Enterprises Anchorage, AK 99507 Contact: S. Joe Kapper Fax: (907) 562-5898 700 W. International Airport Contact: Paul Nelson, mgr. Phone: (907) 248-2677 – 24 hour service Email: [email protected] Anchorage, AK 99578 Phone: (907) 346-1319 Fax: (907) 248-6911 Contact: Tom Condon, Industrial Sales Fax: (907) 346-4400 Email: [email protected] Travco Industrial Housing, Ltd. Mgr. Email: [email protected] Website: www.securityaviation.biz 1507 8 St. Phone: (907) 562-2331 Contact: Henry Brown All twin engine aircraft including Nisku, Alberta, Canada Fax: (907) 562-6955 Phone: (907) 646-1219 Citation-II business jet. Crew changes, Contact: Stewart Orange, sales represen- Email: [email protected] We are the Alaska dealers for Cover-All hot freight-worldwide, VIP tours, emer- Other Offices: Homer tative B4 PETROLEUM DIRECTORY PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003

Phone: (888) 387-2826 590 E. 100th Ave. Anchorage, AK 99507 Phone: (907) 277-1406 Fax: (780) 955-8938 Anchorage, AK 990515 Contact: Sandy Garvin Fax: (907) 258-1700 Email: [email protected] Contact: Ken Lambertsen Phone: (907) 344-1223 24 hour emergency service. With 30 years Web site: www.travco.ca Phone: (907) 344-7444 Fax: (907) 344-1612 of experience, we're experts on arctic con- Travco is a world-class manufacturer of Fax: (907) 522-1486 Email: [email protected] ditions and extreme weather. industrial and commercial modular struc- Email: [email protected] Providing telecommunications support tures. Our modular structures are used Web site: www.univarusa.com to oil exploration and production com- M.T. Housing around the world as work camps, offices, World’s largest industrial chemical dis- panies and contractors. Satellite commu- P.O. Box 9695 wellsites, resorts, schools, etc. tributor serving Alaskans since 1924. nications, voice, data, microwave, 21 W. Viola Ave. Industrial emphasis in oil and gas refin- VHF/UHF radio, engineering and installa- Yakima, WA 98902 Umiat Commercial Co. ing, procuring and gas treating. tion. Contact: Denyce Marshall 2700 S. Cushman St. Phone: (509) 248-8616 Fairbanks, AK 99701 U.S. Bearings & Drives Michael Baker Jr. Fax: (509) 248-8656 Contact: Mike Tolbert 611 E. International Airport Rd. 4601 Business Park Blvd., Ste. 42 Email: [email protected] Phone: (907) 452-6631 Anchorage, AK 99518 Anchorage, AK 99503 We manufacture modular buildings Fax: (907) 451-8632 Contact: Dena Kelley, operations mgr. Contact: Bud Alto, business unit mgr. using insulated 40-foot cargo containers. Email: [email protected] Phone: 563-3000 Phone: (907) 273-1600 We manufacture housing units, lavato- UCC provides lodging and fuel sales at Fax: 563-1003 Fax: (907) 273-1699 ries and showers, kitchen and dining Umiat located on the Colville River. We Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] facilities and offices, storage, etc. are open 24 hours a day everyday of the Web site: www.bearings.com Web site: www.mbakercorp.com year. U.S. Bearings & Drives, formerly BESCO Juneau office: 175 Franklin St., Ste. 420 R&R Scaffold Erectors has been providing bearings and drive Juneau, AK 99801 1150 E. 68th Ave. Wayne’s Original Texas Bar-B-Que components to our Alaskan customers Contact: McKie Campbell, Sr. environ- Anchorage, AK 99518 3400 C. St. since 1952. We offer quality components mental mgr. Contact: David Bond Anchorage, AK 99503 and experienced personnel. Phone: (907) 463-3171 Phone: (907) 344-5427 Contact: Wayne Bond Fax: (907) 463-3107 Fax: (907) 349-3268 Phone: (907) 569-9911 Chemical Analytical Lab Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Fax: (907) 349-1867 Multi-discipline firm with project man- Web site: www.scaffold-alaska In addition to dine-in, take-out, delivery agement, permitting, fiber optic, civil, We’re the company that contractors and and drive-thru services, at Wayne’s Univar USA 590 E. 100th Ave. structural, mechanical, electrical, and OSHA inspectors go to for accurate, up- Original Texas Bar-B-Que, we offer instrumentation services. Established to-date scaffold regulations information. exceptional catering services tailored to Anchorage, AK 990515 Contact: Ken Lambertsen offices in Anchorage and Juneau provide We’ve never had an OSHA safety viola- any event (3,000+). Referral letters avail- diversified staff accepting the challenges, tion in our company history. We also able upon request. Phone: (907) 344-7444 Fax: (907) 522-1486 delivering excellence. offer competency training. Email: [email protected] Tec Laboratories Web site: www.univarusa.com Pacific Rim Leadership Dev., LLC Cellular Communications 3601 C St., Ste. 1400 P.O. Box 1958 World’s largest industrial chemical dis- Albany, OR 97321 tributor serving Alaskans since 1924. Anchorage, AK 99503 ASTAC Contact: Ken Thompson, president Contact: Gary Burris, national sales mgr. Industrial emphasis in oil and gas refin- Phone: (800) 482-4464 4300 B Street, Ste. 501 ing, procuring and gas treating. Phone: (907) 770-1600 Anchorage, AK 99503 Fax: (907) 770-1626 Fax: (541) 926-0218 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Contact: Erin Ealum Civil & Hazardous Waste Phone: (907) 563-3989 Web site: www.pacrimldr.com Web site: www.teclabsinc.com Phone: 1-800-478-6409 Providing proven and practical leader- We’re celebrating our 25th year. We are Fax: (907) 563-1932 Univar USA ship development and business consult- the proud manufacturer of The 10 Hour Email: [email protected] 590 E. 100th Ave. ing services; including leadership train- Insect Repellent and other outstanding Full service cellular company providing Anchorage, AK 990515 ing, change management, high perform- outdoor skin care products. cellular service, and equipment sales and Contact: Ken Lambertsen ance team development, strategy deter- service, maintenance, installation, and Phone: (907) 344-7444 mination and experienced business custom calling features. Fax: (907) 522-1486 advice. Construction Project Email: [email protected] Management Web site: www.univarusa.com ProComm Alaska Centrifugal Compressors World’s largest industrial chemical dis- 4831 Old Seward Hwy., #111 tributor serving Alaskans since 1924. Anchorage, AK 99503 Alaska Anvil Rolls-Royce Industrial emphasis in oil and gas refin- Contact: Natha Thompson, director of 509 W. 3rd Ave. 540 5th Ave. SW, Ste. 1590 ing, procuring and gas treating. sales & marketing Anchorage, AK 99501–2237 Calgary, Alberta T2POM2 Phone: (907) 373-7628 Contact: Frank Weiss Contact: Scott DeWolfe Commercial Diving Fax: (907) 373-7636 Phone: (907) 276-2747 Phone: (403) 234-7800 Email: [email protected] Fax: (907) 279-4088 Fax: (403) 233-0415 Website: www.ProCommAk.com Email: [email protected] Rolls-Royce provides aeroderivative gas American Marine Corp. 6000 A St. ProComm Alaska represents the com- Web site: anvilcorp.com turbine compression and power genera- plete line of Motorola products and is a Other office: Kenai tion packages (5,500 to 70,000 horse- Anchorage, AK 99518 Contact: Tom Ulrich, Marine Operations Motorola service center. We offer the 50720 Kenai Spur Hwy, Mile 24.5 power), with technologically-advanced latest two-way radio technology for Kenai, AK 99611 control systems. All Rolls-Royce products Contact: Steve Stuart, Alaska Area Manager business and public safety. Locations in Phone: (907) 776-5870 are backed by an extensive worldwide Anchorage, Fairbanks, Wasilla and Fax: (907) 770-5871 parts and service support organization. Phone: (907) 562-5420 Fax: (907) 562-5426 Soldotna. Multi-discipline engineering and design Email: [email protected] services including construction manage- Chemicals Web site: www.amsghq.com ment for petro-chemical and heavy American Marine Corp. (American Construction Equipment industrial client projects. Agrium Divers) provides full service marine con- & Materials P.O. Box 575 Arctic Pacific Enterprises struction/divers throughout Alaska and 2702 Gambell St., Ste., 101 Kenai, AK 99611 the Pacific. Contact: Lisa Parker, Government Alaska Dreams P.O. Box 241912 Relations Offshore Divers 522 Goldstreak Rd. Anchorage, AK 99524 Phone: (907) 776-8121 5630 Silverado Way, A-9 Fairbanks, AK 99712 Contact: Peny Frisby Fax: (907) 776-5579 Anchorage, AK 99518 Contact: M. Huser, president Phone: (907) 277-6442 Email: [email protected] Contact: Don Ingraham, Owner/Mgr. Phone: (907) 455-7712 Fax: (907) 277-6443 Website: www.agrium.com Contact: Leif Simcox, Owner/Operations Fax: (907) 455-7713 Email: [email protected] Value added manufacturer of fertilizer Mgr. Email: [email protected] Web site: www.arcticpacific.com products. Phone: (907) 563-9060 As an independent Rockford steel build- Arctic Pacific Enterprises, LLC is a Native Fax: (907) 563-9061 ing dealer we provide full service, indus- owned business located in Anchorage. Baroid Drilling Fluids Email: [email protected] try leading hi-tech durable steel con- We provide construction management 6900 Arctic Blvd. Web site: http//www.offshoredivers.com struction. The fully engineered and com- services of capital infrastructure projects Anchorage, AK 99518 Offshore Divers is an Alaska owned div- plete buildings guarantee fast and eco- in rural Alaska (bulk fuel facilities, elec- Contact: Tom Burgin ing contractor specializing in sub-sea oil- nomical on site erection. trical powerhouses, etc. Phone: (907) 275-2612 field work on mooring systems, Fax: (907) 275-2650 Brooks Range Supply Lounsbury and Associates pipelines, platforms and docks in Cook 723 W. 6th Ave. Email: [email protected] Inlet, on the North Slope and in Valdez. 1 Old Spine Road Baroid is a Halliburton company, operat- Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734 Anchorage, AK 99501 ing in Alaska for over 40 years. We pro- Contact: Mike Kunkel/Craig Welch, gen- Contact: Craig L. Savage, president eral managers E-mail: [email protected] vide a full complement of fluid related Communications products and services for the oil and gas Phone: (907) 659-2550 Contact: Jim Sawhill, vp industry. Toll free: (866) 659-2550 Email: [email protected] ASTAC Fax: (907) 569-2650 Phone: (907) 272-5451 MI SWACO 4300 B Street, Ste. 501 Email: [email protected] Fax: (907) 272-9065 721 W. First Ave. Anchorage, AK 99503 Your source on the Slope for safety sup- Toll Free: (800) 478-5451 Anchorage, AK 99501 & Contact: Erin Ealum plies, welding supplies, automotive and Website: www.lounsburyinc.com 225 W. 92nd Ave. Phone: (907) 563-3989 truck parts, hardware, tools, building Provides civil engineering and project Anchorage, AK 99515 Phone: 1-800-478-6409 materials, glass, propane, hydraulic hoses management services for oilfield devel- Contact: Craig Bieber Fax: (907) 563-1932 and fittings, paint and chemicals. opment. Recent projects include: Tarn, Phone: (907) 274-5564 Email: [email protected] Pam and Colville Delta North. Email: [email protected] or dsr@alas- Providing local and long distance service, Jackovich Industrial & Construction ka.net maintenance and training, consultation, Supply Michael Baker Jr. MI SWACO DSR combines Alaska know- installation, engineering, Centrex, cus- Fairbanks: 1600 Wells St. 4601 Business Park Blvd., Ste. 42 how and global strength to provide the tom calling features, digital cross con- Attn: Buz Jackovich Anchorage, AK 99503 oil industry with a full-service drilling nect service, and digital data service. Phone: (907) 456-4414 Contact: John M. Eldred, business unit partner Fax: (907) 452-4846 mgr. Alaska Telecom Anchorage: 1716 Post Road Phone: (907) 273-1115 Univar USA 6623 Brayton Dr. Attn: Steve Slone Fax: (907) 273-1699 PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003 PETROLEUM DIRECTORY B5

Email: [email protected] Contact: Bob Stinson 301 W. Northern Lights Blvd., #300 control systems. All Rolls-Royce products Website: www.mbakercorp.com Phone: (907) 278-6600 Anchorage, AK 99503 are backed by an extensive worldwide Juneau office: 175 Franklin St., Ste. 420 Fax: (907) 278-3255 Contact: David L. Matthews parts and service support organization. Juneau, AK 99801 Email: [email protected] Phone: (907) 278-4400 Contact: McKie Campbell, sr. environ- Oil, gas, and mining facility; pipeline, Fax: (907) 278-3255 Credit Unions mental mgr. civil, and commercial construction. Other offices: Dallas, Texas, and interna- Phone: (907) 463-3171 tional. Cruz Construction Advancial Federal Credit Fax: (907) 463-3107 Email: [email protected] 700 G St., Ste. 199 Email: [email protected] HC04 Box 9323 EPC contractor performing oilfield sup- Palmer, AK 99645 Anchorage, AK 99501 Engineering skills include civil, structural, port construction projects and other Contact: David Selsky, Asst. VP – Strategic mechanical, electrical, project manage- Contact: Dave or Dana Cruz heavy industrial projects statewide. Phone: (907) 746-3144 Devel. ment, GIS, and hydrology. Energy servic- Phone: (907) 258-5884 es include CMMS (computerized mainte- Fax: (907) 746-5557 Peak Oilfield Service Co. Email: [email protected] 2525 C St., Ste. 201 Phone: (888) 454-5884 nance management), managed opera- Fax: (907) 258-5890 tion and maintenance, training/compe- General contractor specializing in heavy Anchorage, AK 99503 civil construction, horizontal direction Contact: Bill Stamps, Business Email: [email protected] tency services, and other related energy Website: www.advancial.org services. drilling for utilities. Ice road and ice Development/Ex. Affairs bridge construction throughout Alaska Phone: (907) 263-7000 Other Offices: Nana/Colt Engineering LLC in support of resource development. Fax: (907) 263-7070 Texas, Louisiana, Alaska 700 G Street, 5th floor Email: [email protected] The premier credit union for the energy Anchorage, AK 99501 Great Northwest Web site: www.peakalaska.com industry. Offer you employees a valuable Phone: (907) 273-3930 P.O. Box 74646 Alaska based general contractors. financial-health benefit without any cost Fax: (907) 273-3990 Fairbanks, AK 99707-4646 to you — membership with Advancial. Contact: John Minier, (907) 273-3910 Contact: Buzz Otis NANA/Colt offers project management, Phone: (907) 452-5617 Contractors — Specialty Fire Document Services Fax: (907) 456-7779 engineering, design, construction man- Protection agement, and procurement services to Shred Alaska the oil industry. H.C. Price 840 Norman St. 301 W. Northern Lights Blvd., #300 Integrated Systems Group Anchorage, AK 99504 Natchiq Anchorage, AK 99503 5730 B. St. Contact: Cindy or Larry Hinkle, owners 3900 C. St., Ste. 701 Contact: David L. Matthews Anchorage, AK 99518 Phone: (907) 929-1154 Anchorage, AK 99503 Phone: (907) 278-4400 Contact: Dale Shirley, vp Fax: (907) 929-1154 Contact: Jack Laasch Fax: (907) 278-3255 Phone: (907) 569-3473 Email: [email protected] Phone: (907) 339-6200 Other offices: Dallas, Texas, and interna- Fax: (907) 569-1301 Shred Alaska provides an on-site docu- Fax: (907) 339-6219 tional. Email: [email protected] ment destruction service for the immedi- Website: www.natchiq.com Email: [email protected] [email protected] ate, secure disposal of confidential and Oil and gas services including facility EPC contractor performing oilfield sup- Website: www.intsysgrp.com sensitive materials. Your documents are engineering and construction, mainte- port construction projects and other Specializing in fire suppression and gas shredded on board a custom designed nance, fabrication, pipeline construction, heavy industrial projects statewide. detection systems. Leaders in providing truck equipped with a high-powered communications; well drilling, upstream M.T. Housing Inc. alarm systems, special hazards and gas industrial shredder. No documents leave exploration and production services and detection systems. the business site until they are complete- geological and geophysical services. P.O. Box 9695 21 W. Viola Ave. ly destroyed. They are then taken to the Simplex Grinnell recycling center. Snowbird Management Yakima, WA 98902 5430 Fairbanks St. P.O. Box 521411 Contact: Denyce Marshall Anchorage, AK 99518 Big Lake, AK 99652 Phone: (509) 248-8616 Contact: Jeffrey Wilcheck Drilling & Well Services Contact: Darrell E. Korman, president Fax: (509) 248-8656 Phone: (907) 561-1911 Phone: (907) 440-9480 Email: [email protected] Fax: (907) 561-4650 Fax: (907) 892-1229 We manufacture modular buildings Email [email protected] Baroid Drilling Fluids Email: [email protected] using insulated 40-foot cargo containers. Web site: SimplexFrinnell.com 6900 Arctic Blvd. Advisor to the petroleum industry on We manufacture housing units, lavato- Other offices: Juneau and Fairbanks Anchorage, AK 99518 offshore construction. ries and showers, kitchen and dining A total services approach to protecting Contact: Tom Burgin facilities and offices, storage, etc. your people, property and assets. Phone: (907) 275-2612 VECO Specializing in fire protection, security Fax: (907) 275-2650 949 E. 36th Ave., Ste. 500 Montgomery Watson Harza Email: [email protected] 4100 Spenard Rd. and communications. One Company. Anchorage, AK 99508 One Call. Total Protection. Baroid is a Halliburton company, operat- Contact: Roxanne Payne Anchorage, AK 99517 ing in Alaska for over 40 years. We pro- Email: [email protected] Contact: Sandra Hamann vide a full compliment of fluid related Phone: (907) 762-1510 Phone: (907) 248-8883 Control Systems products and services for the oil and gas Fax: (907) 762-1001 Fax: (907) 248-8884 industry. Website: www.VECO.com Email: [email protected] Alaska Valve & Fitting VECO is a multi-national corporation Montgomery Watson Harza is a design- 6130 Tuttle Place Doyon Drilling that provides services, project manage- build engineering firm that has been Anchorage, AK 99501 101 W. Benson Blvd., Ste. 503 ment, engineering, procurement, con- providing environmental engineering, Contact: Ron Tharp Anchorage, AK 99503 struction, operations and maintenance – construction, and remediation services in Phone: (907) 563-5630 Contact: Ron Wilson to the energy, resource and process Alaska for the last 25 years. Fax: (907) 563-4721 Phone: (907) 563-5530 industries and the public sector. Email: [email protected] Fax: (907) 561-8986 Peak Oilfield Service Co. Website: www.SWAGELOK.com Email: [email protected] 2525 C St., Ste. 201 Contractors — General Complete line of genuine SWAGELOK Anchorage, AK 99503 products in stock. Tube fittings, valves, FMC Energy Systems Contact: Bill Stamps, Business pipe fittings, stainless hose, leak detec- 700 W. International Airport Rd. Alaska Telecom Development/Ex. Affairs tors, tubing supports, industrial pressure Anchorage, AK 99518-1122 6623 Brayton Dr. Phone: (907) 263-7000 gauges and stainless steel tubing. Contact: Alan McArthur, Area Mgr. Anchorage, AK 99507 Fax: (907) 263-7070 Phone: (907) 563-3990 Contact: Sandy Garvin Email: [email protected] ARCTIC CONTROLS Fax: (907) 563-5810 Phone: (907) 344-1223 Web site: www.peakalaska.com 1120 E. 5th Ave. Email: [email protected] Fax: (907) 344-1612 Alaska based general contractors. Anchorage, AK 99501 Supplier of wellheads and Christmas Email: [email protected] Contact: Scott Stewart, president trees, to API specifications, with repair Providing telecommunications support Udelhoven Oilfield System Services Phone: (907) 277-7555 facility and service organization to sup- to oil exploration and production com- Anchorage office: Fax: (907) 277-9295 port all North Slope and Cook Inlet loca- panies and contractors. Satellite commu- 184 E. 53rd Ave. Email: [email protected] tions. nications, voice, data, microwave, Anchorage, AK 99518 Website: www.arcticcontrols.com VHF/UHF radio, engineering and installa- Phone: (907) 344-1577 An Alaskan owned and operated compa- MI SWACO tion. Fax: (907) 522-2541 ny since,1985, Arctic Controls, Inc. has 721 W. First Ave. Nikiski office: been highly successful as manufacturer Anchorage, AK 99501 Alaska Interstate Construction LLC P.O. Box 8349 representatives for the state of Alaska in Contact: Craig Bieber (AIC) Nikiski, AK 99635 the Process Control and Instrumentation Phone: (907) 274-5051 P.O. Box 233769 Phone: (907) 776-5185 field. Selling equipment to the oil and Fax: (907) 279-6729 Anchorage, AK 99523 Fax: (907) 776-8105 gas markets, mining and water waste- Email: [email protected] Contact: John Ellsworth Prudhoe office: water/municipal markets. SWACO Phone: (907) 562-2792 Pouch 340103 Anchorage, AK 99501 Fax: (907) 562-4179 Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734 Dowland-Bach Corp. Contact: Dana Rhodes Phone: (907) 659-8093 6130 Tuttle Pl. Phone: (907) 274-5541 American Marine Corp. Fax: (907) 659-8489 P.O. Box 230126 Email: [email protected] 6000 A St. Serving Alaska for more than 25 years. Anchorage, AK 99523 MI SWACO combines Alaska know-how Anchorage, AK 99518 Contact: Lynn Johnson, president and global strength to provide the oil Contact: Tom Ulrich, Marine Operations Phone: (907) 562-5818 industry with a full-service drilling part- Contact: Steve Stuart, Alaska Area Contractors — Pipeline Fax: (907) 563-4721 ner Manager Email: [email protected] Phone: (907) 562-5420 Web site: www.dowlandbach.com Nabors Alaska Drilling Fax: (907) 562-5426 CONAM Construction Co. 301 W. Northern Lights Blvd., Ste 300 2525 C St., Ste. 200 Email: [email protected] Rolls-Royce Anchorage, AK 99503 Web site: www.amsghq.com Anchorage, AK 99503 540 5th Ave. SW, Ste. 1590 Contact: Bob Stinson Contact: Trudy Elder American Marine Corp. (American Calgary, Alberta T2POM2 Phone: (907) 263-6000 Divers) provides full service marine con- Phone: (907) 278-6600 Contact: Scott DeWolfe Fax: (907) 278-3255 Fax: (907) 563-3734 struction/divers throughout Alaska and Phone: (403) 234-7800 Email: [email protected] the Pacific. Email: [email protected] Fax: (403) 233-0415 Oil, gas, and mining facility; pipeline, Rolls-Royce provides aeroderivative gas Nordic-Calista Services CONAM Construction Co. civil, and commercial construction. turbine compression and power genera- 4700 Business Park Blvd., Bldg. E, #19 301 W. Northern Lights Blvd., Ste 300 H.C. Price tion packages (5,500 to 70,000 horse- Anchorage, AK 99503 Anchorage, AK 99503 power), with technologically-advanced Phone: (907) 561-7458 B6 PETROLEUM DIRECTORY PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003

