Van Wyhe Joins Furie as Operations Engineer
Hunter Van Wyhe has joined Furie Operating Alaska as Operations Engineer. In this role, Van Wyhe is working on engineering and geologic assignments supporting Furie’s Kitchen Lights Unit asset in the Cook Inlet. Prior to joining Furie, Van Wyhe worked on oil and gas projects around the State, including Nenana Basin and North Slope exploration as field engineer for Fairweather. Hunter is originally from Fairbanks and earned his bachelor’s degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
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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.
