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Bold predictionFeds forecast 43% rise in Gulf oil output over 10 years; 2 million bpd by 2006

By RAY TYSON Petroleum News Houston Correspondent

he U.S. Interior department has made a bold pre-diction regarding the Gulf of Mexico, forecastinga lofty 43 percent increase in oil production cou-pled with a 13 percent rise in natural gas produc-

tion over the next decade.Until now, Interior has avoided making long-term

production forecasts of more than five years. In its first10-year report, released Nov. 15, Interior’s MineralsManagement Service sees mostly blue skies on thehorizon for the U.S. Gulf.

However, the forecast is based on the assumptionthat operators commit to developing existing oil andgas discoveries and continue to explore the deepwaterGulf, where most of the remaining elephant fields arethought to exist. Nearly 80 percent of oil production in2011 is expected to come from this region, according

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Trust fever could be viralAdjustments in price forecasts a threat to rising payouts; no sign of slowdownin rush by E&P companies to convert, but ‘day of reckoning’ could be close

By GARY PARKPetroleum News Calgary Correspondent

ow long can the energy trust phenomenon last inCanada?

For now the trusts are in full flight, soaringabove their equity peers with the help of a strong

Canadian dollar and breathtaking commodity prices.With the price of crude soaring more than 60 per-

cent this year, no trust has benefited more thanCanadian Oil Sands Trust, the only one of 33 truststhat is a pure play oil sands investment.

COST owns more than a one-third stake in thegiant Syncrude Canada consortium, netting about

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Gas pipeline race is onFERC scrambles to meet deadline for final rules; to seek comments in Alaska Dec. 3

By ROSE RAGSDALEPetroleum News Contributing Writer

he Federal Energy RegulatoryCommission, racing to completepreliminary work under Congress’October mandate to begin permitting

for an Alaska natural gas pipeline, issueda Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,including draft proposed regulations, onNov. 15.

FERC’s proposed rule requests publiccomment on standards for creating an open seasonprocess that provides non-discriminatory access to

capacity on any Alaska Natural gaspipeline project while ensuring econom-ic certainty to support the construction ofthe pipeline and provide a stimulus forexploration, development and productionof Alaska natural gas.

The commission’s proposed rule alsorequires that a public notice of an openseason be issued by the project sponsor atleast 30 days prior to the commencementof the open season through methodsincluding postings on Internet web sites,

press releases, direct mail solicitations, and other

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Tax changes spreadunease in trust ranks

Anxiety is building in the world of resource-based income trusts pending the Canadian gov-ernment’s changes to income tax legislation.

In the 2004 federal budget, the governmentoutlined plans to increase withholding taxes ontrust distributions paid to foreign residents,which could pump an extra C$83 million into thefederal treasury.

The government also called for a cap on non-

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Seismic, possible well, plannedfor ConocoPhillips’ Cook InletCosmopolitan unit

ConocoPhillips Alaskahas told state and federalofficials it will begin shoot-ing 3-D seismic at theCosmopolitan unit off thelower Kenai Peninsula inSouthcentral Alaska’s CookInlet within a year, followingup on successful drilling.

ConocoPhillips predeces-sor Phillips Alaska begandrilling the Hansen No. 1 at Cosmopolitan in the fall of 2001and the state-federal unit was approved Nov. 14, 2001.

An initial three-year plan called for either 3-D seismic or a

The new well would berequired “to penetrate theLower Tyonek sand-prone

interval” found in theStarichkof State No. 1well, or a true vertical

depth of 6,500 feetsubsea, by Nov. 14, 2006.

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5 Planning for a gasline: Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation

Commission prepares for early 2005 Prudhoe Bay gas off-take hearing

7 The auction alternative: Nobel Prize winning economist sayslet market set price for Alaska North Slope pipeline and facilities access

9Shenzi well confirms it: BHP Billiton says appraisal well

validates possible ‘multi-hundred million barrel’ oil field in Gulf

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CALGARYEnCana looks to rein in growth

Following a Nov. 16 session with analysts in Calgary, EnCana Corp.’s ChiefExecutive Officer Gwyn Morgan told reporters EnCana was looking to slow its growthfrom 15 percent to 10 percent per year in an effort to make its share value more sus-tainable. The move, he said, was in response to ongoing criticismfrom analysts.

“We’ve been growing at 15 percent levels and this year it willbe higher,” he said. “We’re not sure people aren’t worried thatit’s a mathematical impossibility to continuously grow at theserates.”

The goal for the next five years is to keep the value of EnCanastock growing by 10 percent per year. How the company willaccomplish this has not yet been decided, Morgan said, but hedid say it would likely involve drilling fewer wells to lower pro-duction and buying back outstanding shares of EnCana stock.

Since the company was created in 2002 from a merger ofAlberta Energy and PanCanadian Energy, EnCana has boughtback 6 percent of its shares. Morgan said it was looking at buy-ing back 5 to 10 percent more.

In early 2005, the company said it will be reviewing its longer-term growth plan andwill likely present the outlook mid-year.

Focusing on North AmericaMorgan also re-emphasized EnCana’s plan to realign its assets to focus on North

American unconventional gas assets. (See Nov. 7 edition of Petroleum News, “EnCanagets a makeover.”)

The company has already begun to shed international assets. It’s in the process offinalizing the sale of its British North Sea interests for US$2.1 billion in cash and it has

Gwyn Morgan saidEnCana will “mostlikely” let six off-shore Nova Scotialicenses expire atthe end of this year.

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ALASKASeismic to be shot south, east of Ninilchik

Veritas DGC has applied to the state of Alaska to shoot 2-D and 3-D seismic on theKenai Peninsula south and east of Ninilchik between Nov. 1 and May 1. The area iseast of the Sterling Highway from just south of Ninilchik to just north of Anchor Point,and as far east as Ninilchik dome.

Unocal’s Deep Creek and Nikolaevsk units are in this area. Veritas said land ownership includes state, borough, Native corporation and private

holdings, all within the Kenai Peninsula Borough.

Forest Oil focusing on onshore gasMost people don’t realize that Forest Oil has more acreage onshore in Alaska —

more than a million acres — than it does offshore in Cook Inlet, Craig Clark, Forest’spresident and chief executive officer, said in a conference call with analysts Nov. 4.

Forest operates the offshore Redoubt Shoal oil field in Cook Inlet, which producesfrom the company’s Osprey platform, and the West McArthur River oil field, an off-shore accumulation produced from a westside onshore drill site. The company also hasworking interests in Unocal-operated Cook Inlet oil properties, and a small workinginterest ownership position on the North Slope.

In addition to state oil and gas leases, 118,031 net acres primarily in the Cook Inletbasin, Forest holds three exploration licenses, two in the Susitna basin, north of CookInlet, and one in the Interior Copper River basin. The Susitna licenses, one 386,207acres and the other 471,474 acres, were issued Nov. 1, 2003, and have seven-year terms,with a combined work commitment of $5.52 million.

The Copper River basin license, 398,445 acres, was issued Oct. 1, 2000, has a five-year term and a $1.42 million work commitment.

“Seismic acquisition has now occurred at Three Mile Creek, Susitna basin andCopper River,” Clark said.

Exploration funds for gas on north sideAlaska exploration spending Forest has planned is on gas projects, “on the north side

of the inlet, where there’s a pipeline connection.” Forest has spud a West Foreland gas test onshore on the north side of the inlet, Clark

said, and the Three Mile Creek exploratory test, in which Forest has a 30 percent inter-est, will spud, possibly later this year.

Forest also has work planned at Redoubt, he said. “We plan to use our West Forelandrig offshore at Redoubt to do repairs to make the waterflood injection conversion. Asnoted earlier, Alaska remains a good cash-flow generator this year.”

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Commission reducesBP fine by halfAOGCC says ‘bad faith’ not a factor in 2002 explosion at Prudhoewell; BP also credited for cost of pilot remote monitoring project

By KRISTEN NELSONPetroleum News Editor-in-Chief

ast December the Alaska Oil andGas Conservation Commission pro-posed fining BP Exploration(Alaska) penalties of $2,530,000

for the company’s actions leading up tothe August 2002 explosion at the PrudhoeBay well A-22 which severely injured aBP worker.

On Nov. 15 the commission reducedthe proposed civil penalty, which was themaximum it could charge, by half.

In reducing the amount, the commis-sion said it carefully considered the factsand BP’s arguments, and said it “is per-suaded that although the potential — andin this case the actual — consequences ofthis type of violation are extremely seri-ous,” the company’s “acts and omissionshere were not the result of bad faith.”

The commission said it also took intoaccount the company’s “extensive self-investigation” into the “precise cause ofthe incident” and the company’s volun-tary actions since the A-22 explosion “todevelop new and better methods to moni-tor and manage well conditions.” Inresponse to the incident, the commissionsaid, BP has put “into place more strin-gent and specific operating requirementsdesigned to avoid a recurrence of such anevent.”

The commission said that taking all ofthese factors into consideration, it wasreducing the maximum daily penalty of$5,000 per day by one half. The penaltyperiod was based on the commission’sview that in March 2001 BP had a clearopportunity to implement better policies,and did not do so.

Credit for pilot programThe commission is also allowing BP to

credit actual expenditures of $549,000 ona pilot program the company establishedin the aftermath of the A-22 incident “todetermine the feasibility of remote moni-toring of outer annulus pressures, in realtime. Although it is too soon to make anyconclusions, this study could lead to uti-lization of new and safer technology inAlaska’s oil fields.”

BP also argued, the commission said,that the proposed penalty was “inconsis-tent with constitutional principles of dueprocess and equal protection” since otheroperators on the North Slope have testi-fied that at the time of the incident theywere following policies similar to BP’s,the implication being that BP “may havebeen unfairly singled out.”

The commission said it disagreed withthis argument, and said that, to its knowl-

edge, “no other operator’s well has beenallowed to develop avoidable annularpressures sufficient to rupture a casing. Itis the incident,” the commission said, notany desire to penalize BP, “which broughtabout this enforcement action.”

The commission said that BP hasargued that in August 2002, its policieswere in compliance with commissionstatutes, regulations and orders, becausenone of those “expressly addressed annu-lar pressure issues.”

In August 2002, the commission said,its practice “was to rely upon each opera-tor to manage annular pressures in accor-dance with good oil field engineeringpractices.” After the A-22 well explosion,the commission said, it “concluded itcould no longer rely upon individual oper-ators to self-employ good oil field engi-neering practices in annular pressure man-agement,” and enacted specific orders“establishing explicit annular pressuremanagement requirements for PrudhoeBay and other fields in Alaska. The factthat these specific orders were not in placeat the time of this incident in no wayrelieves BPXA from its responsibility tocarry out operations in a safe and skillfulmanner in accordance with good oil fieldengineering practices,” as required by thecommissions regulations. l

put its assets in Ecuador up for sale as part ofan ongoing effort to concentrate on NorthAmerican natural gas, specifically “resourceplays.” Such unconventional gas accumula-tions differ from conventional plays in thatthey produce gas for a far longer time andcan be difficult and expensive to exploit.

“The future is in tight sands, coalbedmethane and to some extent gas shales andthat is what we call resource plays,” Morgansaid in 2003, as EnCana launched a programto produce 200 million cubic feet per dayfrom southern Alberta’s coalbed methanedeposits within five years.

EnCana has also put its deepwater Gulfof Mexico properties on the market, includ-ing interests in five discoveries. Morgan saidthe deepwater was not one of EnCana’s corecompetencies.

The company will “most likely” let sixoffshore Nova Scotia licenses expire at theend of this year, Morgan said Nov. 16.EnCana does, however, plan to drill one ortwo appraisal wells at its Deep Panuke gasdiscovery.

Dropping these assets “will focusEnCana as the leading North American nat-ural gas producer and the premier in-situ oilsands developer,” the company said in lateOctober.

When the Gulf and Ecuador propertiesare gone, EnCana will be left with some“small programs” in foreign fields. Morgansaid Oman and Qatar could “create someupside potential,” but he left no doubt in anOct. 29 statement that all will have to paytheir way on the same terms as the NorthAmerican operations.

There are no plans to make any majoracquisitions over the next year, Morgan saidNov. 16.

—KAY CASHMAN

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The remote monitoring pilot

BP Exploration (Alaska) began apilot study last winter for remote mon-itoring of annulus pressure. In a Mayletter to the Alaska Oil and GasConservation Commission BP said itsgoal “is to determine whether mechan-ical options are viable for monitoringand/or relieving annular pressure inPrudhoe Bay development wells.”

BP’s engineering group and padoperators evaluated options, assisted byBP’s global engineering network andbased on evaluation and feedback, “aremote monitoring option was deter-mined to have the best potential forimproving detection (and thus control)of annular pressure, while having theleast likelihood for generating addition-al risks.” Remote pressure reliefoptions were rejected because of con-cerns that they could introduce “addi-tional reliability risk,” BP told the com-mission.

The $549,000 pilot program willassess two designs for remote monitor-ing of outer annular pressure in real

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By KRISTEN NELSONPetroleum News Editor-in-Chief

n preparation for a possible gaspipeline from Alaska’s North Slope,the Alaska Oil and Gas ConservationCommission will hold a hearing early

next year to validate or revise its rules onallowable gas off-take from the PrudhoeBay field, which it regulates under itsconservation mandate.

The commission’s existing rules, com-mission senior reservoir engineer JackHartz told the Alaska Natural GasDevelopment Authority board Nov. 15,were put in place in 1977 at field start-up,and allow 2.7 billion cubic feet per day ofgas off take, a volume which includes gasfor field use and gas for sale. Hartz saidthat off-take rate would allow a sale ofabout 2 bcf a day and the commissionwill look at the rule in place to see if it isstill valid.

Gas sales rates of 4.5 bcf a day havebeen discussed for a pipeline to theLower 48, but Hartz said the commissionneeds an application to evaluate higheroff take, and has received no such appli-cation.

In response to board questions aboutwhat a reasonable rate of gas off takewould be, and when that off take couldoccur without affecting oil recovery,AOGCC Commissioner Dan Seamounttold the board, “This is probably our corework. This is the biggest project we willbe looking at” and a lot of effort is goinginto answering that question. Seamountand Hartz said it will probably take a cou-ple of years to answer.

“Intuitively we don’t think there’sgoing to be a problem,” Seamount said,“but we have to prove to ourselves and tothe people of the state that there is notgoing to be a problem.”

Current North Slope gas usageThe authority board had asked the

commission how much natural gas isused on the North Slope and if known gaswill be used up if there is no gasline with-in 15 years. Most gas is at Prudhoe Bay,where daily gas production rates are inthe billions of cubic feet, but most of thegas is re-injected to maintain reservoirpressure. The authority’s question isabout gas that is not re-injected.

Hartz said some 290 billion cubic feeta year is used currently, most for fuel gas,with smaller amounts sold locally andused for safety flaring. (For 2002, themost recent year Division of Oil and Gasannual reports are available, Cook Inletproduction was about 210 bcf a year.)

Starting in 1974, a total of some 4.9trillion cubic feet of gas has been used,Hartz said, about 1 tcf in local sales andsold as natural gas liquids, 240 bcf insafety flaring and other uses, and themajority, some 3.62 tcf, as fuel gas. Fuelgas powers facilities on the North Slope,and its use has increased through theyears as more equipment was put in placeto separate oil, gas and water and to re-inject gas and water, use which the com-mission expects to remain at about itspresent level. The majority of the gassold, Hartz said, is natural gas liquidswhich are surplus to miscible injectionneeds and go down the trans-Alaska oilpipeline as liquid.

Through 2030, the commission esti-mates that 10.5 tcf will be consumed inlease use and local sales. The remaining

gas includes some 3.7 tcf of CO2, whichwould have to be removed before gasgoes down a gas pipeline, Hartz said, andsome 4 percent of gas going down apipeline would be used as sales fuel.

Of an estimated 67 tcf of original oil inplace, some 51 tcf is estimated to berecoverable. Subtracting the 10.5 tcf con-sumed in lease use and local sales (1974through 2030), and 3.7 tcf of CO2 and 1.5tcf of sales fuel (fuel which would beconsumed by the natural gas pipeline),that leaves some 35.3 tcf of sales gasavailable if all gas could be sold, andapproximately 32.8 tcf available fromNorth Slope fields which are most likelyas gas sources (Prudhoe Bay, PointThomson, Lisburne, Point McIntyre,Alpine, Endicott and Northstar).

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SAN ANTONIO, TEXASPioneer Drilling acquiresWolverine rig fleet for $28M

Pioneer Drilling signed an agreement to acquire seven drillingrigs and related equipment from North Dakota-based WolverineDrilling for $28 million in cash, Pioneer said Nov. 11.

Wolverine’s fleet consists of 500 to 1000 horsepower rigs, capa-ble of drilling to depths of 7,000 to 15,000 feet. Robert Blackford,Wolverine’s current president, will become Pioneer’s North Dakotadivision manager. The transaction is expected to close in earlyDecember, increasing Pioneer’s fleet size to 43 drilling rigs.

Wolverine has operated in the Rocky Mountains since 1994 andhas a significant presence in the Williston Basin of North Dakota andMontana. Six of the seven rigs are currently working under contract.Three of the rigs are drilling in North Dakota, two in Montana andone in Colorado. The seventh rig is undergoing an upgrade and refur-bishment and is scheduled to be operational by mid-December.

Pioneer provides land contract drilling services to independentand major oil and gas operators drilling wells in north, east and southTexas. The company’s fleet currently consists of 36 land drilling rigsthat drill in depth ranges between 8,000 to 18,000 feet.

—RAY TYSON

HOUSTON

Pogo acquires West Texasproperties for $208M

Exploration and production independent Pogo Producing hasgone to West Texas for a third property acquisition in three months,agreeing to buy about 90 billion cubic feet of gas equivalent reservesfrom an undisclosed pri-vate seller for $208 millionin cash and assumed debt.

Fast-growing inde-pendent Pogo, whichquadrupled production andmore than doubled itsreserve base over the lastfive years, tacked on $189million worth of San Juanbasin natural gas propertiesin late August. The dealsprovided Pogo with about 100 billion cubic feet of gas equivalentreserves.

Pogo’s latest acquisition will come with daily production of 16.5million cubic feet of gas equivalent and more than 50,000 leaseholdacres, the company said, adding that it plans to drill more than 100wells on the property during 2005.

Paul Van Wagenen, Pogo’s chief executive officer, said Nov. 11that the company believes the properties contain about 100 billioncubic feet of additional probable reserves.

“Thus, we hope to more than double the current daily productionrate from these properties by the end of 2005,” he added. “Theacquisition features repeatable low-risk development drilling, manyrecompletion opportunities and significant exploratory drillingpotential.”

The $208 million acquisition, which includes $35 million ofassumed debt, will be paid for with available cash and bank debt.The sale is expected to close around Dec. 21.

—RAY TYSON

Fast-growing independentPogo, which quadrupled

production and more thandoubled its reserve base overthe last five years, tacked on$189 million worth of San

Juan basin natural gasproperties in late August.

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Economist says auction offAlaska pipeline, facilitiesNobel Prize winning economist Vernon Smith proposes experimenting withauction model for North Slope access, letting the market set the price

By KRISTEN NELSON Petroleum News Editor-in-Chief

t’s probably not surprising that a Nobel Prize win-ning economist would look at Alaska North Slopefacility and pipeline access issues from a differentperspective, and pose some

interesting questions. Would an auction model for

oil and gas facilities access andpricing be less acrimoniousthan what happens now? Couldsuch a change be a smootherway to resolve changing facili-ties needs as fields age, and asnew discoveries need to bebrought on line? And wouldthe way joint ventures are structured need to change tomake that happen?

Vernon Smith, a Nobel Prize winner in economicsand holder of the visiting Rasmuson Chair inEconomics at the University of Alaska Anchorage,says experimental auctions could test alternatives foraccess to and pricing of oil and gas processing facili-

ties and pipelines. Smith, a professor of economicsand law at George Mason University in Virginia,shared the 2002 Nobel Prize in economics for estab-lishing laboratory experiments as a tool in empiricaleconomic analysis, especially in the study of alterna-tive market mechanisms.

Smith told the Alaska Support Industry AllianceNov. 11 in Anchorage that at a UAA roundtable on oiland gas this summer he heard complaints from justabout everyone about pricing and access for the trans-Alaska pipeline, which got him interested in “a possi-ble alternative for structuring the access to and pricingof joint facilities that are used in either oil or gasdevelopment,” and in designing an experiment to testsuch an alternative.

The idea, he said, is to have the market set the pricefor facility access or expansion, rather than looking tohistoric costs, the model traditionally used by regula-tors. The historic-costs model works, he said, in amonopoly utility situation where the utility alwaysrecovers its costs because it sets the price.

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Marathon may downgradeoil and gas reserves

THE ASSOCIATED PRESSarathon Oil Co. is reviewing its oil and gasreserves for a possible downgrade, accordingto a regulatory filing Nov. 10.

“During the fourth quarter of 2004,Marathon expects to complete several reserve audits,”the Securities and Exchange Commission filing said.“These reviews could result in the recognition ofimpairment loses in the fourth quarter of 2004.”

The reviews include Marathon’s holdings in thePowder River Basin, a gas-rich area in the WesternUnited States that hasn’t performed as expected.

Poor results in the basin contributed to Marathon’smove in October to slash its production projections for2004.

New reserves will offsetMarathon spokesman Paul Weeditz said the review

isn’t done. “We just feel it’s necessary to disclose thissort of information because it’s a process that’s underway,” he said.

The Houston-based company still expects new

reserve additions for 2004 to more than offset theyear’s production.

Investors have been more focused on oilreserves in the wake of large writedowns this yearby Royal Dutch/Shell and a number of smallercompanies. Reserves are a key industry benchmark,measuring how much oil and gas a company con-trols, and a top investor parameter.

The disclosure sent shares of Shell’s two parentcompanies plunging and set off industrywidescrutiny over the way reserves are accounted for.The problems continue to plague Shell, whichrecently said it may have to further reduce itsreserves tally.

Marathon, which had 2003 revenue of $41.23billion, tried to sell the Powder River Basin assetsearlier this year, but couldn’t locate a buyer.

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by the market.

Looking for the structural answer “I think that it’s clear there are severe

problems inherent in the use of the historicalcost as the price to determine the price ofaccess to regulated pipelines,” and thoseproblems are the reason “the system hasbeen very adversarial and costly,” Smithsaid. “ … When I think something is notworking right, I look for what it is about thesystem that’s not making it work right, ratherthan finding out who’s to blame. There’salways plenty of blame to go around in thesecontroversies,” he said. “But I think if youget the structure right, you have a much bet-ter chance of people pulling together and notonly enhancing their own interests but theinterests of everyone.”

The oil and gas industry is “highlydynamic, subject to rapid change, pricesbasically coming from world markets, and Isee a basic incompatibility between that kindof an environment and any kind of a methodthat’s going to set prices based upon back-ward-looking historical costs,” Smith said.

An auction would let the market setprices for access. And how it works wouldevolve over time. “You start somewhere,and maybe you start doing experiments,”trying the ideas out on industry people:“Industry people can always tell you lots ofthings that are wrong about what you’redoing.” And then you go back to the draw-ing board.

Industry starts by exploring and makingdiscoveries, Smith said, and those discover-ies are the basis for capital investment infacilities and pipelines. New discoveriesoccur and more facilities are needed, or thepumping capacity of the pipeline needs to beincreased, he said.

It’s hard for regulators to deal with thechanges that occur over time, he said. Theoriginal companies may not continue tomake discoveries comparable to their origi-nal ones, and new explorers make discover-ies and need access to facilities. “And youneed a mechanism whereby as older fieldsmature and new fields are discovered, theproperty rights can be transferred naturallyfrom the old to the new owners.”

Smith said that “as an economist, I lookat the oil and gas industry as highly dynam-ic, subject to rapid change, prices basicallycoming from world markets. And I see abasic incompatibility between that kind ofan environment and any kind of a methodthat’s going to set prices based upon back-ward-looking historical costs.

“At each point in time … efficient facili-ty utilization and investment must alwaysreflect current and expected future revenuesand costs. The system has got to look for-

ward: that’s where all the action is, where theplanning is, where the decisions have to bemade. “And to me, the historical cost isirrelevant,” Smith said.

Historical cost base works for regulatedmonopoly utilities, he said, because theyhave no competition and set the price.

But the oil and gas industry does not setthe price: its product goes into a world mar-ket, with market prices. “It’s from thoseprices that we find out what the value of thepipeline transportation (and) operating facil-ities” are, based on the market value of thehydrocarbon.

How to share the risk? The existing regulatory system, “for

independents, leads to high cost and inter-minable delay in gaining access,” Smithsaid. And it’s not much better for the origi-nal risk bearers.

“It’s heads I lose my investment and Ihave no one to share the losses with, or tailsI win, but I have to share the gain with late-comers. That’s the implication of any kind ofhistorical cost-based pricing, and to me it’sjust not realistic,” he said.

Pipelines are built based on an expecta-tion of market prices, and if the prices arelower than expected, the value of facilities isbelow what was paid for them, “Andnobody’s going to want in at historical cost.”

If market prices are higher than expected,the value is more than what was paid,“because that risk … has been resolved,these things are valuable. Well of courselatecomers are wanting in there at an histor-ical cost…

“But you see,” Smith said, “that sets up asituation where everyone would aspire to bea latecomer, to take advantage of after-the-fact knowledge of whether the investment isa winner or a loser.”

Co-tenancy joint ventures a problem One problem in dealing with changes

comes, Smith said, from the nature of co-tenancy joint venture agreements, the basisfor most facility ownership: The joint ven-ture agreements create property rights thatare a problem in changing situations.

“If any co-tenant wishes to sell some partof his capacity rights, his co-tenant partnersmust be offered the right of first refusal. Sohe’s not free, in the typical arrangement, tosell his share without getting approval fromthe others. Also, if anyone wants to expandcapacity, this must be part of the joint ven-ture agreement, so all the members of thegroup have to reach agreement on whetherthe capacity should be increased.