Fax: (907) 563-8347 Phone: (907) 776-5185 Contact: McKie Campbell, sr. environ- Fax: (907) 561-7028 Contact: Phil Snisarenko, Operations Fax: (907) 776-8105 mental mgr. Email: [email protected] Mgr. Prudhoe office: Phone: (907) 463-3171 Contact: Mike Moora Email: [email protected] Pouch 340103 Fax: (907) 463-3107 Phone: same as above Nordic-Calista Services provides innova- Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734 Email: [email protected] Fax: same as above tive, reliable workover/drilling rigs specif- Phone: (907) 659-8093 Engineering skills include civil, structural, Email: [email protected] ically designer for arctic conditions. We Fax: (907) 659-8489 mechanical, electrical, project manage- Website: www.harrisgroup.com strive to maximize productivity and effi- Serving Alaska for more than 25 years. ment, GIS, and hydrology. Energy servic- PDC-Harris Group provides front-end ciency while promoting safety and envi- es include CMMS (computerized mainte- engineering design, detailed design, and ronmentally-conscious drill practices. Employee Benefits nance management), managed opera- environmental permitting services to the tion and maintenance, training/compe- oil, gas, and power generation markets. Petroleum Equipment & Services Advancial Federal Credit tency services, and other related energy 5631 Silverado Way, Ste G services. Petrotechnical Resources of Alaska Anchorage, AK 99518 700 G St., Ste. 199 (PRA) Anchorage, AK 99501 Contact: Kevin Durling/Donald Parker Engineering Services 3601 C St., Ste. 1378 Phone: (907) 248-0066 Contact: David Selsky, Asst. VP – Strategic Anchorage, AK 99503 Fax: (907) 248-4429 Devel. Contact: Tom Walsh Web site: www.pesiak.com Phone: (907) 258-5884 Alpine-Meadow Phone: (907) 272-1232 P.E.S.I. offers both conventional and spe- Phone: (888) 454-5884 11043 Tsusena Circle Fax: (907) 272-1344 cialty products and services for Alaska oil Fax: (907) 258-5890 Eagle River, AK 99577 Email: [email protected] industry. Email: [email protected] Contact: George Snodgrass, president Our multidisciplinary staff of qualified Website: www.advancial.org Phone: (907) 694-7423 and experienced professionals possess a Quadco Inc. Other Offices: Fax: (907) 694-7423 diverse array of technical capabilities to 6116 Nielson Way Texas, Louisiana, Alaska Email: [email protected] provide our clients with a full spectrum Anchorage, AK 99518 The premier credit union for the energy Website: www.alpine-meadow.com of geoscience and engineering consult- Contact: David Baggett, VP, Alaska industry. Offer you employees a valuable We are a small, low-cost, professional, ing services. Manager financial-health benefit without any cost personal company with 18 years engi- Phone: (907) 563-8999 to you — membership with Advancial. neering and environmental experience The Fairweather Companies Fax: (907) 563-8985 in Alaska with major oil companies. We 715 L. St., Ste. 4 Email: [email protected] offer permitting and compliance, strate- Anchorage, AK 99501 Other offices: Farmington NM, Denver Employment Services gic planning, incident investigations, cri- Contact: R.C. Gardner or Bill Penrose CO, Casper WY sis management services. Phone: (907) 258-3446 Quadco has supplied services to the Alaska Textiles Fax: (907) 258-5557 Alaska oilfield since 1976. We have ENSR International Website: www.fairweather.com 620 W. Fireweed Lane 4600 Business Park Blvd., Ste. 22 trained personnel to help with instru- Anchorage, AK 99503 The Fairweather Companies provide mentation, solids control, pipe handling Anchorage, AK 99503-7143 project management, engineering, Contact: Clif Burnette, vice president Contact: Chris L. Humphrey, P.E. and Top Drive drilling equipment. 24 Phone: (907) 265-4880 drilling, permitting, logistics, and opera- hour on call Phone: (907) 561-5700 tional services to the exploration and Fax: (907) 265-4850 Fax: (907) 273-4555 Email: [email protected] production sectors of the petroleum Schlumberger Oilfield Services Email: [email protected] industry. Website: www.alaskatextiles.com Serving Alaska since 1977. ENSR is an 3940 Arctic Blvd. Ste. 300 Alaska Textiles, Inc. offers uniform (cor- Anchorage, AK 99503 environmental engineering and consult- porate identity) programs for all indus- ing firm with more than 70 offices Contact: Steve Harrison tries. We have an in house, full service Environmental Engineering Phone: (907) 273-1700 worldwide providing environmental embroidery department that make planning, assessment, permitting, com- & Consulting Fax: (907) 561-8317 adding your logo a breeze. We also offer Schlumberger Oilfield Services provides pliance management and contamination safety award and employee recognition cleanup. people and technology, working togeth- programs. Alaska Anvil er to offer exploration and production LCMF 509 W. 3rd Ave. services during the life cycle of the oil ArrowHealth Corp. Anchorage, AK 99501–2237 and gas reservoir. 139 E. 51st Ave. 4050 Lake Otis Pkwy., Ste. 207 Anchorage, AK 99503 Contact: Frank Weiss Anchorage, AK 99508 Phone: (907) 276-2747 The Fairweather Companies Contact: Richard Rearick, architectural Contact: Lea Counts, Dir. Substance mgr. Fax: (907) 279-4088 715 L. St., Ste. 4 Abuse Testing Div. Web site: anvilcorp.com Anchorage, AK 99501 Contact: Willey Wilhelm, engineering Phone: (907) 868-8885 mgr. Other office: Kenai Contact: R.C. Gardner or Bill Penrose Fax: (907) 868-8882 50720 Kenai Spur Hwy, Mile 24.5 Phone: (907) 258-3446 Contact: Tony Hoffman, survey mgr. Email: [email protected] Phone: (907) 273-1830 Kenai, AK 99611 Fax: (907) 258-5557 Website: www.arrowhealthcorp.com Phone: (907) 776-5870 Website: www.fairweather.com Phone: (800) 955-1830 ArrowHealth is Alaska’s premier service Fax: (907) 273-1831 Fax: (907) 770-5871 The Fairweather Companies provide provider of occupational health and sub- Multi-discipline engineering and design project management, engineering, Email: [email protected] stance abuse testing. We service the local Other Offices: services including construction manage- drilling, permitting, logistics, and opera- community, national contracts, and gov- ment for petro-chemical and heavy tional services to the exploration and Barrow: (800) 478-8213 ernment agencies alike with customized Email: [email protected] industrial client projects. production sectors of the petroleum solutions.. industry. Alpine: (907) 670-4739 Alpine-Meadow Chugach Technical Services Email: [email protected] 11043 Tsusena Circle Electrical 3501 Denali St., Ste. 202 Arctic specialized architectural and engi- Eagle River, AK 99577 Anchorage, AK 99503 neering design for all structures; Contact: George Snodgrass, president water/sewer, fuel and transportation sys- Cleanaire Alaska Contact: Carol Anderson, operations Phone: (907) 694-7423 mgr. tems design; contractor support survey- Fax: (907) 694-7423 P.O. Box 200142 ing and permitting for oil and gas devel- Anchorage, AK 99520 Phone: (907) 561-4321 Email: [email protected] Fax: (907) 563-7926 opment; dredging operations, remote Website: www.alpine-meadow.com Phone: (907) 561-2735 site land and hydrographic surveying. Phone: 1-800-478-2735 Email: [email protected] We are a small, low-cost, professional, Fax: (907) 563-5678 Fairbanks Office Lynx Enterprises personal company with 18 years engi- Web site: www.cleanairstore.com Phone: (907) 451-6393 1029 W. 3rd Ave., Ste.400 neering and environmental experience Since 1982, Cleanaire Alaska has provid- Valdez Office Anchorage, AK 99501 in Alaska with major oil companies. We ed Alaska the best indoor air cleaning Phone: (907) 834-7403 Contact: Mark Schindler, President & CEO offer permitting and compliance, strate- devices available and carbon filtration Chugach Technical Services is a full-serv- Contact: Diane Fleisher, Office Mgr. gic planning, incident investigations, cri- devices for environmental clean up. ice employment agency with offices Phone: (907) 277-4611 sis management services. located in Anchorage, Fairbanks and Fax: (907) 277-4717 ENSR International Dowland-Bach Corp. Valdez. CTS provides quality employees Email: [email protected] 6130 Tuttle Pl. to a variety of industries. Chugach 4600 Business Park Blvd., Ste. 22 Lynx professionals offer the following Anchorage, AK 99503-7143 Anchorage, AK 99507 Technical Services is a division of services: major project strategic planning Contact: Lynn Johnson Chugach Development Corporation. Contact: Chris L. Humphrey, P.E. and project management; onshore and Phone: (907) 561-5700 Phone: (907) 562-5818 offshore projects, exploration and devel- Fax: (907) 563-4721 ESS Support Services Worldwide Fax: (907) 273-4555 9210 Vanguard Dr., Ste 101 opment phases, permits and right-of- Email: [email protected] Web site: www.dowlandbach.com way acquisition, National Environmental Industrial control and panel fabrication Anchorage, AK 99507 Serving Alaska since 1977. ENSR is an Contact: Deanne Earnheart, business Policy Act (NEPA) documentation, environmental engineering and consult- Northern Lights development coordinator Environmental Assessment (EA) and ing firm with more than 70 offices 1200 W. International Airport Way Phone: 344-1207 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) worldwide providing environmental Anchorage, AK 99519 Fax: 344-0353 preparation. planning, assessment, permitting, com- Contact: Jeff Campbell Email: [email protected] Natco Group pliance management and contamination Phone: (907) 562-2222 Website: www.ess-global.com P.O. Box 850, Stn. T cleanup.. Fax: (206) 563-1921 The Alaska division of the worlds largest Calgary, Alberta T2H2H3 Golder Associates Email: [email protected] contract food service company. Visit our Contact: Kevin Baird, Business Dev. Mgr. Web site: www.northern-lights.com web site at www.ess-global.com 1750 Abbott Rd., Ste. 200 Phone: (403) 203-2103 Anchorage, AK 99507 Northern Lights Marine and industrial Fax: (403) 236-0488 gensets (5-200kW) have a legacy in Energy Services Contact: Bob Dugan, mgr., Tom Email: [email protected] Krzewinski, Mark Musial, Bucky Tart Alaska. Reliability, efficiency and cus- Website: www.natco.ab.ca tomization are built into every genset. Phone: (907) 344-6001 Michael Baker Jr. Natco Group engineers, designs and Fax: (907) 344-6011 Udelhoven Oilfield System Services 4601 Business Park Blvd., Ste. 42 manufactures process, wellhead and Website: www.golder.com Anchorage office: Anchorage, AK 99503 water treatment equipment and systems Providing geotechnical engineering, 184 E. 53rd Ave. Contact: John M. Eldred, business unit used in the production of oil and gas water resource, and geosciences services Anchorage, AK 99518 mgr. worldwide. in support of resource development Phone: (907) 344-1577 Phone: (907) 273-1115 projects in Alaska and the Arctic. Other Fax: (907) 273-1699 PDC/Harris Group Fax: (907) 522-2541 1231 Gambell St. offices worldwide. Nikiski office: Email: [email protected] Website: www.mbakercorp.com Anchorage, AK 99501 Lynx Enterprises P.O. Box 8349 Contact: Steve Theno Nikiski, AK 99635 Juneau office: 175 Franklin St., Ste. 420 1029 W. 3rd Ave., Ste.400 Juneau, AK 99801 Phone: (907) 561-1666 PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003 PETROLEUM DIRECTORY B7

