...to be comparable in size to Alaska's and their oil fields development history started when ours did.Norway's Ekofisk...epic undertaking.While I don't know what the oil field development costs in Norway and Alaska actually amounted to...
...segments of Anchorage's economy, oil and manufacturing, are expected to lose jobs. The absence of large-scale oil field development, competitive pressures and uncertainty about future market conditions have been winnowing the number of jobs in...
...maintenance programs on pipelines and field production facilities helped take the sting out of reduced drilling and other oil field development work. The oil producers say the state's high marginal tax rate on new oil projects acts as a disincentive for...
...nothing for granted, particularly with respect to hiring and training Alaskans for the job opportunities opened by oil field development. The current fanfare regarding "partnership with industry" and rising local-hire statistics comes in direct...
...cap on the amount of state land a single company may control. BP Amoco also plans to spend $5 billion on Alaska oil field development during the next five years - more than the existing separate spending plans of each company. Perhaps most important...
...Sean Parnell said he supports changes in the tax that would expand investment tax credits for certain types of oil field development work. Almost all members of the House Republican Majority, including House Speaker Mike Chenault, R-Nikiski...
...industry, BP's action should serve notice that it can and will play hardball when it sees fit. We encourage the Knowles Administration to remain vigilant in defending Alaska's interest in how our oil field development proceeds.
...daunting problem on the North Slope, where thousands of miles of pipeline have been installed over about 30 years of oil field development. BP has ratcheted up spending to combat corrosion, Beaudo said, and this year has a $40 million budget to find...
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