Furie Hires Briner as Office Manager
Catherine Briner accepted an employment offer from Furie Operating Alaska as Office Manager. Briner’s responsibilities include overseeing accounts payable/receivable and payroll. Briner brings with her over 40 years of experience in finance and accounting with 21 years at iHeartMedia previously as finance lead/business manager.
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New Oil on the North Slope
August 2026
In mid-May it was 19°F and windy at the Aurora Hotel in Deadhorse. As I stood in the parking lot surveying the surroundings, I chatted with a gentleman from Texas who works for Nabors Alaska Drilling and was in town as part of a crew tasked with getting a previously inactive drill rig up and running. He said that, according to his supervisor, spring is the windy season on the North Slope. The gusts were bracing, numbing the fingers holding my camera, but most of my attention was focused on what I could capture through the lens: work trucks, shipping containers, buildings obscured by snow whipped up by the wind.