“Both of these rules I see as non-favor-able to a flexible property-rights system thatwould be governed by markets,” Smith said,because they “provide too much potentialfor blocking change.”

The rules would need to be changed,

Smith said. “Each co-tenant should be freeto sell, lease or rent his capacity share to anyco-tenant or any external party uncon-strained by a right of first refusal.”

Transfers of rights could occur at period-ic state-scheduled auctions, and a co-tenantor group of co-tenants or outside partieswould be free to expand capacity.

Another function of the auction, Smithsaid, is to identify when additions are need-ed: “New capacity additions could be auto-matically triggered by the market wheneverthe transfer price at auction of existingcapacity rises above the cost of making acapital addition.”

The experimental design Smith said an experimental design for

such an auction would include initial condi-tions that would specify incumbents, poten-tial entrants, and periodic auctions. And youcould vary the experiment to see if it worksdifferently when you have just two or threeincumbents, as opposed to five or six.

There would be an initial resource baseshared by incumbents and existing facilities.

Over time, you might need to expandcapacity with exploration success nearby, orbuild lines if discoveries are farther away.

“Over time … some of the reservoirs willstart to deplete” and there would be anopportunity in the experiment for “people totrade, to back out wells when new peoplewant to bring in new wells.”

The auctions would be combinational, hesaid, would use a computer to make sure nomoney is left on the table. “It looks at all thecomplex bids … and makes the allocation soas to maximize that surplus.”

In combinational auctions, Smith said, abidder may want to acquire both operatingand processing facilities (A and B), forexample, and the bid would only be suc-cessful if both were acquired, since one byitself would not be useful.

Bids could also specify capacity in either

of two processing facilities (A or B), wherethe bidder can use either option.

And the auction could also accept budgetconstraints, so that a bidder can bid on mul-tiple options, not knowing which he willwin, but stay within a budget.

Combine lease and capacity auctions Smith said he thinks it would enhance the

value of both facility access rights andexploration rights if they were combined inthe same auction, so a bidder would simulta-neously bid for exploration leases and foraccess to facilities.

If an existing capacity holder makes adiscovery that exceeds his capacity, or if anew entrant makes a discovery, “the entitymust acquire rights to separation andpipeline operations capacity.”

Smith said he seems to him that it would“enhance the value of both access rights andexploration leases” if they were auctionedsimultaneously. “There’s a real advantage inauctioning things when everybody faces thesame amount of uncertainty,” he said.

The idea of an experimental auction, hesaid, is to practice, and to find out, “by trialand error, what real people do.”

And while an initial experimental auctioncould keep things simple, and focus on “ele-ments that we would need to learn the mostabout,” over time, Smith said, the compo-nents of the auction could be as sophisticat-ed as desired. “You could have a full-blownengineering model of the process for sepa-rating oil, gas and water from the wells,recycling the gas and water and sending theoil down the pipeline.”

Smith estimates four months to developan experimental design for a gas-only auc-tion, two months for testing and modifica-tion including experiments with experiencedsubjects and two months of testing, modifi-cation and redesign.

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Heinze told the board that the number thecommission was presenting represented“the type of analysis reservoir engineer-ing people would do to talk to the finan-cial people, bankers, SEC-type state-ments. This is the kind of conservativeestimate that one makes, this is not spec-ulative…”

Working issue since 1999-2000 Hartz said the commission has been

looking at the gas off-take issue sinceabout 1999 or 2000. “We’ve had reason-able but nominal cooperation from thePrudhoe owners, and some of that hasbeen a little more difficult since the unitrealignment several years ago.”

He said the commission is looking for-ward to getting “significant cooperation”from the owners on these issues withmomentum building for a gas pipeline.

“Any off-take issue has to be evaluat-ed fully in light of today’s knowledge ofthe reservoir, in light of today’s knowl-edge of the history and what we wouldproject for the future,” Hartz said.

Heinze noted that the commission’sapproval for the off-take rate will beneeded: you can’t borrow for the projectwithout that issue settled, he said.

The commission wants to develop awork plan with gas owners to ensure con-servation issues are evaluated before gasdepletion plans are final, Hartz said, andwould like to rule on an application for aninitial gas depletion plan prior to equip-ment and pipe orders for a pipeline.

The gas owners have done studies ongas off take, he said, and informationwhich is public from those studies indi-cates miscible gas injection is expected tolast at least through 2015 at Prudhoe, andfor unknown duration at other NorthSlope reservoirs. The owners found thatan early gas sale impacts oil recovery byhundreds of millions of barrels, althoughsales of gas increases the barrels of oilequivalent (combination of oil and gas)recovery, with delayed gas sales extend-ing reservoir life and increasing barrels ofoil equivalent recovered. Mitigation byincreased water injection and carbondioxide injection may reduce the impactof oil loss, Hartz said, and oil loss couldalso be mitigated by a push to accelerateoil production while the gas pipeline isunder construction. l

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CALGARYCanadian Natural output may rise 10%

Canadian Natural Resources, Canada’s second largest natural gas producer, predictsit will produce record earnings next year based on an estimated 10 percent increase inoil and gas production.

The Calgary-based company plans to pump between 548,000 and 586,000 barrelsof oil equivalent per day, before royalties, Canadian Natural said Nov. 15. Oil and nat-ural gas liquids production will increase by 13 percent from this year’s mid-year fore-cast, while natural gas supplies will increase 7 percent, the company said.

Cash flow will be between C$4.3 billion and C$4.5 billion, Canadian Natural saidin a press release.

—KAY CASHMAN

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time, with a goal of testing long-term relia-bility, potential for freeze-up or hydrateplugging and potential mitigation measuresfor any such problems.

“The two designs minimize the amountof equipment exposed to freezing andhydrate potential compared to the otheralternatives considered, while offering thepotential for early detection of annular pres-sure problems,” BP said. The company saidits North Slope experience “has shown thatthe severe arctic conditions materiallyimpact the reliability of mechanical,hydraulic and electronic devices,” and there-fore “any engineered solution must decreaserisk beyond that of the enhanced administra-tive controls” BP put in place following the

implementation of the commission’s newannular pressure management rules.

BP said “technical success of the pilotwould not necessarily reflect larger scaleviability,” but “technical success of this pilotmight enable us to integrate this kind ofmonitoring into other automation and con-struction projects.”

BP began the pilot program in the middleof the 2003-04 winter, and will continue itthrough the 2004-05 winter to gather dataover a full winter season.

BP selected X pad for the pilot becauseseveral wells on the pad have outer annuluspressure waivers, and the pad had the neces-sary electrical power and control wiring forthe monitoring devices. Two systems arebeing pilot tested to measure the outer annu-lus pressure; each was installed on fourwells.

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DENVERSexton steps down from KFx, formsnew company, Evergreen Energy

Former Evergreen Resources chief executive Mark S. Sexton is stepping downfrom his position on the board of directors of KFx to pursue other interests throughhis new company, Evergreen Energy Co.

One possibility is a joint venture with KFx to develop and finance new plants forthe production of K-Fuel, KFx’s patented process for upgrading sub-bituminous coaland lignite into a higher grade, cleaner coal product. “We are pleased that he and hisnew company … are interested in working with our company in another capacity,”Ted Venners, KFx’s chief executive officer, said Nov. 16.

However, Venners said there was no assurance that a deal with Sexton could besecured. “Any such discussions will likely be time consuming and complex andinvolve a number of significant contingencies,” he said.

KFx is affiliated with a company interested in exporting Cook Inlet coal fromAlaska to the Far East.

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ALBERTAShell oil sands output hit byScotford upgrader repairs

The Canadian Press reported Nov. 15 that the Athabasca OilSands Project will lose 30 to 40 per cent of its production forOctober and November during maintenance work. The informa-tion was attributed to Shell Canada.

A catalyst pump at the Scotford upgrader next to Shell’sScotford refinery near Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, failed on Oct.19, forcing a shutdown of a residue hydrocracker.

Shell expects to bring the upgrader back into service by theend of November.

During the shutdown the company has done preventive main-tenance on settler units at the Muskeg River Mine north of FortMcMurray.

The upgrader and the mine make up the Athabasca project, ajoint venture of Shell (60 percent) Chevron Canada (20 percent),and Western Oil Sands (20 percent).

NORTH AMERICACanadian rig count increasesby 16, U.S. down by nine

The number of rotary drilling rigs operating in North Americaduring the week ending Nov. 12 stood at 1,707, up by seven rigscompared to the previous week and up by 173 vs. the same periodlast year.

The Canadian rig countincreased by 16 from the previousweek to 448 which also was upby 25 rigs compared to the year-ago period.

The number of rigs operatingin the United States during therecent week vs. the prior weekfell by nine to 1,259, but was up148 rigs compared to the sameperiod last year. Compared to theprevious week, land rigs alone fell by 10 to 1,139, while inlandwater rigs decreased by one to 22. The offshore rig count increasedby two to 98.

Of the total number of rigs operating in the United States duringthe recent week, 1,079 were drilling for natural gas and 179 for oil,while one was being used for miscellaneous purposes. Of the total,790 were vertical wells, 341 directional wells, and 128 horizontalwells.

Among the major producing U.S. states, Oklahoma lost 10 rigsfor a total of 158, while Wyoming lost nine rigs for a total of 73,Louisiana lost six rigs for a total of 172 and New Mexico lost onerig for a total of 71. Texas gained 15 rigs for a total of 539. Alaskawas unchanged with 11 rigs, as well as California with 26 rigs.

—RAY TYSON

Of the total number ofrigs operating in the

United States during therecent week, 1,079 weredrilling for natural gasand 179 for oil, whileone was being used formiscellaneous purposes.

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Interior OKs ConocoPhillips’NPR-A development planAuthorizes two Alpine satellite drilling pads, plus three pads outside BLM jurisdiction

By KRISTEN NELSONPetroleum News Editor-in-Chief

ebecca Watson, the U.S. Department of theInterior’s assistant secretary for Land andMinerals Management, signed the Alpinesatellites development plan record of deci-

sion Nov. 12. The decision authorizes the first commercial oil

development in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

The Bureau of Land Management said thedevelopment on land it manages is part ofConocoPhillips Alaska’s proposed expansion of itsexisting Alpine oil field just to the east of NPR-A.In addition to the two production pads authorizedby Interior, the expansion would include three padsoutside of BLM jurisdiction.

“This plan is a model environmental approachfor the Arctic region. It allows for the energydevelopment our country needs, while protecting

the land, water and wildlife. It will show that this,and future Arctic development, can and will bedone in an environmentally sensitive way,” Watsonsaid in a statement.

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Shenzi well confirms huge oilfield likely in Gulf of MexicoBHP Billiton says appraisal well validates discovery well, previous appraisalwell; ‘multi-hundred million barrel’ oil field possible; drilling sidetrack

By RAY TYSON Petroleum News Houston Correspondent

ustralia’s BHP Billiton, based on the success ofits latest appraisal well, is sounding more confi-dent about the future of its Shenzi discovery inthe deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

“Indications are that we could have a commercialfield with a multi-hundred million barrel hydrocarbonresource,” Philip Aiken, president of BHP’s energygroup, said Nov. 15.

Based on previous drilling results, industry ana-lysts speculated that the Shenzi prospect could hold250 million to 500 million barrels of recoverable oil.

BHP said that information gleaned from the

Shenzi-3 appraisal well validated previous drillingresults from the Shenzi-1 discovery well and theShenzi-2 appraisal well.

Located in water depths of 4,355 feet and drilled toa total depth approaching 28,000 feet, Shenzi-3encountered hydrocarbons in lower Miocene-agedreservoirs with about 330 feet of net oil pay in a 410-foot gross hydrocarbon column, BHP said.

BHP said an updip sidetrack well drilled from theinitial Shenzi-3 well bore specifically confirmed thepresence of a hydrocarbon column. Meanwhile,drilling is under way on another sidetrack to collectadditional reservoir data and further corroborate the

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information found from the first two pene-trations at Shenzi-3, the company added.

In previous drilling, the Shenzi-1 discov-ery well encountered a gross hydrocarboncolumn of 465 feet with a net pay of 140feet. The Shenzi-2 appraisal well encoun-tered 1,250 feet of gross hydrocarbon col-umn and 500 feet of net oil pay in lowerMiocene sandstones.

Even before disclosure of Shenzi-3results, some analysts had concluded thatShenzi-2 and its 500 feet of net oil pay great-ly raised the prospects for a stand-alone pro-duction facility. That appeared to put Shenziin the same league as other relatively recentdeepwater discoveries, including Unocal’sSt. Malo discovery in Walker Ridge andBHP’s own Neptune prospect in nearbyAtwater Valley.

Drilling began in May Shenzi-3 began drilling in May 2004

with the BHP operated drillship CR Luigson Green Canyon Block 653. The discoveryis about 9 miles northwest of the company’s

Atlantis field, which is currently in develop-ment.

“This is further evidence of the Gulf ofMexico becoming the third core business forour Petroleum Customer Sector Group,”Aiken said. “We are planning furtherappraisal drilling to more fully delineate thereservoir.”

BHP is the designated operator at Shenziand holds a 44 percent interest in the field.Amerada Hess and BP each hold a 28 per-cent interest.

In addition to its interest in Shenzi,BHP’s exploration and development portfo-lio in the U.S. Gulf includes a 23.9 percentinterest in Mad Dog and a 44 percent inter-est in the Atlantis development. In total,BHP holds interests in more than 430 Gulfblocks.

The Shenzi prospect is on the sameAtwater Fold Belt trend that produced theAtlantis, Mad Dog, Neptune and Holsteindiscoveries.

Mad Dog is scheduled to come on streamin 2005 with capacity of 80,000 barrels perday, followed by Atlantis in 2006 at up to150,000 barrels per day. BP operates bothprojects. l

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Energy boom helps set drilling permit recordTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

he latest energy boom has set a new record inColorado.

The Colorado Oil and Gas ConservationCommission issued drilling permit No. 2,379 for

the year Nov. 9, breaking the record set in 1980 duringthe state’s last boom.

The permit was granted to Laramie Energy for a nat-ural gas well in western Colorado’s Piceance basin, oneof the Bush administration’s top areas for domestic ener-gy development.

New records are also likely this year in the amountand value of produced oil and gas, said Brian Macke, thecommission director. The value of Colorado energy pro-duction this year is expected to hit $6.6 billion, well

above last year’s $5 billion. Macke said Colorado and the rest of the Rockies will

continue to have strong drilling activity because produc-tion in Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas has begun todecline. Demand for natural gas has also increased,largely because most new power plants in the UnitedStates are fueled by gas.

“We believe the dynamics are in place to have sus-tained high natural gas prices for quite some time,”Macke said.

EnCana, Kerr-McGee both activeThe Bureau of Land Management has approved a

plan by EnCana Oil & Gas to drill up to 100 natural gaswells south of Rifle over the next two to three years.

According to the plan approved last week, EnCana

will drill six gas wells from one existing well pad and 94wells from 16 new well pads. The company plans tobegin the work next year.

The state’s most active area for drilling this year isWeld County, with 29 percent of all the permits, fol-lowed by Garfield County with 26 percent. The next fiveare Las Animas, Yuma, Rio Blanco, Washington and LaPlata counties.

Weld County’s Wattenberg oil and gas field hasproved attractive to Oklahoma City-based Kerr-McGeeCorp., which recently bought Westport Resources ofDenver for $3.4 billion.

“We have a large inventory of economically attractiveprojects at Wattenberg field,” said Dave Hager, a Kerr-McGee senior vice president. “We expect to be active atWattenberg for many years to come.” l

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Company’s proposal modified BLM said the record of decision

“modifies the company’s original pro-posal in order to offer even greater pro-tection to wildlife and sensitive habi-tats.” Changes include relocating por-tions of proposed gravel access roadsand pipelines outside a three-mile set-back for Fish Creek, raising pipelines anadditional two feet (to seven feet) toassist migrating caribou, and movingpower lines from separate poles to cabletrays mounted on pipeline supports.

“We made a number of positiveadjustments to reflect considerationsraised by the public and agencies,”Henri Bisson, BLM’s Alaska state direc-tor, said in a statement. “Several key

changes responded specifically to con-cerns about subsistence issues raised byresidents of Nuiqsut,” he said, adding,“It is also important to note that what weare authorizing is consistent with our1998 leasing plan for this area.”

Bisson said keeping the entire accessroute outside of the Fish Creek setbackwould have resulted in greater impact towetlands and waterfowl habitat thankeeping a portion of the access withinthe setback. “This is why we make

exceptions — we look at site-specificdata and take the best approach,” hesaid.

The two pads and associated roadsand pipelines approved by Watson willbe the first commercial oil and gasdevelopment in NPR-A and BLM saidproduction from the first of the five padscould be online by 2006. Alpine is esti-mated to contain 429 million barrels,and production from the five new padswill tap more than 330 million barrels ofadditional oil, the agency said.

Company hasn’t sanctioned project ConocoPhillips also needs permits

from state and federal agencies for theAlpine satellite development, and thecompany has not yet approved projectdevelopment. ConocoPhillips Alaskaspokeswoman Natalie Knox toldPetroleum News Nov. 11 in response to

a general question on Alpine satellitedevelopment that the company will notsanction the project until it has all of thepermits and said it still lacks a key per-mit from the Corps of Engineers and isworking with that agency to address itsconcerns.

Knox said after the record of decisionwas signed that ConocoPhillips ispleased that the environmental impactstatement part of the process has beencompleted and “is very appreciative ofthe efforts of BLM as well as the hardwork of all the many other state and fed-eral agencies that have contributed tothe EIS process.”

ConocoPhillips has not yet approvedthe project, she said, and “A final deci-sion to move forward on the Alpinesatellite project won’t be sanctioneduntil the outcome of this remaining per-mit is known.” l

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NPR-ABisson said keeping the entire

access route outside of the FishCreek setback would have resultedin greater impact to wetlands andwaterfowl habitat than keeping aportion of the access within the

setback.

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By KRISTEN NELSONPetroleum News Editor-in-Chief

onocoPhillips Alaska has filed appli-cations with regulators for its winterexploration program in the NationalPetroleum Reserve-Alaska, with sev-

eral new wells proposed, in addition to wellsthe company has already permitted.

The company has not yet said what itsdrilling program will be for the winter of2004-05, and the applications filed are forwells that may be drilled during winterdrilling seasons between December 2004and June 2009.

ConocoPhillips has also not said howmany rigs it will use; both Doyon 19 andDoyon 141 are included in the company’sapplications.

Proposed wells include Defiance 1,which is the farthest west of this group ofwells, in section 15, township 12 north,range 7 west, Umiat Meridian; Bounty 1 in17-T11N-R6W, UM; Kokoda 3 in 33-

T11N-R5W, UM; Kokoda 4 in 5-T11N-R5W, UM; Kokoda 5 also in 5-T11N-R5W;and Noatak 1 in 22-T12N-R5W, UM.Kokoda 1 and Kokoda 2, previously permit-ted, are also in township 11 north, range 5west.

All of these well locations are west ofConocoPhillips’Trailblazer wells, drilled byBP in 2001 – at the time, the farthest west ofthe current NPR-A wells – and later pickedup by ConocoPhillips and partner Anadarko.Trailblazer A-01 was plugged and aban-doned after reaching 8,963 feet in 14-T12N-R3W, UM; Trailblazer H-01, which wassuspended, was drilled to 7,850 feet in 6-T12N-R3W, SM.

The wells in ConocoPhillips’ currentplan are south of Teshekpuk Lake, but welleast of Puviaq, which became the farthestwest any wells the companies have drilledrecently, when ConocoPhillips brought a rigin from Barrow to drill a well in the winterof 2003 in 35-T16N-R10W. No informationis available on Puviaq, which is in opera-tional suspension.

Access will be by ice road, andConocoPhillips said it may use a southernroute beginning at Kuparuk drill pad 2P andcrossing the Colville River at Ocean Point.The company said its current plans are tomobilize drilling rigs across an ice road, butin the future a drilling rig may be mobilizedto sites by Rolligon/ATV to expedite opera-tions. ConocoPhillips said, however, that nowell would be spudded until ice road accesshas been established to the drill site.

An estimated schedule, based on early-December tundra access, and ice road andpad construction beginning shortly aftermid-December, calls for completing theColville River ice bridge Jan. 24, spuddingan initial well Feb. 11 and a second wellMarch 3, with drilling ending April 24. l

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Sexton had served on the KFx boardsince 1999, while he was still running theshow at coalbed methane producerEvergreen Resources, which merged withbig exploration and production independ-ent Pioneer Natural Resources earlier thisyear.

Sexton, who could not be reached forcomment, said in June that as soon as thesale of Evergreen Resources to Pioneerwas final, he was going to go out and do itall over again in the Rockies – but this timehe would keep his company private, citingthe increased costs of doing business as apublic company as the reason.

“It’s really not much fun to be a pub-licly traded energy company right now,” hesaid. “Public companies are less produc-tive than private companies. ... Quite hon-estly, a lot of executives are tired of doingpenance for the sins of others.

“A lot of the disclosure requirementsput public companies, in my opinion, at acompetitive disadvantage,” he said.“People with successful track records atpublic companies who go through the nor-mal consolidation cycle will be motivatedand tempted to do it all over again, but notnecessarily as a public company.”

Sexton said that when he started over,he would open a firm with fewer than adozen employees and allow it to growgradually.

According to Pioneer, Sexton remainson its board of directors.

—RAY TYSON

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ALASKANorth Slope foothills roadstudies include east and westroutes from Dalton Highway

The Alaska Department of Transportation and PublicFacilities is in phase II of its resource transportation analysis forNorth Slope oil field roads. Mike McKinnon, project manager forthe analysis, said Nov. 4 that with the ice road season shrinkingon the North Slope, gravel two-lane roads would benefit the stateby improving operations and encouraging further field develop-ments.

Of four North Slope projects — a road to the National PetroleumReserve-Alaska, a road to Point Thomson, and roads east and westoff of the Dalton Highway into the foothills — the road to NPR-Ais the furthestalong. That proj-ect, McKinnonsaid, is a 20 mileroad from the endof the NorthSlope Spine Roadand a 3,300-footbridge over theColville River.The projectincludes adjust-ments to the Spine Road to improve the road’s arterial route func-tion, including upgrades to security and maintenance operations.Cost is estimated at $120 million to $150 million.

The road to NPR-A is in the environmental impact statementphase, he said. EIS start-up is expected in January, a draft EIS inDecember 2005, the final EIS in July 2006, final design in August2006 and construction in the fall and winter of 2006.

Coastal road to Point Thomson report dueOn the east side, draft reconnaissance engineering/economic

reports are due this month on a coastal route to oil and gas leaseson state lands as far east as Point Thomson, with final reports duein January and baseline studies for design and EIS in March.

The route, McKinnon said, runs 55 miles, all on state land, andwould provide the same benefits as access to NPR-A.

In the Foothills, the state is looking at a 45-50 mile road westoff the Dalton Highway to the upper Kuparuk River. McKinnonsaid ice roads are impractical in the Foothills because of slope andterrain breaks.

This would provide all-season access to oil and gas leases onstate land in the Brooks Range, leaving the Dalton Highway atmilepost 357.

The state is also looking at a second route east from the DaltonHighway to provide access for oil and gas development there.

Both the Foothills projects are on standby awaiting a gaspipeline project. The Foothills are believed to be a gas-prone area.

—KRISTEN NELSON

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Backed into Kyoto cornerRussia’s surprise ratification of climate change accord takes awayCanada’s escape route; reductions will be daunting to achieve

By GARY PARK Petroleum News Calgary Correspondent

ussia and Canada knowenough about ice hockeyfor Canada to recognizewhen it’s been pinned

against the boards with no wayto stick-handle out.

That is one of the prevailingfeelings since RussianPresident Vladimir Putin star-tled everyone at the end ofSeptember by announcing thathis parliament, known as theDuma, would ratify the Kyoto Protocol.

Since then the accord has made its way through theDuma and now needs only Putin’s signature tobecome a legally enforceable document within 90days — and Canada won’t be able to blame someoneelse for the treaty’s collapse.

For Kyoto to take effect it needed the support of 55

countries accounting for 55 percent of the world’sgreenhouse gas emissions (notably carbon dioxide) in1990.

Because the United States (which accounted for 36percent of world carbon dioxide emissions in 1990)has opted out of the protocol, Russia, which con-tributed 17 percent of the global emissions, held thebalance of power, now that 125 countries accountingfor 44 percent of greenhouse gases have ratified oradopted Kyoto, although only 37 have agreed tonational greenhouse gas quotas.

After much dithering by Russia, Putin reportedlypressured his cabinet to call on the Duma to ratify thetreaty.

Russia’s about-face not well received The about-face has not been well received, even by

Andrei Illarionov, Putin’s chief economic advisor,who told the Moscow Times that “nobody” amongRussian officials believes the protocol is good for

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Canadian military prepsfor massive Arctic exerciseCommander hopes for cooperation from Alaskans for Mackenzie event

THE ASSOCIATED PRESSanada’s military is planning a massive Arcticexercise to prepare for a possible environmentaldisaster in the booming energy fields of theMackenzie Delta.

“We need to go and carry out some exercise oncontingencies in that area because it’s going to be avery active area in the next 20 years or so,” said Col.Norman Couturier, commander of the CanadianForces Northern Area, referring to plans to build anatural gas pipeline from the Mackenzie Delta southand the exploration and development such a pipelinewould engender.

“It’s not a question of if there’s going to be a con-tingency in the North — it’s when,” said the com-mander, despite the fact there has never been a major

environmental disaster in Alaska’s nearby NorthSlope and Beaufort Sea oil fields, an area that hasbeen producing huge quantities of oil since the late1970s.

The military must be ready to respond to anyindustrial or shipping accident, says Couturier, sincethe territorial government does not have the resourcesto do so.

Any pipeline, as well as its attendant facilities,might also be a target for attack, he said.

Couturier is conducting a general review of themilitary’s northern preparedness and is also planninga huge Inuvik-based exercise for 2006 involving thenavy, the air force and army.

