Page 14 Santos advances with Pikka project Lots of good news and activity on the North Slope with Santos to bring the Pikka project into production soon. Page 18 ConocoPhillips pushes forward with Willow ConocoPhillips has moved forward with its Willow project with more than $7 billion in investment and generationchanging potential for Alaska. Page 26 Investing in the Next Generation Anchorage School District is launching a bold initiative to educate and encourage young Alaskans on workforce opportunities and needs in Alaska’s resource industries. Page 38 AIDEA taking lead on natural gas? Could Alaska’s development agency take the lead in reversing the continued decline in natural gas from Cook Inlet fields and end a long-term threat now coming soon for all Southcentral communities including Anchorage? FEATURES The Link is published in partnership with the Alaska Support Industry Alliance by Fireweed Strategies LLC, 4849 Potter Crest Circle, Anchorage, AK 99516. We actively seek contributions from Alliance members and the oil and gas and mining industry. For advertising information and story inquiries, email Lee.Leschper@FireweedStrategies.com. Our magazine is mailed at no charge throughout Alaska to those interested in resource development and a healthy Alaska economy. To subscribe, email Admin@FireweedStrategies.com. Publisher: Lee Leschper | Editor: Tim Bradner | Production, Design: Will Leschper Contributing Photographer: Judy Patrick THE LINK: JANUARY 2024 6 ON THE COVER Work on the Santos Pikka Project is both injecting a flurry of new activity on the North Slope this winter and new optimism for increasing long term oil throughput in the Trans Alaska Pipeline and oil revenue for the state. Photo Courtesy Santos Ltd. ON THIS PAGE Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s bold plan to build carbon capture as a revenue stream for Alaska will be among many energy proposals before Alaska legislators for the session that opens this month.
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