Anchorage, AK 99501 New World Technology 1800 E. First Ave. Phone: (907) 562-2332 Contact: Mark Schindler, President & CEO 809 N. Bragaw St. Anchorage, AK 99501 Fax: (907) 562-3880 Contact: Diane Fleisher, Office Mgr. Anchorage, AK 99508 Contact: Linda Leary Email: [email protected] Phone: (907) 277-4611 Contact: Bud Steinebach, owner Phone: (907) 276-7797 Web site: www.coopercameron.com Fax: (907) 277-4717 Phone: (907) 272-3616 Fax: (907) 276-6786 Supplier of wellheads and trees, valves, Email: [email protected] Fax: (907) 278-0056 Email: [email protected] actuators, chokes, and controls. Sales, Lynx professionals offer the following Email: [email protected] Alaska owned and operated, full service complete service, and repairs provided services: major project strategic planning Web site: newworldtechnology.com multi-modal, transportation and logistics for the North Slope, Kenai Gas Field, and and project management; onshore and We are a company that uses environ- company Cook Inlet areas. offshore projects, exploration and devel- mentally safe and chemical free products opment phases, permits and right-of- to make our world safe from pollutants. Crowley Alaska CONAM Construction Co. way acquisition, National Environmental 2525 C St., Ste. 303 301 W. Northern Lights Blvd., Ste 300 Policy Act (NEPA) documentation, Northern Testing Laboratories Anchorage, AK 99503 Anchorage, AK 99503 Environmental Assessment (EA) and 3330 Industrial Avenue Contact: Craig Tornga Contact: Bob Stinson Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Fairbanks, AK 99701 Phone: (907) 278-4978 Phone: (907) 278-6600 preparation. Contact: Michel R. Pollen, president Fax: (907) 257-2828 Fax: (907) 278-3255 Phone: (907) 456-3116 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Montgomery Watson Harza Fax: (907) 456-3125 Marine transportation throughout Oil, gas, and mining facility; pipeline, 4100 Spenard Rd. Email: [email protected] Alaska. North Slope heavy hauling with civil, and commercial construction. Anchorage, AK 99517 NTL’s Deadhorse laboratory offers year- CATCO all-terrain vehicles. Contact: Sandra Hamann round rapid response environmental Peak Oilfield Service Co. Phone: (907) 248-8883 sampling and analysis for petroleum Dura-Wrap Containments 2525 C St., Ste. 201 Fax: (907) 248-8884 hydrocarbons, water and wastewater P.O. Box 2374 Anchorage, AK 99503 Email: [email protected] microbiology, and general chemistry at Palmer, AK 99645 Contact: Bill Stamps, Business Montgomery Watson Harza is a design- Prudhoe Bay. Contact: John Hutchinson Development/Ex. Affairs build engineering firm that has been Phone: (907) 373-3443 Phone: (907) 263-7000 providing environmental engineering, URS Corp. Toll Free: (866) 873-3443 (lower 48 only) Fax: (907) 263-7070 construction, and remediation services in 2700 Gambell St., Ste. 200 Fax: (907) 373-3453 Email: [email protected] Alaska for the last 25 years. Anchorage, AK 99503 Email: [email protected] Web site: www.peakalaska.com Contact: Mick McKay, office mgr. Web site: www.durawrap.com Alaska based general contractors. Pacific Environmental (PENCO) Phone: (907) 562-3366 Dura-Wrap’s mobile shrinkwrap service 6000 A St. Fax: (907) 562-1297 provides complete product protection to ProComm Alaska Anchorage, AK 99518 Email: [email protected] barge, marine and overland cargo 4831 Old Seward Hwy., #111 Contact: Bob Fitzpatrick, operations mgr. Website: www.urscorp.com haulers, heavy equipment haulers, and Anchorage, AK 99503 Phone: (907) 562-5420 URS Corporation provides comprehen- other industrial products. Dura-Wrap: an Contact: Gary Peters, president Fax: (907) 562-5426 sive integrated services to the petroleum expedient and environmentally safe Contact: Natha Thompson, sales mgr. Email: [email protected] industry, including NEPA permitting sup- method of providing your clients with Contact: Linda Peters, operations mgr. Web site: wwwpacificenvironmental.com port and regulatory compliance, engi- clean freight, less costly cleanup and big- Phone: (907) 563-1176 neering design and construction man- ger profits. Fax: (907) 261-2663 PDC/Harris Group agement, field studies, environmental Website: www.ProCommAk.com 1231 Gambell St. monitoring and contaminated site Lynden ProComm Alaska is Motorola’s author- Anchorage, AK 99501 cleanup. Alaska Marine Lines ized radio systems specialist with loca- Contact: Steve Theno Alaska West Express tions in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Wasilla Phone: (907) 561-1666 Unitech of Alaska Lynden Air Cargo and Soldotna. Fax: (907) 561-7028 2130 E. Dimond Blvd. Lynden Air Freight Email: [email protected] Anchorage, AK 99507 Lynden International PSI Environmental & Contact: Mike Moora Contact: Debbie Hawley Lynden Logistics Instrumentation Phone: same as above Phone: (907) 349-5142 Lynden Transport 1611 E. 1st Ave. Fax: same as above Phone: (800) 649-5859 6441 S. Air Park Pl. Anchorage, AK 99501 Email: [email protected] Fax: (907) 349-2733 Anchorage, AK 99502 Phone: (907) 272-8010 Website: www.harrisgroup.com Email: [email protected] Contact: Mark Anderson Fax: (907) 272-9005 PDC-Harris Group provides front-end Other Office: Phone: (907) 254-1544 Soldotna office: engineering design, detailed design, and Unitech Southeast Fax: (907) 245-1744 36275 Kenai Spur Hwy, Ste. 2 environmental permitting services to the Contact: Bob Bacolas Email: [email protected] Soldotna, AK 99669 oil, gas, and power generation markets. Phone: (907) 790-4439 The combined scope of the Lynden com- Phone: (907) 260-5725 Fax: (907) 790-4469 panies includes truckload and less-than- Fax: (907) 260-5730 PSI Environmental & Email: [email protected] truckload (LTL) highway connections, Email: [email protected] Instrumentation UOA is Alaska’s only 24-hour oil spill scheduled barges, intermodal bulk chem- Website: www.psienv.com 1611 E. 1st Ave. remediation, environmental and indus- ical hauls, scheduled and chartered air PSI offers service, sales and rental of air Anchorage, AK 99501 trial supply company. Specialty areas freighters, domestic and international air water and waste instrumentation. Phone: (907) 272-8010 include sorbents, geotextile, contain- forwarding, and international sea for- Fax: (907) 272-9005 ment berms, drums and ice melt. warding services. Quadco Inc. Soldotna office: 6116 Nielson Way Anchorage, AK 99518 36275 Kenai Spur Hwy, Ste. 2 Environmental Supplies Northern Transportation Co. Ltd. Soldotna, AK 99669 310 K St., Ste. 200 Contact: David Baggett, VP, Alaska Phone: (907) 260-5725 Anchorage, AK 99501 Manager Fax: (907) 260-5730 Cleanaire Alaska Contact: John Marshall, Lynette Storoz Phone: (907) 563-8999 Email: [email protected] P.O. Box 200142 Phone: (907) 264-6682 Fax: (907) 563-8985 Website: www.psienv.com Anchorage, AK 99520 Fax: (907) 264-6602 Email: [email protected] PSI offers environmental services to Phone: (907) 561-2735 Email: [email protected] Quadco maintains a fleet of oil field Alaskan clients including hazardous Phone: 1-800-478-2735 Marine transportation along Alaska’s instrumentation, solids control and other waste management, remediation, plans, Fax: (907) 563-5678 North Slope via Mackenzie River route. equipment for oilfield and industrial and training. Web site: www.cleanairstore.com needs. We represent Varco Oil Tools, MD Since 1982, Cleanaire Alaska has provid- SOLOCO (Dura Base) Totco, Texas Oil Tools, SPM, Derrick URS Corp. ed Alaska the best indoor air cleaning 207 Town Center Pky. Equipment and various other manufac- 2700 Gambell St., Ste. 200 devices available and carbon filtration Lafayette, LA 70506-7524 turers. 24 hours on call Anchorage, AK 99503 devices for environmental clean up. Contact: Keith Pearson Contact: Mick McKay, office mgr. Phone: (337) 981-5058 R&R Scaffold Erectors Phone: (907) 562-3366 Pacific Environmental (PENCO) Fax: (337) 984-9241 1150 E. 68th Ave. Fax: (907) 562-1297 6000 A St. Email: [email protected] Anchorage, AK 99518 Email: [email protected] Anchorage, AK 99518 DURA-BASE COMPOSITE MAT SYSTEM is Contact: David Bond Website: www.urscorp.com Contact: Bob Fitzpatrick, operations mgr. the world’s most advanced solution for Phone: (907) 344-5427 URS Corporation provides comprehen- Phone: (907) 562-5420 temporary surfaces including heavy-duty Fax: (907) 349-3268 sive integrated services to the petroleum Fax: (907) 562-5426 roads, turnarounds, work and staging Email: [email protected] industry, including NEPA permitting sup- Email: [email protected] areas. It’s strength and durability allows Web site: www.scaffold-alaska port and regulatory compliance, engi- Web site: wwwpacificenvironmental.com you to work year-round in the harshest We’re the company that contractors and OSHA inspectors go to for accurate, up- neering design and construction man- Unitech of Alaska conditions. Installs and cleans up quickly. agement, field studies, environmental It’s a permanent solution to your tempo- to-date scaffold regulations information. 2130 E. Dimond Blvd. We’ve never had an OSHA safety viola- monitoring and contaminated site Anchorage, AK 99507 rary road and work surface needs. cleanup. tion in our company history. We also Contact: Debbie Hawley TOTE-Totem Ocean Trailer Express offer competency training. Phone: (907) 349-5142 2511 Tidewater Road Phone: (800) 649-5859 SECORP Industries Environmental Response Anchorage, AK 99501 Fax: (907) 349-2733 Contact: Curt Stoner 5520 Lake Otis Pkwy, Ste. 103 & Clean Up Email: [email protected] Phone: (907) 265-7215 Anchorage, AK 99507 Other Office: Phone: (800) 234-8683 Contact: Karl J. Kisser, Alaska district mgr. Unitech Southeast Fax: (907) 278-9689 Phone: (907) 562-9722 ENSR International Contact: Bob Bacolas 4600 Business Park Blvd., Ste. 22 Email: [email protected] Fax: (907) 562-9420 Phone: (907) 790-4439 Web site: www.totemocean.com Email: [email protected] Anchorage, AK 99503-7143 Fax: (907) 790-4469 Contact: Chris L. Humphrey, P.E. TOTE’s roll on/roll off ships sail three SECORP Industries has been a leader in Email: [email protected] times per week between the Port of the medical and safety industry for over Phone: (907) 561-5700 UOA is Alaska’s only 24-hour oil spill Fax: (907) 273-4555 Tacoma and the Port of Anchorage. 30 years. Our medical and safety equip- remediation, environmental and indus- Transit time is a fast 66 hours. ment meets the industry’s highest stan- Email: [email protected] trial supply company. Specialty areas Serving Alaska since 1977. ENSR is an dards. SECORP is a distributor for such include sorbents, geotextile, contain- companies as Drager, MSA, Survivair, Det environmental engineering and consult- ment berms, drums and ice melt. Equipment — Rentals ing firm with more than 70 offices Con and PemTech.. worldwide providing environmental Equipment & Heavy Hauling Cameron Totem Equipment & Supply planning, assessment, permitting, com- 600 E. 57th Pl., Ste., A 2536 Commercial Dr. pliance management and contamination Anchorage, AK 99518 Carlile Transportation Systems Anchorage, AK 99501 cleanup. Contact: Ken Kubiak, District Mgr. Contact: Mike Huston, V.P. B8 PETROLEUM DIRECTORY PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003

Phone: (907) 276-2858 Quadco Inc. GM Helicopter contract and charter services. Fax: (907) 258-4623 6116 Nielson Way Phone: (907) 278-2208 Email: [email protected] Anchorage, AK 99518 Fax: (907) 279-8430 Alaska Airlines Cargo Totem Equipment & Supply Inc. locally Contact: David Baggett, VP, Alaska Email: [email protected] P.O. Box 68900 owned and operated since 1961. Manager The 100% Alaska Native owned and Seattle, WA 98168 Supplies light, medium and heavy equip- Phone: (907) 563-8999 operated catering company on the Contact: Keola Pang-Ching, Director, ment. Specializing in temporary & per- Fax: (907) 563-8985 North Slope, catering and housekeeping Cargo Sales manent heating solutions. Email: [email protected] to your tastes, not ours. Phone: (206) 433-3122 Quadco maintains a fleet of oil field Fax: (206) 433-3225 Equipment — Sales instrumentation, solids control and other SECORP Industries Email: [email protected] equipment for oilfield and industrial 5520 Lake Otis Pkwy, Ste. 103 Award winning cargo services to more Anchorage, AK 99507 places, more often, with more lift to, Arctic Wire Rope & Supply needs. We represent Varco Oil Tools, MD Totco, Texas Oil Tools, SPM, Derrick Contact: Karl J. Kisser, Alaska district mgr. from, and within the state of Alaska. 6407 Arctic Spur Rd. Phone: (907) 562-9722 Anchorage, AK 99518 Equipment and various other manufac- turers. 24 hours on call Fax: (907) 562-9420 Alaska Railroad Corp. Contact: Jill Reeves Email: [email protected] P.O. Box 107500 Phone: (907) 562-0707 SOLOCO SECORP Industries has been a leader in Anchorage, AK 99510 Fax: (907) 562-2426 207 Town Center Pky. the medical and safety industry for over Contact: Wende Lance, Marketing and Email: [email protected] Lafayette, LA 70506-7524 30 years. Our medical and safety equip- Logistics Technician Web site: www.arcticwirerope.com Contact: Keith Pearson ment meets the industry’s highest stan- Phone: (907) 265-2485 Arctic Wire Rope & Supply is Alaska’s Phone: (337) 981-5058 dards. SECORP is a distributor for such Fax: (907) 265-2597 largest and most complete rigging sup- Fax: (337) 984-9241 companies as Drager, MSA, Survivair, Det Email: [email protected] ply source. We specialize in custom sling Email: [email protected] Con and PemTech. The Alaska Railroad Corporation offers fabrication (wire rope, web, chain, and DURA-BASE COMPOSITE MAT SYSTEM is real estate, passenger and freight servic- polyester round.) the world’s most advanced solution for Fertilizer es – including complete services to move temporary surfaces including heavy-duty your freight between Alaska, the Lower Cameron 48 and Canada. 600 E. 57th Pl., Ste., A roads, turnarounds, work and staging Agrium areas. It’s strength and durability allows Anchorage, AK 99518 P.O. Box 575 Brooks Range Supply Contact: Ken Kubiak, District Mgr. you to work year-round in the harshest Kenai, AK 99611 conditions. Installs and cleans up quickly. 1 Old Spine Rd. Phone: (907) 562-2332 Contact: Lisa Parker, Government Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734 Fax: (907) 562-3880 It’s a permanent solution to your tempo- Relations rary road and work surface needs. Contact: Mike Kunkel/Craig Welch, gen- Email: [email protected] Phone: (907) 776-8121 eral managers Web site: www.coopercameron.com SECORP Industries Fax: (907) 776-5579 Phone: (907) 659-2550 Supplier of wellheads and trees, valves, 5520 Lake Otis Pkwy, Ste. 103 Email: [email protected] Toll free: (866) 659-2550 actuators, chokes, and controls. Sales, Anchorage, AK 99507 Website: www.agrium.com Fax: (907) 569-2650 complete service, and repairs provided Contact: Karl J. Kisser, Alaska district mgr. Value added manufacturer of fertilizer Email: [email protected] for the North Slope, Kenai Gas Field, and Phone: (907) 562-9722 products Expediting and delivery of hardware and Cook Inlet areas. Fax: (907) 562-9420 more throughout oilfield and North Email: [email protected] Financial Services Slope villages. Open 24 hours, 365 days a Colville year. Toll free number 866-659-2550. 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Gardner, President & Anchorage: (907) 248-3335 Phone: (907) 248-4422 PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003 PETROLEUM DIRECTORY B9 Lounsbury and Associates tackles a wide variety of engineering projects The company’s surveyors and engineers have amassed vast experience in overcoming Alaska’s civil engineering challenges

By ALAN BAILEY Petroleum Directory Contributing Writer

hether you’re moving a drilling rig along a gravel road on Alaska’s North Slope or driving along a W state highway, it’s easy to overlook the expert plan- ning and design that goes into the roads, highways and other engineered structures that people use every day. Since 1949, Lounsbury and Associates Inc. has planned and designed roads, commercial developments and resi- dential neighborhoods in Alaska. Although originally spe- cializing in surveying, the company expanded into civil INC. ASSOCIATES AND LOUNSBURY COURTESY engineering in the late 1950s. The company now operates offices in Anchorage and Wasilla. Lounsbury and Associates has provided services for the oil industry since the early oil and gas developments on the Kenai Peninsula. “We’re still primarily a surveying firm, as far as the oil field work goes … we also do civil engineering,” Jim Sawhill, vice president of Lounsbury and Associates told Petroleum News. North Slope infrastructure During the initial development of Prudhoe Bay, Lounsbury and Associates pioneered the surveying and design for some of the infrastructure on the North Slope. Jim Sawhill, vice president of Lounsbury and Associates. “We’ve been up there ever since,” Sawhill said. The bulk of Lounsbury and Associates' engineering “Placing gravel on the slope is difficult because it’s win- intersections.” work on the North Slope has consisted of the design and ter construction, so the gravel is frozen,” Sawhill said. The impact of these big public projects on the local construction management of the gravel roads and pads that The high water content of the North Slope gravel can communities requires careful and thoughtful planning. link and support oilfield facilities. result in as much as 20 to 30 percent settlement during the Public involvement early on has become critical to success “We've been providing road and pad design for the spring thaw, so a road that looks fine during the winter may — people need to know what is proposed, and they need satellite fields at Kuparuk,” Sawhill said. “I worked on the become impassable after the thaw. the opportunity to say what they want out of the project. Palm project last year, “Knowing how to work gravel — to get it thawed, “The public involvement process has become quite which was very success- drained, healed up and challenging and very important,” Sawhill said. “I think ful, and the Tarn project passable — is a very projects always end up better for it.” before that.” challenging process,” In the company's lat- Sawhill said. It’s espe- Commercial and residential construction est project, Lounsbury cially important to mini- Surveying and civil engineering for both commercial and Associates has start- mize sand and silt con- and residential urban developments has remained at the ed designing the pad for tent so the thawed grav- core of Lounsbury and Associates' business since the the Colville Delta North el will drain quickly. inception of the company. Over the years, the company satellite. “The gravel pit qual- has designed many subdivisions in Anchorage. “We've been working ity control is a pretty A developer starts by assessing the target market for with ConocoPhillips on key element in road the development area. Depending on the market, the construction,” Sawhill the preliminary design of AND ASSOCIATES INC. COURTESY LOUNSBURY development might involve anything from entry-level con- that development,” said. dominiums to high-end, single-family homes. Sawhill said. “It's north This quality control “Then we'll study the property, figure out how many of Alpine, about five or brings its own set of units it will hold and what the streetscape might be and challenges on the Slope. six miles out in the delta. Loading gravel at the gravel quarry for the ConocoPhillips Palm come up with a preliminary concept,” Sawhill said. That's a challenging proj- project at Kuparuk. “You’re in the dark, If the developers decide the project is viable, they'll ect because it'll be road- the wind's blowing, the close on the land purchase and commission Lounsbury less ... just a single pad and an airstrip.” snow’s piling up, you're blasting — it’s a tough environ- and Associates to complete the detailed site design, includ- ment,” Sawhill said. ing street and utility layouts. Lounsbury and Associates New gravel pads and roads Once the gravel has thawed and drained in the spring, will seek the necessary approvals and monitor construc- In a project such as Colville Delta North, reservoir engi- the contractor can compact and grade it. Lounsbury and tion. neers use subsurface exploration and seismic data to deter- Associates then works with the construction contractor to “It's really fun — it's really creative,” Sawhill said. mine the latitude and longitude of an optimum well loca- ensure the completed project meets the required standards. “You get to lay the streets out ... to create a nice tion. Lounsbury and Associates then has to find a surface “We measure to make sure they reach the optimum site where it's feasible to lay gravel and where impact to compaction,” Sawhill said. “We're putting big the environment is minimal. loads on these roads — we're running drilling In a project requiring an access road, routing also may rigs down them — so we need to have a good impact the location of the well. For example, an awkward solid base that will support them.” river crossing might rule out an otherwise suitable well pad Highway design location. “We've got to work with the reservoir engineers to get In addition to designing gravel roads on the best location,” Sawhill said. “We're balancing the road the North Slope, Lounsbury and Associates and pad costs with the drilling costs.” has established a long history of designing Once Lounsbury and Associates has identified the best highways and roads elsewhere in Alaska. location for a pad or an approximate routing for a road, a “We do Alaska Department of team prepares a detailed design for the project. The compa- Transportation & Public Facilities highway AND ASSOCIATES INC. COURTESY LOUNSBURY ny brings specialists into the team for tasks such as design- work and Municipality of Anchorage road ing culverts, drainage and bridges. improvement projects,” Sawhill said. “Choosing a route is a big part of it,” Sawhill said. Past assignments have included recon- Placing gravel on the access road for the Tarn project at Kuparuk. “There's a lot of ponds, and you try to stay on the best struction of the section of the Sterling ground you can.” Highway leading down the hill into Homer. The company streetscape and a good development.” currently is working on a road project in Ambler and the In fact, Sawhill enjoys most of the assignments that his Laying gravel environmental assessment for the upgrade of Trunk Road company tackles, whether they're gravel roads on the During construction, Lounsbury and Associates assesses in Wasilla. North Slope or residential neighborhoods in Anchorage. and monitors the supply of suitable gravel to lay onto the “Right now one of our large DOT projects is the new “One of the things I like about Lounsbury is that we do tundra. Construction takes place during the winter. construction at Dowling Road,” Sawhill said. “They're have a pretty good variety of work, and that keeps it inter- going to put roundabouts at the Seward Highway off ramp esting,” he said. ● B10 PETROLEUM DIRECTORY PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003 COURTESY OF LYNDEN COURTESY