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Russia. “Nobody sees any advantages ... it is

purely politics,” he said, in an apparent ref-erence to indications that the EuropeanUnion may endorse Russia’s application tojoin the World Trade Organization in returnfor ratification. But Illarionov estimates thatimplementing Kyoto could wipe US$1 tril-lion from Russia’s Gross Domestic Product.

Earlier this year in Calgary, he toldreporters that Kyoto “is incompatible witheconomic growth, not only for Russia, butfor any other country that puts limits on car-bon dioxide emissions.”

Illarionov said that implementing thetreaty would doom Russia to “poverty,weakness, backwardness” and reduce itseconomy to a “death camp.”

Treaty requires 8 percent reduction Kyoto sets the bar for participating

nations at an 8 percent reduction in 1990greenhouse gas emissions between 2008 and2012. Negotiations about standards beyond2012 are scheduled to start next year, includ-ing efforts to lower emissions in China andIndia, which are currently exempt fromKyoto.

For Canada, which exports 45 percent ofits oil, natural gas and hydro-electricity tothe United States, the numbers are daunting.

When it signed on to Kyoto in 1997 andsubsequently pledged to implement its com-mitments, it projected emissions wouldreach 572 million tonnes a year by 2010.

But by 2000, the government itselfadmitted the emissions were 155 milliontones higher than the 2010 target and maynow have stretched the gap by 170 milliontones. A Canadian government agencyunderlined its challenges in an Oct. 19 reportthat disclosed greenhouse gas emissionsincreased by 18 percent between 1990 and2001.

Electricity consumption up Since the early Kyoto negotiations,

Canada’s electricity consumption hasclimbed by more than 20 percent, with theuse of coal and natural gas to fuel that powergeneration up by 33 percent and 268 percentrespectively. Overall, the Canadian govern-ment estimates that per capita energy con-sumption climbed to 353 gigajoules in 2002from 293 gigajoules in 1982. (One gigajouleis equivalent to about 906 cubic feet at stan-dard conditions or represents the equivalentof about 8 gallons of energy).

A spokeswoman for the Alberta govern-ment said the federal government’s compli-ance plan unveiled two years ago set unreal-istic targets, even though it guaranteed emis-sions intensity targets for the oil and gas sec-tor would be no more than 15 percent“below projected business-as-usual levelsfor 2010.”

Industry leaders said at the time that theoffer removed the worst-case scenario, butthere was still much detail to work out.

Alberta, meanwhile, is pursuing its owncourse, ordering all companies that emit

more than 100,000 tonnes a year of green-house gases to report the totals.

The government and Pierre Alvarez,president of the Canadian Association ofPetroleum Producers, agree that is a neces-sary first step to develop a picture of emis-sion levels and to help consumers under-stand the impact of what they consume.

The province believes 75 to 90 compa-nies, including the major oil sands producerssuch as Syncrude Canada, Suncor Energyand Shell Canada, exceed the minimumreporting standard.

Companies that fail to comply or under-report emissions face fines of up toC$500,000.

For now, the Canadian government iscontinuing to negotiate with the oil and gasindustry and electricity producers — ratedthe leading sources of greenhouse gases —to develop an emissions reduction schedule.

But the Ontario government is alreadyreportedly balking at a plan to shut down itscoal-burning electricity plants by 2007.

So long as Russia was dropping hints thatit would refuse to sign the treaty, Canadacould afford to delay and procrastinate.

Russia might be able to sell credits What caused Putin to become a Kyoto

convert is not clear. Among the theories is one that the clo-

sure of thousands of uneconomic factoriesfrom the former Soviet Union has alreadydragged Russia under the emissions thresh-old, allowing it to sell excess emissionscredits and turn Kyoto into a money maker.

Russian Deputy Prime MinisterAlexander Zhukov lent some weight to thatview when he said: “Speaking pragmatical-ly, this gives us the possibility of tradingquotas.”

Taking a larger view, he said the newglobal approach of Kyoto “could lead to anew way of thinking.”

Whatever the reason, the Kyoto heat hasbeen turned up again in Canada, with indus-try leaders, politicians and environmentaliststelling the Canadian government it is time toput an implementation plan on the table.

So far, the government has committed tospending only C$2 billion over five years ona vague plan to tackle climate change

through partnerships, innovation and target-ed measures to promote energy efficiency,renewable energy, sustainable transportationand alternative energy sources.

Alberta continues to oppose Kyoto Meanwhile, the Alberta government con-

tinues to argue that Kyoto is not the rightmechanism to lower emissions and, regard-less of what happens in Russia, Canadashould rethink its strategy before it sends theeconomy into a nosedive.

Alberta, which sees itself as the protectorof the oil and gas industry, is clinging to itsproposal made in 2002 to reduce “emissionsintensity” to half of 1990 levels by 2020 —not remotely close to the Kyoto targets.

Matthew Bramley, director of climatechange at the Alberta-based PembinaInstitute for Appropriate Development, isbraced for a showdown between Alberta andthe federal government if Russia forcesCanada to pass emission-control legislationor risk breaking an international commit-ment. He said the only solution is forCanada to introduce its Kyoto legislationand “bring it into force.”

How and when that will happen is notclear, despite the Liberal government’s com-mitments during a June election campaign toproceed down that path.But an element ofconfusion has been injected by CanadianMinister of the Environment Stéphane Dion.

In his first speech as environment minis-ter in Calgary two months ago he made noreference to Kyoto, talking instead about a“revolution in which the environment is akey driver of creativity, of innovation and ofcompetitiveness around the world.”

Dion insisted that economic prosperityand environmental sustainability are notincompatible.

Later he told the House of Commons thatKyoto is a “work in progress” that will taketime to shape.

Further chipping away at the Kyoto com-mitment, Dion said that “economic foresightcalls for immediate diversification of ourenergy resources,” a priority that means“renewable energy resources become aneconomic must.”

It was not clear where Kyoto fit into thatstrategy. l

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Energy agency paints ‘sobering picture’ Current oil consumption trends will increase greenhouse gas emissions by 60

percent over the next 25 years, said the International Energy Agency in brushing offtalk that conservation measures alone can have much impact.

Presenting a “sobering picture,” the IEA predicted global oil demand will climbto 121 million barrels per day in 2030 from 77 million bpd in 2002, two-thirds ofthat increase coming from developing nations, notably China and India.

The agency has no doubt that supplies can meet that need, provided US$3 tril-lion is spent on finding and developing reserves.

The bigger challenge, the IEA said, will be to achieve a “truly sustainable ener-gy system” that will require technological advances to “radically alter how we pro-duce and use energy.” It said world-wide energy demand could fall by 10 percentby 2030 if countries shifted to policies that promote the use of renewable energy inNorth America and Europe and improve the fuel efficiency of vehicles in China.

Implementing such a strategy could lower 2030 demand by 12.8 million bpd,matching the combined output of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates andNigeria and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 16 percent from a business-as-usual scenario.

—GARY PARK

Mounted Police and the Coast Guard,which participated in military exercis-es last summer off Baffin Island,would be involved. Couturier hopes tobring in Parks Canada, EnvironmentCanada, and the Department ofFisheries and Oceans. He also hopesfor some cooperation from Alaska-based Americans, which would makeit the broadest-based exercise everstaged in the Arctic.

“(I want) everybody involved inthis exercise,” Couturier said. “Weknow there will be some (contingen-cies), now that we have more activitiesin the North.”

Those activities include increasedtourism. The North’s commodities,from base metals to natural gas to dia-monds, are drawing more industry tothe tundra.

The exercise will address one ofthe recommendations in the 2000Arctic Capability Report, which sin-gled out a lack of contingency plan-ning.

“During the 1970s . . . our winterequipment was virtually guaranteed towork,” it said. “This is not necessarilythe case today.”

Couturier, who began his two-yearnorthern posting this past summer, hascommissioned a study into how wellthe report has been implemented andwhat still needs to be done.

National Defence Minister BillGraham said in Yellowknife in mid-November that the review of Canada’snational defense policy expectedbefore Christmas will have a northerncomponent. But Couturier said hisreport won’t wait for Graham’s reportto make it through Parliament. l

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By KRISTEN NELSONPetroleum News Editor-in-Chief

grium, which owns the fertilizerplant at Nikiski, is arguing to theRegulatory Commission of Alaskathat if the Cook Inlet Gas Gathering

System were a common carrier pipeline,Agrium would have access to natural gasfrom the west side of the inlet (see story inOct. 17 issue of Petroleum News). Agriumdoes not have enough gas for the plant andis in a dispute with Unocal, the formerowner of the plant, over the amount of gasUnocal is delivering to the plant, which isno longer enough to allow the plant to runat full capacity.

Marathon Oil, operator and joint ownerwith Unocal of the Cook Inlet GasGathering System, has told the commissionthat changing the regulatory status of thegathering system will not change theamount of gas available in Cook Inlet, andcould make less gas available to customersbecause the gathering system can onlycarry so much gas without an expansion.

Agrium’s current petition to the com-mission, filed Oct. 1, is its second attemptto get the commission to regulate the CookInlet Gas Gathering System, which runs upthe west side of the inlet from Trading Bayto Granite Point and then crosses under theinlet to Nikiski, as a common carrier. Thecommission denied the first request inApril.

Marathon filed its response Oct. 21. OnNov. 4 the commission denied Agrium’srequest for expedited consideration of itsrequest, saying “Agrium has not presentedcompelling reasons for us to depart fromour usual procedures ...”

Who will bear the costs?Marathon told the commission that

there would be costs to convert the CookInlet Gas Gathering System to commoncarrier status. It said that an engineeringstudy by NANA Colt found an investmentof “several million dollars in metering andcontrol facilities” would be required beforeCIGGS could “responsibly fulfill commoncarriage obligations to third-party ship-pers.”

Additional millions of dollars would be

required, “If expansion is required to avoidcurtailing the deliveries currently beingmade by Marathon and Unocal intoCIGGS…”

Marathon said that, at its request,NANA Colt engineers have met withAgrium to explain the costs. Marathonaccused Agrium of ignoring the costs andsaid “…all indications are that Agrium isseeking short-term economic advantageand intends to leave others, presumably theCIGGS owners, holding the bag for theexpense of conversion and possible expan-sion.”

Issue is gas Marathon said the issue is gas, and told

the commission that Agrium has said pub-licly that it plans to close the fertilizer plantafter 2005 or 2006 due to insufficient gassupply, but “has not identified a single newsource of gas that Agrium cannot nowaccess but that it would be able to access ifCIGGS were opened to common carriage.Rather, Agrium hopes to benefit from somesmall reshuffling of Cook Inlet gas suppliesduring the few remaining months beforeAgrium closes the plant and quits the inlet,leaving behind as it goes the costs and dis-ruptions brought about by its regulatoryinitiatives.”

Marathon also noted that Agrium hassaid it cannot use the gas from Enstar’spipeline because it needs high-pressurenon-odorized gas for the fertilizer plant.

But, Marathon told the commission, theLNG facility, owned by Marathon andConocoPhillips, is “faced with the sameconcerns” and has done feasibility studiesand identified de-oderization equipment

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Marathon tells Alaska commission CIGGS’issues are commercial, not regulatoryIn response to Agrium filing, pipeline operator says change in regulation won’t solve inlet’s gas supply problems, andasks who would pay millions for work and equipment required to convert pipeline to common carrier

AAurora wants in on Agrium application, saysit has gas stranded on west side of Cook Inlet

Aurora Gas LLC has petitioned the Regulatory Commission of Alaska to inter-vene in Agrium’s complaint against Marathon and Unocal over the issue ofwhether the Cook Inlet Gas Gathering System should be regulated as a commoncarrier, telling the commission it has stranded gas on the west side.

Aurora told the commission that most of its 100,000 acres of oil and gas leas-es are on the west side of Cook Inlet, and, if that acreage is developed, gas couldbe delivered through the gathering system.

“In the event CIGGS is determined to be or becomes a public utility or apipeline common carrier, Aurora will wish to be a customer-shipper on that line,”the company said in a Nov. 10 filing.

Aurora notes that Marathon has told the commission it would not be opposedto operating CIGGS as a common carrier if several conditions were met, includ-ing the capital costs for converting CIGGS. “Aurora agrees that CIGGS’ ownersshould be permitted to recover their capital costs, but they have yet to producedocuments establishing what those costs would be,” the company said.

Aurora said its Nicolai Creek unit is connected to the Cook Inlet Gas GatheringSystem with a gathering line, and it delivers gas produced at Nicolai Creek “intoCIGGS under a limited number of agreements with CIGGS’ owners Marathon andUnocal.”

But, Aurora said, it does not have “free and open access to CIGGS,” and with-out that “Nicolai Creek gas is effectively stranded at the whim of Marathon orUnocal, contrary to Marathon’s assertion … that ‘there is no stranded gas on thewest side of the Cook Inlet.’”

In October, Aurora said, its deliveries to Northern Eclipse were curtailed, andwhile “the utility had an ample inventory of LNG on hand and the supply disrup-

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Marathon told the commission …an engineering study by NANA

Colt found an investment of“several million dollars in

metering and control facilities”would be required before CIGGScould “responsibly fulfill commoncarriage obligations to third-party

shippers.”

and other facilities “that would enable theLNG plant to take and use low-pressureoderized gas from the APL (Enstar’sAlaska Pipeline) line. Agrium could do thesame. Presumably, Agrium does not wantto make capital investments at its plant sitejust before it leaves Alaska. If capitalinvestments are to be made for Agrium’sshort-term benefit, Agrium wants theCIGGS owners to make them.”

Capacity also an issue There is also a capacity issue for the

Cook Inlet Gas Gathering System,Marathon said: making CIGGS a commoncarrier pipeline could create bottlenecks inthat system.

Marathon said that in recent commercial

discussions it has received “preliminaryexpressions of interest from third parties inshipping gas over CIGGS in volumes thatexceed the amount of excess capacity thatis presently available to CIGGS.”

If the gathering system were convertedto common carriage, Marathon’s andUnocal’s production in Cook Inlet could becurtailed, “impeding their ability to meettheir commitments to their customers,including utilities. Common carriage overCIGGS, unless implemented with a priori-ty to capacity for existing shippers, couldthus actually reduce the total gas produc-tion available to the Cook Inlet gas marketas a whole,” Marathon said.

Enstar Natural Gas Co. has petitioned tointervene, telling the commission that it“receives gas from CIGGS for transporta-tion and gas supply. Changes in the waythat CIGGS operates may have a substan-tial impact on Enstar’s ability to obtain anddeliver gas.”

Vexatious litigationMarathon told the commission that

Agrium is looking for a short-term advan-tage in gas supply because it doesn’t haveenough gas to operate the fertilizer plant atfull capacity.

“Agrium evidently made a serious busi-ness mistake when it purchased the fertiliz-er plant from Unocal without having ade-quate commitments for the gas supplyneeded to run the plant. One of Agrium’sresponses to its gas supply problems hasbeen to engage in vexatious litigation inthis Commission, filing pleading afterpleading against Marathon and itspipelines, in this matter and others, all inthe hope of obtaining some short termadvantage from this Commission or in thehope that Marathon can somehow be per-suaded, coerced, or browbeaten to helpsolve problems arising out of Agrium’sown business judgments. Marathon is sym-pathetic to Agrium’s problems, althoughnot to its regulatory tactics.

“Marathon is continuing to sell gas toAgrium when it can, but Marathon cannotsolve Agrium’s gas supply problems,”Marathon told the commission. l

tion was of short duration,” the impact onFairbanks Natural Gas — which obtainsLNG from Northern Eclipse — “couldhave been devastating.”

Aurora said Marathon does not “allowAurora free and open access” to CIGGS,which “inhibits both urgently neededexploration and development of natural gasin Cook Inlet and free competition for the

purchase and sale of natural gas in theCook Inlet area.” Lacking “free and open

access” to CIGGS, “Aurora has beenunable to sell its Nicolai Creek gas at cur-rent market prices,” the company said.

“Aurora also has an existing gatheringline physically connected to a short ‘jumperline’ which connects CIGGS to BelugaPipe Line and delivers gas produced fromits Kaloa and Moquawkie Gas Fields,”Aurora said, and wants to deliver gas fromKaloa and Moquawkie into CIGGS, butMarathon has denied Aurora access,“requiring Aurora instead to deliver all ofthis production through the Beluga Pipe

Line” to Aurora’s financial detriment.Aurora noted that, in a separate proceeding,it is protesting the rates charged on theBeluga Pipe Line.

In pressing its desire to intervene,Aurora told the commission: “Insofar asCIGGS’capacity is or may become limited,Agrium (and every other would-be shipperincluding Enstar) is potentially adverse toAurora because all shippers have an obli-gation to their shareholders to maximizetheir access to limited throughput capacityat the expense of every other shipper.”

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AURORAAurora said, it does not have “freeand open access to CIGGS,” and

without that “Nicolai Creek gas iseffectively stranded at the whim ofMarathon or Unocal, contrary to

Marathon’s assertion … that ‘thereis no stranded gas on the west side

of the Cook Inlet.’”

sidetrack to the Hansen well.ConocoPhillips sidetracked the Hansenin 2003, and production tested theHansen 1A, which state records show asa single-completion oil well.

Pennzoil drilled the discovery well atCosmopolitan, the Starichkof State No.1, in 1967 from a jack-up rig, recoveringoil at 6,800 feet and 6,900 feet in a12,112-foot vertical hole. The statefound that well capable of production. Asecond well, the Starichkof State UnitNo. 1, drilled some two miles from thediscovery well, found water in theHemlock formation at 7,355 feet and aslight amount of gas around 4,000 feet;the discovery was never developed.

The current unit was approved in

2001 with a three-year plan. The new,two-year plan for the unit, approved byregulators in early November, requiresthat a minimum of 40 square miles of 3-D seismic be acquired beginning no laterthan Nov. 14, 2005, with acquisition tobe complete by Nov. 14, 2006, or thedrilling of another well.

The well alternative requiresConocoPhillips to commit to drill byNov. 14, 2005, and drill by the end of the

plan period in November 2006. The new well would be required “to

penetrate the Lower Tyonek sand-proneinterval” found in the Starichkof StateNo. 1 well, or a true vertical depth of6,500 feet subsea, by Nov. 14, 2006. Thewell could be a sidetrack or a new well,but the bottomhole would need to bemore than 500 feet from the bottomholelocation of the Hansen 1 and Hansen 1Awells.

Devon picks up more, and more?ConocoPhillips Alaska has a 70 per-

cent working interest in Cosmopolitan,and is the unit operator. Forest Oil had a25 percent working interest and DevonEnergy held the remaining 5 percent, butearlier this year Oklahoma-based Devonpicked up half of Forest’s interest, soDevon now holds a 17.5 percent workinginterest ownership and Forest holds 12.5

percent. ConocoPhillips has been looking for

another partner at Cosmopolitan, shop-ping a portion of its working interest inexchange for funding of seismic or adelineation well at the North AmericanProspects Expo in Houston in February.A source at ConocoPhillips toldPetroleum News in mid-November thatDevon was farming in on the remainingavailable working interest “in order toget another well drilled” atCosmopolitan.

That information had not been offi-cially confirmed by eitherConocoPhillips or Devon at the time thisedition of Petroleum News went to presson Nov. 17.

Devon Canada, a Calgary-based sub-sidiary of Devon Energy, overseesDevon’s Alaska North Slope assets.

—KRISTEN NELSON

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COSMOPOLITANConocoPhillips has been looking

for another partner atCosmopolitan, shopping a portionof its working interest in exchange

for funding of seismic or adelineation well at the NorthAmerican Prospects Expo in

Houston in February

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Ken Lambertsen has enjoyed 29years with Univar and its predecessorVan Waters & Rogers. Before comingto Alaska, he worked in Utah,Wyoming and Colorado. He and wifeVictoria Anne have five children, allgrown except for teenager Aaron.Daughter Lindsay is growing Ken newfishing buddies. Active for decades inBoy Scouts of America leadership, Kenis proud of his two eagle scouts andone almost qualified. He says his bestcontract is the one Vickie keepsrenewing.

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NANA/Colt Engineering, a multi-discipline firm, maintains a staff ofhighly competent personnel whoenjoy diverse engineering challengesand being treated with dignity andrespect in their up-beat corporateenvironment.

Former Navy man Greg Moore isalso NANA/Colt’s QA/QC managerand has 24 years of military and civil-ian experience in the fire protectionfield. He moved to Alaska after activeduty for Desert Storm and workingfor NASA in Houston. From saving alife with CPR, lunching with RonaldReagan and traveling to and betweenboth poles, Greg has had excitingtimes. He and wife Dianne each havefantastic daughters, Jennifer andCourtney Ray, who live in Texas. He’sactive in professional, political andcivic organizations — especiallyParalyzed Veterans of America.

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85,000 barrels per day, and has posted amore than one-third gain (excluding cashpayouts) in unit value to climb above C$60on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

On the other hand, the COST yield hasslipped to an abnormally low 3.2 percent,but that could be destined for a rapid coursecorrection.

Brian Ector, an analyst at Scotia Capital,predicts the cash flow per unit will rise 75percent above his earlier forecast to C$8.19a unit in 2005.

One astute investor, Seymour Schulich,predicts that average oil prices of US$37 abarrel could see the units climb in value toC$115 within three years.

Ector isn’t so bullish, suggesting thatCOST units currently reflect oil prices ofUS$43-$45.

“The challenge investors face when itcomes to the oil and gas royalty trust sectortoday is that the market, in our opinion, isessentially discounting very close to currentspot prices,” Ector said in a research report.

Suggesting there is very little room left tomove, he said “the term ‘priced to perfec-tion’ comes to mind.”

What could dramatically alter that out-look would be a sharp upward adjustment incrude oil forecasts closer to the current trad-ing levels above US$50.

Guichon picks Greg Guichon, managing director and

portfolio manager at Toronto-basedRockwater Asset Management, said that ifanalysts started basing their projections onUS$50 oil, money would start pouring intothe sector, which TD Securities said hasalready raised C$3.4 billion in equity andconvertible debt this year, helping fund 24acquisitions costing C$5.1 billion.

Guichon recently put the spotlight onseveral Calgary-based trusts, such as:

Harvest Energy Trust — With its empha-sis on heavy oil, the trust has recentlyextended its reserve life index to 7.5 yearsfrom 4 years through property acquisitionsand has recently added medium gravity oilto its mix.

Paramount Energy Trust — Becausemanagement has a large stake in the trust,Guichon says its interests are in line with thepublic unit holders.

Acclaim Energy Trust — Guichon hasbeen enthusiastic about the trust since mid-2003, noting solid gains in its trading valueand an 8-year reserve life index.

More companies likely to enter trust ranks Bruce McDonald, an analyst with

Canaccord Capital, has contributed his ownpicks by raising the 12-month target pricesfor three oil-weighted trusts — COST,

Harvest and Viking Energy Royalty Trust,noting that U.S. investors are moving backinto the Canadian trust market because of astronger Canadian dollar and falling yieldson 10-year U.S. bonds.

Of those conventional E&P companieswaiting in the wings, Calgary-based invest-ment dealer Peters & Co. predicted in arecent research note that those likely to enterthe trust ranks are: Penn West Petroleum,which is awaiting a federal tax ruling,Compton Petroleum, Fairborne Energy,Ketch Resources, Real Resources andResolute Energy.

Most on the list have seen their sharestake off over the last month.

In their stampede to take over the oldermore conventional sector of the industry, oiland gas trusts have pushed their marketvalue above C$30 billion — still not muchmore than EnCana’s market-cap of C$27billion — and pushed their share of totalCanadian crude oil equivalent production toabout 12 percent.

Trusts add little or no production But the fact that they add little or no pro-

duction or reserves through exploration gen-erates a sense of nervousness among manyobservers.

Paying out 50 percent to 90 percent oftheir cash flow to unit holders while deplet-ing their asset base has all the ingredients forwhat Andrew Martyn, vice president atDavis-Rea in Toronto, warns is a “day ofreckoning.”

Trusts have already tasted one setback in1997-98 when a slump in commodity pricesslashed 40 percent of their unit prices, trig-gering a round of consolidation. Anotherblip in 2001 wiped 20 percent and more offunit values.

The threshold for a repeat is estimated byPeters & Co. at US$30 a barrel for oil andUS$5 per thousand cubic feet for gas — lev-els it believes would see the bulk of trustsreduce their distributions.

But not all trusts are ignoring the possi-bility of disaster, steering an increasing shareof their cash flow into exploration and set-ting the stage for what FirstEnergy Capitalsaid could be a “new era of sustainability.”

As strategies are modified, trusts areevolving into “fully functioning oil and gascompanies,” according to PrimeWestEnergy Trust President and Chief ExecutiveOfficer Don Garner, while Don Gray, presi-dent of Peyto Energy Trust, said no valuecan be created without drilling wells, ques-tioning whether some of his peers can sur-vive.

For now, much of the good fortune in thesector stems from the return of U.S.investors to the market.

If the U.S. dollar continues to weaken,American investors can only profit fromCanadian-dollar denominated investments,said Canaccord’s Bruce McDonald. l

What’s good enough for Canada mightwork for U.S. investors; awaiting SEC OK

American investors peering enviously over the 49th parallel as Canadians havepocketed 25 percent annual returns from income trusts over the last four years may beabout to get a similar chance on their own turf.

A total of 17 prospectuses are now before the U.S. Securities and ExchangeCommission, although approvals are being delayed by the regulator.

Canadian issuers, looking to the United States for suitable trust candidates, haveemployed complex accounting and tax strategies to introduce foreign-based trusts tothe U.S. market which qualify for Canadian retirement savings plans and pensionplans.Their activities have stirred a desire on Wall Street to establish a trust sector forthe U.S. domestic market that observers expect will be known as income securities ifthe SEC gives its blessing.

