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.
This week, Alaska’s Energy Desk is spotlighting those who have been affected by the downturn, as part of the series An Uncertain Future.
Tom Walsh is a founding partner of Petrotechnical Resources Alaska, an oil and gas consulting firm.
The company has lost about half its workforce in the last year.
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.
This week, Alaska’s Energy Desk is spotlighting those who have been affected by the downturn, as part of the series An Uncertain Future.
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.
So far, DeHaven has been lucky to hold onto his job as a automation engineer on the Trans Alaska Pipeline working for the engineering firm Dowland-Bach. But he worries about the future.
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.
This week, Alaska’s Energy Desk is spotlighting those who have been affected by the downturn, as part of the series An Uncertain Future.
Brad Campbell worked as a financial analyst for BP for more than 15 years. Campbell says when he had the opportunity to take a job in the oil industry midway through his career, he grabbed it.