The newest addition to the Lynden group, Alaska-Railbelt-Marine provides rail barge service and regularly scheduled service between Seattle and Whittier. Three new upgraded barges feature overhead racks to allow additional cargo above the rail cars. Lynden’s focus: Multi-modal transportation Lynden serves a global market with a focus on Alaska, serving the oil and gas, mining, construction, retail and manufacturing industries by land, sea and air By SUSAN BRAUND Petroleum Directory Contributing Writer

hen newlyweds Ed and Ethel Austin founded Lynden Transfer in 1906, their one-wagon, two- W horse freight hauling company based in Lynden, OF LYNDEN COURTESY Wash., was progressive for its time. But it would have taken a quantum leap for the young entre- preneurs to imagine the major transportation system they were setting in motion. The fledgling business cut its teeth and built its rep- utation on regular mail and freight hauls, maneuvering wheel-deep muddy roads to towns 20 miles away. Business growth began to accelerate in 1921 when they purchased a two-and-one-half-ton Mack truck, added regular Seattle runs, bought more trucks and hired new drivers. Two of the drivers, Walter Craig and Henry “Hank” Jansen, eventu- ally purchased the growing freight company, which became Lynden Transport. When the opening of the Alaska Highway made road travel to the north possible, the new owners recognized further expansion pos- Alaska West Express specializes in transporting liquid and dry-bulk products, hazardous and non-hazardous chemicals and sibilities. They scheduled their first Lynden Inc. Vice petroleum products to and from Alaska. trip over the highway in 1954, President Dave loading a van with 36,000 pounds Haugen and chartered air freighters, domestic and international Lynden International took on the task of moving them of fresh beef hanging from hooks air forwarding, international ocean forwarding, customs from ConocoPhillips’ Kuparuk oil field to the Nuovo in the roof. The trip took four days over the steep, icy brokerage, trade show shipping, logistics for the rail Pignone plant in Massa for rebuilding. Timing was key. and curving road to Fairbanks — the beginnings of the industry, remote site construction, sanitary bulk com- First a new turbine was brought from Italy to Kuparuk first regular dependable trucking service to Alaska. modities hauling and multi-modal logistics. to keep operations going smoothly while the original “The Lynden companies know their way around the turbines headed for Italy, one by one. Global market, Alaska focus oil patch,” Haugen said. “We know what it takes to hot- For the Italy-to-Alaska move, Lynden used a shot a load of pipe from Houston to Prudhoe, or get a Russian-built IL-76 to carry the 19-foot-long turbine, Today, Lynden serves a global market with a focus workover rig delivered to Kazakhstan. which, with the settle cover, lifting beam and spare on Alaska, serving the oil and gas, mining, construc- “We know what it takes to manage the entire inven- parts, weighs 72,000 pounds. tion, retail and manufacturing industries by land, sea tory supply system for a national gas company or a The aircraft flew the turbine from Pisa, Italy, to and air. multinational oil operation. When it comes to the oil Fairbanks, using a system of winches and rails inside “The Lynden family of companies delivers a com- patch, the Lynden companies are the logical service the plane to load and unload the heavy turbine. Two pletely integrated freight transportation package,” partner.” Alaska West Express tractor trailer units transported the Lynden Vice President Dave Haugen told Petroleum turbine and components to Kuparuk. News. “Our people have the knowledge to quickly From Alaska to Italy and back For the second move, an Alaska West Express truck respond and solve multi-modal transportation problems hauled the turbine from Kuparuk to Chicago to meet a from origin to destination, over any terrain.” Periodically, Lynden takes on special projects, like scheduled Air France 747-200 freighter flight to Paris. The companies’ capabilities include truckload and moving seven oilfield turbines from the Kuparuk oil Then the turbine traveled overland to the Nuovo less-than-truckload transportation, scheduled and char- field to Massa, Italy, for upgrades. ter barges, inter-modal bulk chemical hauls, scheduled The turbines required special handling. In January, see LYNDEN page B11 PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003 PETROLEUM DIRECTORY B11

COURTESY OF LYNDEN COURTESY Lynden’s first motorized vehi- cle, purchased in 1921, operated out of Lynden, Wash. Lynden Transfer later became Lynden Transport.

“The Lynden companies know their way around the oil patch. We know what it takes to hot-shot a load of pipe from Houston to Prudhoe, or get a workover rig delivered to Kazakhstan.” —Dave Haugen, Lynden Inc. vice president

continued from page B10 workplace safety training in hazardous Lynden in the Lower 48 and Canada materials transportation, emergency LYNDEN response for hazardous materials and the With offices in more than 40 cities across the Lower 48 and a domestic agent net- Incident Command System. The center Pignone plant. work blanketing North America and serving more than 6,000 U.S. cities, the Lynden “This was the first time we shipped uses course materials that meet or companies offer door-to-door and point-to-point transport. Lynden can offer specialized exceed emergency management, emer- something of this size and weight on a services tailored to specific needs, solve complex multi-modal transportation chal- commercial carrier,” said Scott Hicks, gency response, environmental, safety lenges or simply pick up freight and deliver it safely to a customer across the country. and health law, statutes, regulations and former Lynden Logistics coordinator California: daily motor carrier truckload and less-than-truckload service to the who now works for Alaska West standards. Customized training courses, Pacific Northwest, Western Canada and Alaska. drills and professional safety and contin- Express. Texas: expedited through motor carrier service to Alberta and Northwest Territories, “The move went like clockwork. This gency planning services also are avail- Canada, and all points in Alaska, as well as weekly truck service between Alberta and able. combination of truck-air-truck transport Alaska. Special emphasis on the oil, mining and construction industries. saved us about 20 days over putting the Lynden Air Freight is a full-service Canada: Serving primarily Western Canada, Edmonton, Calgary, Whitehorse and domestic and international freight for- load on an ocean vessel, which we’d Vancouver, the Lynden companies have the expertise to move freight to, from and with- normally do with something this size.” warder with more than 50 offices in Canada, combining advanced logistical services with specialized over-the-road haul- throughout the world. The company ing, air freight and heavy air cargo lifting to remote sites. The Lynden family of companies focus is on consistent, reliable and com- petitive transport. Lynden International, “We have built up a family of compa- a Lynden Air Freight division, offers nies that are capable of handling or coor- modal, regional, common and contract expanded import-export services. dinating virtually any shipment,” Haugen Alaska, oil industry focus carrier primarily serving Alaska, offering Lynden Air Cargo runs regularly said. A number of Lynden companies focus truckload capabilities for refrigerated, scheduled operations within Alaska, “We realize that the details of our primarily on Alaska and the oil and gas flatbed and heavy-haul commodities and transporting everything from groceries to companies and their operations can be industry: less-than-truckload cargo service on automobiles. The company has the hard to grasp, but it really boils down to Alaska Railbelt Marine is the newest motor-water-motor routes. equipment and the expertise to move a pretty simple concept — we can pro- addition to the Lynden group, providing Alaska West Express specializes in cargo to remote locations throughout the vide cargo transportation and related rail-barge service and regularly sched- transporting liquid and dry bulk prod- world and offers charter services to information services throughout Alaska uled and weekly service between Seattle ucts, hazardous and non-hazardous transport oversized cargo. The compa- and around the world.” and Whittier. The service supports chemicals and petroleum products to and ny’s fleet of L-382 Hercules can land on The list of Lynden operating compa- Alaska Railroad’s service to Southcentral from Alaska. An inter-modal transfer packed earth, gravel, ice or short run- nies includes Lynden Transport, Lynden Alaska. Three new upgraded barges were facility with a complete vapor recovery ways. Air Freight, NANA/Lynden Logistics, specifically designed for Alaska waters system in Fairbanks facilitates safe and Lynden Logistics has targeted the Alaska Railbelt Marine, Alaska West and conditions, with overhead racks to efficient railcar transfers. domestic market with logistics solutions Express, Alaska Marine Lines, Lynden allow additional cargo over the top of the Alaska West Training Center is a divi- since 1984, offering management sys- Logistics, Lynden Air Cargo, LTI Inc. rail cars. sion of Alaska West Express, providing tems to streamline the flow of materials and Knik Construction. Lynden Transport is a complete multi- and information. Tying together all of the companies electronically, Lynden’s E-Commerce Center lets customers request pickups, generate documents, trace shipments, view delivery receipts, download reports of shipment activities — any time, any

COURTESY OF LYNDEN COURTESY day, without making a phone call. The future “We have built a tremendous trans- portation network in Alaska, poised to grow and to provide extraordinary serv- ice throughout the state,” Haugen said. “But it is all for naught if the jobs and the industry are not there to support it. “Transportation is a bellwether for any state’s economic well being, and we have seen consolidation and the very real signs of a decline in Alaska. Lynden and others in the industry have made sub- stantial investments in equipment, termi- nals, vessels and information technology in the last several years, and we hope to see these pay off, most importantly for the state and the people of Alaska.” ●

Lynden 6441 S. Airpark Place Anchorage, AK 99503; (907) 245-1544; e- Hazmat trainees in a simulated response exercise at Lynden’s Alaska West Training Center, a division of Alaska West Express. The center mail: [email protected]; website: www. provides workplace safety training in hazardous materials transportation, emergency response for hazardous materials and the Incident Command System. lynden.com B12 PETROLEUM DIRECTORY PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003 COURTESY UNIQUE MACHINE COURTESY UNIQUE MACHINE COURTESY

At left, Chris Shumate programs the MoriSeki SL-603 four- axis, computer numerically controlled lathe to machine a UMI CementrailzerTM. Above, Ken Bystedt, owner and founder of Unique Machine Inc. A Well-Oiled Machine From intricate oilfield tools to dental caps for elephants, Unique Machine Inc. handles the most challenging machining tasks By SUSAN BRAUND constant calibrating, checking, rechecking and measuring Meeting international standards at every product stage. “It’s a testament to the skill level of Petroleum Directory Contributing Writer The company has been working toward dual certifica- the employees,” Bystedt said. “I have a lot of faith that ick up any man-made item and you can be sure that a they will do it right and produce it efficiently without a lot tion through API and the International Standards machinist has had a hand in its creation, says Ken of cost. Some parts are very expensive, and scrapping one Organization. Company officials expect certification later P Bystedt, owner of Unique Machine Inc. “Someone would be significant.” this year. made the machine or the part — some machinist Research and development is ongoing at Unique, both API-Q1 and ISO have separate standards. The certifica- somewhere down the line had something to do with it.” in-house and in tandem with the oil companies. Bystedt tion process has been demanding, but ultimately will be Bystedt employs a cadre of technically skilled machin- has patents on some of his own oilfield products, like the worthwhile, according to Bystedt. ists, welders and manufacturing specialists at his 23,000- non-sealing overshot, which won a BP Exploration “Companies doing business with us as an ISO company square-foot plant and office compound in Anchorage. (Alaska) Inc. Innovation Award in 1995. will have immediate confidence and be assured of a certain Founded in 1975 and now the largest machine shop in The overshot saves considerable time and money by level of quality, performance and relationship. Everything Alaska, Unique Machine specializes in oilfield manufactur- removing only failing sections of well pipe, connecting a we do that affects quality is defined. People are trained, ing and proprietary threading. new section of pipe to a lower section of good pipe deep in and we have an assurance methods that the work is getting “Unique Machine performs repairs, machining, welding an oil well. done.” and manufacturing of oilfield, construction, mining, fish- Another of his innovative products, the To Bystedt, the ISO way of doing business makes ing, and government parts to industry-specific standards,” CementralizerTM, recently received a patent, and already is sense. “My business mirrors my vision of an ISO accredi- said Chief Operating Officer Pat Hanley. “We are a four- in use by several oil companies. The device centralizes the tation,” he said. “The organized way of doing business IS part business: oil product manufacturing, proprietary and casing in oil wells, reducing friction and allowing pipe to the ISO way. You say what you do and do what you say — American Petroleum Institute threading, print work and be installed as much as 20 percent further into horizontal that’s exactly what we’re about!” general machining/welding.” pay zones of reservoirs. Multiple sizes and threads offer flexibility and latitude. Variety of services Oil product manufacturing Unique manufactures parts from drawings, which Unique manufactures and/or threads many of the parts Staying on the ‘cutting’ edge requires a significant knowledge base, quality system and used by the oil and gas industry. Pup joints, wireline entry To stay competitive with Lower 48 production costs, the high machinist skill levels. It has performed print work for guides, overshots and connectors are just a few of the items Alaska-born entrepreneur is continually fine-tuning his almost every major industry in Alaska. produced on any given day. It also has extensive capabili- operations. His philosophy: “Understand your business and “Our machinists take great pride in machining parts per ties for threading oilfield casing, tubing and drill pipe. continuously improve. Study, learn and upgrade to new customers’ drawings and specifications,” Hanley said. “It “We manufacture many of the parts for a typical oil technology.” allows them to express the skills of the trade that generally well,” said owner and long-time machinist and designer One of his major recent investments is a MoriSeki SL- are not required of overhaul and repair work.” Bystedt. “We manufacture and/or thread 30 pieces of the 603 four-axis, computer-numerically-controlled lathe. The Serving both industry and the general public, Unique well, from the bottom to the top.” boxy and imposing equipment turns out accessory items provides pipe and valve repair, surface grinding, general Rick Montgomery, drilling manager for BP contractor for oil rigs 20 times faster than standard, non-computerized milling up to three feet square, turning to five-foot diame- Alaska Supply Chain Inc., counts on Unique’s attentive equipment and allows Unique to meet the precision ters and welding on most metals and applications. customer service. demands of premium threading. Walk-in clients for fix-it and fabrication jobs generate a “They supply us with connections at Prudhoe. Reaction The oil and gas industry recognizes both proprietary and lot of interesting challenges for the machinists and welders. time from the Lower 48 is slow; if Unique weren’t here, API casing, tubing and drill pipe connections. Unique we would have a problem,” he said. “The oil patch has They’ve been asked to modify a prosthetic hip, make a holds proprietary technology licenses for this specialty dental cap for an elephant and fabricate stainless steel changing demands. With well schedules constantly being work from around the world, including Japan, France, revised, pipe needs to be reconfigured, so we often need a tombstones, titanium wedding rings and specialty items for Indonesia and England. surgeons. quick turnaround.” “Proprietary threading is a complete science,” Bystedt “We had to draw the line with the elephant,” Bystedt Added Hanley, “We can provide local support and said. “Technology companies have designed and developed said. “We were adamant that installation was not includ- deliver finished product faster than most Outside vendors. threading specific to the industry. Each company has differ- ed!” Because there are not as many people in the supply chain, ent threading specifications that require technical licenses we can normally produce finished parts quickly and man- to manufacture their threads.” Manufacturing in Alaska age our customers’ needs more effectively. In many cases, Working with the different cultures, languages and we complete emergency orders within 24 hours.” measurement systems can keep things interesting, “espe- A manufacturing pioneer in Alaska, Unique’s owner and Unique Machine consistently has shown a very high cially Texas measurements,” he quipped. founder sees hope for manufacturing in the state. The com- level of professionalism, whether it’s a quick turnaround The company holds licenses for proprietary threading pany already manufactures and exports heavy parts interna- job or a long-term project, said Pete Jackson, Halliburton from Vallourec, France; Nippon Steel, Japan/Indonesia; tionally and offers competitive in-shop rates. Energy Services Completion Products & Wireline account Hunting Energy Services, London/Houston; Atlas “In Alaska, there’s no reason why it cannot be done,” representative. Bradford, Houston, and Hydril, Houston. It also is licensed Bystedt said. “We’re living in an economic area with a “Pat and Ken are jewels, great to work with,” said Lissa to machine HT and XT connections from Grant Prideco, good lifestyle. When we put energy and resources into edu- Scott, drilling project coordinator for ConocoPhillips the world’s largest drill pipe company. cating and developing professionals here in the state, Alaska Inc. “Usually time is of the essence; if I call in a “With each license, we are held to high quality stan- there’s no reason we cannot manufacture here. bind, they take care of it.” dards and annual technical audits,” Hanley explained. “To “We are in the international transportation capital of the Emphasis on precision and innovation perform this work requires special equipment, training, an world. If we can ship auto parts from Japan to Detroit, we elaborate quality system and skilled machinists and inspec- shouldn’t have a problem in Alaska. You just work on your But hurry doesn’t translate to scurry at Unique. There’s tors.” efficiencies.” ● B13 PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003 PETROLEUM DIRECTORY