Even in Canada, the explosion of trusts has left the investment community reeling,with the sector-wide market value climbing to C$105 billion from C$15 billion in1997. Until now, the closest the United States has come has been Real EstateInvestment Trusts and Master Limited Partnerships, although a dozen Canadian-basedtrusts trade on both the Toronto and New York stock exchanges.

—GARY PARK

Canadian ownership of trusts to less thanhalf the outstanding units or under 50 per-cent of the trust’s market value.

In mid-September, Finance MinisterRalph Goodale issued draft amendments tothe Income Tax Act and related acts, reiter-ating that at least half of the fair marketvalue of a trust must be controlled byCanadian residents. The draft argued meas-ures were needed to prevent “tax leakage,”where distributions from Canadian assetswent to Americans and other foreigners.

New trusts have until Jan. 1, 2005, tocomply, while those formed before theMarch budget have until Jan. 1, 2007.

The “fair market value” proposal caughttrusts off-guard, with a spokesman forPrimeWest Energy Trust arguing there is nosystem in place to track fair market value tothe level recommended.

Trusts avoid taxes by paying income to unit holders

Failure to comply could cost trusts theirstatus, which allows them to avoid taxes bypaying out the bulk of their income to unitholders. Among those who find the govern-ment’s approach to be flawed, MarcelCoutu, chief executive officer of CanadianOil Sands Trust (which owns 35.49 percentof Syncrude Canada), observes that sincemid-2003 trusts have actually paid close toC$3 billion to buy back assets from U.S.-based companies who are exiting Canada.

Coutu now fears the government is try-ing to cut off access to foreign capital by thetrusts — a concern he would like to discusswith Goodale.

The Canadian Association of IncomeFunds agreed the plan makes no sensebecause it unfairly restricts trusts’ access tocapital.

The association said the current with-holding tax of 15 percent on distributions toforeigners adequately addresses the concern.

Gordon Kerr, president and chief execu-tive officer of Enerplus Resources Fund,said the government risks ignoring the wide

benefit of trusts, including employment,increased personal income taxes and theproduction from oil and gas assets thatmight otherwise have been left idle.

The association warned that shutting outforeign investors will handcuff the sector’sability to continue developing reserves.

“The reality is that Canadian capital mar-kets … cannot supply the capital needed tofully exploit our reserves. The needed capi-tal must there come from foreign investors,”it said.

Study finds non-Canadians hold 37.9%A study by HLB Decision Economics

and commissioned by the association report-ed that non-Canadians hold an average 37.9percent of the 33 oil and gas trusts, rangingfrom 22.3 percent for trusts listed only inCanada and 59.9 percent for six trusts —Enerplus, PrimeWest, Pengrowth EnergyTrust, Enterra Energy Trust, ProvidentEnergy Trust and Petrofund Energy Trust —listed in Canada and the United States.

HLB said the trusts offer “very highyields” at a time when U.S. investors seek-ing high yields have very few alternatives.

Energy trusts have already been movingahead with strategies to create dual-classunits to meet the proposed ownership limits.

Pengrowth, which has a majority of for-eign unit holders, has created B units to betraded only to Canadians on the TorontoStock Exchange and A units for investorstrading in Toronto and New York. DuringOctober the A units were trading about 13percent higher than B units.

Of the dual-listed trusts, CanaccordCapital analyst Bruce McDonald estimatesforeign ownership stands at 61 percent,while the overall trust market is 44 percentforeign owned.

There is still hope among trust executivesthat the Canadian government will work ona more acceptable solution, given that trad-ing of units is a “very difficult thing to mon-itor,” in the view of ARC Energy Trust ChiefExecutive Officer John Dielwart.

He said that although ARC’s foreignownership is currently 25 percent, it wouldonly take sudden U.S. interest to push thatover 50 percent in a short time. l

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to the forecast.With deepwater Gulf in its ninth year

of expansion, “it appears likely that it willexpand greatly over the next 10 years asmore than 100 development projects havebegun production and new discoveriesthat have occurred in the last three yearswill likely be developed,” said ChrisOynes, Gulf regional director the MMS.

Operators announced 13 deepwaterdiscoveries alone in 2003 and another 10so far in 2004.

MMS projects that overall daily oilproduction in the U.S. Gulf will increaseto 2 million barrels by 2006 from 1.5 mil-lion barrels today and could reach 2.25million barrels by 2011.

As for natural gas production, whichhas been on the decline for years in theU.S. Gulf, MMS is projecting that dailyoutput will continue to decrease from acurrent 12 billion cubic feet to just over 11bcf in 2007 before rebounding to 13 bcfbetween 2008 and 2011.

MMS said it used a new methodologyto estimate this year’s production esti-mates for the U.S. Gulf. In addition to sur-veying oil and gas companies, the agencysaid MMS analyzed both recent deepwa-ter discoveries and projected deepwaterreserves.

“This method enabled MMS to forecastGulf production 10 years into the futureinstead of the previous standard five-yearprojection,” the agency said. The forecastcovers the period 2004 to 2013.

Incentives expected to spur exploration and development

Interior said that new governmentincentives to encourage companies to

explore and develop “difficult-to-reach”areas of the U.S. Gulf would continue tospur exploration and development indeeper waters, as well as in shallowerwaters of the gas-rich continental shelf,where explorers are venturing to ever-increasing geological depths.

“To help ensure our future energy secu-rity, we need to reward developers for thehuge risks they take when they explore indeepwater and deep-shelf areas,” RebeccaWatson, assistant secretary of the Interiorfor Land and Minerals Management, saidin a news conference.

Without expanded royalty relief incen-tives announced in January, many deepgas prospects on the continental shelf sim-ply would not be economical to drill,Watson said, adding that “energy compa-nies are responding positively to newincentives offered under the President’sEnergy Plan.”

The new incentives expanded the deep-shelf program to include about 2,400existing federal leases and added slidingscale royalty relief based on depth and thenumber of wells drilled on a lease. Later,Interior added an incentive targetedspecifically at ultra-deep wells drilledbelow 25,000 feet.

In an earlier study, MMS concludedthat deepwater U.S. Gulf is expected tohave ultimate reserves of about 71 billionbarrels of oil equivalent, of which 56.4billion barrels remain to be discovered. Incontrast, the continental shelf is expectedto contain ultimate reserves of about 65billion barrels, of which 15.2 billion bar-rels remain to be discovered.

“We expect our greatest oil productionto come from the deepwater region of theGulf, while in the case of natural gas, boththe deepwater and shallow water deep-shelf hold the most promise,” Watsonsaid. l

advertising. Next, the proposed rule liststhe information about a proposed projectthat any notice of open season for anAlaska natural gas transportation projectmust contain. The proposed rule statesthat an open season for an Alaska naturalgas transportation project must remainopen for a period of at least 90 days.Finally, the proposed rule requires thatcapacity allocated as a result of any openseason shall beawarded withoutundue discrimina-tion or preferenceof any kind.

FERC said theAlaska Natural GasPipeline Act alsooutlines a specifictimeline for the commission’s review andapproval process for Alaska gas trans-portation proposals so that infrastructuremay be in place to meet rapidly increas-ing energy demand. This timelinerequires final commission action on anyAlaska gas transportation proposal within20 months after the commission deter-mines that an application is complete.

The commission will conduct a one-day technical conference to gather publiccomments Dec. 3 in Anchorage.

The commission, which met the weekof Nov. 8 with Alaska lawmakers and ear-lier with the Murkowski administration,was scheduled to issue draft proposedregulations for the line Nov. 18.

In October, Congress directed FERCto quickly permit the pipeline once cer-tain requirements have been met. It alsodesignated FERC as the lead agency forthe National Environmental Policy Actprocess.

Wood will attend conference FERC Chairman Patrick Henry Wood

III and the three other commissionersplan to attend the technical conference inAlaska hoping to gain insight into how anopen season on a gas pipeline that wouldtransport Alaska North Slope natural gasto Lower 48 markets should be conduct-ed, Tamara Young-Allen, a FERC techni-cal affairs specialist, said Nov. 15.

Open seasons are held whenever apipeline is built to allow gas producersand shippers to identify each other anddemonstrate their interest in a pipeline tothe government as well as come to termswith regulators on costs, tariffs and otherconsiderations.

Young-Allen said FERC’s commis-sioners are open to any and all ideas abouthow the Alaska natural gas pipeline openseason should be handled and are comingto Alaska to listen.

Alaska Gov. Frank H. Murkowski’schief counsel John Katz and Alaska legis-lators have already met with FERC toindicate their willingness to work withthe commissioners on moving the gaspipeline project forward and to ensurethat Alaska’s interests are considered infederal rulemaking.

Legislature wants full disclosureRep. Ralph Samuels, R-Anchorage,

who chairs the Legislative Budget andAudit Committee and Sen. GeneTherriault, R-North Pole, the committee’svice-chairman, said Nov. 12 that theyhave presented a briefing paper to FERCoutlining Alaska’s requests regardinginformational criteria, timing and capaci-ty allocation through Alaska open sea-sons.

Specifically, the paper requests fulldisclosure of information on the pipeline,

potential expansions, and demand forpipeline capacity, as well as that capacitybe allocated only through publicly con-ducted open seasons, with smaller ship-pers entitled to their full capacityrequests. Additionally, the paper advo-cates that tariffs for both original andexpansion capacity be calculated on a“rolled-in” basis, thereby eliminating dis-crimination in tariffs between shippersbased on when they sign up for service.

“What we did is get our foot in thedoor of FERC’s public comment processto make sure Alaska’s voice is heard on

access issues. Themore access wehave to a gas line,the more potentialexploration, jobs,revenue, and relateddevelopment wewill see in the state.We want to encour-

age investment in natural resources in ourstate both now and for years to come,”Samuels said.

Therriault said all North Slope produc-ers should have the opportunity to gettheir gas to market. “The regulations thatare enacted today will have an effect onAlaska’s revenue potential for genera-tions to come, making it extremelyimportant that they be well thought out,implemented and take Alaska’s best inter-est to heart,” he added.

The briefing paper is available uponrequest from the Legislative Budget andAudit Committee, the lawmakers said.

Technical conference set for Dec. 3The FERC technical conference is

scheduled to be held 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. onDec. 3 in the Municipality of Anchorage’sAssembly Chambers, downstairs fromthe Z.J. Loussac Library, 3600 DenaliStreet.

A complete copy of FERC’s draft pro-posed regulations for the Alaska naturalgas pipeline may be viewed at the com-mission’s web site, http://www.ferc.gov/under “What’s New.”

Interested parties are urged to nomi-nate speakers for the conference by fillingout a short form on the FERC web site byNov. 26: http://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/alaska-1203-speaker-form.asp . The specific agenda will beannounced in a notice to be issued later.

Also, comments may be filed electron-ically via the eFiling link on FERC’s website at http://www.ferc.gov. Commentersunable to file comments electronicallymust send an original and 14 copies oftheir comments to: Federal EnergyRegulatory Commission, Office of theSecretary, 888 First Street N.E.,Washington, DC, 20426.

The public comment period onFERC’s draft regulations is set to endDec. 17 with the final regulations beingadopted Feb. 10. Young-Allen said FERCput the gas line regulations on a fast trackbecause the commission has only 120days from the implementation of theAlaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act on Oct.13 to develop the rules.

Young-Allen said the regulations willset out the standards of conduct for build-ing the Alaska gas pipeline, and once therules are final, FERC will await applica-tions from would-be builders. The com-mission has received no applications todate, she added.

If an application is approved, theapplicant will then be able to move for-ward, subject to FERC’s rules, with con-struction of the line, which has beendescribed as the largest private construc-tion project ever undertaken in the UnitedStates. It is expected to take 10 years topermit and construct. l

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FrontUpA Veco employee stops tocheck paperwork as part ofthe Alpine facilities expansionproject at ConocoPhillips’Colville River unit on Alaska’sNorth Slope. Work on phaseone of the expansion projectbegan in March and was com-pleted in August.

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Arctic AlchemyColville Inc.’s solid waste department manages creative recycling in adverse conditions

By SUSAN BRAUNDPetroleum Directory Contributing Writer

urning lead into gold is any good alchemist’s dream.Colville Inc., however, doesn’t stop at dreams. Thelong-time North Slope service and supply companydoes its best to transform solid waste into something

reusable. Whether it’s converting oily waste into electricityor wood debris into heat, the company persistentlyresearches ways to increase its recycling efforts on theNorth Slope.

“Our goal is to reduce the amount of trash to the land-fill. The less we add, the better; there’s only so much use-ful life in a landfill,” says Dan Merchen, who is co-lead ofthe solid waste department with alternate Rob Peterson.“We can help if we find homes and more uses for trash.It’s our biggest challenge.”

Diversified businessOwned by brothers Jeff and Mark Helmericks, who

grew up in the Colville River Delta, and their sister-in-law,Teena, Colville Inc. is continually streamlining andimproving the services it provides to the oilfield industry,including bulk fuel, solid waste services and industrialsupplies. In 1990 business changes prompted a namechange from Colville Environmental Services to Colville,Inc.

“We always try to have irons in the fire to keep thingsgoing. We don’t want the business to become stagnant oroutmoded,” says Keith Silver, Colville’s vice president offinance. “We are dedicated to providing fuel and services

required by the oilfield — we want to be here for the longrun!”

Although the company evolved out of a family-ownedguiding and consulting business, Colville’s fuel operationsofficially began in 1985 and have expanded over the yearsby adding custom trucks and services. With its specializedknowledge of bulk fuel in the Arctic and operators withyears of northern driving experience, Colville now pro-vides the majority of fuel in Prudhoe industrial area.

2000 was a very good yearIn April of 2000, Colville Inc. not only purchased

Brooks Range Supply, a major provider of commoditiesand parts on the slope, but also started up its solid wastedivision that is now the largest provider of solid waste util-ity services in the North Slope industrial area.

Solid Waste Removal — Facing winds, temperaturesand time constraints (North Slope Borough landfill hours),Colville’s drivers load refuse and bring it back to the yardfor sorting. They employ the Stellar hook system, whichloads full containers and exchanges them for empties. Thehook trucks minimize travel time by moving three dump-sters in one trip. “We started our solid waste program bysending out one guy in a little blue compactor truck todrum up some business,” says operations manager BillLyons. “Now we have five trucks and a BobCat dedicatedto the department.”

“We are on-demand refuse hauling,” says Merchen.“Customers call for service when their dumpsters are full.We have one driver on the truck all the time and one per-son in the yard that processes and sorts. We try to pull asmuch out as we can for recycling.”

“The solid waste crew has done a remarkable job,” saysColville chief Jeff Helmericks. “We started with 14 peoplewhen they took over. Now we’re down to three per shift.”

Arctic alchemy“Recycling is simple in theory, but in Alaska it is more

challenging because of transportation issues and some-times you just can’t find an avenue to take it. But, we’remaking good progress. Tires, for example, are recappedand put back into use in Alaska. Those that are not

reusable are chipped and put into use asbumpers, playground mats and road surfac-ing material.”

Colville boxes up and ships oily wasteto Spokane where it is used to generateelectricity, sends metal to Fairbanks forrecycling, burns wood construction debrisin a pallet burner that heats two ofColville’s warehouses and compacts wasteheaded for the landfill to lessen volume.Although trash is picked up only west ofthe Kuparuk River, recycling services areoffered for the entire oil field.

“Our main focus is on the recycle andminimization of the waste that gets buried.At the end of the day, recycling is just theright thing to do,” says Helmericks. “We’reaggressive about finding markets. So farthe best solutions seem to be low tech. But,who would have thought that one of ourbiggest challenges would be to find a way

to recycle a two by four in Alaska!” Recycling is labor and cost intensive, according to

Lyons. “There’s no way around it. We dothe best we can, but it can get overwhelm-ing at times. Anyone interested in recy-cling metal or wood or any trash they canfind a use for, can contact us.”

Although transportation in Alaska isexpensive, many freight containers returnsouth empty. Colville’s far north recyclershave been able to take advantage of lessexpensive back haul rates, which helpmake recycling more economically feasi-ble.

Brooks Range Supply — Known as“Your Source on the Slope,” Brooks RangeSupply has a deeply carved a niche as aNorth Slope supplier. The company, origi-nally Prudhoe Bay Supply, has been acommodities and parts touchstone forslope companies since 1980 and directly on the slope since1984. The company is a full line parts and industrial sup-ply company selling any and all products associated withwork in the oil field. After parts, commodities are the sec-ond-line mainstay, items like lumber, paint supplies, coldweather gear, safety and welding supplies, fittings andother essentials to working in remote locations. WhenColville acquired the company, it opened a complementaryavenue to provide oilfield customers with what they needwhen they need it.

More change in the windJust as the purchase of BRS complemented existing

services, Colville’s recently announced purchase of thePrudhoe Bay General Store enhances what Brooks Rangeis already offering. Both stores and the post office will behoused in the existing Brooks Range building, with theGeneral Store and post office occupying the upstairs.

It may not be Ye Old General Store with the pot-belliedstove and conversation rockers, but the combination of thebusinesses will be inviting to consumers with its one-stop-shopping convenience and extended hours. Brooks Rangewill continue its need-it-right-now parts service and rou-tine operations and maintenance parts, but the addition ofthe General Store will make items like cold medications,toothpaste, tobacco, magazines and other sundries morereadily available. Items like Carhartts and Red Wing bootswill move downstairs for 24/7 accessibility.

“It’s an excellent opportunity to enhance what is avail-able to the public and to enhance what is sold at BrooksRange Supply,” says Silver. “We plan to open January 1.”

Helmericks is enthusiastic about the purchase: “This isa good fit; it’s the other side of the retail trade. It all cametogether rather quickly, but it’s a good fit.”

A tight teamColville employees are knowledgeable and experienced

in what it takes to succeed in the Arctic. “We have a goodgroup on the slope, a good crew. They are hard-working,seasoned employees that get the job done.” says Lyons.

From the employee viewpoint, Merchen echoes thesentiment. “Colville is an excellent place to work. It’simpressive what they’ve done from where they started. Allthe changes are another opportunity for those who work

here. I think with current leadership, if we all pull together,we are on the way to being a major concern on the slope.”

Helmericks believes that employees typically producebetter results if you allow them the freedom to provide theservice. “Plus, they refine my visions with solutions Inever even thought of. I’m always impressed by what theyproduce, and it’s gratifying to see them take stewardshipand express the desire to move on with the company.” l

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Kenai AviationP.O. Box 46Kenai, AK 99611Contact: Bob or Jim BielefeldPhone: (907) 283-4124Phone: (800) 478-4124 (within Alaska)Fax: (907) 283-5267Email: kb@chugach.netAir taxi services provided since 1961 state wide, mostlyCook Inlet. Single engine and twin Bonanza.

LyndenAlaska Marine LinesAlaska Railbelt MarineAlaska West ExpressLynden Air CargoLynden Air FreightLynden InternationalLynden LogisticsLynden Transport6441 S. Airpark Pl.Anchorage, AK 99502Contact: Jeanine St. JohnPhone: (907) 245-1544Fax: (907) 245-1744Email: custsvc@lynden.comThe combined scope of the Lynden companies includestruckload and less-than-truckload highway connec-tions, scheduled barges, intermodal bulk chemicalhauls, scheduled and chartered air freighters, domesticand international air forwarding and international seaforwarding services.

Northern Air Cargo3900 W. International Airport Rd. Anchorage, AK 99502Contact: Nick Karnos, acct. mgr. Anch./Prudhoe BayPhone: (907) 249-5161Fax: (907) 249-5194Email: nkarnos@nac.aeroWeb site: www.nac.aeroServing the aviation needs of rural Alaska for almost50 years, NAC is the states largest all cargo carrier mov-ing nearly 100 million pounds of cargo on scheduledflights to 17 of Alaska’s busiest airports. NAC’s fleet ofDC-6, B-727, and ATR-42 aircraft are available for char-ters to remote sites and flag stops to 44 additional

communities.

Northwestern Arctic Air6231 S. Airpark Pl.Anchorage, AK 99502Contact: Judy McClellan, office mgr.Phone: (907) 245-4566Fax: (907) 245-4567Email: pugslie@pobox.alaska.netWeb site: www.NWArcticAirAK.comOn-demand, worldwide, air charter service, Russia Far-East experience, medical transports, express packagedelivery, secure convenient, cost-effective, 24/7.Member Medallion Foundation.

Renew Air TaxiP.O. Box 61230Fairbanks, AK 99706Contact: Bob WenerPhone: (907) 457-7287Fax: (907) 457-7288Email: renew1@aol.comWeb site: www.RenewAir.comOther Office:Dillingham, AK 99576Phone: (907) 842-3440Turbine Otter air support for remote seismic explo-ration, mining and construction sites. Cargo, fuel andpassengers on wheels, wheel skis and amphibian floats.

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

Architecture

Kuukpik - LCMF

139 E. 51st Ave.Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Richard Rearick, architectural mgr.Contact: Willey Wilhelm, engineering mgr.Contact: Tony Hoffman, survey mgr.Phone: (907) 273-1830Phone: (800) 955-1830Fax: (907) 273-1831Email: lcmfanch@alaska.netOther Offices:Barrow: (800) 478-8213Email: ktoovak@lcmf.comAlpine: (907) 670-4739Email: alp1035@ppco.comArctic specialized architectural and engineering designfor all structures; water/sewer, fuel and transportationsystems design; contractor support surveying and per-mitting for oil and gas development; dredging opera-tions, remote site land and hydrographic surveying.

Arctic Engineering

ASRC Energy Services3900 C St., Ste. 701Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Jack Laasch, exec. vp strategic dev. and exter-nal affairsPhone: (907) 339-6200Fax: (907) 339-6212Email: jack.laasch@asrcenergry.comWeb site: www.asrcenergy.comOil and gas services, engineering, construction, opera-tions, maintenance, pipeline construction and mainte-nance, project management, geological and geophysi-cal, drilling and completion engineering, well stimula-tion, exploration services.

ASRC Energy Services – Engineering andTechnology3900 C St.Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: John Lewis, vp operationsPhone: (907) 339-6200Fax: (907) 339-6212Email: john.lewis@asrcenergy.comWeb site: www.asrcenergy.comDrilling and completion engineering, well stimulation,

SERVICES, EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES

Access Road/Work Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B4Air Passenger/Charter & Support . . . . . . . . . . . . .B4Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B4Arctic Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B4Arctic Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B5Aviation Fuel Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B5Bearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B5Buildings – Modular . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B5Camps, Catering & Lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B5Cash Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B5Cellular Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B5Chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B5Chemical Analytical Lab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B5Civil & Hazardous Waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B5Commercial Diving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B5Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B6Computer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B6Construction Equipment & Materials . . . . . . . . . .B6Construction Project Management . . . . . . . . . . . .B6Consulting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B7Contractors - General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B7Contractors - Pipeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B7Control Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B7Corrosion Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B7Drilling & Well Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B7Drug Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B8Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B8Employee Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B8Energy Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B8Engineering Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B8Environmental Engineering & Consulting . . . . . .B9Environmental Response & Cleanup . . . . . . . . . .B12Environmental Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B13Equipment & Heavy Hauling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B13Equipment Sales/Rental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B13Expeditor/Clerk Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B13Fertilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B13Financial Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B13Fire Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B14Freight/Shipping & Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B14Fueling Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B14General Oilfield Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B14Geophysical & Geological Services . . . . . . . . . . .B14Health Care Professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B15Helicopter Contract/Charter Services . . . . . . . . .B15Industrial Gases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B15Industrial Parts & Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B15Inspection Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B15Instrumentation Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B15

Laboratory Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B15Legal Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B15Logistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B15Machining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B16Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B16Management Consulting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B16Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B16Marine Services & Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . .B16Mat Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B16Mechanical & Electrical Inspection . . . . . . . . . . .B17Medical Facilities & Emergency Response . . . . .B17Medical Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B17Metal Distributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B17Movers/Relocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B17Mud & Mudlogging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B17Office Furniture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B17Oilfield Service & Rig Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B17Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B17Pipe & Fittings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B17Pipeline Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B17Plumbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B17Power Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B17Process Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B17Procurement Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B17Production Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B18Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B18Recycling Waste Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B18Reporting Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B19Right of Way Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B19Safety Equipment & Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B19Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B19Seismic & Geophysical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B19Soil Stabilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B19Space Design/Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B19Steel Fabrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B19Steel Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B19Surveying & Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B19Tank Fabrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B20Telephone Equipment & Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B20Temporary Placement Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B20Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B20Underwater NDT & Photography . . . . . . . . . . . .B20Underwater Welding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B20Vehicle Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B20Vehicle Sales/Rental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B20Welding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B20Weld Repairs/Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B20

OIL COMPANIES

Operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B20

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facilities engineering, upstream explo-ration and production services, geologi-cal and geophysical services, automa-tion, electrical and instrumentation,platform renovation and construction.

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

Great Northern Engineering137 E. Arctic Ave.Palmer, AK 99645Contact: John H. Riggs, general mgr.Phone: (907) 745-6988Fax: (907) 745-0591Email: gne@mtaonline.netWebsite: www.greatnorthernengineer-ing.comAnchorage office: 561-0200Kenai office: 283-5199Great Northern Engineering (GNE) is afull-service engineering firm specializingin industrial power and petro-chemicalengineering. Complete engineeringservices in mechanical, electrical, civil,structural, rotating equipment, and cor-rosion engineering. Consulting servicesin project design, preparation of projectdocuments, bid assistance, project man-agement, cost estimating and inspectionservices.

Arctic Gear

PGS Onshore341 W. Tudor Rd., Ste. 206Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Larry Watt, Alaska area mgr. Phone: (907) 569-4049Fax: (907) 569-4047Email: larry.watt@pgsonshore.comHouston Office738 Hwy 6 South, Ste 900Houston, TX 77079Contact: Gehrig SchultzPhone: (281) 589-6732Fax: (281) 589-6685Email: gehrig.schultz@pgsonshore.comGeophysical acquisition and processingfor the petroleum industry. PGS Onshoreprovides fully rubber tracked Arctic geo-physical crews to acquire the highestdensity data with the softest environ-mental footprint on the North Slope.

