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Fairweather bets on growth of Slope work, plans expansion November Issue 3 2012

Fairweather bets on growth of Slope work, plans expansion

Fairweather LLC has plans to expand its North Slope support facilities at the Deadhose Airport, adding personnel living quarters and industrial warehouse space to an aviation and medical service center the company opened in August.

Tim Bradner, Alaska Journal of Commerce

Schlumberger’s Alaska history dates back to first oil well November Issue 3 2012

Schlumberger’s Alaska history dates back to first oil well

Schlumberger, the oilfield service company, is so embedded in the history of the petroleum industry that its proper pronunciation should be on the entry quiz for new oil workers.

Tim Bradner, Alaska Journal of Commerce

Small-scale gold mining grows as prices remain high November Issue 3 2012

Small-scale gold mining grows as prices remain high

While major mining companies continue to produce and explore Alaska’s gold, smaller-scale efforts are increasing their reach.

Molly Dischner, Alaska Journal of Commerce

Denali Fault quake still source of study a decade later November Issue 3 2012

Denali Fault quake still source of study a decade later

FAIRBANKS — The Denali Fault earthquake only rumbled for about 3 minutes when it shook Interior Alaska a decade ago, but some of the reverberations of that powerful seismic event are still being felt today.

Jeff Richardson, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

November Issue 3 2012

Hilcorp consent degree will cap gas prices, limit LNG sales

Cook Inlet gas producer Hilcorp Energy LLC has agreed to terms of a consent decree that will cap the price of gas sold to utilities and industrial customers for five years and not allow gas to be sold into LNG export markets until local utility needs are met, a state attorney said Nov. 8.

Tim Bradner, Alaska Journal of Commerce

November Issue 3 2012

State, federal lease sales net $15M in North Slope bids

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management received 14 bids on 160,080 acres of federal oil and gas leases in the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska in a lease sale held Nov. 7.

Tim Bradner, Alaska Journal of Commerce

Southeast guide sentenced for sport license violations November Issue 3 2012

Southeast guide sentenced for sport license violations

A Southeast Alaska charter guide and lodge owner pled guilty to four counts of residency-related false statement on a sport license in Sitka court Nov. 6.

Molly Dischner, Alaska Journal of Commerce

November Issue 3 2012

Alaska increases estimate of salmon disaster

Alaska commercial fishermen lost an estimated $16.8 million in direct revenue tied to fishing closures because of recent poor king salmon returns, according to new figures prepared by state officials.

Dan Joling, Associated Press

Pioneering Anchorage architect elected to Hall of Fame November Issue 3 2012

Pioneering Anchorage architect elected to Hall of Fame

N. Claiborne Porter arrived in Alaska with his wife, Marilyn, on July 4, 1972. In October, Porter was inducted into the National Association of Home Builders Remodeling Hall of Fame.

Elwood Brehmer, Alaska Journal of Commerce

November Issue 3 2012

Railbelt legislators take control of House, Senate leadership

Conservative Republicans from Alaska’s “railbelt” region — Southcentral and Interior Alaska — will have an iron grip on top leadership positions in the state House and Senate when the Legislature convenes its 2013 session in January.

Tim Bradner, Alaska Journal of Commerce

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