Fax: (907) 266-8383 Sourdough Express Inc. provides trucking Suppliers of petrochemical refueling and services in support of Alaska and world- Helicopter and fixed wing contract and services, full service moving and storage testing equipment, meters and valve sys- wide exploration activities. Our profes- charter services; scheduled airline service. services, and conex container sales and tems for the oil and gas industry and sional staff of 15 paleontologists (in rentals. portable measurement for petroleum, Anchorage, Houston, Dallas and Golden North Van Lines chemicals and bulk liquids. We also sup- Toronto) offers the full spectrum of 940 Raspberry Rd. TOTE-Totem Ocean Trailer Express ply refrigerant recovery and recycling exploration and development biostratig- Anchorage, AK 99518 2511 Tidewater Road equipment. raphy, and regional subsurface correla- Contact: Suzanne Davenport, account Anchorage, AK 99501 tion expertise. executive Contact: Curt Stoner Oil & Gas Supply Phone: (907) 349-3511 Phone: (907) 265-7215 Contact: John Brunton, vice president Health Care Professionals Phone: (800) 478-4685 Phone: (800) 234-8683 6108 McKay St. Fax: (907) 349-7938 Fax: (907) 278-9689 Anchorage, AK 99518 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: (907) 344-2512 ArrowHealth Corp. Fairbanks office Web site: www.totemocean.com Fax: (907) 349-7433 4050 Lake Otis Pkwy., Ste. 207 1110 Charles St. TOTE’s roll on/roll off ships sail three Email: [email protected] Anchorage, AK 99508 Phone: (907) 456-5291 times per week between the Port of Kenai Office: Contact: Lea Counts, Dir. Substance Fax: (907) 456-5647 Tacoma and the Port of Anchorage. P.O. Box 1552 Abuse Testing Div. Golden North Van Lines specializes in Transit time is a fast 66 hours. Mile 16 Kenai Spur Hwy. Phone: (907) 868-8885 relocating household goods, electronics, Kenai, AK 99611 Fax: (907) 868-8882 and commodities. Golden North provides Fueling Services Phone: (907) 283-4452 Email: [email protected] professional interstate, intrastate, local Fax: (907) 283-5230 Website: www.arrowhealthcorp.com moving services, and office relocations. Distributor of hydraulic and industrial ArrowHealth is Alaska’s premier service Colville provider of occupational health and sub- Pouch 340012 hose and fittings, hydraulic pump, cylin- Kenai Aviation der valve sales and repair. Hydraulic sys- stance abuse testing. We service the local P. O. Box 46 Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734 community, national contracts, and gov- Contact: Rick Hofreiter or John Daly tem design. Stainless steel valves, fit- Kenai, AK 99611 tings, tubing, MRO supplies. ernment agencies alike with customized Contact: Bob or Jim Bielefeld Phone: (907) 659-3197 solutions. Phone: (907) 283-4124 Fax: (907) 659-3190 Website: www.colvilleinc.com Phone: (800) 478-4124 (within Alaska) Geophysical & Geological Fax: (907) 283-5267 Tesoro Fuel Station, diesel, gasoline, jet Helicopter Contract fuel, aviation fuel in bulk and small Services Email: [email protected] & Charter Services Air taxi services provided since 1961 state quantities delivery services. wide, mostly Cook Inlet. Single engine ENSR International and twin Bonanza. Gas Turbines 4600 Business Park Blvd., Ste. 22 Air Logistics of Alaska Anchorage, AK 99503-7143 1915 Donald Ave. Lynden Rolls-Royce Contact: Chris L. Humphrey, P.E. Fairbanks, AK 99701 Alaska Marine Lines 540 5th Ave. SW, Ste. 1590 Phone: (907) 561-5700 Phone: (907) 452-1197 Alaska Railbelt Marine Calgary, Alberta T2POM2 Fax: (907) 273-4555 Fax: (907) 452-4539 Alaska West Express Contact: Scott DeWolfe Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Lynden Air Cargo Phone: (403) 234-7800 Serving Alaska since 1977. ENSR is an Contact: Dave Scarbrough (Fairbanks) Lynden Air Freight Fax: (403) 233-0415 environmental engineering and consult- Anchorage: (907) 248-3335 Lynden International Rolls-Royce provides aeroderivative gas ing firm with more than 70 offices Helicopter contract and charter services. Lynden Logistics turbine compression and power genera- worldwide providing environmental Era Aviation Lynden Transport tion packages (5,500 to 70,000 horse- planning, assessment, permitting, com- 6160 Carl Brady Dr. 6441 S. Airpark Pl. power), with technologically-advanced pliance management and contamination Anchorage, AK 99502 Anchorage, AK 99502 control systems. All Rolls-Royce products cleanup. Contact: Jeanine St. John are backed by an extensive worldwide Contact: John Holland Phone: (907) 245-1544 parts and service support organization. Golder Associates Phone: (907) 248-4422 Fax: (907) 245-1744 1750 Abbott Rd., Ste. 200 Fax: (907) 266-8383 Email: [email protected] Wood Group Alaska Anchorage, AK 99507 Helicopter and fixed wing contract and The combined scope of the Lynden com- 5311 Minnesota Dr. Contact: Bob Dugan, mgr., Tom charter services; scheduled airline service. panies includes truckload and less-than- Anchorage, AK 99518 Krzewinski, Mark Musial, Bucky Tart truckload highway connections, sched- Contact: Sharon Shern Phone: (907) 344-6001 Evergreen Helicopters of Alaska uled barges, intermodal bulk chemical Phone: (907) 339-4500 Fax: (907) 344-6011 1935 Merrill Field Drive hauls, scheduled and chartered air Fax: (907) 339-4555 Website: www.golder.com Anchorage, AK 99501 freighters, domestic and international air Email: [email protected] Providing geotechnical engineering, Contact: Joy Journeay, marketing mgr. forwarding and international sea for- Web site: www.woodgroup.net water resource, and geosciences services Phone: (907) 257-1519 warding services. Repair, overhaul, servicing and installa- in support of resource development Fax: (907) 279-6816 tion of industrial gas turbines, electrical projects in Alaska and the Arctic. Other Email: [email protected] Northern Transportation Co. and instrumentation equipment includ- offices worldwide. Contact: Greg Thies, director of market- 310 K St., Ste. 200 ing the calibration and repair of measur- ing Anchorage, AK 99501 ing and test equipment. Petrotechnical Resources of Alaska Phone: (907) 257-1504 42003 McKenzie Hwy. (PRA) Email: [email protected] Hay River, NWT X0E0R9 General Oilfield Supplies 3601 C St., Ste. 1378 Nome office: (907) 443-5334 Contact: John Marshall Anchorage, AK 99503 Airlines office: (907) 257-1500 Phone: (867) 874-5167 Contact: Tom Walsh Logistics: (907) 243-8677 Alaska Rubber & Supply Fax: (867) 874-5179 Phone: (907) 272-1232 Web site: evergreenaviation.com 5811 Old Seward Hwy. Email: [email protected] Fax: (907) 272-1344 Evergreen’s diverse fleet has provided Anchorage, AK 99518 Web site: www.ntcl.com Email: [email protected] award-winning safety to Alaskans since Contact: Janeece Higgins, general mgr. Marine transportation along the Our multidisciplinary staff of qualified 1960 in petroleum exploration & produc- Phone: (907) 562-2200 McKenzie River to the Beaufort Sea and and experienced professionals possess a tion, firefighting, forestry, construction, Fax: (907) 561-7600 Alaska’s North Slope. diverse array of technical capabilities to search & rescue, cargo transport, and Email: [email protected] provide our clients with a full spectrum utility transmission. Website: www.alaskarubber.com Panalpina of geoscience and engineering consult- Wholesale and retail of industrial and 4305 W. International Airport Rd. ing services. Lynden Anchorage, AK 99502 hydraulic hose and fittings. All applica- Alaska Marine Lines Contact: John Hodel, branch mgr. tions and styles available. Conveyor belt- PGS Onshore Alaska West Express Phone: (907) 245-8008 ing, sheet rubber, v-belts, pumps, 341 W. Tudor Rd., Ste. 206 Lynden Air Cargo Fax: (907) 245-8018 Kamloks and much more. Anchorage, AK 99503 Lynden Air Freight Email: [email protected] Contact: Larry Watt, Alaska Area Mgr. Lynden International Alaska Tent & Tarp Web site: www.panalpina.com Phone: (907) 569-4049 Lynden Logistics 529 Front St. Other offices: Fax: (907) 569-4047 Lynden Transport Fairbanks, AK 99701 Houston: (281) 446-0600 Email: [email protected] 6441 S. Air Park Pl. Contact: Jim Haselberger Calgary: (403) 291-1137 Houston Office Anchorage, AK 99502 Phone: (907) 456-6328 International and domestic freight for- 738 Hwy 6 South, Ste 900 Contact: Mark Anderson Phone: (800) 478-8368 warding and logistics services. Integrated Houston, TX 77079 Phone: (907) 254-1544 Fax: (907) 452-5260 solutions for supply chain management. Contact: Gehrig Schultz Fax: (907) 245-1744 Email: [email protected] Specialists in oil and energy projects. Phone: (281) 589-6732 Email: [email protected] We are a commercial and industrial fab- Fax: (281) 589-6685 The combined scope of the Lynden com- ric business. We make covers. Span Alaska Consolidators Email: [email protected] panies includes truckload and less-than- 8130 S. 216th St. Geophysical acquisition and processing truckload (LTL) highway connections, MRO Sales, Inc. Kent, WA 98032 for the petroleum industry. PGS Onshore scheduled barges, intermodal bulk chem- 5631 Silverado Way, Unit G Contact: Tom Landry, executive v. p. provides fully rubber tracked Arctic geo- ical hauls, scheduled and chartered air Anchorage, AK 99518 Phone: (800) 257-7726 physical crews to acquire the highest freighters, domestic and international air Contact: Bob Slette Phone: (907) 349-3606 (Anchorage) density data with the softest environ- forwarding, and international sea for- Phone: (907) 248-8808 Fax: (253) 395-7986 mental footprint on the North Slope. warding services. Email: [email protected] Fax: (907) 248-8878 Website: www.spanalaska.com Email: [email protected] the irf group Maritime Helicopters Alaskan freight consolidator/forwarder Website: www.mrosalesinc.com 6721 Round Tree Drive 3520 FAA Rd. serving all of Alaska with timely and MRO Sales offers products and services Anchorage, AK 99507 Homer, AK 99603 friendly service. Inbound service from that are special to the Alaskan market. Contact: Dave Goodman, president & Contact: Audrey Rearden the Lower 48 to Alaska. “Promises Made, MRO can help solve the time problem on managing partner Phone: 907-235-7771 Promises Delivere hard to find items. Phone: (907) 346-4090 Fax: 907-235-7741 Fax: (907) 346-4090 Email: [email protected] NEI Fluid Technology Sourdough Express Email: [email protected] In business since 1973, Maritime 3408 Arctic Blvd. P.O. Box 73398 Website: www.irfgroup.com Helicopters offers statewide (including Anchorage, AK 99503 Fairbanks, AK 99709 Houston Office: (979) 732-2206 Aleutian Islands) helicopter support from Contact: Kathryn Russell, president Contact: Karen Conover, vice president Contact: Don Benson bases in Homer and Kodiak. We also Phone: (907) 561-4820 Phone: 907-452-1181 The irf group provides comprehensive offer an 86-foot research vessel with Fax: (907) 562-2316 Fax: 907-451-6188 stratigraphic management and technical heli-pad. Web site: www.sourdoughexpress.com Email: [email protected] B14 PETROLEUM DIRECTORY PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003

components to our Alaskan customers Complete line of genuine SWAGELOK Email: [email protected] Hoses, Hydraulic since 1952. We offer quality components products in stock. Tube fittings, valves, NTL provides full service environmental, & Industrial and experienced personnel. pipe fittings, stainless hose, leak detec- microbiological, inorganic chemistry, tors, tubing supports, industrial pressure organic chemistry, and asbestos analyses Inspection Services gauges and stainless steel tubing. through its network of Alaskan-owned, Arctic Industrial & Automotive certified laboratories in Fairbanks, Supply ARCTIC CONTROLS Anchorage and Deadhorse. 360 E. International Airport Rd., Ste. 10 Arctic Pacific Enterprises 1120 E. 5th Ave. 2702 Gambell St., Ste., 101 Anchorage, AK 99518 Anchorage, AK 99501 Lodging Contact: Les Roe P.O. Box 241912 Contact: Scott Stewart, president Phone: (907) 561-7075 Anchorage, AK 99524 Phone: (907) 277-7555 Fax: (907) 561-0387 Contact: Peny Frisby Fax: (907) 277-9295 ESS Support Services Worldwide Email: [email protected] Phone: (907) 277-6442 Email: [email protected] 9210 Vanguard Dr., Ste 101 Web site: www.arcticindustrial.com Fax: (907) 277-6443 Website: www.arcticcontrols.com Anchorage, AK 99507 Full service hydraulic center. Both com- Email: [email protected] An Alaskan owned and operated compa- Contact: Deanne Earnheart, business ponents, systems design & repair. Web site: www.arcticpacific.com ny since,1985, Arctic Controls, Inc. has development coordinator Arctic Pacific/Exline’s newest service, been highly successful as manufacturer Phone: 344-1207 Alaska Rubber & Supply diagnostics and asset management, per- representatives for the state of Alaska in Fax: 344-0353 5811 Old Seward Hwy. forms engine inspections in an opera- the Process Control and Instrumentation Email: [email protected] Anchorage, AK 99518 tional or non-operational mode to meas- field. Selling equipment to the oil and Website: www.ess-global.com Contact: Janeece Higgins, general mgr. ure machine performance without dis- gas markets, mining and water waste- The Alaska division of the worlds largest Phone: (907) 562-2200 mantling your equipment. water/municipal markets. contract food service company. Visit our Fax: (907) 561-7600 web site at www.ess-global.com Email: [email protected] Engineered Fire Systems Eagle Enterprises Website: www.alaskarubber.com 3838 Commercial Dr. 700 W. International Airport Hilton Anchorage Wholesale and retail of industrial and Anchorage, AK 99501 Anchorage, AK 99578 500 West Third Ave. hydraulic hose and fittings. All applica- Contact: Don Maupin, Oil & Gas Mgr. Contact: Tom Condon, Industrial Sales Anchorage, AK 99501 tions and styles available. Conveyor belt- Phone: (907) 274-7973 ext. 114 Mgr. Contact: Karen Boshell ing, sheet rubber, v-belts, pumps, Fax: (907) 274-6265 Phone: (907) 562-2331 Phone: (907) 272-7411 Kamloks and much more. Email [email protected] Fax: (907) 562-6955 Phone: 1-800-321-3232 Web site: www.efs-fire.com Email: [email protected] Fax: (907) 265-7175 Oil & Gas Supply An industry leader in the design, integra- Other Offices: Homer Website: www.anchorage.hilton.com Contact: John Brunton, vice president tion and testing of safety solutions for Eagle Enterprises is an Alaskan owned Our $15 million renovation project is 6108 McKay St. high value risks. UL system certifications company specializing in industrial avia- complete. In addition to our popular Anchorage, AK 99518 and panel fabrication. tion, marine, and outdoor safety equip- meeting floor, we now have a 6,000 sq. Phone: (907) 344-2512 ment, services & supplies. ft. conference center with eight state-of- Fax: (907) 349-7433 Integrated Systems Group the art meeting rooms, Internet connec- 5730 B. St. Email: [email protected] Epoch Well Services tivity, video-conferencing and complete Kenai Office: Anchorage, AK 99518 catering and service support. Contact: Dale Shirley, vp 5801 Silverado Way P.O. Box 1552 Anchorage, AK 99518 Mile 16 Kenai Spur Hwy. Phone: (907) 569-3473 Millennium Hotel Fax: (907) 569-1301 Contact: James R. Carson, AK Division 4800 Spenard Rd. Kenai, AK 99611 Mgr. Phone: (907) 283-4452 Email: [email protected] Anchorage, AK 99517 [email protected] Phone: (907) 561-2465 Contact: Raegan Kelliher Fax: (907) 283-5230 Fax: (907) 561-2474 Distributor of hydraulic and industrial Website: www.intsysgrp.com Phone: (907) 243-2300 Specializing in fire suppression and gas Email: [email protected] Phone: (800) 544-0553 hose and fittings, hydraulic pump, cylin- RIGWATCH is a complete digital drilling der valve sales and repair. Hydraulic sys- detection systems. Leaders in providing Fax: (907) 243-8815 alarm systems, special hazards and gas instrumentation system that monitors all Email: [email protected] tem design. Stainless steel valves, fit- drill floor and mud system parameters. tings, tubing, MRO supplies. detection systems. Web site: Critical data is displayed and archieved www.millenniumhotels.com/anchorage Machinery Technical Support on workstations located at key points on The Millennium Alaskan Hotel Industrial Parts & Supply 200 W. 34th Ave., #979 the rig. Anchorage is located just one mile from Anchorage, AK 99503 PSI Environmental & Anchorage International Airport and ten Alaska Rubber & Supply Contact: Sid Booksh minutes from downtown. The 5811 Old Seward Hwy. Phone: (907) 250-4499 Instrumentation 1611 E. 1st Ave. Millennium is surrounded by the splen- Anchorage, AK 99518 Fax: (907) 243-4066 dor of the great Alaskan outdoors. The Contact: Janeece Higgins, general mgr. Email: [email protected] Anchorage, AK 99501 Phone: (907) 272-8010 Millennium is ideally situated for busi- Phone: (907) 562-2200 Machinery Technical Support performs ness and leisure travelers alike. Fax: (907) 561-7600 root cause analysis of rotating equip- Fax: (907) 272-9005 Soldotna office: Email: [email protected] ment and the surrounding process. With Logistics Website: www.alaskarubber.com performance analysis, vibration analysis, 36275 Kenai Spur Hwy, Ste. 2 Wholesale and retail of industrial and and process plant experience MTS can Soldotna, AK 99669 hydraulic hose and fittings. All applica- help you determine equipment condi- Phone: (907) 260-5725 Alaska Railroad Corp. tions and styles available. Conveyor belt- tion and prioritize maintenance and Fax: (907) 260-5730 P.O. Box 107500 ing, sheet rubber, v-belts, pumps, repair options. Email: [email protected] Anchorage, AK 99510 Kamloks and much more. Website: www.psienv.com Contact: Wende Lance, Marketing and Simplex Grinnell PSI is a local supplier of gas detection Logistics Technician Brooks Range Supply 5430 Fairbanks St. instrumentation. We carry both fixed Phone: (907) 265-2485 1 Old Spine Rd. Anchorage, AK 99518 and portable instruments available for Fax: (907) 265-2597 Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734 Contact: Jeffrey Wilcheck purchase or rent and calibration gases at Email: [email protected] Contact: Mike Kunkel/Craig Welch, gen- Phone: (907) 561-1911 very competitive rates. The Alaska Railroad Corporation offers eral managers Fax: (907) 561-4650 real estate, passenger and freight servic- Phone: (907) 659-2550 Email [email protected] Quadco Inc. es – including complete services to move Toll free: (866) 659-2550 Web site: SimplexFrinnell.com 6116 Nielson Way your freight between Alaska, the Lower Fax: (907) 569-2650 Other offices: Juneau and Fairbanks Anchorage, AK 99518 48 and Canada.. Email: [email protected] A total services approach to protecting Contact: David Baggett, VP, Alaska Your source on the Slope for safety sup- your people, property and assets. Manager Cook Inlet Tug & Barge plies, welding supplies, automotive and Specializing in fire protection, security Phone: (907) 563-8999 824 Delaney St. truck parts, hardware, tools, building and communications. One Company. Fax: (907) 563-8985 Anchorage, AK 99501 materials, glass, propane, hydraulic hoses One Call. Total Protection. Email: [email protected] Contact: Carl Anderson, President and fittings, paint and chemicals. Quadco maintains a fleet of oil field Phone: (907) 277-7611 Udelhoven Oilfield System instrumentation, solids control and other Fax: (907) 272-3410 Oil & Gas Supply Services equipment for oilfield and industrial Cook Inlet Tug and Barge Company pro- 6108 McKay St. Anchorage office: needs. We represent Varco Oil Tools, MD vides ship and barge assistance mainly in Anchorage, AK 99518 184 E. 53rd Ave. Totco, Texas Oil Tools, SPM, Derrick the Port of Anchorage, also Nikiski and Contact: John Brunton, vice president Anchorage, AK 99518 Equipment and various other manufac- Homer. Oil barge escort in the winter. Phone: (907) 344-2512 Phone: (907) 344-1577 turers. 24 hours on call We are Cook Inlet specialists. Fax: (907) 349-7433 Fax: (907) 522-2541 Email: [email protected] Nikiski office: Crowley Alaska Kenai Office: P.O. Box 8349 Laboratory Services 2525 C St., Ste. 303 P.O. Box 1552 Nikiski, AK 99635 Anchorage, AK 99503 Contact: Craig Tornga Mile 16 Kenai Spur Hwy. Phone: (907) 776-5185 Flowline Alaska Kenai, AK 99611 Fax: (907) 776-8105 Phone: (907) 278-4978 1881 Livengood Fax: (907) 257-2828 Phone: (907) 283-4452 Prudhoe office: Fairbanks, AK 99701 Fax: (907) 283-5230 Pouch 340103 Email: [email protected] Contact: Chris Johanssen Complete materials supply services to Distributor of hydraulic and industrial Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734 Phone: (907) 456-4911 hose and fittings, hydraulic pump, cylin- Phone: (907) 659-8093 remote locations. Marine transport Fax: (907) 456-1194 throughout Alaska. Oil field services der valve sales and repair. Hydraulic sys- Fax: (907) 659-8489 Flowline has three pipe insulation, fabri- tem design. Stainless steel valves, fit- Serving Alaska for more than 25 years. including heavy hauling with all-terrain cation, and coating facilities encompass- vehicles on North Slope. tings, tubing, MRO supplies. ing over 45,000 square feet of enclosed Instrumentation Systems production area, on a 22 acre site in U.S. Bearings & Drives Evergreen Helicopters of Alaska Fairbanks that offers substantial area for 611 E. International Airport Rd. 1935 Merrill Field Drive material handling and staging, and a ded- Anchorage, AK 99518 Alaska Valve & Fitting Anchorage, AK 99501 icated rail spur. Contact: Dena Kelley, operations mgr. 6130 Tuttle Place Contact: Joy Journeay, marketing mgr. Phone: 563-3000 Anchorage, AK 99501 Phone: (907) 257-1519 Contact: Ron Tharp Northern Testing Laboratories Fax: 563-1003 3330 Industrial Avenue Fax: (907) 279-6816 Email: [email protected] Phone: (907) 563-5630 Email: [email protected] Fax: (907) 563-4721 Fairbanks, AK 99701 Web site: www.bearings.com Contact: Michel R. Pollen, president Contact: Greg Thies, director of market- U.S. Bearings & Drives, formerly BESCO Email: [email protected] ing Website: www.SWAGELOK.com Phone: (907) 456-3116 has been providing bearings and drive Fax: (907) 456-3125 Phone: (907) 257-1504 PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003 PETROLEUM DIRECTORY B15