Aviation Fuel Sales

Umiat Commercial2700 S. Cushman St.Fairbanks, AK 99701Contact: Mike TolbertPhone: (907) 452-6631Fax: (907) 451-8632Email: mike@taigaventures.comUCC provides lodging and fuel sales atUmiat located on the Colville River. Weare open 24 hours a day everyday of theyear.

Bearings

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

Buildings — Modular

Alaska Cover-All LLC 6740 Jollipan Crt.Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Paul Nelson, mgr.Phone: (907) 346-1319Fax: (907) 346-4400Email: paul@alaskacoverall.comContact: Henry Brown Phone: (907) 646-1219National Call Center: 1-800-268-3768

We are the Alaska dealers for Cover-AllBuilding Systems. Steel framed, fullyengineered, LDPE fabric covered,portable buildings in 18 to 270 footwidths and any length.

Alaska Dreams522 Goldstreak Rd.Fairbanks, AK 99712Contact: M. Huser, presidentPhone: (907) 455-7712Fax: (907) 455-7713Email: AlaskaDreams@att.netSpecialized in design, sales and construc-tion of fabric covered steel buildings, acost efficient building solution for manyapplications. We offer our worldwide,longtime experience for your futureproject.

Arctic Structures9312 Vanguard Dr., Ste. 200Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Ray GipsonPhone: (907) 522-2425Fax: (907) 522-2426Email: raygipson@arcticstructures.comCamps, offices, classrooms, clinics, etc. –large inventory of modular buildings forrent/sale or custom build – MANUFAC-TURED IN ALASKA. Supply/erect pre-engineered metal buildings.

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

Camps, Catering & Lodging

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

Arctic Structures9312 Vanguard Dr., Ste. 200Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Ray GipsonPhone: (907) 522-2425Fax: (907) 522-2426Email: raygipson@arcticstructures.comCamps, offices, classrooms, clinics, etc. –large inventory of modular buildings forrent/sale or custom build – MANUFAC-TURED IN ALASKA. Supply/erect pre-engineered metal buildings.

Chiulista Camp Services/MayflowerCatering6613 Brayton Dr., Ste. CAnchorage, AK 99507Contact: George B. Gardner, pres/gmPhone: (907) 278-2208Fax: (907) 677-7261Email: ggardner@calistacorp.comThe 100 percent Alaska Native ownedand operated catering company on theNorth Slope, catering and housekeepingto your tastes, not ours.

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

Kuukpik Arctic Catering5761 Silverado Way, Ste PAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: Rick MacMillanPhone: (907) 562-5588Fax: (907) 562-5898Email: rickkac@aol.com

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

Umiat Commercial2700 S. Cushman St.Fairbanks, AK 99701Contact: Mike TolbertPhone: (907) 452-6631Fax: (907) 451-8632Email: mike@taigaventures.comUCC provides lodging and fuel sales atUmiat located on the Colville River. Weare open 24 hours a day everyday of theyear.

Cash Management

UBS Financial Services, Inc.3000 A St., Ste 100Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Steven Lukshin, financial advis-erPhone: (907) 261-5914Toll Free: (866) 261-5914Fax: (907) 261-5990Email: steven.lukshin@ubs.comWeb site: www.ubs.com/fa/stevenlukshinUBS Financial Services is a leading U.S.financial service firm serving individuals,corporations and institutions offeringinvestments, cash management and401(k) services

Cellular Communications

ASTAC4300 B St., Ste. 501Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Erin EalumPhone: (907) 563-3989Phone: 1-800-478-6409Fax: (907) 563-1932Email: info@astac.netFull service cellular company providingcellular and wireless solutions, includingequipment sales and service, wirelessInternet, maintenance and installationto the North Slope region of Alaska.

Chemicals

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

MI SWACO721 W. First Ave.Anchorage, AK 99501 &225 W. 92nd Ave.Anchorage, AK 99515Contact: Craig BieberPhone: (907) 274-5564Email: mialaska@alaska.net or dsr@alas-ka.netMI SWACO DSR combines Alaska know-how and global strength to provide theoil industry with a full-service drillingpartner

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

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

Chemical Analytical Lab

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

Civil & Hazardous Waste

MWH1835 S. Bragaw St., Ste. 350Anchorage, AK 99508Contact: Brett JokelaPhone: (907) 248-8883Fax: (907) 248-8884Email: Brett.Jokela@mwhglobal.comThe engineers, scientists, and construc-tors of MWH provide innovative projectsand solutions for clients throughoutAlaska and Worldwide.

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

Commercial Diving

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

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

Storm Chasers Marine Svc.P.O. Box 757Seward, AK 99664Contact: Mica Van BuskirkPhone: (907) 224-3536Fax: (907) 224-6080Email: info@stormchasersmarine.comProviding quality marine services inAlaska for over 15 years. Commercialdiving, underwater welding, underwater

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inspection with video, vessel repair,marine construction and marine salvageservices.

Communications

Alaska Telecom6623 Brayton Dr.Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Kevin GrayPhone: (907) 344-1223Fax: (907) 344-1612Email: klg@alaskatelecom.comFairbanks Office:713 Gaffney Rd.Fairbanks, AK 99701Contact: Becky CummingsPhone: (907) 456-1223Providing telecommunications supportto oil exploration and production com-panies and contractors. Satellite commu-nications, voice, data, microwave,VHF/UHF radio, engineering and installa-tion.

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

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

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

MEDC International5829 West Sam Houston Pkwy, North,Ste.1005Houston, TX 77041Contact: Phil Hausman, sales mgr. -AmericasPhone: (713) 937-9772Fax: (713) 937-9773Cell: (713) 410-1144Email: phausman@medcint.comOther Office: MEDC Ltd. – UK

Web site: www.medc.comMEDC design, manufacture and sell arange of UL/CSA/ATEX-NEC/IEC approvedfield devices for fire & gas and commu-nications systems for use in potentiallyexplosive atmospheres.

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

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

Computer Software

Lasser Inc.3244 NW Grand Blvd.Oklahoma City, OK 73116Contact: Owen Lowe, sales/RichieWorthington, supportPhone: (405) 842-4010Fax: (405) 840-6092Email: lpd-sales@lasser.comWeb site: www.lasser.comLasser production data provides histori-cal oil and gas production on CD-ROMas well as digital and hard copy maps.

Construction Equipment & Materials

Alaska Dreams522 Goldstreak Rd.Fairbanks, AK 99712Contact: M. Huser, presidentPhone: (907) 455-7712Fax: (907) 455-7713Email: AlaskaDreams@att.netAs an independent Rockford steel build-ing dealer we provide full service, indus-try leading hi-tech durable steel con-struction. The fully engineered and com-plete buildings guarantee fast and eco-nomical on site erection.

Brooks Range SupplyPouch 3400081 Old Spine RoadPrudhoe Bay, AK 99734Contact: Mike Kunkel/John Daly, gen.mgrs., Craig Welch, mgr. special. projectsPhone: (907) 659-2550Toll Free: (866) 659-2550Fax: (907) 659-2650Email: brooks@astacalaska.comYour source on the Slope for safety sup-plies, welding supplies, automotive andtruck parts, hardware, tools, steel, build-ing materials, glass, propane, hydraulichoses and fittings, paint and chemicals.Napa and True Value Hardware distribu-tion.

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

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

Spenard Builders Supply4412 Lois DriveAnchorage, AK 99517Contact: Sean LangtonPhone: (907) 563-3141Fax: (907) 261-9140Email: slangton@sbsalaska.comSBS is Alaska’s largest source of buildingmaterials with 14 locations throughoutthe state. Specialized oilfield supportprovided through our Commercial Salesdivision.

Construction ProjectManagement

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

industrial client projects.

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

Great Northern Engineering137 E. Arctic Ave.Palmer, AK 99645Contact: John H. Riggs, general mgr.Phone: (907) 745-6988Fax: (907) 745-0591Email: gne@mtaonline.netWebsite: www.greatnorthernengineer-ing.comAnchorage office: 561-0200Kenai office: 283-5199Great Northern Engineering (GNE) is afull-service engineering firm specializingin industrial power and petro-chemicalengineering. Complete engineeringservices in mechanical, electrical, civil,structural, rotating equipment, and cor-rosion engineering. Consulting servicesin project design, preparation of projectdocuments, bid assistance, project man-agement, cost estimating and inspectionservices.

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

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

Lounsbury and Associates723 W. 6th Ave.Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Craig L. Savage, presidentE-mail: csavage@lounsburyinc.comContact: Jim Sawhill, vpEmail: jsawhill@lounsburyinc.comPhone: (907) 272-5451Fax: (907) 272-9065Toll Free: (800) 478-5451Website: www.lounsburyinc.com

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Provides civil engineering and projectmanagement services for oilfield devel-opment. Recent projects include: Tarn,Pam and Colville Delta North.

Michael Baker Jr.4601 Business Park Blvd., Ste. 42Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: John M. Eldred, business unitmgr.Phone: (907) 273-1115Fax: (907) 273-1699Email: jeldred@mbakercorp.comWebsite: www.mbakercorp.comJuneau office: 175 Franklin St., Ste. 420Juneau, AK 99801Contact: McKie Campbell, sr. environ-mental mgr.Phone: (907) 463-3171Fax: (907) 463-3107Email: mckie@gci.netEngineering skills include civil, structural,mechanical, electrical, project manage-ment, GIS, and hydrology. Energy servic-es include CMMS (computerized mainte-nance management), managed opera-tion and maintenance, training/compe-tency services, and other related energyservices.

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

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

Consulting

Kuukpik/Veritas2000 E. 88th Ave.Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Jeff HastingsPhone: (907) 276-6037Fax: (907) 279-5740Email: Jeff_Hastings@VeritasDGC.com

Contractors — General

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

Alaska Telecom6623 Brayton Dr.Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Kevin GrayPhone: (907) 344-1223Fax: (907) 344-1612Email: klg@alaskatelecom.comFairbanks Office:713 Gaffney Rd.Fairbanks, AK 99701Contact: Becky CummingsPhone: (907) 456-1223Providing telecommunications supportto oil exploration and production com-panies and contractors. Satellite commu-nications, voice, data, microwave,VHF/UHF radio, engineering and installa-tion.

American Marine Corp.6000 A St.Anchorage, AK 99518Contact: Tom Ulrich, reg. mgr. svc. groupPhone: (907) 562-5420Fax: (907) 562-5426Email: alaska@amsghq.com

Web site: www.amsghq.comAmerican Marine Corp. provides fullservice marine construction and divingservices throughout Alaska and thePacific Basin.

Arctic Structures9312 Vanguard Dr., Ste. 200Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Ray GipsonPhone: (907) 522-2425Fax: (907) 522-2426Email: raygipson@arcticstructures.comCamps, offices, classrooms, clinics, etc. –large inventory of modular buildings forrent/sale or custom build – MANUFAC-TURED IN ALASKA. Supply/erect pre-engineered metal buildings.

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

ASRC Energy Services – Operationsand Maintenance3900 C St.Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Mark Nelson, exec. vpPhone: (907) 339-6200Fax: (907) 339-6212Email: mark.nelson@asrcenergy.comWeb site: www.asrcenergy.comOil and gas services, industrial construc-tion, operations and maintenance, mod-ule fabrication and assembly, projectmanagement and non-destructive test-ing.

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

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

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

H.C. Price301 W. Northern Lights Blvd., #300Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: David L. MatthewsPhone: (907) 278-4400Fax: (907) 278-3255Other offices: Dallas, Texas, and interna-tional.Email: dmatthews@hcpriceco.comEPC contractor performing oilfield sup-port construction projects and otherheavy industrial projects statewide.

MWH1835 S. Bragaw St., Ste. 350Anchorage, AK 99508Contact: Brett JokelaPhone: (907) 248-8883Fax: (907) 248-8884Email: Brett.Jokela@mwhglobal.comThe engineers, scientists, and construc-tors of MWH provide innovative projectsand solutions for clients throughout

Alaska and Worldwide.

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

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

Welding ServicesP.O. Box 7248Nikiski, AK 99635Mile 20.5 Kenai Spur Hwy.North Kenai, AKContact: Keith T. RahamPhone: (907) 776-8279Fax: (907) 776-8279Cell Phone: (907) 252-5466General Contractor #27005. Oilfield andgeneral welding fabrication and repairservices including aluminum, stainlesssteel and carbon steel.

Contractors — Pipeline

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

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

H.C. Price301 W. Northern Lights Blvd., #300Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: David L. MatthewsPhone: (907) 278-4400Fax: (907) 278-3255Other offices: Dallas, Texas, and interna-tional.Email: dmatthews@hcpriceco.comEPC contractor performing oilfield sup-port construction projects and otherheavy industrial projects statewide.

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

Control Systems

Arctic Controls1120 E. 5th Ave.Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Scott Stewart, presidentPhone: (907) 277-7555Fax: (907) 277-9295Email: sstewart@arcticcontrols.comWebsite: www.arcticcontrols.comAn Alaskan owned and operated com-pany since,1985, Arctic Controls, Inc. hasbeen highly successful as manufacturerrepresentatives for the state of Alaska inthe Process Control and Instrumentation

field. Selling equipment to the oil andgas markets, mining and water waste-water/municipal markets.

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

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

Corrosion Analysis

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

Drilling & Well Services

ASRC Energy Services – Engineeringand Technology3900 C St.Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: John Lewis, vp operationsPhone: (907) 339-6200Fax: (907) 339-6212Email: john.lewis@asrcenergy.comWeb site: www.asrcenergy.comDrilling and completion engineering,well stimulation, facilities engineering,upstream exploration and productionservices, geological and geophysical serv-ices, automation, electrical and instru-mentation, platform renovation andconstruction.

Baker Hughes Inteq7260 Homer Dr.Anchorage, AK 99518Contact: Dave Reimer, AK mgr.Phone: (907) 267-6600Cell Phone: (907) 250-6420Fax: (907) 267-6623Email: dave.reimer@inteq.comWeb site: www.bakerhughes.comBaker Hughes Inteq delivers advanceddrilling technologies and services thatdeliver efficiency and precise well place-ment. Major capabilities include direc-tional drilling, measurement-while-drilling (MWD), logging-while-drilling(LWD), drilling fluids, and well-site infor-mation management services.

Doyon Ltd.Doyon Drilling, Inc.101 W. Benson Blvd., Ste. 503Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Ron WilsonPhone: (907) 563-5530Fax: (907) 561-8986Email: rwilson@doyondrilling.comWeb site: www.doyon.comDoyon Drilling, a leader in Arcticdrilling, provides drilling and casing serv-ices on Alaska’s North Slope.

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

B8 PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF NOVEMBER 21, 2004PETROLEUM DIRECTORYHorizon Well Logging700 W. 58th St., EAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: Bernie Leas, AK oper. mgr.Phone: (907) 563-7002Fax: (907) 563-7005Email: bleas@mudloggers.comOther office711 St. Andrews WayLompac, CA 93436Phone: (805) 733-0972Web site: www.horizon-well-logging.comExpert geological mudlogging service.Our Data Hub system provides the inter-face between drilling technology and allthe people who need to know what’shappening on the rig and in theground.

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

Nabors Alaska Drilling2525 C St., Ste. 200Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Leslie AdamsPhone: (907) 263-6000Fax: (907) 563-3734Email: leslie.adams@nabors.com

Nordic-Calista Services4700 Business Park Blvd., Bldg. E, #19Anchorage, AK 99503Phone: (907) 561-7458Fax: (907) 563-8347Contact: Phil Snisarenko, OperationsMgr. Email: psnis@nordic-calista.comNordic-Calista Services provides innova-tive, reliable workover/drilling rigsspecifically designer for arctic conditions.We strive to maximize productivity andefficiency while promoting safety andenvironmentally-conscious drill practices.

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

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

Schlumberger Oilfield Services2525 Gambell St.Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Daniel PalmerPhone: (907) 273-1700Fax: (907) 561-8317Email: Palmer2@slb.comWeb site: www.slb.comSchlumberger Oilfield Services providespeople and technology, working togeth-er to offer exploration and productionsolutions for the life of oil and gas reser-voirs.

Unique Machine5839 Old Seward HwyAnchorage, AK 99518

Contact: Pat Hanley, COOPhone: (907) 563-3012Fax: (907) 562-1376Email: office@uniquemachineinc.comWeb site: www.uniquemachineinc.comThe design, development, manufactureand distribution of oilfield construction,mining, fishing and government parts toindustry quality standards.

Drug Testing

Worksafe300 W. 36th Ave., Ste. AAnchorage, AK 99503Phone: (907) 563-8378Fax: (907) 563-8380Web site: www.worksafeinc.comWorksafe works to keep your employeesfrom getting hurt on the job if they areusing drugs or alcohol. Worksafe DrugTesting increases productivity, reducesliability with fewer injuries and acci-dents and provides insurance cost sav-ings.

Electrical

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

Precision Power5801 Silverado WayAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: John Cameron, gen. mgr.Phone: (907) 561-7797Fax: (907) 561-7799Email: jcameron@prepower.netWeb site: www.precisionpowerllc.comOther officeAuburn, WA (253) 887-9596Deadhorse, AK (907) 670-5519Premier source for custom manufac-tured generators, power plants, UPSSystems, DC Power Systems: Sales,Service, Rental. Parts for Waukesha,Mitsubishi, John Deere, Generac, MQPower & Energys-Eltek

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

Employee Services

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

Worksafe300 W. 36th Ave., Ste. AAnchorage, AK 99503Phone: (907) 563-8378Fax: (907) 563-8380Web site: www.worksafeinc.comWorksafe works to keep your employeesfrom getting hurt on the job if they areusing drugs or alcohol. Worksafe DrugTesting increases productivity, reducesliability with fewer injuries and acci-dents and provides insurance cost sav-ings.

Energy Services

ASRC Energy Services3900 C St., Ste. 701

Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Jack Laasch, exec. vp strategicdev. and external affairsPhone: (907) 339-6200Fax: (907) 339-6212Email: jack.laasch@asrcenergry.comWeb site: www.asrcenergy.comOil and gas services, engineering, con-struction, operations, maintenance,pipeline construction and maintenance,project management, geological andgeophysical, drilling and completionengineering, well stimulation, explo-ration services.

ASRC Energy Services – Operationsand Maintenance3900 C St.Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Mark Nelson, exec. vpPhone: (907) 339-6200Fax: (907) 339-6212Email: mark.nelson@asrcenergy.comWeb site: www.asrcenergy.comOil and gas services, industrial construc-tion, operations and maintenance, mod-ule fabrication and assembly, projectmanagement and non-destructive test-ing.

Hunter 3-D6001 Savoy, Ste. 110Houston, TX 77036Contact: Dan Huston, vice presidentPhone: (713) 981-4650Fax: (713) 981-4650Email: hunter3d@wt.netWeb site: www.hunter3dinc.comHunter 3-D is a geophysical consultingcompany based in Houston, Texas. Weinterpret seismic, gravity and magneticdata for projects in Alaska and world-wide.

Michael Baker Jr.4601 Business Park Blvd., Ste. 42Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: John M. Eldred, business unitmgr.Phone: (907) 273-1115Fax: (907) 273-1699Email: jeldred@mbakercorp.comWebsite: www.mbakercorp.comJuneau office: 175 Franklin St., Ste. 420Juneau, AK 99801Contact: McKie Campbell, sr. environ-mental mgr.Phone: (907) 463-3171Fax: (907) 463-3107Email: mckie@gci.netEngineering skills include civil, structural,mechanical, electrical, project manage-ment, GIS, and hydrology. Energy servic-es include CMMS (computerized mainte-nance management), managed opera-tion and maintenance, training/compe-tency services, and other related energyservices.

Engineering Services

AES Lynx Enterprises1029 W. 3rd Ave., Ste.400Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Mark Schindler, president &CEOContact: Diane Fleisher, office mgr. Phone: (907) 277-4611Fax: (907) 277-4717Email: mschindler@lynxalaska.comLynx professionals offer the followingservices: major project strategic planningand project management; onshore andoffshore projects, exploration and devel-opment phases, permits and right-of-way acquisition, National EnvironmentalPolicy Act (NEPA) documentation,Environmental Assessment (EA) andEnvironmental Impact Statement (EIS)preparation.

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

Alaska Telecom6623 Brayton Dr.

Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Kevin GrayPhone: (907) 344-1223Fax: (907) 344-1612Email: klg@alaskatelecom.comFairbanks Office:713 Gaffney Rd.Fairbanks, AK 99701Contact: Becky CummingsPhone: (907) 456-1223Providing telecommunications supportto oil exploration and production com-panies and contractors. Satellite commu-nications, voice, data, microwave,VHF/UHF radio, engineering and installa-tion.

Alpine-Meadow11043 Tsusena CircleEagle River, AK 99577Contact: George Snodgrass, presidentPhone: (907) 694-7423Fax: (907) 694-7423Email: grsnodgrass@alpine-meadow.comWebsite: www.alpine-meadow.comWe are a small, low-cost, professional,personal company with 18 years engi-neering and environmental experiencein Alaska with major oil companies. Weoffer permitting and compliance, strate-gic planning, incident investigations, cri-sis management services.

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

ENSR International1835 S. Bragaw St., Ste. 490 Anchorage, AK 99512Contact: Chris L. Humphrey, P.E.Phone: (907) 561-5700Fax: (907) 273-4555Email: chumphrey@ensr.comServing Alaska since 1977. ENSR is anenvironmental engineering and consult-ing firm with more than 70 officesworldwide providing environmentalplanning, assessment, permitting, com-pliance management and contaminationcleanup.

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

Great Northern Engineering137 E. Arctic Ave.Palmer, AK 99645Contact: John H. Riggs, general mgr.Phone: (907) 745-6988Fax: (907) 745-0591Email: gne@mtaonline.netWebsite: www.greatnorthernengineer-ing.comAnchorage office: 561-0200Kenai office: 283-5199Great Northern Engineering (GNE) is afull-service engineering firm specializingin industrial power and petro-chemicalengineering. Complete engineeringservices in mechanical, electrical, civil,structural, rotating equipment, and cor-rosion engineering. Consulting servicesin project design, preparation of projectdocuments, bid assistance, project man-agement, cost estimating and inspectionservices.

Kakivik Asset Management5401 Fairbanks St., Ste. 3Anchorage, AK 99518Phone: (907) 770-9400Fax: (907) 770-9450Contact: Mark Hylen, president/CEOEmail: mhylen@kakivik.comWeb site: www.kakivik.comFairbanks OfficePhone: (907) 451-4898Fax: (907) 451-4897Valdez OfficePhone: (907) 831-1390

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Jackovich Industrial and ConstructionSupply: Keeping the Arctic up and running

By SUSAN BRAUNDPetroleum Directory Contributing Writer

eed to keep your wheels movin’ at 60 below?Customers from all over the world know to just callBuz Jackovich. He knows what products work. Infact, he probably had a hand in their development.

With 35 years experience in the North, Jackovich Industrialand Construction Supply has become expert at industrialsolutions. The knowledgeable Jackovich team can tell acontractor what type of arctichoses to use for rigs, the digteeth needed for a permafrostloader, the type of cables forrigging, right down to the right oil and grease to keepequipment moving.

“We’re always looking for new lines and equipment andways to make it work here,” explains company ownerJackovich. “We talk to the manufacturers about the oil,grease and hoses they use up here. Now, if we can just getthe actual equipment made right for our conditions, itwould not have to be changed when it gets here. We givethem our best advice because we feel with our experienceof being here all of our lives, we have become experts inoperating equipment in cold climates.”

Jackovich extends an offer to new companies coming towork in Alaska’s harsh environment: “we can make yourlife and operations a lot easier. Don’t learn the hard way;let us save you time and money and tell you what weknow.”

Jackovich TractorJoe Jackovich and his nephew Buz opened their doors

in Fairbanks as Jackovich Tractor in August 1969 after pur-chasing Western Tractor and Equipment out of Seattle.Through the ‘70s their products and services were instru-mental in supplying materials needed for the trans-Alaskapipeline and its camps.

“We were the very first ones for oil and gas and wewere one of the first for roads and airstrips — gettingequipment up north so they could develop Prudhoe Bay.They needed equipment to get Cats out of water so theycould keep going. I remember making up chokers, wrap-ping them up in a small enough ball to fit into a 180 for theflight North. We were worked with the pipeline contractors

on the first road and provided the first drilling supplies onthe first well. Those early companies are still our cus-tomers. They stick with us because we know our business.”

In the 1980s the name changed to Jackovich Industrial& Construction Supply, Inc. to better describe their servic-es. Today 35 years later, Jackovich continues to serve thepetroleum, timber, mining and construction industries.

The company, which stocks well over 3.5 million dol-lars in inventory and employs more than 40 Alaskans (80at peak season), has three locations in Alaska: one in

Fairbanks and two inAnchorage. When the elderJackovich passed away in 2000,Buz became the sole owner and

his son Troy also works in the business.

The storesThe Anchorage stores are Jackovich Industrial and

Construction Supply and The Parker Store. JackovichIndustrial provides construction supplies, especially for arc-tic conditions, and the Parker Store specializes in hydraulichoses and fittings that help customer applications workfaster, cleaner, smaller, quieter and more efficiently.

In Fairbanks, the Jackovich Industrial 10,000 squarefoot store and 40,000 square foot yard also has the SamsonHardware, the oldest hardware store in Alaska, built in1903. “It’s one of the moist unique stores in Alaska: wehave some of the old supplies like washboards, ceramicplates, the old type of mosquito dope, washtubs and otherthings prospectors might like.”

Major lines carried at Jackovich stores Alkota Cleaning Systems — Steam Cleaners, Pressure

Washers and Parts Washers sized for home or commercialuse.

Bethlehem Steel Wire Rope — Wire rope made in theUSA from 1/16 inch to 1-1/2 inch for hoist and craneropes, winch lines, bridles and slings made to your specifi-cations.

Civacon/OPW — Fuel handling equipment, nozzles,cam locks and truck transport equipment.

Desa/Master Heaters — all sizes available from 50,000BTU to 300,000 BTU Diesel, Fuel or Forced Air and war-ranty service center.

Lubriplate Lubricants — Specializing in Arctic lubri-

cants and greases down to minus 60 below in containersfrom cartridges to 55 gallon drums.

