Oil firms open office in Tok to oversee field work on Alaska gas line project
Published Thursday, June 19, 2008
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FAIRBANKS -- Preliminary work on the natural gas line project proposed by BP and ConocoPhillips is beginning in Tok.
The partners opened their field office on Thursday in Tok. They expect to spend about $40 million on field work this summer, including permit applications and cost estimates, according to a news release from Denali -- The Alaska Gas Pipeline.
"The Tok field office will be a hub for much of our work this summer," Denali President Bud Fackrell said in the release. About 60 people will work on the project in the area.
Hydrology, archaeological and cultural studies and land surveys have begun. The work is being done along the projected route of the gas line, which will follow the Dalton, Richardson and Alaska highways from the North Slope into Canada to markets in the Lower 48.
Denali-The Alaska Gas Pipeline is owned by subsidiaries of BP and ConocoPhillips. The project is being developed outside the state's Alaska Gasline Inducement Act, which the producers say is flawed. Alaska lawmakers are currently looking at a project proposed by TransCanada under AGIA requirements.
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Interesting, for the past 40 years there have been studies and land surveys in the Tok area by state, federal and private sources regarding the feasible routes for the railroad, pipelines, and so forth. The old Haines pipeline followed the highway, which was uprooted several years ago, after the shut down of the pumpstations by the Army. This gas line should follow that route again in getting our gas to market. I just hope that the 60 some employees will be of local hire first.
i live in tok. some local hire but not much
I highly doubt Tok would be able to provide the hydrologists, archaeologists, and other specialty occumpations needed for this phase of permitting.
Movement forward is what it is and certainly welcome for all Alaskan's. I say 'geter done'
Keep moving forward.
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