Email: [email protected] Phone: (907) 349-3606 (Anchorage) Maritime Helicopters Nome office: (907) 443-5334 Fax: (253) 395-7986 3520 FAA Rd. Marine Services Airlines office: (907) 257-1500 Email: [email protected] Homer, AK 99603 & Construction Logistics: (907) 243-8677 Website: www.spanalaska.com Contact: Audrey Rearden Web site: evergreenaviation.com Alaskan freight consolidator/forwarder Phone: 907-235-7771 Evergreen’s diverse fleet has provided serving all of Alaska with timely and Fax: 907-235-7741 American Marine Corp. award-winning safety to Alaskans since friendly service. Inbound service from Email: 6000 A St. 1960 in petroleum exploration & produc- the Lower 48 to Alaska. “Promises [email protected] Anchorage, AK 99518 tion, firefighting, forestry, construction, Made, Promises Delivered.” In business since 1973, Maritime Contact: Tom Ulrich, Marine Operations search & rescue, cargo transport, and Helicopters offers statewide (including Contact: Steve Stuart, Alaska Area utility transmission. The Fairweather Companies Aleutian Islands) helicopter support Manager 715 L. St., Ste. 4 from bases in Homer and Kodiak. We Phone: (907) 562-5420 Golden North Van Lines, Inc. Anchorage, AK 99501 also offer an 86-foot research vessel Fax: (907) 562-5426 940 Raspberry Rd. Contact: R.C. Gardner or Bill Penrose with heli-pad. Email: [email protected] Anchorage, AK 99518 Phone: (907) 258-3446 Web site: www.amsghq.com Contact: Suzanne Davenport, account Fax: (907) 258-5557 MRO Sales, Inc. American Marine Corp. (American executive Website: www.fairweather.com 5631 Silverado Way, Unit G Divers) provides full service marine con- Phone: (907) 349-3511 The Fairweather Companies provide Anchorage, AK 99518 struction/divers throughout Alaska and Phone: (800) 478-4685 project management, engineering, Contact: Bob Slette the Pacific. Fax: (907) 349-7938 drilling, permitting, logistics, and oper- Phone: (907) 248-8808 Email: [email protected] ational services to the exploration and Fax: (907) 248-8878 Cook Inlet Tug & Barge Fairbanks office production sectors of the petroleum Email: [email protected] 824 Delaney St. 1110 Charles St. industry. Website: www.mrosalesinc.com Anchorage, AK 99501 Phone: (907) 456-5291 We are a stocking distributor for top- Contact: Carl Anderson, President Fax: (907) 456-5647 Umiat Commercial Co. of-the-line waste oil heaters (Reznor), Phone: (907) 277-7611 Golden North Van Lines specializes in 2700 S. Cushman St. waste water flocculants (Waterclear), Fax: (907) 272-3410 relocating household goods, electron- Fairbanks, AK 99701 environmentally friendly solvents for Cook Inlet Tug and Barge Company pro- ics, and commodities. Golden North Contact: Mike Tolbert your parts washer (PT Technology), cor- vides ship and barge assistance mainly in provides professional interstate, Phone: (907) 452-6631 rosion and erosion repair and mainte- the Port of Anchorage, also Nikiski and intrastate, local moving services, and Fax: (907) 451-8632 nance polymenrs (Belzona), Vapor Homer. Oil barge escort in the winter. office relocations. Email: [email protected] phase (VpCI™) and Migrating Corrosion We are Cook Inlet specialists. UCC provides lodging and fuel sales at Inhibitors (MCI) (Cortec) and valve Offshore Divers Lynden Umiat located on the Colville River. We lubricants and sealants (Chemola). Alaska Marine Lines are open 24 hours a day everyday of 5630 Silverado Way, A-9 Alaska Railbelt Marine the year. Simplex Grinnell Anchorage, AK 99518 Alaska West Express 5430 Fairbanks St. Contact: Don Ingraham, Owner/Mgr. Lynden Air Cargo Maintenance Anchorage, AK 99518 Contact: Leif Simcox, Owner/Operations Lynden Air Freight Contact: Jeffrey Wilcheck Mgr. Phone: (907) 563-9060 Lynden International Alaska Tent & Tarp Phone: (907) 561-1911 Lynden Logistics Fax: (907) 561-4650 Fax: (907) 563-9061 529 Front St. Email: [email protected] Lynden Transport Fairbanks, AK 99701 Email [email protected] 6441 S. Airpark Pl. Web site: SimplexFrinnell.com Web site: http//www.offshoredivers.com Contact: Jim Haselberger Offshore Divers is an Alaska owned div- Anchorage, AK 99502 Phone: (907) 456-6328 Other offices: Juneau and Fairbanks Contact: Jeanine St. John A total services approach to protecting ing contractor specializing in sub-sea oil- Phone: (800) 478-8368 field work on mooring systems, Phone: (907) 245-1544 Fax: (907) 452-5260 your people, property and assets. Fax: (907) 245-1744 Specializing in fire protection, security pipelines, platforms and docks in Cook Email: [email protected] Inlet, on the North Slope and in Valdez. Email: [email protected] We are a commercial and industrial and communications. One Company. The combined scope of the Lynden One Call. Total Protection. fabric business. We make covers. Peak Oilfield Service Co. companies includes truckload and less- 2525 C St., Ste. 201 than-truckload highway connections, Wood Group Alaska ARCTIC CONTROLS Anchorage, AK 99503 scheduled barges, intermodal bulk 5311 Minnesota Dr. 1120 E. 5th Ave. Contact: Bill Stamps, Business chemical hauls, scheduled and char- Anchorage, AK 99518 Anchorage, AK 99501 Development/Ex. Affairs tered air freighters, domestic and inter- Contact: Sharon Shern Contact: Scott Stewart, president Phone: (907) 263-7000 national air forwarding and interna- Phone: (907) 339-4500 Phone: (907) 277-7555 Fax: (907) 263-7070 tional sea forwarding services. Fax: (907) 339-4555 Fax: (907) 277-9295 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] MRO Sales, Inc. Web site: www.woodgroup.net Web site: www.peakalaska.com Website: www.arcticcontrols.com Alaska based general contractors. 5631 Silverado Way, Unit G An Alaskan owned and operated com- Repair, overhaul, servicing and installa- Anchorage, AK 99518 pany since,1985, Arctic Controls, Inc. tion of industrial gas turbines, electrical Contact: Bob Slette has been highly successful as manufac- and instrumentation equipment includ- Mat Systems Phone: (907) 248-8808 turer representatives for the state of ing the calibration and repair of meas- Fax: (907) 248-8878 Alaska in the Process Control and uring and test equipment. Alaska Dreams Email: [email protected] Instrumentation field. Selling equip- 522 Goldstreak Rd. Website: www.mrosalesinc.com ment to the oil and gas markets, min- Management Development Fairbanks, AK 99712 We provide Professional Procurement ing and water wastewater/municipal Contact: M. Huser, president Service for hard-to-find supplies, parts markets. Pacific Rim Leadership Dev., LLC Phone: (907) 455-7712 and equipment. Regardless of your 3601 C St., Ste. 1400 Fax: (907) 455-7713 location, you will receive service that is Arctic Pacific Enterprises Anchorage, AK 99503 Email: [email protected] guaranteed to meet your requirements. 2702 Gambell St., Ste., 101 Contact: Ken Thompson, president Custom fabrication of timber or timber From Anchorage to Siberia, from ship- P.O. Box 241912 Phone: (907) 770-1600 with steel combination heavy-duty ping to communications, you receive Anchorage, AK 99524 Fax: (907) 770-1626 equipment or road mats, prefabricated service from the experts that have Contact: Peny Frisby Email: [email protected] retaining walls, containment enclosures ‘Been There, Done That’ Phone: (907) 277-6442 Web site: www.pacrimldr.com or helicopter landing platforms. Fax: (907) 277-6443 Providing proven and practical leader- Northern Transportation Co. SOLOCO (Dura Base) Email: [email protected] ship development and business consult- 310 K St., Ste. 200 207 Town Center Pky. Web site: www.arcticpacific.com ing services; including leadership train- Anchorage, AK 99501 Lafayette, LA 70506-7524 Arctic Pacific Enterprises/Exline provides ing, change management, high per- 42003 McKenzie Hwy. Contact: Keith Pearson repair/rebuild services of large diesel formance team development, strategy Hay River, NWT X0E0R9 Phone: (337) 981-5058 generators, compressors, engines, parts determination and experienced busi- Contact: John Marshall Fax: (337) 984-9241 and specialized coating of parts to ness advice. Phone: (867) 874-5167 extend equipment life. Email: [email protected] Fax: (867) 874-5179 DURA-BASE COMPOSITE MAT SYSTEM is Email: [email protected] Engineered Fire Systems Maps the world’s most advanced solution for Web site: www.ntcl.com 3838 Commercial Dr. temporary surfaces including heavy-duty Marine transportation along the Anchorage, AK 99501 Mapmakers Alaska roads, turnarounds, work and staging McKenzie River to the Beaufort Sea Contact: Don Maupin, Oil & Gas Mgr. 259 S. Alaska St. areas. It’s strength and durability allows and Alaska’s North Slope. Phone: (907) 274-7973 ext. 114 Palmer, AK 99645 you to work year-round in the harshest Fax: (907) 274-6265 Contact: Brit Lively, manager conditions. Installs and cleans up quickly. Panalpina Email [email protected] Phone: (907) 745-3398 It’s a permanent solution to your tempo- 4305 W. International Airport Rd. Web site: www.efs-fire.com Fax: (907) 745-6733 rary road and work surface needs. Anchorage, AK 99502 An industry leader in the design, inte- Maps for oil and gas industry and cus- Contact: John Hodel, branch mgr. gration and testing of safety solutions tom map work Phone: (907) 245-8008 for high value risks. UL system certifica- Mechanical & Electrical Fax: (907) 245-8018 tions and panel fabrication. Marine Propulsion Email: [email protected] Inspection Web site: www.panalpina.com Machinery Technical Support Northern Lights Other offices: 200 W. 34th Ave., #979 Udelhoven Oilfield System Houston: (281) 446-0600 1200 W. International Airport Way Anchorage, AK 99503 Anchorage, AK 99519 Services Calgary: (403) 291-1137 Contact: Sid Booksh Anchorage office: International and domestic freight for- Contact: Jeff Campbell Phone: (907) 250-4499 Phone: (907) 562-2222 184 E. 53rd Ave. warding and logistics services. Fax: (907) 243-4066 Anchorage, AK 99518 Integrated solutions for supply chain Fax: (206) 563-1921 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: (907) 344-1577 management. Specialists in oil and Machinery Technical Support performs Fax: (907) 522-2541 energy projects. Web site: www.northern-lights.com root cause analysis of rotating equip- Lugger marine diesels (70-900 HP) were Nikiski office: ment and the surrounding process. P.O. Box 8349 Span Alaska Consolidators developed for Alaskan fishermen, and With performance analysis, vibration Nikiski, AK 99635 8130 S. 216th St. are now found in commercial and yacht analysis, and process plant experience Phone: (907) 776-5185 Kent, WA 98032 applications worldwide. Reliability and MTS can help you determine equip- Fax: (907) 776-8105 Contact: Tom Landry, executive v. p. fuel efficiency are key. ment condition and prioritize mainte- Prudhoe office: Phone: (800) 257-7726 nance and repair options. 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Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734 Fax: (907) 561-2474 6000 A St. P.O. Box 8349 Phone: (907) 659-8093 Email: [email protected] Anchorage, AK 99518 Nikiski, AK 99635 Fax: (907) 659-8489 With over 250 wells logged since 1989, Contact: Tom Ulrich, Marine Operations Phone: (907) 776-5185 Serving Alaska for more than 25 years. Epoch is the leading provider of Contact: Steve Stuart, Alaska Area Fax: (907) 776-8105 advanced mudlogging services in Alaska. Manager Prudhoe office: Meetings & Conventions Our DML 2000 software assimilates a Phone: (907) 562-5420 Pouch 340103 comprehensive database of geological Fax: (907) 562-5426 Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734 Hilton Anchorage and drilling information with presenta- Email: [email protected] Phone: (907) 659-8093 500 West Third Ave. tions available in a variety of hardcopy Website: amsghq.com Fax: (907) 659-8489 Anchorage, AK 99501 and digital formats. American Marine Corp. (American Serving Alaska for more than 25 years. Contact: Karen Boshell Divers) provides full service marine con- Phone: (907) 272-7411 Offshore Construction Advisor struction/divers throughout Alaska and Process Equipment Phone: 1-800-321-3232 the Pacific. Fax: (907) 265-7175 Snowbird Management Natchiq Natco Group Website: www.anchorage.hilton.com P.O. Box 521411 3900 C. St., Ste. 701 P.O. Box 850, Stn. T Our $15 million renovation project is Big Lake, AK 99652 Anchorage, AK 99503 Calgary, Alberta T2H2H3 complete. In addition to our popular Contact: Darrell E. Korman, president Contact: Jack Laasch Contact: Kevin Baird, Business Dev. Mgr. meeting floor, we now have a 6,000 sq. Phone: (907) 440-9480 Phone: (907) 339-6200 Phone: (403) 203-2103 ft. conference center with eight state-of- Fax: (907) 892-1229 Fax: (907) 339-6219 Fax: (403) 236-0488 the art meeting rooms, Internet connec- Email: [email protected] Website: www.natchiq.com Email: [email protected] tivity, video-conferencing and complete Advisor to the petroleum industry on Oil and gas services including facility Website: www.natco.ab.ca catering and service support. offshore construction. engineering and construction, mainte- Natco Group engineers, designs and nance, fabrication, pipeline construction, manufactures process, wellhead and Millennium Hotel On-site Medical Services water treatment equipment and systems 4800 Spenard Rd. communications; well drilling, upstream exploration and production services and used in the production of oil and gas Anchorage, AK 99517 worldwide. Contact: Raegan Kelliher Kuukpik Arctic Catering geological and geophysical services. 5761 Silverado Way, Ste P Phone: (907) 243-2300 Offshore Divers Procurement Services Phone: (800) 544-0553 Anchorage, AK 99518 Contact: Rick MacMillan 5630 Silverado Way, A-9 Fax: (907) 243-8815 Anchorage, AK 99518 Email: [email protected] Phone: (907) 562-5588 Alaska Anvil Fax: (907) 562-5898 Contact: Don Ingraham, Owner/Mgr. 509 W. 3rd Ave. Web site: Contact: Leif Simcox, Owner/Operations www.millenniumhotels.com/anchorage Email: [email protected] Anchorage, AK 99501–2237 Mgr. Contact: Frank Weiss The Millennium Alaskan Hotel SECORP Industries Phone: (907) 563-9060 Anchorage is located just one mile from Phone: (907) 276-2747 5520 Lake Otis Pkwy, Ste. 103 Fax: (907) 563-9061 Fax: (907) 279-4088 Anchorage International Airport and ten Anchorage, AK 99507 Email: [email protected] minutes from downtown. The Email: [email protected] Contact: Karl J. Kisser, Alaska district mgr. Web site: http//www.offshoredivers.com Web site: anvilcorp.com Millennium is surrounded by the splen- Phone: (907) 562-9722 Offshore Divers is an Alaska owned div- dor of the great Alaskan outdoors. The Other office: Kenai Fax: (907) 562-9420 ing contractor specializing in sub-sea oil- 50720 Kenai Spur Hwy, Mile 24.5 Millennium is ideally situated for busi- Email: [email protected] field work on mooring systems, ness and leisure travelers alike. Kenai, AK 99611 SECORP Industries has been a leader in pipelines, platforms and docks in Cook Phone: (907) 776-5870 the medical and safety industry for over Inlet, on the North Slope and in Valdez. Fax: (907) 770-5871 Metal Distributors 30 years. Our medical and safety equip- Multi-discipline engineering and design ment meets the industry’s highest stan- Peak Oilfield Service Co. services including construction manage- Alaska Steel Co. dards. SECORP is a distributor for such 2525 C St., Ste. 201 ment for petro-chemical and heavy 1200 W. Dowling companies as Drager, MSA, Survivair, Det Anchorage, AK 99503 industrial client projects. Anchorage, AK 99518 Con and PemTech. Contact: Bill Stamps, Business Contact: Joe Lombardo, vice president Development/Ex. Affairs Nana/Colt Engineering LLC Phone: (907) 561-1188 Photography Phone: (907) 263-7000 700 G Street, 5th floor Toll free: (800) 770-0969 (AK only) Fax: (907) 263-7070 Anchorage, AK 99501 Email: [email protected] Fax: (907) 561-2935 Judy Patrick Photography Contact: John Minier (907) 273-3910 Email: [email protected] Web site: www.peakalaska.com Phone: (907) 273-3930 Phone: (907) 376-4704 Alaska based general contractors. Fairbanks Office: Fax: (907) 376-9703 Fax: (907) 273-3990 2800 South Cushman NANA/Colt offers project management, Specializing in petroleum and mining Tec Laboratories Contact: Daryl McGhan, branch mgr. photography engineering, design, construction man- Phone: (907) 456-2719 P.O. Box 1958 agement, and procurement services to Fax: (907) 451-0449 Albany, OR 97321 the oil industry. Kenai Office: Pipe & Fittings Contact: Gary Burris, national sales mgr. Phone: (800) 482-4464 205 Trading Bay Rd. Real Estate Contact: Will Bolz, branch mgr. Oil & Gas Supply Fax: (541) 926-0218 Phone: (907) 283-3880 6108 McKay St. Email: [email protected] Alaska Railroad Corp. Fax: (907) 283-3759 Anchorage, AK 99518 Web site: www.teclabsinc.com P.O. Box 107500 Full-line steel and aluminum distributor. Contact: John Brunton, vice president We’re celebrating our 25th year. We are Anchorage, AK 99510 Complete processing capabilities, Phone: (907) 344-2512 the proud manufacturer of The 10 Hour Contact: Wende Lance, Marketing and statewide service. Specializing in low Fax: (907) 349-7433 Insect Repellent and other outstanding Logistics Technician temperature steel. Email: [email protected] outdoor skin care products. Kenai Office: Phone: (907) 265-2485 VECO Fax: (907) 265-2597 Movers/Relocation P.O. Box 1552 Mile 16 Kenai Spur Hwy. 949 E. 36th Ave., Ste. 500 Email: [email protected] Kenai, AK 99611 Anchorage, AK 99508 The Alaska Railroad Corporation offers Golden North Van Lines Phone: (907) 283-4452 Contact: Roxanne Payne real estate, passenger and freight servic- 940 Raspberry Rd. Fax: (907) 283-5230 Email: [email protected] es – including complete services to move Anchorage, AK 99518 Distributor of hydraulic and industrial Phone: (907) 762-1510 your freight between Alaska, the Lower Contact: Suzanne Davenport, account hose and fittings, hydraulic pump, cylin- Fax: (907) 762-1001 48 and Canada. executive der valve sales and repair. Hydraulic sys- Website: www.VECO.com First National Bank Alaska Phone: (907) 349-3511 tem design. Stainless steel valves, fit- VECO is a multi-national corporation 101 W. 36th Ave. Phone: (800) 478-4685 tings, tubing, MRO supplies. that provides services, project manage- Fax: (907) 349-7938 ment, engineering, procurement, con- Anchorage, AK 99503 Email: [email protected] Petroleum Equipment & Services struction, operations and maintenance – Contact: Rich Monroe Fairbanks office 5631 Silverado Way, Ste G to the energy, resource and process Phone: 777-5611 1110 Charles St. Anchorage, AK 99518 industries and the public sector. Fax: 777-3003 Phone: (907) 456-5291 Contact: Kevin Durling/Donald Parker Email: [email protected] Fax: (907) 456-5647 Phone: (907) 248-0066 Zy-Tech Global Industries Website: www.FNBAlaska.com Golden North Van Lines specializes in Fax: (907) 248-4429 10600 Corporate Dr. One of the strongest, most financially relocating household goods, electronics, Web site: www.pesiak.com Houston, TX 77477 secure commercial banks in the nation, and commodities. Golden North provides P.E.S.I. offers both conventional and spe- Contact: Scott Moreland, product man- First National offers a range of deposit, professional interstate, intrastate, local cialty products and services for Alaska oil ager lending, escrow and bankcard services at moving services, and office relocations. industry. Phone: (281) 565-1010 27 branches across the state. Member Fax: (281) 565-3171 FDIC and equal housing lender. Sourdough Express Email: [email protected] Pipeline Insulation P.O. Box 73398 Web site: www.Zy-Tech.com Recycling Waste Management Fairbanks, AK 99709 Zy-Tech/PBV-USA is the fastest growing Contact: Karen Conover, vice president Flowline Alaska valve company in North America, with Colville Phone: 907-452-1181 1881 Livengood manufacturing facilities around the Pouch 340012 Fax: 907-451-6188 Fairbanks, AK 99701 world. Our “state of the art” manufac- Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734 Web site: www.sourdoughexpress.com Contact: Chris Johanssen turing plant near Houston allows us to Contact: Rick Hofreiter or John Daly Sourdough Express Inc. provides trucking Phone: (907) 456-4911 attack specialized valve requirements as Phone: (907) 659-3197 services, full service moving and storage Fax: (907) 456-1194 well as, off the shelf items. Fax: (907) 659-3190 services, and conex container sales and Flowline has three pipe insulation, fabri- Web site: www.colvilleinc.com rentals. cation, and coating facilities encompass- Plumbing ing over 45,000 ft of enclosed produc- Diesel, gasoline, jet fuel, aviation gaso- line in bulk and small quantity deliveries, Mud & Mudlogging tion area, on a 22 acre site in Fairbanks that offers substantial area for material Udelhoven Oilfield System electronic card-lock fleet management, handling and staging, and a dedicated Services solid waste and recycling, steel, industrial Epoch Well Services rail spur. Anchorage office: gases and solid waste. 5801 Silverado Way 184 E. 53rd Ave. Anchorage, AK 99518 Anchorage, AK 99518 NEI Fluid Technology Contact: James R. Carson, AK Division Pipeline/Facilities Maintenance Phone: (907) 344-1577 3408 Arctic Blvd. Mgr. Fax: (907) 522-2541 Anchorage, AK 99503 Phone: (907) 561-2465 American Marine Corp. 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Phone: (907) 561-4820 Web site: www.cleanairstore.com remediation, environmental and indus- Fax: (907) 562-2316 Wayne’s Original Texas Bar-B-Que Since 1982, Cleanaire Alaska has provid- trial supply company. Specialty areas Email: [email protected] 3400 C. St. ed Alaska the best indoor air cleaning include sorbents, geotextile, contain- Suppliers of petrochemical refueling and Anchorage, AK 99503 devices available and carbon filtration ment berms, drums and ice melt. testing equipment, meters and valve sys- Contact: Wayne Bond devices for environmental clean up. tems for the oil and gas industry and Phone: (907) 569-9911 Security portable measurement for petroleum, Fax: (907) 349-1867 Eagle Enterprises 700 W. International Airport chemicals and bulk liquids. We also sup- Wayne’s Original Texas Bar-B-Que is a Kuukpik Arctic Catering ply refrigerant recovery and recycling family style restaurant providing a vari- Anchorage, AK 99578 Contact: Tom Condon, Industrial Sales 5761 Silverado Way, Ste P equipment. ety of succulent, tender meats (brisket, Anchorage, AK 99518 ribs, chicken & turkey), slow cooked or Mgr. New World Technology Phone: (907) 562-2331 Contact: Rick MacMillan hardwood-smoked with a variety of tra- Phone: (907) 562-5588 809 N. Bragaw St. ditional sides and desserts. Dine-in, take- Fax: (907) 562-6955 Anchorage, AK 99508 Email: [email protected] Fax: (907) 562-5898 out, delivery, drive-thru services avail- Email: [email protected] Contact: Bud Steinebach, owner able. Other Offices: Homer Phone: (907) 272-3616 Eagle Enterprises is an Alaskan owned Seismic & Geophysical Fax: (907) 278-0056 Rigging Supplies company specializing in industrial avia- Email: [email protected] tion, marine, and outdoor safety equip- Web site: newworldtechnology.com ment, services & supplies. Kuukpik/Fairweather & Veritas DGC We are a company that uses environ- Arctic Wire Rope & Supply Land mentally safe and chemical free products 6407 Arctic Spur Rd. Jackovich Industrial & Construction 715 L St. to make our world safe from pollutants. Anchorage, AK 99518 Supply Anchorage, AK 99501 Contact: Jill Reeves Fairbanks: 1600 Wells St. Contact: Jeff Hastings Quadco Phone: (907) 562-0707 Attn: Buz Jackovich Phone: (907) 258-3446 6116 Nielson Way Fax: (907) 562-2426 Phone: (907) 456-4414 Fax: (907) 279-5740 Anchorage, AK 99518 Email: [email protected] Fax: (907) 452-4846 Email: [email protected] Contact: David Baggett, VP, Alaska Web site: www.arcticwirerope.com Anchorage: 1716 Post Road Manager Arctic Wire Rope & Supply is Alaska’s Attn: Steve Slone PGS Onshore Phone: (907) 563-8999 largest and most complete rigging sup- Phone: (907) 277-1406 341 W. Tudor Rd., Ste. 206 Fax: (907) 563-8985 ply source. We specialize in custom sling Fax: (907) 258-1700 Anchorage, AK 99503 Email: [email protected] fabrication (wire rope, web, chain, and 24 hour emergency service. With 30 years Contact: Larry Watt, Alaska Area Mgr. Other offices: Farmington NM, Denver polyester round.) of experience, we're experts on Arctic con- Phone: (907) 569-4049 CO, Casper WY ditions and extreme weather. Fax: (907) 569-4047 Quadco has supplied services to the Right of Way Maintenance Email: [email protected] Alaska oilfield since 1976. We have PSI Environmental & Houston Office trained personnel to help with instru- Cruz Construction Instrumentation 738 Hwy 6 South, Ste 900 mentation, solids control, pipe handling HC04 Box 9323 1611 E. 1st Ave. Houston, TX 77079 and Top Drive drilling equipment. 24 Palmer, AK 99645 Anchorage, AK 99501 Contact: Gehrig Schultz hour on call Contact: Dave or Dana Cruz Phone: (907) 272-8010 Phone: (281) 589-6732 Phone: (907) 746-3144 Fax: (907) 272-9005 Fax: (281) 589-6685 Shred Alaska Fax: (907) 746-5557 Soldotna office: Email: [email protected] 840 Norman St. Email: [email protected] 36275 Kenai Spur Hwy, Ste. 2 Geophysical acquisition and processing Anchorage, AK 99504 General contractor specializing in heavy Soldotna, AK 99669 for the petroleum industry. PGS Onshore Contact: Cindy or Larry Hinkle, owners civil construction, horizontal direction Phone: (907) 260-5725 provides fully rubber tracked Arctic geo- Phone: (907) 929-1154 drilling for utilities. Ice road and ice Fax: (907) 260-5730 physical crews to acquire the highest Fax: (907) 929-1154 bridge construction throughout Alaska Email: [email protected] density data with the softest environ- Email: [email protected] in support of resource development. Website: www.psienv.com mental footprint on the North Slope. Shred Alaska provides an on-site docu- PSI is your local supplier for gas detec- ment destruction service for the immedi- tion equipment and supplies. We carry Shredding ate, secure disposal of confidential and Safety Equipment & Supplies portable and fixed systems available for sensitive materials. Your documents are purchase or rent and calibration gases at shredded on board a custom designed Alaska Textiles very competitive rates. Shred Alaska truck equipped with a high-powered 620 W. Fireweed Lane 840 Norman St. industrial shredder. No documents leave Anchorage, AK 99503 SECORP Industries Anchorage, AK 99504 the business site until they are complete- Contact: Clif Burnette, vice president 5520 Lake Otis Pkwy, Ste. 103 Contact: Cindy or Larry Hinkle, owners ly destroyed. They are then taken to the Phone: (907) 265-4880 Anchorage, AK 99507 Phone: (907) 929-1154 recycling center. Fax: (907) 265-4850 Contact: Karl J. Kisser, Alaska district mgr. Fax: (907) 929-1154 Email: [email protected] Phone: (907) 562-9722 Email: [email protected] Reporting Software Website: www.alaskatextiles.com Fax: (907) 562-9420 Shred Alaska provides an on-site docu- Alaska Textiles Inc. is Alaska’s leader FR Email: [email protected] ment destruction service for the immedi- Apparel suppliers to the oil industry. SECORP Industries has been a leader in ate, secure disposal of confidential and Epoch Well Services the medical and safety industry for over sensitive materials. Your documents are 5801 Silverado Way Arctic Wire Rope & Supply 30 years. Our medical and safety equip- shredded on board a custom designed Anchorage, AK 99518 6407 Arctic Spur Rd. ment meets the industry’s highest stan- truck equipped with a high-powered Contact: James R. Carson, AK Division Anchorage, AK 99518 dards. SECORP is a distributor for such industrial shredder. No documents leave Mgr. Contact: Jill Reeves companies as Drager, MSA, Survivair, Det the business site until they are complete- Phone: (907) 561-2465 Phone: (907) 562-0707 Con and PemTech. ly destroyed. They are then taken to the Fax: (907) 561-2474 Fax: (907) 562-2426 recycling center. Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Simplex Grinnell PERC is a Windows based relational Web site: www.arcticwirerope.com 5430 Fairbanks St. Shrink Wrap Product Preservation database program for morning reports, Arctic Wire Rope & Supply is Alaska’s Anchorage, AK 99518 well planning, drilling, completion and largest and most complete rigging sup- Contact: Jeffrey Wilcheck Dura-Wrap Containments workover reports. RIGREPORT provides ply source. We specialize in custom sling Phone: (907) 561-1911 P.O. Box 2374 contractors with an electronic tour sheet fabrication (wire rope, web, chain, and Fax: (907) 561-4650 Palmer, AK 99645 for morning reports and payroll report- polyester round.) Email [email protected] Contact: John Hutchinson ing.. Web site: SimplexFrinnell.com Phone: (907) 373-3443 Army/Navy Store Other offices: Juneau and Fairbanks Toll Free: (866) 873-3443 (lower 48 only) Restaurants 320 W. 4th Ave. A total services approach to protecting Fax: (907) 373-3453 Anchorage, AK 99501 your people, property and assets. Email: [email protected] Contact: Michael Miller Specializing in fire protection, security Café Amsterdam Web site: www.durawrap.com Phone: (907) 279-2401 and communications. One Company. 530 E. Benson Blvd., Ste. 3 Dura-Wrap’s mobile shrinkwrap service Fax: (907) 278-7174 One Call. Total Protection. Anchorage, AK 99503 provides complete product protection to Contact: Gable Smith Contact: Michael Miller Email: [email protected] Tec Laboratories barge, marine and overland cargo Phone: (907) 274-0074 haulers, heavy equipment haulers, and Fax: (907) 274-0077 Over 50 years as major contractor in P.O. Box 1958 Alaska for oil companies and subcontrac- Albany, OR 97321 other industrial products. Dura-Wrap: an Café Amsterdam serves breakfast, lunch, expedient and environmentally safe and dinner in a comfortable atmosphere tors outfitting cold weather gear, such as Contact: Gary Burris, national sales mgr. flame resistant Arctic wear, flame resist- Phone: (800) 482-4464 method of providing your clients with using the freshest foods and local beers clean freight, less costly cleanup and big- available. European seasonal menu, spe- ant clothing, and safety footwear. Fax: (541) 926-0218 Email: [email protected] ger profits. cials, wine, and beer from around the Brooks Range Supply world. Web site: www.teclabsinc.com 1 Old Spine Road We’re celebrating our 25th year. We are Steel Fabrication Millennium Hotel Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734 the proud manufacturer of The 10 Hour 4800 Spenard Rd. Contact: Mike Kunkel/Craig Welch, gen- Insect Repellent and other outstanding Alaska Steel Co. Anchorage, AK 99517 eral managers outdoor skin care products. 1200 W. Dowling Contact: Raegan Kelliher Phone: (907) 659-2550 Anchorage, AK 99518 Phone: (907) 243-2300 Toll free: (866) 659-2550 Unitech of Alaska Contact: Joe Lombardo, vice president Phone: (800) 544-0553 Fax: (907) 569-2650 2130 E. Dimond Blvd. Phone: (907) 561-1188 Fax: (907) 243-8815 Email: [email protected] Anchorage, AK 99507 Toll free: (800) 770-0969 (AK only) Email: [email protected] Your source on the Slope for safety sup- Contact: Debbie Hawley Fax: (907) 561-2935 Web site: plies, welding supplies, automotive and Phone: (907) 349-5142 Email: [email protected] www.millenniumhotels.com/anchorage truck parts, hardware, tools, building Phone: (800) 649-5859 Fairbanks Office: The Millennium Alaskan Hotel materials, glass, propane, hydraulic hoses Fax: (907) 349-2733 2800 South Cushman Anchorage is located just one mile from and fittings, paint and chemicals. Email: [email protected] Contact: Daryl McGhan, branch mgr. Other Office: Phone: (907) 456-2719 Anchorage International Airport and ten Cleanaire Alaska Unitech Southeast Fax: (907) 451-0449 minutes from downtown. The P.O. Box 200142 Contact: Bob Bacolas Kenai Office: Millennium is surrounded by the splen- Anchorage, AK 99520 Phone: (907) 790-4439 205 Trading Bay Rd. dor of the great Alaskan outdoors. The Phone: (907) 561-2735 Fax: (907) 790-4469 Contact: Will Bolz, branch mgr. Millennium is ideally situated for busi- Phone: 1-800-478-2735 ness and leisure travelers alike. Email: [email protected] Phone: (907) 283-3880 Fax: (907) 563-5678 UOA is Alaska’s only 24-hour oil spill B18 PETROLEUM DIRECTORY PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003