G H Hensley — Bucket teeth for loader and back hoes.Jackovich can fit all models and carry a huge inventory ofteeth and earthmoving components.

Graco Lubrication — Lube dispensing equipment. Airoperated grease pumps, hose reels, grease guns and zerks.

Husky Corporation — Gas and Diesel Nozzles in auto-matic and manual, leaded and unleaded with arctic sealsfor tough Alaska conditions.

Lincoln Engineering — Grease equipment for station-ary and portable lube dispensing systems. Grease guns,hoses, hose reels and air pumps for transferring oil andgrease.

Multiquip Inc. — all sizes of water pumps from 1 1/2”to 6” diesel and gas operated. Large selection of generators,rammers and plate compactors with generator sets avail-able from 3 kW to 6 kW.

Parker Hannifin Corp. — The largest inventory ofhydraulic hose fittings and adapters in stock. All sizes from? inch to 2 inch low and high pressure, plus brass adaptersand ball valves.

Stihl© — Chain saws, brushcutters and back packblowers. The worlds largest selling chain saw. Germanengineered and made in the USA. A large selection of allsizes in stock — along with bars, chains, chaps, oil, gascans and accessories.

Manufacturer buy-inBuz cites the biggest business challenge as “getting the

manufacturers to make stuff for arctic conditions.Goodyear developed a 60 below hose for us that still workstoday. We work with chemists on how to make things workin the Arctic. With the Fisk Brothers in Ohio we’ve devel-oped a low temperature, special Arctic grease that can stillbe pumped at 50 and 60 below, Lubriplate Mag I, now inuse for 25 years.”

“Our reward is that what we sell works for our cus-tomers and they save time and money. They’re not guineapigs; we know what we’re doing and realize that a lothinges on things working smoothly — the wheels do haveto turn at 50 below. Because we’re a locally–owned com-pany we often deal with people who live here. Over theyears when things have not worked, we’ve been willing togo to bat and make it work!” l

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Offering all elements of nondestructivetesting, inspection services, quality con-trol and asset management.

Kuukpik - LCMF139 E. 51st Ave.Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Richard Rearick, architecturalmgr.Contact: Willey Wilhelm, engineeringmgr.Contact: Tony Hoffman, survey mgr.Phone: (907) 273-1830Phone: (800) 955-1830Fax: (907) 273-1831Email: lcmfanch@alaska.netOther Offices:Barrow: (800) 478-8213Email: ktoovak@lcmf.comAlpine: (907) 670-4739Email: alp1035@ppco.comArctic specialized architectural and engi-neering design for all structures;water/sewer, fuel and transportation sys-tems design; contractor support survey-ing and permitting for oil and gas devel-opment; dredging operations, remotesite land and hydrographic surveying.

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

Natco CanadaP.O. Box 850, Stn. TCalgary, Alberta T2H2H3Contact: Kevin Baird, bus. dev. mgr.

Phone: (403) 203-2103Fax: (403) 236-0488Email: kbaird@natco-ca.comWeb site: www.natco-ca.comNatco Group engineers, designs andmanufactures process, wellhead andwater treatment equipment and systemsused in the production of oil and gasworldwide.

PDC Harris Group1231 Gambell St.Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Steve ThenoPhone: (907) 644-4716Fax: (907) 561-7028Email: stevetheno@pdceng.comContact: Mike MooraPhone: same as aboveFax: same as aboveEmail: mike.moora@harrisgroup.comWeb site: www.pdcharrisgroup.comPDC-Harris Group provides front-endengineering design, detailed design, andenvironmental permitting services to theoil, gas, and power generation markets.

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

VECO949 E. 36th Ave., Ste. 500

Anchorage, AK 99508Contact: Emily CrossPhone: (907) 762-1510Fax: (907) 762-1001Email: emily.cross@veco.comWeb site: www.VECO.comVECO is a multi-national corporationthat provides services, project manage-ment, engineering, procurement, con-struction, operations and maintenance –to the energy, resource and processindustries and the public sector.

Environmental Engineering & Consulting

AES Lynx Enterprises1029 W. 3rd Ave., Ste.400Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Mark Schindler, President &CEOContact: Diane Fleisher, office mgr. Phone: (907) 277-4611Fax: (907) 277-4717Email: mschindler@lynxalaska.comLynx professionals offer the followingservices: major project strategic planningand project management; onshore andoffshore projects, exploration and devel-opment phases, permits and right-of-way acquisition, National EnvironmentalPolicy Act (NEPA) documentation,Environmental Assessment (EA) andEnvironmental Impact Statement (EIS)preparation.

Alaska Anvil509 W. 3rd Ave.Anchorage, AK 99501–2237Contact: Frank WeissPhone: (907) 276-2747Fax: (907) 279-4088

Web site: anvilcorp.comOther office: Kenai50720 Kenai Spur Hwy, Mile 24.5Kenai, AK 99611Phone: (907) 776-5870Fax: (907) 770-5871Multi-discipline engineering and designservices including construction manage-ment for petro-chemical and heavyindustrial client projects.

Alpine-Meadow11043 Tsusena CircleEagle River, AK 99577Contact: George Snodgrass, presidentPhone: (907) 694-7423Fax: (907) 694-7423Email: grsnodgrass@alpine-meadow.comWebsite: www.alpine-meadow.comWe are a small, low-cost, professional,personal company with 18 years engi-neering and environmental experiencein Alaska with major oil companies. Weoffer permitting and compliance, strate-gic planning, incident investigations, cri-sis management services.

ENSR International1835 S. Bragaw St., Ste. 490 Anchorage, AK 99512Contact: Chris L. Humphrey, P.E.Phone: (907) 561-5700Fax: (907) 273-4555Email: chumphrey@ensr.comServing Alaska since 1977. ENSR is anenvironmental engineering and consult-ing firm with more than 70 officesworldwide providing environmentalplanning, assessment, permitting, com-pliance management and contaminationcleanup.

Golder Associates1750 Abbott Rd., Ste. 200

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Pumping up oilproduction at Alpine

Featured in this section are photographs by Judy Patrick of the Alpine facilitiesexpansion project at ConocoPhillips’ Colville River unit on Alaska’s North Slope.Work on phase one of the expansion project began in March and was completed inAugust.

The facility expansion, approved in two phases, will allow the Alpine plant toproduce as much as 140,000 barrels per day of oil, up from a two and a half yearaverage of 100,000 bpd.

Phase one carried a $60 million price tag and was designed to increase Alpine’scapacity to handle produced water. Although it was expected to increase oilthroughput by only about 5,000 bpd, Alpine production hit a new monthly high of113,350 bpd in October.

Phase two, a $58 million project expected to be completed next summer, willincrease both the oil handling and seawater injection capacities of the Alpine facil-ities.

Alpine is a near zero-discharge facility. The waste generated is reused, recycledor properly disposed.

There is no permanent road to the field; in the winter, ice roads are constructedto allow transportation of equipment and drilling supplies to the site. These roadsminimize environmental impacts, because in the spring the ice roads melt, leavingno trace on the tundra.

Small aircraft also provide service to Alpine.Declared commercial in 1996, Alpine was the largest onshore oil field discov-

ered in the United States in more than a decade. The western-most producing oilfield on Alaska’s North Slope, Alpine is in the Colville River area, 34 miles westof the Kuparuk River field, near the eastern border of the National PetroleumReserve-Alaska.

Editor’s note: See the latest news on Alpine in this issue on page A9, “Interiorapproves ConocoPhillips’ NPR-A development.”

Top: A welder works at AlpineBottom: Alpine field during summer

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Top left: MillwrightTop right: Alpine wells

Bottom: Cutting torch work

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

MWH1835 S. Bragaw St., Ste. 350Anchorage, AK 99508Contact: Brett JokelaPhone: (907) 248-8883Fax: (907) 248-8884Email: Brett.Jokela@mwhglobal.comThe engineers, scientists, and construc-tors of MWH provide innovative projectsand solutions for clients throughoutAlaska and Worldwide.

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

PDC Harris Group1231 Gambell St.Anchorage, AK 99501

Contact: Steve ThenoPhone: (907) 644-4716Fax: (907) 561-7028Email: stevetheno@pdceng.comContact: Mike MooraPhone: same as aboveFax: same as aboveEmail: mike.moora@harrisgroup.comWeb site: www.pdcharrisgroup.comPDC-Harris Group provides front-endengineering design, detailed design,and environmental permitting servicesto the oil, gas, and power generationmarkets.

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

Environmental Response & Cleanup

Alaska Interstate ConstructionP.O. Box 233769Anchorage, AK 99523Contact: John EllsworthPhone: (907) 562-2792Fax: (907) 562-4179Email: info@aicllc.comWebsite: www.aicllc.comAIC provides cost-effective solutions to

COMPANY NEWSDoyon executive is Alliance president

Mark Huber ofDoyon UniversalServices is servingas president of theAlaska SupportIndustry Alliancethis year.

Huber, a vicepresident atDoyon Universal,was chosen by theboard Sept. 23. He’s served on theAlliance board since 1999.

Huber’s executive committeeincludes some prominent names in theoilfield service industry, as well as otherbusiness leaders.

Jim Gilbert is vice president of gov-ernment relations. He’s president ofUdelhoven Oilfield Services Inc.

Jim Palmer of The Palmer Group anda former BP government relations execu-tive, is the vice president of public relations.

Eric Dompeling of Texas Iron Works, known as TIW, is secretary, and DavidLawer, a senior vice president of First National Bank Alaska, is treasurer.

Also on the executive committee is the immediate past president, Lynn Johnson ofDowland-Bach Corp.

JIM PALMERJIM GILBERT

LYNN JOHNSON

MARK HUBER

ERIC DOMPELING

New president at LounsburyJim Sawhill has been promoted to president of Alaska engi-

neering firm Lounsbury & Associates, replacing Craig Savage.Savage moves to the vice president’s job, and plans to retirewithin three years, the company announced Oct. 25.

“We have been anticipating this shift in corporate structure,and planning for changes in responsibility and new efficien-cies,” the new president said in a statement.

Also at the firm, Survey Manager Ken Ayers has taken anownership position and will take on new responsibilities inoperations as well as overseeing the surveying department.He’s a 15-year veteran at Lounsbury.

The company, founded in 1949 and based in Anchorage, provides engineering andproject management services, as well as surveying and planning, across the state.

JIM SAWHILL

AeroMap exec tapped for export panelTony Follett of AeroMap U.S. has been elected to a national export panel. Follett

will serve on the national steering committee for the U.S. District Export Councils.Follett is vice chairman of the Export Council of Alaska. He also serves as an

advisor to the Alaska Export Assistance Center and the nation-al Department of Commerce.

The export group’s steering committee coordinates com-munication between the local export councils and theCommerce Department, providing a link between businessleaders and the government to encourage exports.

Follett was chosen for the steering committee at the nation-al conference of the group in October.

AeroMap U.S. is the Alaska operation of Aero-Metric ofSheboygan, Wis. It provides imaging and analysis of terrainbased on data collected by satellites and airplanes. Theprocess also leads to detailed topographic mapping that can becustomized for various business uses.

AeroMap has four twin-engine aircraft in Alaska and 65 workers. The companyreceived an Export Achievement Certificate last year from Commerce SecretaryDon Evans.

Tony Follett,AeroMap U.S.

M-I Swaco introduces silicate-baseddrilling fluid

M-I Swaco said in early October that it has introduced a new silicate-baseddrilling fluid, Sildril, which the company said has been shown to “deliver theproven inhibition of invert-emulsion systems without the environmental limita-tions.”

A six-page, full color, brochure is available to interested parties, M-I Swacosaid. The brochure explains “how the highly inhibitive and low-toxicity Sildrildelivers high rates of penetration, making it a cost-effective alternative for deep-water and other applications requiring high shale inhibition. In areas subject tostrict environmental restrictions, the silicate-based system offers all the benefitsof a water-based drilling fluid,” M-I Swaco said.

Based in Houston, M-I Swaco is a leading supplier of drilling, reservoir drill-in, completion and production fluids products and systems, and solid control andwaste management services and equipment to the worldwide petroleum industry.

COMPANY NEWSAADE presents charities with Fin,Feather, Fur Food Festival proceeds

Earlier this fall the Alaska Chapter of the American Association of DrillingEngineers presented the proceeds of its annual Fin, Feather and Fur Food Festivalto three Anchorage charities.

Each of the following charities received a $2,650 check: • The Food Bank of Alaska (Susannah Morgan, executive director); • Downtown Soup Kitchen (Patty Barsalou, executive director); • Bean’s Café (Jim Crocket, executive director). The Alaska Chapter of the AADE has 112 members.The American Association of Drilling Engineers is a non-profit (IRS 501-6C),

volunteer organization that was founded in New Orleans in 1978. It is made up ofan affiliation of independent chapters licensed and governed by a national board.

Formation of the AADE was based on the fact that no existing drilling indus-try organization was consistently providing technical exchange specifically fordrilling engineers.

Nine AADE chapters are currently active in the following cities: New Orleans,Lafayette, Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, Midland (Permian Basin), OklahomaCity-Tulsa (Midcontinent), Denver, Bakersfield (West Coast), and Anchorage.

National membership is nearing 5,000 active members.For more information about the AADE go to its web site: www.aade.org.

Precision Power is new WaukeshaEngine distributor for Alaska,Washington and Oregon

Anchorage-based Precision Power LLC is the new distributor for WaukeshaEngine in Alaska, Washington and Oregon, Waukesha Engine, a business unit ofDresser Inc., announced this past summer.

Working from locations in Anchorage, Auburn, Wash., and Gresham, Ore.,Precision Power is handling Waukesha Engine sales, service and parts formechanical drive and power generation applications.

“Precision Power’s strong presence in these areas will provide a high level ofsupport for installations of Waukesha products,” said David Hanson, director ofchannel development for Waukesha Engine at the time of the announcement.

An experienced supplier of custom-manufactured generator sets, power plantsand a variety of power systems, Precision Power is known for its capabilities indesigning and packaging systems for the extremes of Arctic conditions, Waukeshasaid in a press release.

Founded in Waukesha, Wis., in 1906, Waukesha Engine is a manufacturer ofspark-ignited, gaseous-fueled engines widely used in field gas compression,power generation, and other mechanical drive applications.

Waukesha Engine also packages Enginator gen-sets and DC switchgear con-trols for the distributed generation market.

Waukesha Engine’s manufacturing and power systems facilities — inWaukesha and Appingedam, The Netherlands — are ISO 9001 certified.

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resource development industries. Weprovide innovative ideas to meet eachrequirement through the provision ofbest-in-class people and equipment cou-pled with exceptional performance.

ENSR International1835 S. Bragaw St., Ste. 490 Anchorage, AK 99512Contact: Chris L. Humphrey, P.E.Phone: (907) 561-5700Fax: (907) 273-4555Email: chumphrey@ensr.comServing Alaska since 1977. ENSR is anenvironmental engineering and consult-ing firm with more than 70 officesworldwide providing environmentalplanning, assessment, permitting, com-pliance management and contaminationcleanup.

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

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

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

Environmental Supplies

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

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

Unitech of Alaska2130 E. Dimond Blvd.Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Debbie HawleyPhone: (907) 349-5142Phone: (800) 649-5859Fax: (907) 349-2733Email: unitech@alaska.comEmail: dhawley@unitechofalaska.com

UOA is Alaska’s only 24-hour oil spillremediation, environmental and indus-trial supply company. Specialty areasinclude sorbents, geotextile, contain-ment berms, drums and ice melt.

Equipment & Heavy Hauling

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

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

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

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

SOLOCO (Dura Base)207 Town Center Pky.Lafayette, LA 70506-7524Contact: Keith Pearson or Don CouvillonPhone: (337) 981-5058Fax: (337) 984-9241Email: kpearson@solocollc.com or dcou-villon@solocollc.comDURA-BASE COMPOSITE MAT SYSTEM isthe world’s most advanced solution fortemporary surfaces including heavy-duty roads, turnarounds, work andstaging areas. It’s strength and durabili-ty allows you to work year-round in theharshest conditions. Installs and cleansup quickly. It’s a permanent solution toyour temporary road and work surfaceneeds.

TOTE-Totem Ocean Trailer Express2511 Tidewater RoadAnchorage, AK 99501Contact: Curt StonerPhone: (907) 265-7215Phone: (800) 234-8683Fax: (907) 278-9689Email: cstoner@totemocean.comWeb site: www.totemocean.comTOTE’s roll on/roll off ships sail twotimes per week between the Port ofTacoma and the Port of Anchorage.Transit time is a fast 66 hours.

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

Equipment Sales/Rental

Air Liquide

6415 Arctic Blvd.Anchorage, AK 99518Contact: Brian Benson, tech sales repPhone: (907) 273-9762Fax: (907) 561-8364Email: brian.benson@airliquide.comAir Liquide is the dealer and warrantystation for Lincoln, Miller, Milwaukee,Victor and most other welding equip-ment manufacturers

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

Hanover Canada500, 101-6 Ave. SWCalgary, AB, T2P 3P4 CanadaContact: Rod Saville, Country Mgr.CanadaPhone: (403) 261-6801Fax: (403) 266-1066Email: info@hanover-co.comWeb site: www.hanover-canada.comHanover Canada is the leading providerof natural gas compression services andequipment in Canada. We maintain an85,000 horsepower rental compressionfleet in Canada and over 3.6 millionhorsepower rental fleet worldwide.Hanover custom designs productionequipment in accordance with cus-tomer’s specifications using strict inter-nal engineering standards. We have thecapability to provide process, mechanicaland instrument design engineering forany production equipment projectworldwide.

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

NEI Fluid Technology3408 Arctic Blvd.Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Kathryn Russell, presidentPhone: (907) 561-4820Fax: (907) 562-2316Email: sales@neifluid.com Suppliers of petrochemical refueling andtesting equipment, meters and valve sys-tems for the oil and gas industry andportable measurement for petroleum,chemicals and bulk liquids. We also sup-ply refrigerant recovery and recyclingequipment.

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

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

Precision Power5801 Silverado WayAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: John Cameron, gen. mgr.

Phone: (907) 561-7797Fax: (907) 561-7799Email: jcameron@prepower.netWeb site: www.precisionpowerllc.comOther officeAuburn, WA (253) 887-9596Deadhorse, AK (907) 670-5519Premier source for custom manufac-tured generators, power plants, UPSSystems, DC Power Systems: Sales,Service, Rental. Parts for Waukesha,Mitsubishi, John Deere, Generac, MQPower & Energys-Eltek

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

Totem Equipment & Supply2536 Commercial Dr.Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Mike Huston, vpPhone: (907) 276-2858Fax: (907) 258-4623Email: sales@toteminc.comWeb site: www.toteminc.comTotem Equipment & Supply Inc. locallyowned and operated since 1961.Supplies light, medium and heavy equip-ment. Specializing in temporary and per-manent heating solutions.

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

Expeditor/Clerk Services

Chiulista Camp Services/MayflowerCatering6613 Brayton Dr., Ste. CAnchorage, AK 99507Contact: George B. Gardner, pres/gmPhone: (907) 278-2208Fax: (907) 677-7261Email: ggardner@calistacorp.comThe 100 percent Alaska Native ownedand operated catering company on theNorth Slope, catering and housekeepingto your tastes, not ours.

Fertilizer

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

Financial Services

Alaska USA Mortgage471 W. 36th Ave., Ste. 100Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Mary Jo PippinPhone: (907) 261-3455Fax: (907) 929-6784Email: m.pippin@alaskausamortageWe offer competitive rates and excep-tional service for financing primaryhome, 2nd home/vacation home invest-ment properties.

Dynamic Capital Management471 W. 36th Ave., Ste. 201Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: David GottsteinPhone: (907) 562-6374Toll free: (800) 280-3962 (DYNA)Fax: (907) 563-9502Alaska money management firm, offer-

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UBS Financial Services, Inc.3000 A St., Ste 100Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Steven Lukshin, financial adviserPhone: (907) 261-5914Toll Free: (866) 261-5914Fax: (907) 261-5990Email: steven.lukshin@ubs.comWeb site: www.ubs.com/fa/stevenlukshinUBS Financial Services is a leading U.S.financial service firm serving individuals,corporations and institutions offeringinvestments, cash management and401(k) services

Fire Protection

Arctic Fire & Safety702 30th Ave.Fairbanks, AK 99701Contact: Bobby, Shane, GigiPhone: (907) 378-2116Fax: (907) 452-7876Email: arcfire@yahoo.comYour Alaskan owned safety specialistsince 1975. Extinguisher recharging andsales, alarm/system service, NFPA P.P.E.,clothing, MSA airpacks, hydro testing,fire vehicles and accessories, TIC’s.

MEDC International5829 West Sam Houston Pkwy, North,Ste.1005Houston, TX 77041Contact: Phil Hausman, sales mgr. -AmericasPhone: (713) 937-9772Fax: (713) 937-9773Cell: (713) 410-1144Email: phausman@medcint.comOther Office: MEDC Ltd. – UKWeb site: www.medc.comMEDC design, manufacture and sell arange of UL/CSA/ATEX-NEC/IEC approvedfield devices for fire & gas and commu-nications systems for use in potentiallyexplosive atmospheres.

Freight/Shipping & Cargo

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

Alaska Airlines CargoP.O. Box 68900Seattle, WA 98168Contact: Keola Pang-Ching, director,cargo salesPhone: (206) 433-3122Fax: (206) 433-3225Email: Keola.pang-ching@alaskaair.comAward winning cargo services to moreplaces, more often, with more lift to,from, and within the state of Alaska.

Alaska Railroad Corp.P.O. Box 107500Anchorage, AK 99510Contact: Katie Bender, Marketing andLogistics TechnicianPhone: (907) 265-2485Fax: (907) 265-2597Email: benderk@akrr.comThe Alaska Railroad Corporation offersreal estate, passenger and freight servic-es – including complete services to moveyour freight between Alaska, the Lower48 and Canada.

Brooks Range SupplyPouch 3400081 Old Spine RoadPrudhoe Bay, AK 99734Contact: Mike Kunkel/John Daly, gen.mgrs., Craig Welch, mgr. special. projectsPhone: (907) 659-2550Toll Free: (866) 659-2550Fax: (907) 659-2650Email: brooks@astacalaska.comExpediting and delivery of hardwareand more throughout oilfield and NorthSlope villages. Open 24 hours, 365 daysa year.

CN Aquatrain3015 Madison WayAnchorage, AK 99508Contact: Laurie A. Gray, agent

Phone: (907) 279-3131Toll free: (800) 999-0541Fax: (907) 272-3963CN Aquatrain has provided Alaska withdependable access to Canadian andLower 48 markets for 38 years.

Carlile Transportation Systems1800 E. 1st Ave.Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Linda LearyPh: (907) 267-7797Fax: (907) 276-6786Email: lleary@carlilekw.comOther Offices: Fairbanks, Prudhoe Bay,Kenai, Seward, Federal Way, WA,Houston, TX, Edomonton, ALTAAlaska owned and operated, full service,multi-modal, transportation and logisticscompany.

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

ERA Aviation6160 Carl Brady DriveAnchorage, AK 99502Contact: Bryan BlixhavnPhone: (907) 248-4422Fax: (907) 266-8383Email: info@eraaviation.comWeb site: www.eraaviation.comHelicopter and fixed wing contract andcharter services; scheduled airline serv-ice.

Kenai AviationP. O. Box 46Kenai, AK 99611Contact: Bob or Jim BielefeldPhone: (907) 283-4124Phone: (800) 478-4124 (within Alaska)Fax: (907) 283-5267Email: kb@chugach.netAir taxi services provided since 1961state wide, mostly Cook Inlet. Singleengine and twin Bonanza.

LyndenAlaska Marine LinesAlaska Railbelt MarineAlaska West ExpressLynden Air CargoLynden Air FreightLynden InternationalLynden LogisticsLynden Transport6441 S. Airpark Pl.Anchorage, AK 99502Contact: Jeanine St. JohnPhone: (907) 245-1544Fax: (907) 245-1744Email: custsvc@lynden.comThe combined scope of the Lynden com-panies includes truckload and less-than-truckload highway connections, sched-uled barges, intermodal bulk chemicalhauls, scheduled and chartered airfreighters, domestic and internationalair forwarding and international sea for-warding services.

Northern Air Cargo3900 W. International Airport Rd. Anchorage, AK 99502Contact: Nick Karnos, acct. mgr.Anch./Prudhoe BayPhone: (907) 249-5161Fax: (907) 249-5194Email: nkarnos@nac.aeroWeb site: www.nac.aeroServing the aviation needs of ruralAlaska for almost 50 years, NAC is thestates largest all cargo carrier movingnearly 100 million pounds of cargo onscheduled flights to 17 of Alaska’sbusiest airports. NAC’s fleet of DC-6, B-727, and ATR-42 aircraft are availablefor charters to remote sites and flagstops to 44 additional communities.

Northern Transportation310 K St., Ste. 200Anchorage, AK 9950142003 McKenzie Hwy.Hay River, NWT X0E0R9Contact: John Marshall Phone: (867) 874-5167Fax: (867) 874-5179Email: jmarshall@ntcl.comWeb site: www.ntcl.com Marine transportation along theMcKenzie River to the Beaufort Sea and

Alaska’s North Slope.

Northwestern Arctic Air6231 S. Airpark Pl.Anchorage, AK 99502Contact: Judy McClellan, office mgr.Phone: (907) 245-4566Fax: (907) 245-4567Email: pugslie@pobox.alaska.netWeb site: www.NWArcticAirAK.comAll jet fleet 24/7. Large cargo doorsaccommodate long drilling equipment.HAZMAT and express package deliveryservices provided. Member MedallionFoundation.

Oilfield Transport6816 Lowell Cir.Anchorage, AK 99502Contact: Henry MinichPhone: (907) 229-9647Fax: (907) 245-8930Email: henryminich@aol.comComplete on-site rig service and logisticssince 1975. Highway and remote trans-portation of equipment via barge or air,for mining or oilfield projects, to anylocation in Alaska.

