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North Slope & Cook Inlet Activity

by Darryl Jordan | Apr 28, 2017 | Arctic, Oil & Gas

North Slope & Cook Inlet Activity Darryl Jordan The BP-operated Prudhoe Bay oilfield has surpassed 12.5 billion barrels of production. Prudhoe Bay’s large-scale enhanced oil recovery includes the use of enriched gas and re-injecting 8 billion cubic feet of...

Ice Road to Tanana

by Sam Friedman | Jan 1, 2017 | Alaska Native, Construction, Transportation

Ice Road to Tanana Sam Friedman Tyrell Seavey mushes on the Yukon River near Tanana, where a village-built ice road now connects Tanana to the Alaska road system.© JEFF SCHULTZ / ALASKASTOCK.COM Unique method to transport cargo The Yukon River city of Tanana began...

Training Plumbers, Steamfitters, and Pipefitters

by Rindi White | Jan 4, 2016 | Construction, Education, Oil & Gas

Training Plumbers, Steamfitters, and Pipefitters Rindi White JMichael Luhrs welding hot pass.© LOCAL 375 JATC Union apprenticeship programs invest in workforce Nearly 23 percent of people who work in Alaska are part of a union, according to the federal Bureau of Labor...

Air-Cranes Improving Construction in Alaska

by Tom Anderson | Sep 3, 2014 | Construction, Telecom & Tech

Sometimes the origin of a business can be as fascinating as its services and work product. When it comes to the everyday communications…

Alaska’s Ports, Harbors, and Docks

by Tom Anderson | May 12, 2014 | Transportation

When singer Otis Redding and guitarist Steve Cropper penned their soulful melody with the iconic chorus “I’m sittin’ on the dock of the bay, wastin’…