Fax: (907) 283-3759 Email: [email protected] Manager Rebar fabrication full service with in Surveying & Mapping The 100% Alaska Native owned and Phone: (907) 562-5420 house estimating and detailing. operated catering company on the Fax: (907) 562-5426 ASTAC/fm, a division of ASTAC North Slope, catering and housekeeping Email: [email protected] Peak Oilfield Service Co. 4300 B Street, Ste. 501 to your tastes, not ours. Web site: amsghq.com 2525 C St., Ste. 201 Anchorage, AK 99503 American Marine Corp. (American Anchorage, AK 99503 Contact: Don Nelson Tools Divers) provides full service marine con- Contact: Bill Stamps, Business Phone: (907) 563-3989 struction/divers throughout Alaska and Development/Ex. Affairs Phone: 1-800-478-6409 New World Technology the Pacific. Phone: (907) 263-7000 Fax: (907) 563-1932 809 N. Bragaw St. Fax: (907) 263-7070 Email: [email protected] Offshore Divers Anchorage, AK 99508 Email: [email protected] Provides expertise in implementing GIS 5630 Silverado Way, A-9 Contact: Bud Steinebach, owner Web site: www.peakalaska.com technology whether data conversions or Anchorage, AK 99518 Phone: (907) 272-3616 Alaska based general contractors. a turnkey solution. Contact: Don Ingraham, Owner/Mgr. 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ADEC-approved classes Totem Equipment & Supply Inc. locally mgr. Phone: (281) 565-1010 are offered publicly or provided on site Fax: (281) 565-3171 owned and operated since 1961. Contact: Tony Hoffman, survey mgr. at clients facilities. Supplies light, medium and heavy equip- Phone: (907) 273-1830 Email: [email protected] ment. Specializing in temporary & per- Phone: (800) 955-1830 Pacific Rim Leadership Dev., LLC Web site: www.Zy-Tech.com manent heating solutions. Fax: (907) 273-1831 3601 C St., Ste. 1400 Zy-Tech/PBV-USA is the fastest growing Email: [email protected] Anchorage, AK 99503 valve company in North America, with Udelhoven Oilfield System Services Other Offices: Contact: Ken Thompson, president manufacturing facilities around the Anchorage office: Barrow: (800) 478-8213 Phone: (907) 770-1600 world. Our “state of the art” manufac- 184 E. 53rd Ave. Email: [email protected] Fax: (907) 770-1626 turing plant near Houston allows us to Anchorage, AK 99518 Alpine: (907) 670-4739 Email: [email protected] attack specialized valve requirements as Phone: (907) 344-1577 Email: [email protected] Web site: www.pacrimldr.com well as, off the shelf items. Fax: (907) 522-2541 Statewide contractor project support Providing proven and practical leader- Nikiski office: surveyors; remote site land and hydro- ship development and business consult- Vehicle Repair P.O. Box 8349 graphic surveys for government and pri- ing services; including leadership train- Nikiski, AK 99635 vate; oil and gas development survey- ing, change management, high per- Kenworth Alaska Phone: (907) 776-5185 ing, mapping, and permitting. formance team development, strategy 2838 Porcupine Dr. Fax: (907) 776-8105 determination and experienced business Anchorage, AK 99501 Prudhoe office: Lounsbury and Associates advice. Contact: Jim Scherieble, Branch Mgr. Pouch 340103 723 W. 6th Ave. Phone: (907) 279-0602 Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734 Anchorage, AK 99501 R&R Scaffold Erectors Phone: (800) 478-0602 Phone: (907) 659-8093 Contact: Craig L. Savage, president 1150 E. 68th Ave. Fax: (907) 258-6639 Fax: (907) 659-8489 E-mail: [email protected] Anchorage, AK 99518 Fairbanks office: Serving Alaska for more than 25 years. Contact: Jim Sawhill, vp Contact: David Bond 3730 Braddock St. Email: [email protected] Phone: (907) 344-5427 Fairbanks, AK 99701 Steel Sales Phone: (907) 272-5451 Fax: (907) 349-3268 Contact: Ed Lewis, Branch Mgr. Fax: (907) 272-9065 Email: [email protected] Phone: (907) 455-9900 Alaska Steel Co. Toll Free: (800) 478-5451 Web site: www.scaffold-alaska Fax: (907) 479-8295 1200 W. 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Alaska Valve & Fitting Manager Phone: (907) 456-2719 310 K St., Ste. 200 6130 Tuttle Place Phone: (907) 459-4044 Fax: (907) 451-0449 Anchorage, AK 99501 Anchorage, AK 99501 Fax: (907) 450-4007 Kenai Office: 42003 McKenzie Hwy. Contact: Ron Tharp Email: [email protected] 205 Trading Bay Rd. Hay River, NWT X0E0R9 Phone: (907) 563-5630 Website: www.seekins.com Contact: Will Bolz, branch mgr. Contact: John Marshall Fax: (907) 563-4721 Ford Lincoln Mercury dealer located in Phone: (907) 283-3880 Phone: (867) 874-5167 Email: [email protected] Fairbanks Alaska providing solutions to Fax: (907) 283-3759 Fax: (867) 874-5179 Website: www.SWAGELOK.com your transportation needs. Parts and Full-line steel and aluminum distributor. Email: [email protected] Complete line of genuine SWAGELOK service support in Fairbanks and Complete processing capabilities, Web site: www.ntcl.com products in stock. Tube fittings, valves, Prudhoe Bay. statewide service. Specializing in low Marine transportation along the pipe fittings, stainless hose, leak detec- temperature steel. McKenzie River to the Beaufort Sea and tors, tubing supports, industrial pressure Vehicle Sales/Rental Alaska’s North Slope. gauges and stainless steel tubing. Colville Seekins Ford Lincoln Mercury Pouch 340012 Telephone Equipment & Sales Underwater NDT & Photography 1625 Old Steese Hwy. Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734 Fairbanks, AK 99701 Contact: Rick Hofreiter or John Daly Contact: Steven Angel, Fleet Sales ASTAC Offshore Divers Phone: (907) 659-3197 Manager 4300 B Street, Ste. 501 5630 Silverado Way, A-9 Fax: (907) 659-3190 Phone: (907) 459-4044 Anchorage, AK 99503 Anchorage, AK 99518 Web site: www.colvilleinc.com Fax: (907) 450-4007 Contact: Erin Ealum Contact: Don Ingraham, Owner/Mgr. 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Parts and Providing local and long distance serv- Email: [email protected] service support in Fairbanks and STEELFAB ice, maintenance and training, consulta- Web site: http//www.offshoredivers.com Prudhoe Bay. 2132 Railroad Ave. tion, installation, engineering, Centrex, Offshore Divers is an Alaska owned div- custom calling features, digital cross Anchorage, AK 99501 ing contractor specializing in sub-sea oil- Tucker Sno-Cat connect service, and digital data service. Contact: Janet Faulkner, Vice President field work on mooring systems, P.O. Box 1529 Phone: (907) 264-2819 pipelines, platforms and docks in Cook Medford, OR 97501 Fax: (907) 276-3448 Temporary Placement Services Inlet, on the North Slope and in Valdez. Contact: Dan Dressler or Gordon Duncan Email: [email protected] Phone: (541) 779-3731 STEELFAB is the largest Alaskan-owned Chiulista Camp Services Underwater Welding Fax: (541) 779-3735 steel service center in the state. It pro- 301 Calista Ct., Ste. A Email: [email protected] vides pressure vessels, modules, special Anchorage, AK 99518 American Marine Corp. Email: [email protected] design items and raw steel products. Contact: George B. Gardner, President & 6000 A St. Website: www.sno-cat.com GM Anchorage, AK 99518 Supplying Alaska for over 40 years with Phone: (907) 278-2208 Contact: Tom Ulrich, Marine Operations reliable oversnow transportation. Fax: (907) 279-8430 Contact: Steve Stuart, Alaska Area Tundra approved, rubber tracked vehi- PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003 PETROLEUM DIRECTORY B19 Travco Housing: Home away from home Need a modular structure for the city, country or wilderness? Travco will manufacture to suit your needs By SUSAN BRAUND Petroleum Directory Contributing Writer