Panalpina4305 W. International Airport Rd.Anchorage, AK 99502Contact: John Hodel, branch mgr.Phone: (907) 245-8008Fax: (907) 245-8018Email: john.hodel@panalpina.comWeb site: www.panalpina.comOther offices:Houston: (281) 446-0600Calgary: (403) 291-1137International and domestic freight for-warding and logistics services. Integratedsolutions for supply chain management.Specialists in oil and energy projects.

Renew Air TaxiP.O. Box 61230Fairbanks, AK 99706Contact: Bob WenerPhone: (907) 457-7287Fax: (907) 457-7288Email: renew1@aol.comWeb site: www.RenewAir.comOther Office:Dillingham, AK 99576Phone: (907) 842-3440Turbine Otter air support for remote seis-mic exploration, mining and constructionsites. Cargo, fuel and passengers onwheels, wheel skis and amphibian floats.

Span-Alaska Consolidators8130 S. 216th St.Kent, WA 98032Contact: Tom Landry, executive v. p.Phone: (800) 257-7726Phone: (907) 349-3606 (Anchorage)Fax: (253) 395-7986Email: toml@spanalaska.comWebsite: www.spanalaska.comAlaskan freight consolidator/forwarderserving all of Alaska with timely andfriendly service. Inbound service from theLower 48 to Alaska. “Promises Made,Promises Delivere

TOTE-Totem Ocean Trailer Express2511 Tidewater RoadAnchorage, AK 99501Contact: Curt StonerPhone: (907) 265-7215Phone: (800) 234-8683Fax: (907) 278-9689Email: cstoner@totemocean.comWeb site: www.totemocean.comTOTE’s roll on/roll off ships sail two timesper week between the Port of Tacomaand the Port of Anchorage. Transit timeis a fast 66 hours.

Fueling Services

ColvillePouch 340012Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734Contact: Mike Kunkel/John Daly gen.mgrs., Craig Welch, mgr. special projects Phone: (907) 659-3197Fax: (907) 659-3190Email: prudhoe1@aol.comDiesel, gasoline, jet fuel, aviation gaso-line in bulk and small quantity deliveries,electronic card-lock fleet management,solid waste and recycling, industrial gasesand solid waste. Tesoro fuel station.

General Oilfield Supplies

Alaska Tent & Tarp529 Front St.Fairbanks, AK 99701

Contact: Jim HaselbergerPhone: (907) 456-6328Phone: (800) 478-8368Fax: (907) 452-5260Email: aktent@ptialaska.netWe are a commercial and industrial fab-ric business. We make covers.

MRO Sales5631 Silverado Way, Unit GAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: Don PowellPhone: (907) 248-8808Fax: (907) 248-8878Email: Sales1@mrosalesinc.comWeb site: www.mrosalesinc.comOther offices:Kenai: Al Hull (907) 335-2782MRO Sales offers products and servicesthat are special to the Alaskan market.MRO can help solve the time problemon hard to find items.

NEI Fluid Technology3408 Arctic Blvd.Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Kathryn Russell, presidentPhone: (907) 561-4820Fax: (907) 562-2316Email: sales@neifluid.com Suppliers of petrochemical refueling andtesting equipment, meters and valve sys-tems for the oil and gas industry andportable measurement for petroleum,chemicals and bulk liquids. We also sup-ply refrigerant recovery and recyclingequipment.

Geophysical & GeologicalServices

ASRC Energy Services – Engineeringand Technology3900 C St.Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: John Lewis, vp operationsPhone: (907) 339-6200Fax: (907) 339-6212Email: john.lewis@asrcenergy.comWeb site: www.asrcenergy.comDrilling and completion engineering,well stimulation, facilities engineering,upstream exploration and productionservices, geological and geophysical serv-ices, automation, electrical and instru-mentation, platform renovation andconstruction.

CoreMongers6212 Magnaview Dr.Eagle River, AK 99577Contact: Clifton M. PoseyPhone: (907) 317-2361Web site: CoreMongers.comCoreMongers specializes in high resolu-tion core photography and other wholecore services including core slabbing andcore plugging. CoreMongers is basedlocally in Anchorage.

ENSR International1835 S. Bragaw St., Ste. 490 Anchorage, AK 99512Contact: Chris L. Humphrey, P.E.Phone: (907) 561-5700Fax: (907) 273-4555Email: chumphrey@ensr.comServing Alaska since 1977. ENSR is anenvironmental engineering and consult-ing firm with more than 70 officesworldwide providing environmentalplanning, assessment, permitting, com-pliance management and contaminationcleanup.

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

Horizon Well Logging700 W. 58th St., EAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: Bernie Leas, AK oper. mgr.Phone: (907) 563-7002Fax: (907) 563-7005Email: bleas@mudloggers.comOther office711 St. Andrews WayLompac, CA 93436Phone: (805) 733-0972

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Web site: www.horizon-well-logging.comExpert geological mudlogging servicewith independent, insightful observersat the wellsite. Versatile and innovativelog formats, digital and graphic data,and communications.

Hunter 3-D6001 Savoy, Ste. 110Houston, TX 77036Contact: Dan Huston, vice presidentPhone: (713) 981-4650Fax: (713) 981-4650Email: hunter3d@wt.netWeb site: www.hunter3dinc.comHunter 3-D is a geophysical consultingcompany based in Houston, Texas. Weinterpret seismic, gravity and magneticdata for projects in Alaska and world-wide.

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

PGS Onshore341 W. Tudor Rd., Ste. 206Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Larry Watt, Alaska area mgr. Phone: (907) 569-4049Fax: (907) 569-4047Email: larry.watt@pgsonshore.comHouston Office738 Hwy 6 South, Ste 900Houston, TX 77079Contact: Gehrig SchultzPhone: (281) 589-6732Fax: (281) 589-6685Email: gehrig.schultz@pgsonshore.comGeophysical acquisition and processingfor the petroleum industry. PGS Onshoreprovides fully rubber tracked Arctic geo-physical crews to acquire the highestdensity data with the softest environ-mental footprint on the North Slope.

Schlumberger Oilfield Services2525 Gambell St.Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Daniel PalmerPhone: (907) 273-1700Fax: (907) 561-8317Email: Palmer2@slb.comWeb site: www.slb.comSchlumberger Oilfield Services providespeople and technology, working togeth-er to offer exploration and productionsolutions for the life of oil and gas reser-voirs.

Smith Consulting Services16467 Noble Point DriveAnchorage, AK 99516Contact: Larry SmithPhone: (907) 345-3250Fax: (907) 345-3250Email: ljsmith@gci.netProviding geophysical consulting servicesincluding seismic acquisition planningand field QC as well as interpretation,mapping and GIS data integration usingKingdom Suite and ArcGIS software.

Health Care Professionals

Aeromed International4700 Business Park Blvd., Ste. E25Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Brooks Wall, directorPhone: (907) 677-7501Fax: (907) 677-7502Email: info@aeromed.comWeb site: www.aeromed.comAeromed International is an all jet criti-cal care air ambulance fleet based inAnchorage. Medical crews are certifiedFlight Nurses and certified FlightParamedics.

Alaska Massage & BodyworksHilton Anchorage Fitness Center500 W. 3rd Ave.Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Patricia MainPhone: (907) 240-6880Email: amb@akmassage.comWeb site: www.akmassage.comAlaska Massage & Bodyworks is the in-house professional massage therapy

service at the Hilton Anchorage Hotel.Sessions are available for hotel guestsand Anchorage residents. The service isavailable seven days a week on the fifthfloor of the hotel. Patricia Main, a certi-fied massage therapist, owns and oper-ates the service. The staff has specializedtraining in Swedish, deep tissue, injurytreatment and trigger point massage.

Worksafe300 W. 36th Ave., Ste. AAnchorage, AK 99503Phone: (907) 563-8378Fax: (907) 563-8380Web site: www.worksafeinc.comWorksafe works to keep your employeesfrom getting hurt on the job if they areusing drugs or alcohol. Worksafe DrugTesting increases productivity, reducesliability with fewer injuries and acci-dents and provides insurance cost sav-ings.

Helicopter Contract & Charter Services

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

ERA Aviation6160 Carl Brady DriveAnchorage, AK 99502Contact: Bryan BlixhavnPhone: (907) 248-4422Fax: (907) 266-8383Email: info@eraaviation.comWeb site: www.eraaviation.comHelicopter and fixed wing contract andcharter services; scheduled airline serv-ice.

Evergreen Helicopters of Alaska1936 Merrill Field DriveAnchorage, AK 99501Contact: Joy Journeay, marketing mgr.Phone: (907) 257-1519Fax: (907) 257-1535Email: joy@evergreenak.comContact: Greg Thies, director, marketingPhone: (907) 257-1504Email: g.thies@evergreenak.comContact: Christina Wallace, director, salesPhone: (907) 257-1513Email: christina.wallace@evergreenavia-tion.comNome office: (907) 443-5334Airlines office: (907) 257-1500Website: evergreenaviation.comEvergreen’s diverse fleet has providedaward-winning safety to Alaskans since1960 in petroleum exploration & pro-duction, firefighting, forestry, construc-tion, search & rescue, cargo transport,and utility transmission.

Industrial Gases

Air Liquide6415 Arctic Blvd.Anchorage, AK 99518Contact: Brian Benson, tech sales repPhone: (907) 273-9762Fax: (907) 561-8364Email: brian.benson@airliquide.comAir Liquide is your local manufacturerand supplier of industrial, medical, andscientific gas in Alaska. We also supplybulk gases and dry ice statewide.

ColvillePouch 340012Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734Contact: Mike Kunkel/John Daly gen.mgrs., Craig Welch, mgr. special projects Phone: (907) 659-3197Fax: (907) 659-3190Email: prudhoe1@aol.comDiesel, gasoline, jet fuel, aviation gaso-line in bulk and small quantity deliver-ies, electronic card-lock fleet manage-ment, solid waste and recycling, industri-al gases and solid waste. Tesoro fuel sta-tion.

Industrial Parts & Supply

Air Liquide6415 Arctic Blvd.Anchorage, AK 99518Contact: Brian Benson, tech sales rep

Phone: (907) 273-9762Fax: (907) 561-8364Email: brian.benson@airliquide.comAir Liquide is the dealer and warrantystation for Lincoln, Miller, Milwaukee,Victor and most other welding equip-ment manufacturers

Brooks Range SupplyPouch 3400081 Old Spine RoadPrudhoe Bay, AK 99734Contact: Mike Kunkel/John Daly, gen.mgrs., Craig Welch, mgr. special. projectsPhone: (907) 659-2550Toll Free: (866) 659-2550Fax: (907) 659-2650Email: brooks@astacalaska.comYour source on the Slope for safety sup-plies, welding supplies, automotive andtruck parts, hardware, tools, steel, build-ing materials, glass, propane, hydraulichoses and fittings, paint and chemicals.Napa and True Value Hardware distribu-tion.

Unique Machine5839 Old Seward HwyAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: Pat Hanley, COOPhone: (907) 563-3012Fax: (907) 562-1376Email: office@uniquemachineinc.comWebsite: www.uniquemachineinc.comConnections; API 5CT, API 7B, GrantPrideco H-Series, Hydril, Hunting, AtlasBradford, NS Technology Co, Inc.,Vallourec and Vam PTS proprietary con-nections.

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

Inspection Services

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

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

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

Instrumentation Systems

Arctic Controls1120 E. 5th Ave.Anchorage, AK 99501

Contact: Scott Stewart, presidentPhone: (907) 277-7555Fax: (907) 277-9295Email: sstewart@arcticcontrols.comWebsite: www.arcticcontrols.comAn Alaskan owned and operated com-pany since,1985, Arctic Controls, Inc. hasbeen highly successful as manufacturerrepresentatives for the state of Alaska inthe Process Control and Instrumentationfield. Selling equipment to the oil andgas markets, mining and water waste-water/municipal markets.

Epoch Well Services5801 Silverado WayAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: James R. Carson, AK div. mgr.Phone: (907) 561-2465Fax: (907) 561-2474Email: jcarson@nabors.comRIGWATCH is a complete digital drillinginstrumentation system that monitors alldrill floor and mud system parameters.Critical data is displayed and archievedon workstations located at key points onthe rig.

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

Laboratory Services

CoreMongers6212 Magnaview Dr.Eagle River, AK 99577Contact: Clifton M. PoseyPhone: (907) 317-2361Web site: CoreMongers.comCoreMongers specializes in high resolu-tion core photography and other wholecore services including core slabbing andcore plugging. CoreMongers is basedlocally in Anchorage.

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

Legal Services

Perkins Coie1029 W. 3rd Ave., Ste. 300Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Eric Fjelstad, attorneyEmail: Efjelstad@perkinscoie.comContact: Teresa Berwick, attorneyEmail: Tberwick@perkinscoie.comPhone: (907) 279-8561Fax: (907) 276-3108Other Offices: Beijing, Bellevue, Boise, Chicago, Denver,Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Menlo Park, Olympia,Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington D.C.Website: www.perkinscoie.comPerkins Coie law firm handles oil spillplanning, air emissions, NPDES permits,hazardous waste, CERCLA, wetlands per-mits, NEPA, and other environmentaland natural resources issues.

Logistics

Alaska Railroad Corp.P.O. Box 107500Anchorage, AK 99510Contact: Katie Bender, Marketing andLogistics TechnicianPhone: (907) 265-2485Fax: (907) 265-2597

B16 PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF NOVEMBER 21, 2004PETROLEUM DIRECTORYEmail: benderk@akrr.comThe Alaska Railroad Corporation offersreal estate, passenger and freight servic-es – including complete services to moveyour freight between Alaska, the Lower48 and Canada.

Carlile Transportation Systems1800 E. 1st Ave.Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Linda LearyPh: (907) 267-7797Fax: (907) 276-6786Email: lleary@carlilekw.comOther Offices: Fairbanks, Prudhoe Bay,Kenai, Seward, Federal Way, WA,Houston, TX, Edomonton, ALTAAlaska owned and operated, full service,multi-modal, transportation and logisticscompany.

Crowley Alaska2525 C St., Ste. 303Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Craig TorngaPhone: (907) 278-4978Fax: (907) 257-2828Email: cms.@crowley.comComplete materials supply services toremote locations. Marine transportthroughout Alaska. Oil field servicesincluding heavy hauling with all-terrainvehicles on North Slope.

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

LyndenAlaska Marine LinesAlaska Railbelt MarineAlaska West ExpressLynden Air CargoLynden Air FreightLynden InternationalLynden LogisticsLynden Transport6441 S. Airpark Pl.Anchorage, AK 99502Contact: Jeanine St. JohnPhone: (907) 245-1544Fax: (907) 245-1744Email: custsvc@lynden.comThe combined scope of the Lynden com-panies includes truckload and less-than-truckload highway connections, sched-uled barges, intermodal bulk chemicalhauls, scheduled and chartered airfreighters, domestic and internationalair forwarding and international sea for-warding services.

MRO Sales5631 Silverado Way, Unit GAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: Don PowellPhone: (907) 248-8808Fax: (907) 248-8878Email: Sales1@mrosalesinc.comWeb site: www.mrosalesinc.comOther offices:Kenai: Al Hull (907) 335-2782Prudhoe Bay: Joe Bob Bruster (907) 659-2868We provide Professional ProcurementService for hard-to-find supplies, partsand equipment. Regardless of your loca-tion, you will receive service that is guar-anteed to meet your requirements.From Anchorage to Siberia, from ship-ping to communications, you receiveservice from the experts that have ‘BeenThere, Done That’

Northern Air Cargo3900 W. International Airport Rd. Anchorage, AK 99502Contact: Nick Karnos, acct. mgr.Anch./Prudhoe BayPhone: (907) 249-5161Fax: (907) 249-5194Email: nkarnos@nac.aeroWeb site: www.nac.aeroServing the aviation needs of ruralAlaska for almost 50 years, NAC is thestates largest all cargo carrier movingnearly 100 million pounds of cargo onscheduled flights to 17 of Alaska’sbusiest airports. NAC’s fleet of DC-6, B-727, and ATR-42 aircraft are availablefor charters to remote sites and flagstops to 44 additional communities.

Northern Transportation310 K St., Ste. 200Anchorage, AK 9950142003 McKenzie Hwy.Hay River, NWT X0E0R9Contact: John Marshall Phone: (867) 874-5167Fax: (867) 874-5179Email: jmarshall@ntcl.comWeb site: www.ntcl.com Marine transportation along theMcKenzie River to the Beaufort Sea andAlaska’s North Slope.

Northwestern Arctic Air6231 S. Airpark Pl.Anchorage, AK 99502Contact: Judy McClellan, office mgr.Phone: (907) 245-4566Fax: (907) 245-4567Email: pugslie@pobox.alaska.netWeb site: www.NWArcticAirAK.comOn-demand, worldwide, air charter serv-ice, Russia Far-East experience, medicaltransports, express package delivery,secure convenient, cost-effective, 24/7.Member Medallion Foundation.

Panalpina4305 W. International Airport Rd.Anchorage, AK 99502Contact: John Hodel, branch mgr.Phone: (907) 245-8008Fax: (907) 245-8018Email: john.hodel@panalpina.comWeb site: www.panalpina.comOther offices:Houston: (281) 446-0600Calgary: (403) 291-1137International and domestic freight for-warding and logistics services.Integrated solutions for supply chainmanagement. Specialists in oil and ener-gy projects.

Span-Alaska Consolidators8130 S. 216th St.Kent, WA 98032Contact: Tom Landry, executive v. p.Phone: (800) 257-7726Phone: (907) 349-3606 (Anchorage)Fax: (253) 395-7986Email: toml@spanalaska.comWebsite: www.spanalaska.comAlaskan freight consolidator/forwarderserving all of Alaska with timely andfriendly service. Inbound service fromthe Lower 48 to Alaska. “PromisesMade, Promises Delivered.”

Umiat Commercial2700 S. Cushman St.Fairbanks, AK 99701Contact: Mike TolbertPhone: (907) 452-6631Fax: (907) 451-8632Email: mike@taigaventures.comUCC provides lodging and fuel sales atUmiat located on the Colville River. Weare open 24 hours a day everyday of theyear.

Machining

Unique Machine5839 Old Seward HwyAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: Pat Hanley, COOPhone: (907) 563-3012Fax: (907) 562-1376Email: office@uniquemachineinc.comWeb site: www.uniquemachineinc.comThe design, development, manufactureand distribution of oilfield, construction,mining, fishing, and government partsto industry quality standards.

Maintenance

Alaska Tent & Tarp529 Front St.Fairbanks, AK 99701Contact: Jim HaselbergerPhone: (907) 456-6328Phone: (800) 478-8368Fax: (907) 452-5260Email: aktent@ptialaska.netWe are a commercial and industrial fab-ric business. We make covers.

Arctic Controls1120 E. 5th Ave.Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Scott Stewart, presidentPhone: (907) 277-7555Fax: (907) 277-9295Email: sstewart@arcticcontrols.comWebsite: www.arcticcontrols.comAn Alaskan owned and operated com-pany since,1985, Arctic Controls, Inc. has

been highly successful as manufacturerrepresentatives for the state of Alaska inthe Process Control and Instrumentationfield. Selling equipment to the oil andgas markets, mining and water waste-water/municipal markets.

ASRC Energy Services – Operationsand Maintenance3900 C St.Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Mark Nelson, exec. vpPhone: (907) 339-6200Fax: (907) 339-6212Email: mark.nelson@asrcenergy.comWeb site: www.asrcenergy.comOil and gas services, industrial construc-tion, operations and maintenance, mod-ule fabrication and assembly, projectmanagement and non-destructive test-ing.

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

MRO Sales5631 Silverado Way, Unit GAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: Don PowellPhone: (907) 248-8808Fax: (907) 248-8878Email: Sales1@mrosalesinc.comWeb site: www.mrosalesinc.comOther offices:Kenai: Al Hull (907) 335-2782We are a stocking distributor for top-of-the-line waste oil heaters (Reznor),waste water flocculants (Waterclear),environmentally friendly solvents foryour parts washer (PT Technology), cor-rosion and erosion repair and mainte-nance polymers (Belzona), Vapor phase(VpCI™) and Migrating CorrosionInhibitors (MCI) (Cortec) and valve lubri-cants and sealants (Chemola).

Management Consultant

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

Maps

AeroMap U.S.2014 Merrill Field Dr.Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Holly Holmes, MarketingPhone: (907) 272-4495Fax: (907) 274-3265Email: hholmes@aeromap.comWeb site: www.aeromap.comAeroMap provides geospatial informa-tion about the earth utilizing land, air-borne and satellite sensors. We defineits topography, measure its features, andchronicle its condition.

Mapmakers Alaska259 S. Alaska St.Palmer, AK 99645Contact: Brit Lively, managerPhone: (907) 745-3398Fax: (907) 745-6733Maps for oil and gas industry and cus-tom map work

Marketing Solutions3330 C. St., Ste. 101Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Laurie Fagnani,president/ownerPhone: (907) 569-7070Fax: (907) 569-7090Email: lfagnani@marketingsol.netWeb site: www.marketingsol.netMarketing Solutions a full-serviceaward-winning advertising and publicrelations firm also designs and producesfull-scale custom maps.

Smith Consulting Services16467 Noble Point DriveAnchorage, AK 99516Contact: Larry SmithPhone: (907) 345-3250Fax: (907) 345-3250Email: ljsmith@gci.netProviding geophysical consulting servicesincluding seismic acquisition planningand field QC as well as interpretation,mapping and GIS data integration usingKingdom Suite and ArcGIS software.

Marine Services & Construction

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

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

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

Storm Chasers Marine Svc.P.O. Box 757Seward, AK 99664Contact: Mica Van BuskirkPhone: (907) 224-3536Fax: (907) 224-6080Email: info@stormchasersmarine.comProviding quality marine services inAlaska for over 15 years. Commercialdiving, underwater welding, underwaterinspection with video, vessel repair,marine construction and marine salvageservices.

Mat Systems

Alaska Dreams522 Goldstreak Rd.Fairbanks, AK 99712Contact: M. Huser, presidentPhone: (907) 455-7712Fax: (907) 455-7713Email: AlaskaDreams@att.netCustom fabrication of timber or timberwith steel combination heavy-dutyequipment or road mats, prefabricatedretaining walls, containment enclosuresor helicopter landing platforms.

Carolina Mat Co.P.O. Box 339Plymouth, NC 27962Contact: Susan Harrison, ownerPhone: (252) 793-4045Fax: (252) 793-5187Email: carolinamat@earthlink.netWebsite: www.carolinamat.comCompany established in 1985.Manufacture 3-ply patented, bolted,portable, reusable, solid oak construc-tion mats. Guaranteed to hold up to 50tons, the mats are interlocking and non-interlocking, countersunk or non-coun-tersunk.

SOLOCO (Dura Base)207 Town Center Pky.Lafayette, LA 70506-7524Contact: Keith Pearson or Don CouvillonPhone: (337) 981-5058Fax: (337) 984-9241Email: kpearson@solocollc.com or dcou-villon@solocollc.comDURA-BASE COMPOSITE MAT SYSTEM is

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the world’s most advanced solution fortemporary surfaces including heavy-dutyroads, turnarounds, work and stagingareas. It’s strength and durability allowsyou to work year-round in the harshestconditions. Installs and cleans up quickly.It’s a permanent solution to your tempo-rary road and work surface needs.

Mechanical & ElectricalInspection

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

Medical Facilities & EmergencyResponse

Aeromed International4700 Business Park Blvd., Ste. E25Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Brooks Wall, directorPhone: (907) 677-7501Fax: (907) 677-7502Email: info@aeromed.comWeb site: www.aeromed.comAeromed International is an all jet criti-cal care air ambulance fleet based inAnchorage. Medical crews are certifiedFlight Nurses and certified FlightParamedics.

Medical Services

Aeromed International4700 Business Park Blvd., Ste. E25Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Brooks Wall, directorPhone: (907) 677-7501Fax: (907) 677-7502Email: info@aeromed.comWeb site: www.aeromed.comAeromed International is an all jet criti-cal care air ambulance fleet based inAnchorage. Medical crews are certifiedFlight Nurses and certified FlightParamedics.

Kuukpik Arctic Catering5761 Silverado Way, Ste PAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: Rick MacMillanPhone: (907) 562-5588Fax: (907) 562-5898Email: rickkac@aol.com

Metal Distributors

Alaska Steel Co.1200 W. DowlingAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: Joe Lombardo, vice presidentPhone: (907) 561-1188Toll free: (800) 770-0969 (AK only)Fax: (907) 561-2935Email: j.lombardo@alaskasteel.comFairbanks office:2800 S. CushmanContact: Dan Socha, branch mgr.Phone: (907) 456-2719Fax: (907) 451-0449Kenai office:205 Trading Bay Rd.Contact: Will Bolz, branch mgr.Phone: (907) 283-3880Fax: (907) 283-3759Full-line steel and aluminum distributor.Complete processing capabilities,statewide service. Specializing in lowtemperature steel.

Movers/Relocation

Capital Office Systems1120 E, 35th Ave.Anchorage, AK 99508Contact: Leslye Langla, managing direct.Phone: (907) 777-1501

Fax: (907) 777-1515Email: llangla@capital-office.comAsset management, systems furniture,project coordination, space planning,systems delivery/installation, furniturerefurbishing, and relocation/remodelservices. Authorized Steelcase dealer forAlaska.

Mud & Mudlogging

Epoch Well Services5801 Silverado WayAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: James R. Carson, AK div. mgr.Phone: (907) 561-2465Fax: (907) 561-2474Email: jcarson@nabors.comWith over 250 wells logged since 1989,Epoch is the leading provider ofadvanced mudlogging services in Alaska.Our DML 2000 software assimilates acomprehensive database of geologicaland drilling information with presenta-tions available in a variety of hardcopyand digital formats.

