Annie Feidt, Alaska’s Energy Desk

Alaska has lost more than 2,000 jobs in the oil and gas industry since last year, as the state faces its first real recession in nearly three decades. Tom Walsh is a founding partner of Petrotechnical Resources Alaska, an oil and gas consulting firm.

Alaska has lost more than 2,000 jobs in the oil and gas industry since last year, as the state faces its first real recession in nearly three decades. Tony DeHaven can’t afford to be out of work. He has two teenage kids at home with their college years just around the corner.

Alaska has lost more than 2,000 jobs in the oil and gas industry since last year, as the state faces its first real recession in nearly three decades. Brad Campbell worked as a financial analyst for BP for more than 15 years.