olling Stones musicians Mick Jagger and Keith Richards may not have had remote bush sites in R mind when they penned the tune Two Thousand TRAVCO OF COURTESY Light Years from Home, but to the crews who toil in these locations, it may strike a resonant chord. Comfortable shelter, warm food, hot water and a com- fortable bed are no doubt top priorities to these hard-work- ing folks and Travco Industrial Housing stands ready to meet some of these basic needs. Travco is a subsidiary of PTI Group Inc., which is owned by Oil States International of Houston, Texas. Travco custom manufactures industrial and commercial modular structures used worldwide as temporary or per- manent work camps, laboratories, offices, well sites, resorts, hotels and motels, schools, gyms and camp sup- port systems (sewage and water treatment plants and power generation). The custom units are built for reloca- tion on site by truck, train, ship, aircraft, or helicopter. According to company promotional materials, “Travco specializes in custom-designed and built structures, meeting building standards and specific construction techniques for areas as diverse as the far North, the oceans of the Middle East and the deserts of Chile. The company is the preferred supplier for GE Capital Modular space office trailers for Western Canada. GE has Travco’s 85-person custom seismic sleigh camp fabricated for PGS Onshore Inc. The mobile camp trains are completely self- over 80,000 modular offices around sufficient, including kitchen, showers, lavatories and recreation center. the world. Since 1979, industry has Jim Cebuliak, presi- dent, Travco The mobile camp of six five-unit strings of trailers on • 40-person Hercules transportable camp for Catco; looked to Travco for innovation and Industrial Housing Ltd sleighs snake their way across the tundra on Alaska’s • Three-story emergency response center for Phillips quality in all types of industrial North Slope. “The trains travel seven to 10 miles a day. Alaska with Nanuq Inc.; modular shelter applications.” They are very, very mobile,” says Larry Watt, Alaska area • Drill rig camp mounted on low bed for Nordic Warm, self-contained camps manager for the geophysical contractor. “They have to be Calista; specially built to hold up, especially the subframe, to take • 120-room modular hotel in Nizhnevartovski, Siberia, The company, located in Nisku, Alberta, Canada, has the strain encountered pulling them through the foothills. and a 60-room modular hotel in Vladivostok, Russia. extensive experience in remote locations and harsh envi- We’re very satisfied with the camps. Travco is always ronments. “We know how to build a cold weather struc- willing to use our input and suggestions for upgrades and The research difference ture and comply to the new Alaska IBC 2000 building modifications.” Ninety percent of Travco’s projects have distinct chal- code,” says company President Jim Cebuliak. “Generally, lenges, so pre-bid research becomes an integral part of the the structures are fabricated of wood frames and steel exte- Self-sufficient train strings design process. “Our company has flexibility enough to do riors, but if more strength and outside heat resistance are The train strings are completely self sufficient and the research, design and manufacturing for different appli- needed we can build for it — we design for the on- or off- mobile, with kitchen, diner, two wash cars, offices, cations throughout the world; we are not a cookie cutter shore oil patch, mining and logging in remote areas where mechanic shops, a recreation hall and six-man sleepers. operation, not an assembly line product,” says Cebuliak. rugged and warm self-contained camps are required.” Travco also supplied “We make sure we have the right modular design for final generator modules, incin- use at site, and that may change based on how many times erators and snow melters they want to move it, insulation factors, where it’s going, for the trains. how it will be used and means of transportation available “Where we go is not to final site.” easy — otherwise our

COURTESY OF TRAVCO OF COURTESY clients would be housing Design and manufacturing facilities workers in nearby vil- Once the research is compiled — to ensure clients get lages or hotels, and cost effective products that meet their requirements — all wouldn’t need camps. major projects are designed by a team of professional con- We like to build 12 foot sultants familiar with modular relocatable structures. by 60 foot units, but they Travco’s main manufacturing plant, located on nine may be nine foot by 30 acres of land in Nisku, consists of 40,000 square feet of foot or knocked down plant and office area. The fenced and paved outside space into panels, depending is utilized for storage of lease fleet, packaging and final on shipping, site access, check out of all units. For large projects a second plant, local work force level of located nearby, provides an additional 45,000 square feet experience and equip- of manufacturing space. The two plants employ 500 ment available at the skilled union workers on two shifts. remote site,” says Cebuliak. “For the Camp installations and support 1,000-person Kumtor For installations, the company sends in supervisory per- Mining camp in sonnel and hires local work force and equipment where Kyrgyzstan Russia at a Travco modules built for Phillips Alaska’s three-story emergency response center. The units available. Complete crews and installation equipment are were site installed by Nanuq Inc. 12,500 foot elevation, it available for remote areas. was simply more practi- Under the PTI umbrella, Travco has access to PTI fleet cal to ship knock-down panels.” rental, food services and camp management for the Cebuliak has 40 years business experience in resource- “We’ve also just completed a large, 400-person con- related industries, 29 years in the industrial housing indus- resource industry. Full capability one-contract turnkey struction camp and 250-person permanent camp for a services can be arranged. ● try and founded Territorial Trailer Industries, a manufac- Northwest Territories diamond mine 200 miles north of turer of large construction camps. Yellowknife, which entailed transporting the modules 100 General Manager Robert Stocki, P.E., brings more than miles on an ice road.” 15 years experience in design construction management of Other recent design, manufacturing, shipment and Travco Industrial Housing Ltd. civil works and industrial facilities to the Travco team. He installation projects include: has logged seven years working on Travco domestic and 1507 8th St., Nisku, Alberta, Canada T9E 7S7 •Two-story housing and office facility with support Toll free 1 888 387 2826 international resource projects. modules installed on the Anadarko platform at the Hot Ice Travco’s ability to customize is evident in the 85-per- (780) 955-7366 • Fax: (780) 955-8938 project; website: www.travco.ca son seismic sleigh camp fabricated for PGS Onshore Inc. • Two-story barge camp for Crowley Marine; B20 PETROLEUM DIRECTORY PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003 cles and trailers for 2-15 passengers and 6300 Petersburg St. Fax: (907) 562-2426 Fax: (907) 258-8601 cargo. Anchorage, AK 99507 Email: [email protected] Web site: www.forestoil.com Contact: Bob Reynolds Web site: www.arcticwirerope.com Forest Oil Corporation is a growing Welding Phone: (907) 563-3550 Arctic Wire Rope & Supply is Alaska’s independent exploration and produc- Fax: (907) 562-6468 largest and most complete rigging sup- tion company focusing on investment Casing, mechanical and welding servic- ply source. We specialize in custom opportunities in Alaska, Canada, west- Flowline Alaska es, tire sales and repair, equipment and sling fabrication (wire rope, web, ern U.S., Mexico and unique interna- 1881 Livengood vehicle rental. chain, and polyester round.) Fairbanks, AK 99701 tional prospects. Contact: Chris Johanssen Natco Group Phone: (907) 456-4911 P.O. Box 850, Stn. T Marathon Oil Co. Fax: (907) 456-1194 Calgary, Alberta T2H2H3 3201 C St., Suite 800 Flowline has three pipe insulation, fab- Contact: Kevin Baird, Business Dev. Anchorage, AK 99519-6168 rication, and coating facilities encom- Mgr. OIL Contact: John A. Barnes, Regional Mgr. passing over 45,000 square feet of Phone: (403) 203-2103 Phone: (907) 561-5311 enclosed production area, on a 22 acre Fax: (403) 236-0488 Fax: (907) 564-6489 site in Fairbanks that offers substantial Email: [email protected] COMPANIES Web Site: www.marathon.com area for material handling and staging, Website: www.natco.ab.ca and a dedicated rail spur. Natco Group engineers, designs and Unocal Alaska manufactures process, wellhead and 909 W. 9th Ave. New World Technology water treatment equipment and sys- Operators 809 N. Bragaw St. Anchorage, AK 99501 tems used in the production of oil and Contact: Roxanne Sinz Anchorage, AK 99508 gas worldwide. ConocoPhillips Alaska Contact: Bud Steinebach, owner 700 G St. Phone: (907) 263-7623 Phone: (907) 272-3616 Peak Oilfield Service Co. P.O. Box 100360 Fax: (907) 263-7693 Fax: (907) 278-0056 2525 C St., Ste. 201 Anchorage, AK 99510-0360 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Anchorage, AK 99503 Contact: Kevin O. Meyers, president & Over 100 years ago Unocal came to Web site: newworldtechnology.com Contact: Bill Stamps, Business CEO Alaska to sell petroleum in the territo- We are a company that uses environ- Development/Ex. Affairs Phone: (907) 265-6134 ry. By 1939, the company had geologi- mentally safe and chemical free prod- Phone: (907) 263-7000 Fax: (907) 265-1502 cal teams in Southcentral Alaska who ucts to make our world safe from pol- Fax: (907) 263-7070 helped discover the Swanson River oil lutants. Email: [email protected] Evergreen Resources Alaska Corp. field in 1957 and then the first gas Web site: www.peakalaska.com P.O. Box 871845 field a year later. Today Unocal is the Udelhoven Oilfield System Services Alaska based general contractors. 1075 Check St., Ste. 202 largest operator in Cook Inlet, operat- Anchorage office: Wasilla, AK 99687 ing 10 of the 16 platforms, 6 of 11 pro- 184 E. 53rd Ave. STEELFAB Contact: John Tanigawa, Alaska project Anchorage, AK 99518 2132 Railroad Ave. mgr. ducing gas fields and several onshore Phone: (907) 344-1577 Anchorage, AK 99501 Phone: (907) 357-8130 facilities. Fax: (907) 522-2541 Contact: Janet Faulkner, Vice President Cell: (907) 841-0000 Nikiski office: Phone: (907) 264-2819 Fax: (907) 357-8340 XTO Energy P.O. Box 8349 Fax: (907) 276-3448 Email: [email protected] 810 Houston St., Ste. 2000 Nikiski, AK 99635 Email: [email protected] Website: www.EvergreenGas.com Fort Worth, TX 76102 Phone: (907) 776-5185 STEELFAB is the largest Alaskan-owned Evergreen Resources Alaska, a wholly Contact: Vaughn O. Vennerberg, II Fax: (907) 776-8105 steel service center in the state. It pro- owned subsidiary of Evergreen Phone: (817) 870-2800 Prudhoe office: vides pressure vessels, modules, special Resources Inc. (NYSE:EVG), is an inde- Pouch 340103 design items and raw steel products. Fax: (817) 870-0379 pendent energy company specializing Other Office: XTO Energy, 52260 Shell Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734 in exploration and development of Road, Kenai, AK 99611, Doug Marshall, Phone: (907) 659-8093 Wire Rope unconventional natural gas. Fax: (907) 659-8489 Production Superintendent Serving Alaska for more than 25 years. Arctic Wire Rope & Supply Forest Oil Corp. XTO Energy, established in 1986, is 6407 Arctic Spur Rd. 310 K St., Ste. 700 engaged in the acquisition and devel- Weld Repairs/Manufacturing Anchorage, AK 99518 Anchorage, AK 99501 opment of quality, long-lived produc- Contact: Jill Reeves Contact: Gary E. Carlson ing oil and gas properties and explo- GBR Equipment Phone: (907) 562-0707 Phone: (907) 258-8600 ration for oil and gas.