Horizon Well Logging700 W. 58th St., EAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: Bernie Leas, AK oper. mgr.Phone: (907) 563-7002Fax: (907) 563-7005Email: bleas@mudloggers.comOther office711 St. Andrews WayLompac, CA 93436Phone: (805) 733-0972Web site: www.horizon-well-logging.comMudlogging service with expert geolo-gists, reliable equipment and innovativesoftware. Logs, digital and graphic data,and communications to suit your needs.Cost effective wellsite data solutions.

Office Furniture

Capital Office Systems1120 E, 35th Ave.Anchorage, AK 99508Contact: Leslye Langla, managing direct.Phone: (907) 777-1501Fax: (907) 777-1515Email: llangla@capital-office.comAsset management, systems furniture,project coordination, space planning,systems delivery/installation, furniturerefurbishing, and relocation/remodelservices. Authorized Steelcase dealer forAlaska.

Oilfield Service & Rig Up

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

Photography

AeroMap U.S.2014 Merrill Field Dr.Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Holly Holmes, MarketingPhone: (907) 272-4495Fax: (907) 274-3265Email: hholmes@aeromap.comWeb site: www.aeromap.comAeroMap provides geospatial informa-tion about the earth utilizing land, air-borne and satellite sensors. We defineits topography, measure its features, andchronicle its condition.

CoreMongers6212 Magnaview Dr.Eagle River, AK 99577Contact: Clifton M. PoseyPhone: (907) 317-2361Web site: CoreMongers.comCoreMongers specializes in high resolu-tion core photography and other wholecore services including core slabbing andcore plugging. CoreMongers is basedlocally in Anchorage.

Judy Patrick Photography430 W. 7th Ave., Ste. 220Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Judy PatrickPhone: (907) 258-4704Fax: (907) 258-4706Email: jpphoto@mtaonline.netWeb site: JudyPatrickPhotography.comCreative images for the resource devel-opment industry.

Pipe & Fittings

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

Pipeline Maintenance

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

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

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

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

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

Plumbing

Udelhoven Oilfield System ServicesAnchorage office:184 E. 53rd Ave.Anchorage, AK 99518Phone: (907) 344-1577Fax: (907) 522-2541Nikiski office:P.O. Box 8349Nikiski, AK 99635

Phone: (907) 776-5185Fax: (907) 776-8105Prudhoe office:Pouch 340103Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734Phone: (907) 659-8093Fax: (907) 659-8489Serving Alaska for more than 25 years.

Power Generation

Precision Power5801 Silverado WayAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: John Cameron, gen. mgr.Phone: (907) 561-7797Fax: (907) 561-7799Email: jcameron@prepower.netWeb site: www.precisionpowerllc.comOther officeAuburn, WA (253) 887-9596Deadhorse, AK (907) 670-5519Premier source for custom manufac-tured generators, power plants, UPSSystems, DC Power Systems: Sales,Service, Rental. Parts for Waukesha,Mitsubishi, John Deere, Generac, MQPower & Energys-Eltek

Process Equipment

Hanover Canada500, 101-6 Ave. SWCalgary, AB, T2P 3P4 CanadaContact: Rod Saville, Country Mgr.CanadaPhone: (403) 261-6801Fax: (403) 266-1066Email: info@hanover-co.comWeb site: www.hanover-canada.comHanover Canada is the leading providerof natural gas compression services andequipment in Canada. We maintain an85,000 horsepower rental compressionfleet in Canada and over 3.6 millionhorsepower rental fleet worldwide.Hanover custom designs productionequipment in accordance with cus-tomer’s specifications using strict inter-nal engineering standards. We have thecapability to provide process, mechanicaland instrument design engineering forany production equipment projectworldwide.

Natco GroupP.O. Box 850, Stn. TCalgary, Alberta T2H2H3Contact: Kevin Baird, bus. dev. mgr.Phone: (403) 203-2103Fax: (403) 236-0488Email: kbaird@natco-ca.comWeb site: www.natco-ca.comNatco Group engineers, designs andmanufactures process, wellhead andwater treatment equipment and systemsused in the production of oil and gasworldwide.

Procurement Services

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

MRO Sales5631 Silverado Way, Unit GAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: Don PowellPhone: (907) 248-8808Fax: (907) 248-8878Email: Sales1@mrosalesinc.comWeb site: www.mrosalesinc.comOther offices:Kenai: Al Hull (907) 335-2782We provide Professional ProcurementService for hard-to-find supplies, partsand equipment. Regardless of your loca-tion, you will receive service that is guar-anteed to meet your requirements.From Anchorage to Siberia, from ship-ping to communications, you receiveservice from the experts that have ‘BeenThere, Done That’

NANA/Colt Engineering

B18 PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF NOVEMBER 21, 2004PETROLEUM DIRECTORY700 G Street, 5th floorAnchorage, AK 99501Phone: (907) 273-3900Fax: (907) 273-3990Contact: John MinierNANA/Colt offers project management,engineering, design, construction man-agement, and procurement services tothe oil industry.

Production Equipment

Oilfield Improvements1902 North Yellowood Ave.Broken Arrow, OK 74145Contact: Hughes Coston SRPhone: (918) 250-5584Phone: (800) 537-9327Fax: (918) 250-4666Email: info@rodguides.comWebsite: www.rodguides.comSucker rod guides – The Ultra Flowfield installed guide, The WheeledRod Guide

Real Estate

Alaska Railroad Corp.P.O. Box 107500Anchorage, AK 99510Contact: Katie Bender, Marketing andLogistics TechnicianPhone: (907) 265-2485Fax: (907) 265-2597Email: benderk@akrr.comThe Alaska Railroad Corporationoffers real estate, passenger andfreight services – including completeservices to move your freight betweenAlaska, the Lower 48 and Canada.

Recycling Waste Management

ColvillePouch 340012Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734Contact: Mike Kunkel/John Daly gen.mgrs., Craig Welch, mgr. special proj-ects Phone: (907) 659-3197Fax: (907) 659-3190Email: prudhoe1@aol.comDiesel, gasoline, jet fuel, aviationgasoline in bulk and small quantitydeliveries, electronic card-lock fleetmanagement, solid waste and recy-cling, industrial gases and solid waste.Tesoro fuel station.

NEI Fluid Technology3408 Arctic Blvd.Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Kathryn Russell, presidentPhone: (907) 561-4820Fax: (907) 562-2316Email: sales@neifluid.com Suppliers of petrochemical refuelingand testing equipment, meters andvalve systems for the oil and gasindustry and portable measurementfor petroleum, chemicals and bulk liq-uids. We also supply refrigerant recov-ery and recycling equipment.

Pacific Environmental (PENCO)6000 A St.Anchorage, AK 99518Contact: Tom Ulrich, reg. mgr.American Maine svc. groupPhone: (907) 562-5420Fax: (907) 562-5426Email: alaska@amsghq.comWeb site: www.amsghq.comPENCO provides environmentalresponse, containment and clean up.Hazardous wastes and contaminatedsite clean up and remediation.Asbestos and lead abatement.Petroleum vessel services and bulkfuel oil facility and storage tank main-tenance, management and opera-tions.

Quadco6116 Nielson WayAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: David Baggett, VP, AlaskamanagerPhone: (907) 563-8999Fax: (907) 563-8985Email: dbaggett@quadcoinc.comOther offices: Farmington NM, DenverCO, Casper WYQuadco has supplied services to theAlaska oilfield since 1976. We havetrained personnel to help with instru-mentation, solids control, pipe han-dling and Top Drive drilling equip-

Nov. 16, 2004

Dear readers, Petroleum News has experienced impressive growth in traffic on its web site in the last two years, partly because the electronic

version of the newspaper is as easy to read as the newsprint version.Have a look: http://www.PetroleumNews.comThe stories are clean and sharp, and if you click on an advertisement it will take you to that company’s web site.

Almost half of the top 70 oil and gas companies in the United States and Canada have purchased bulk electronic subscriptions toPetroleum News for all their employees. Several pipeline, drilling, service and supply companies have followed suit, as have anumber of government offices, including the U.S. Department of Interior, the Department of Energy, and all the governments ofthe Yukon, Alberta, Alaska, British Columbia and the Northwest Territories.

If you’re interested in a breakdown of Petroleum News’ electronic readership, please call me at 907 770-3505 or email me atpublisher@PetroleumNews.com.

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Reporting Software

Epoch Well Services5801 Silverado WayAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: James R. Carson, AK div. mgr.Phone: (907) 561-2465Fax: (907) 561-2474Email: jcarson@nabors.comPERC is a Windows based relationaldatabase program for morningreports, well planning, drilling, com-pletion and workover reports. RIGRE-PORT provides contractors with anelectronic tour sheet for morningreports and payroll reporting.

Right of Way Maintenance

Carolina Mat Co.P.O. Box 339Plymouth, NC 27962Contact: Susan Harrison, ownerPhone: (252) 793-4045Fax: (252) 793-5187Email: carolinamat@earthlink.netWebsite: www.carolinamat.comCompany established in 1985.Manufacture 3-ply patented, bolted,portable, reusable, solid oak construc-tion mats. Guaranteed to hold up to50 tons, the mats are interlocking andnon-interlocking, countersunk or non-countersunk.

Cruz ConstructionHC04 Box 9323Palmer, AK 99645Contact: Dave or Dana CruzPhone: (907) 746-3144Fax: (907) 746-5557Email: cruzco@alaska.netGeneral contractor specializing inheavy civil construction, horizontaldirection drilling for utilities. Ice roadand ice bridge construction through-out Alaska in support of resourcedevelopment.

Safety Equipment & Supplies

Arctic Fire & Safety702 30th Ave.Fairbanks, AK 99701Contact: Bobby, Shane, GigiPhone: (907) 378-2116Fax: (907) 452-7876Email: arcfire@yahoo.comYour Alaskan owned safety specialistsince 1975. Barricades, barrels, all PPE,gas detection marine and FAA related,extinguisher services, fit testing, signs,we stock heavy.

Brooks Range SupplyPouch 3400081 Old Spine RoadPrudhoe Bay, AK 99734Contact: Mike Kunkel/John Daly, gen.mgrs., Craig Welch, mgr. special. proj-ectsPhone: (907) 659-2550Toll Free: (866) 659-2550Fax: (907) 659-2650Email: brooks@astacalaska.comYour source on the Slope for safetysupplies, welding supplies, automotiveand truck parts, hardware, tools, steel,building materials, glass, propane,hydraulic hoses and fittings, paint andchemicals. Napa and True ValueHardware distribution.

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

MEDC International5829 West Sam Houston Pkwy, North,Ste.1005Houston, TX 77041Contact: Phil Hausman, sales mgr. -AmericasPhone: (713) 937-9772Fax: (713) 937-9773Cell: (713) 410-1144Email: phausman@medcint.com

Other Office: MEDC Ltd. – UKWeb site: www.medc.comMEDC design, manufacture and sell arange of UL/CSA/ATEX-NEC/IECapproved field devices for fire & gasand communications systems for use inpotentially explosive atmospheres.

Unitech of Alaska2130 E. Dimond Blvd.Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Debbie HawleyPhone: (907) 349-5142Phone: (800) 649-5859Fax: (907) 349-2733Email: unitech@alaska.comEmail: dhawley@unitechofalaska.comUOA is Alaska’s only 24-hour oil spillremediation, environmental andindustrial supply company. Specialtyareas include sorbents, geotextile, con-tainment berms, drums and ice melt.

Security

Kuukpik Arctic Catering5761 Silverado Way, Ste PAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: Rick MacMillanPhone: (907) 562-5588Fax: (907) 562-5898Email: rickkac@aol.com

Seismic & Geophysical

Hunter 3-D6001 Savoy, Ste. 110Houston, TX 77036Contact: Dan Huston, vice presidentPhone: (713) 981-4650Fax: (713) 981-4650Email: hunter3d@wt.netWeb site: www.hunter3dinc.comHunter 3-D is a geophysical consultingcompany based in Houston, Texas. Weinterpret seismic, gravity and magneticdata for projects in Alaska and world-wide.

Kuukpik/Veritas2000 E. 88th Ave.Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Jeff HastingsPhone: (907) 276-6037Fax: (907) 279-5740Email: Jeff_Hastings@VeritasDGC.com

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

Smith Consulting Services16467 Noble Point DriveAnchorage, AK 99516Contact: Larry SmithPhone: (907) 345-3250Fax: (907) 345-3250Email: ljsmith@gci.netProviding geophysical consulting serv-ices including seismic acquisition plan-ning and field QC as well as interpre-tation, mapping and GIS data integra-tion using Kingdom Suite and ArcGISsoftware.

Soil Stabilization

Arctic Foundations5621 Arctic Blvd.Anchorage, AK 99518-1667Contact: Ed YarmakPhone: (907) 562-2741Fax: (907) 562-0153Email: info@arcticfoundations.comWeb site: www.arcticfoundations.comSoil stabilization – frozen barrier andfrozen core dams to control hazardouswaste and water movement.Foundations – maintain permafrost fordurable high capacity foundations.

Space Design/Planning

Capital Office Systems1120 E, 35th Ave.Anchorage, AK 99508Contact: Leslye Langla, managingdirect.Phone: (907) 777-1501Fax: (907) 777-1515Email: llangla@capital-office.comAsset management, systems furniture,project coordination, space planning,systems delivery/installation, furniturerefurbishing, and relocation/remodelservices. Authorized Steelcase dealerfor Alaska.

Steel Fabrication

Alaska Steel Co.1200 W. DowlingAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: Joe Lombardo, vice presidentPhone: (907) 561-1188Toll free: (800) 770-0969 (AK only)Fax: (907) 561-2935Email: j.lombardo@alaskasteel.comFairbanks office:2800 S. CushmanContact: Dan Socha, branch mgr.Phone: (907) 456-2719Fax: (907) 451-0449Kenai office:205 Trading Bay Rd.Contact: Will Bolz, branch mgr.Phone: (907) 283-3880Fax: (907) 283-3759Rebar fabrication full service with inhouse estimating and detailing.

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

Ranes & Shine Welding6111 Quinhagak St.Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Tom Ranes, ownerContact: Mike Prince, shop fore.Phone: (907) 868-5079Fax: (907) 868-5087Email: tomranes@hotmail.comWeb site: ranesandshine.comWe are a custom welding and fabrica-tion shop with a 20’ brake, 13 1/2’shear, computerized plasma table andmobile welding trucks.

STEELFAB2132 Railroad Ave. Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Janet Faulkner, vice presidentPhone: (907) 264-2819Fax: (907) 276-3448Email: jfaulkner@steelfabak.comSTEELFAB is the largest Alaskan-ownedsteel service center in the state. It pro-vides pressure vessels, modules, specialdesign items and raw steel products.

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

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

Steel Sales

Alaska Steel Co.1200 W. DowlingAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: Joe Lombardo, vice presidentPhone: (907) 561-1188Toll free: (800) 770-0969 (AK only)Fax: (907) 561-2935Email: j.lombardo@alaskasteel.comFairbanks office:2800 S. CushmanContact: Dan Socha, branch mgr.Phone: (907) 456-2719Fax: (907) 451-0449Kenai office:205 Trading Bay Rd.Contact: Will Bolz, branch mgr.Phone: (907) 283-3880Fax: (907) 283-3759Full-line steel and aluminum distribu-tor. Complete processing capabilities,statewide service. Specializing in lowtemperature steel.

ColvillePouch 340012Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734Contact: Mike Kunkel/John Daly gen.mgrs., Craig Welch, mgr. special proj-ects Phone: (907) 659-3197Fax: (907) 659-3190Email: prudhoe1@aol.comDiesel, gasoline, jet fuel, aviationgasoline in bulk and small quantitydeliveries, electronic card-lock fleetmanagement, solid waste and recy-cling, industrial gases and solid waste.Tesoro fuel station.

STEELFAB2132 Railroad Ave. Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Janet Faulkner, vice presidentPhone: (907) 264-2819Fax: (907) 276-3448Email: jfaulkner@steelfabak.comSTEELFAB is the largest Alaskan-ownedsteel service center in the state. It pro-vides pressure vessels, modules, specialdesign items and raw steel products.

Surveying & Mapping

AeroMap U.S.2014 Merrill Field Dr.Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Holly Holmes, MarketingPhone: (907) 272-4495Fax: (907) 274-3265Email: hholmes@aeromap.comWeb site: www.aeromap.comAeroMap provides geospatial informa-tion about the earth utilizing land, air-borne and satellite sensors. We defineits topography, measure its features,and chronicle its condition.

ASTAC/fm, a division of ASTAC4300 B St., Ste. 501Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Don NelsonPhone: (907) 563-3989Phone: 1-800-478-6409Fax: (907) 563-1932Email: don@astac.netProvides expertise in implementing GIStechnology whether it be data conver-sions or a complete turnkey solution.

Kuukpik - LCMF139 E. 51st Ave.Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Richard Rearick, architecturalmgr.Contact: Willey Wilhelm, engineeringmgr.Contact: Tony Hoffman, survey mgr.Phone: (907) 273-1830Phone: (800) 955-1830Fax: (907) 273-1831Email: lcmfanch@alaska.netOther Offices:Barrow: (800) 478-8213Email: ktoovak@lcmf.comAlpine: (907) 670-4739Email: alp1035@ppco.comStatewide contractor project supportsurveyors; remote site land and hydro-graphic surveys for government andprivate; oil and gas development sur-veying, mapping, and permitting.

Lounsbury and Associates723 W. 6th Ave.Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Craig L. Savage, presidentE-mail: csavage@lounsburyinc.comContact: Jim Sawhill, vp

B20 PETROLEUM NEWS • WEEK OF NOVEMBER 21, 2004PETROLEUM DIRECTORYEmail: jsawhill@lounsburyinc.comPhone: (907) 272-5451Fax: (907) 272-9065Toll Free: (800) 478-5451Website: www.lounsburyinc.comSpecializing in surveying for Alaska oiland gas exploration, oilfield develop-ment and transportation systems, con-ventional and GPS surveying, andmapping.

Tank Fabrication

Northern Transportation310 K St., Ste. 200Anchorage, AK 9950142003 McKenzie Hwy.Hay River, NWT X0E0R9Contact: John Marshall Phone: (867) 874-5167Fax: (867) 874-5179Email: jmarshall@ntcl.comWeb site: www.ntcl.com Marine transportation along theMcKenzie River to the Beaufort Seaand Alaska’s North Slope.

Telephone Equipment & Sales

ASTAC4300 B St., Ste. 501Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: Erin EalumPhone: (907) 563-3989Phone: 1-800-478-6409Fax: (907) 563-1932Email: info@astac.netProviding local and long distance serv-ice, Internet, maintenance and train-ing, consultation, installation, engi-neering, Centrex, custom calling fea-tures, digital cross connect service, anddigital data service to the North Sloperegion of Alaska.

North Slope Telecom2020 E. Dowling, Ste. 3Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Bill Laxson, presidentPhone: (907) 562-4693Fax: (907) 562-0818Email: info@nstiak.comWeb site: www.nstiak.comDesign, installation and maintenanceof telephone, cable plant, fiber optics,data network, VOIP, paging and cellu-lar systems. Twenty years of arcticexperience.

Temporary Placement Services

Chiulista Camp Services/MayflowerCatering6613 Brayton Dr., Ste. CAnchorage, AK 99507Contact: George B. Gardner, pres/gmPhone: (907) 278-2208Fax: (907) 677-7261Email: ggardner@calistacorp.comThe 100 percent Alaska Native ownedand operated catering company onthe North Slope, catering and house-keeping to your tastes, not ours.

Training

Pacific Rim Institute of Safety &Management (PRISM)P.O. Box 3670Kenai, AK 99611Contact: David C. Burnett, programmgr.Phone: (907) 283-3054Fax: (907) 283-1853Email: PRISM@Alaska.netWeb site: www.AAICorp.comProviding a full spectrum of compli-ance based training for workers in thefield of health, safety and emergencyresponse, all in one location. Basic rig-ging, forklift and manlift operations,confined space rescue, hazardousmaterials, maritime (BST, STCW certi-fied), industrial fire fighting (NFPA600).

Underwater NDT & Photography

American Marine Corp.6000 A St.Anchorage, AK 99518Contact: Tom Ulrich, reg. mgr. svc.groupPhone: (907) 562-5420Fax: (907) 562-5426Email: alaska@amsghq.com

Web site: www.amsghq.comAmerican Marine Corp. provides fullservice marine construction and divingservices throughout Alaska and thePacific Basin.

Offshore Divers5400 Eielson St.Anchorage, AK 99518Contact: Don Ingraham, owner/mgr.Contact: Leif Simcox, owner/oper. mgr.Phone: (907) 563-9060Fax: (907) 563-9061Email: don@offshoredivers.comWeb site:http//www.offshoredivers.comOffshore Divers is an Alaska owneddiving contractor specializing in sub-sea oilfield work on mooring systems,pipelines, platforms and docks in CookInlet, on the North Slope and inValdez.

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

Underwater Welding

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

Offshore Divers5400 Eielson St.Anchorage, AK 99518Contact: Don Ingraham, owner/mgr.Contact: Leif Simcox, owner/oper. mgr.Phone: (907) 563-9060Fax: (907) 563-9061Email: don@offshoredivers.comWeb site:http//www.offshoredivers.comOffshore Divers is an Alaska owneddiving contractor specializing in sub-sea oilfield work on mooring systems,pipelines, platforms and docks in CookInlet, on the North Slope and inValdez.

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

Vehicle Repair

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

Seekins Ford Lincoln Mercury1625 Old Steese Hwy.Fairbanks, AK 99701

Contact: Steven Angel, fleet sales mgr.Phone: (907) 459-4044Fax: (907) 450-4007Email: fleetsales@seekins.comWeb site: www.seekins.comFord Lincoln Mercury dealer located inFairbanks Alaska providing solutionsto your transportation needs. Partsand service support in Fairbanks andPrudhoe Bay.

Vehicle Sales/Rental

Seekins Ford Lincoln Mercury1625 Old Steese Hwy.Fairbanks, AK 99701Contact: Steven Angel, fleet sales mgr.Phone: (907) 459-4044Fax: (907) 450-4007Email: fleetsales@seekins.comWeb site: www.seekins.comFord Lincoln Mercury dealer located inFairbanks Alaska providing solutionsto your transportation needs. Partsand service support in Fairbanks andPrudhoe Bay.

Welding

Ranes & Shine Welding6111 Quinhagak St.Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Tom Ranes, ownerContact: Mike Prince, shop fore.Phone: (907) 868-5079Fax: (907) 868-5087Email: tomranes@hotmail.comWeb site: ranesandshine.comWe are a custom welding and fabrica-tion shop with a 20’ brake, 13 1/2’shear, computerized plasma table andmobile welding trucks.

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

Welding ServicesP.O. Box 7248Nikiski, AK 99635Mile 20.5 Kenai Spur Hwy.North Kenai, AKContact: Keith T. RahamPhone: (907) 776-8279Fax: (907) 776-8279Cell Phone: (907) 252-5466General Contractor #27005. Oilfieldand general welding fabrication andrepair services including aluminum,stainless steel and carbon steel.

Weld Repairs/Manufacturing

Hanover Canada500, 101-6 Ave. SWCalgary, AB, T2P 3P4 CanadaContact: Rod Saville, Country Mgr.CanadaPhone: (403) 261-6801Fax: (403) 266-1066Email: info@hanover-co.comWeb site: www.hanover-canada.comHanover Canada is the leadingprovider of natural gas compressionservices and equipment in Canada. Wemaintain an 85,000 horsepower rentalcompression fleet in Canada and over3.6 million horsepower rental fleetworldwide. Hanover custom designsproduction equipment in accordancewith customer’s specifications usingstrict internal engineering standards.We have the capability to provideprocess, mechanical and instrumentdesign engineering for any productionequipment project worldwide.

Natco CanadaP.O. Box 850, Stn. TCalgary, Alberta T2H2H3Contact: Kevin Baird, bus. dev. mgr.Phone: (403) 203-2103Fax: (403) 236-0488Email: kbaird@natco-ca.comWeb site: www.natco-ca.com

Natco Group engineers, designs andmanufactures process, wellhead andwater treatment equipment and sys-tems used in the production of oil andgas worldwide.

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

Ranes & Shine Welding6111 Quinhagak St.Anchorage, AK 99507Contact: Tom Ranes, ownerContact: Mike Prince, shop fore.Phone: (907) 868-5079Fax: (907) 868-5087Email: tomranes@hotmail.comWeb site: ranesandshine.comWe are a custom welding and fabrica-tion shop with a 20’ brake, 13 1/2’shear, computerized plasma table andmobile welding trucks.

STEELFAB2132 Railroad Ave. Anchorage, AK 99501Contact: Janet Faulkner, vice presidentPhone: (907) 264-2819Fax: (907) 276-3448Email: jfaulkner@steelfabak.comSTEELFAB is the largest Alaskan-ownedsteel service center in the state. It pro-vides pressure vessels, modules, specialdesign items and raw steel products.

Unique Machine5839 Old Seward HwyAnchorage, AK 99518Contact: Pat Hanley, COOPhone: (907) 563-3012Fax: (907) 562-1376Email: office@uniquemachineinc.comWeb site: www.uniquemachineinc.comThe design, development, manufac-ture and distribution of oilfield con-struction, mining, fishing and govern-ment parts to industry quality stan-dards.

OIL COMPANIES

Operators

ConocoPhillips Alaska700 G St.P.O. Box 100360Anchorage, AK 99510-0360Contact: Jim Bowles, president & CEOPhone: (907) 265-6134Fax: (907) 265-1502

Marathon Oil3201 C St., Ste 800Anchorage, AK 99503Contact: John A. Barnes, regional mgr.Phone: (907) 561-5311Fax: (907) 564-6489Website: www.marathon.com

XTO Energy810 Houston St.Fort Worth, TX 76102Contact: Vaughn O. Vennerberg, IIPhone: (817) 870-2800Fax: (817) 870-0379Other Office:52260 Shell Rd.Kenai, AK 99611Contact: Doug Marshall, prod. supt.XTO Energy, established in 1986, isengaged in the acquisition and devel-opment of quality, long-lived produc-ing oil and gas properties and explo-ration for oil and gas.