Tony Alvarado: ‘I’m constantly measuring our actions in the airport, in the office, on the ground, and in the air against our goals and objectives to detect and deter danger and to prevent harm.’ By Hilary Reeves Tony Alvarado is ...
Carlile driver gearing up for another winter on dangerous Dalton Highway
‘Ice road’ trucker Tony Dotson’s weekly route links Fairbanks, Prudhoe’s arctic oil field By Hilary Reeves Tony Dotson’s first memory of Alaska is the snowdrifts piled high on the tarmac as he walked down the stairs of a plane on ...
NOSI lead rotates on, off the Slope
Jared Peterson spends the equivalent of six months per year on the unforgiving tundra of Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay oil field. By Hilary Reeves Jared Peterson started his career as an apprentice equipment operator, and spent his first three construction seasons ...
Nome grown Cheryl Johnson helps NAC give back
As Director of Employee Services and Community Relations, Johnson fosters post-secondary education, economic and community growth in rural Alaska. By Hilary Reeves Cheryl “Ducky” Johnson grew up in Nome, a city of fewer than 4,000 people on western Alaska’s Bering ...
Carlile driver started in father’s machine shop
Randy Eyth: ‘Sometimes you have to learn to let things go’ By Hilary Reeves Randy Eyth was born and raised in Fairbanks, Alaska. He grew up working in his father’s fabrication shop. “I spent a lot of time outdoors as ...
Carlile dispatcher awed by outpouring of generosity after the birth of her grandson
Leona Sprinkle: “We knew he was coming, we just didn’t know he was coming home with us that day.” By Hilary Reeves When Leona Sprinkle’s grandson was born in July, the anticipated celebratory title of “Grandma” took a swift backseat ...
A legacy of efficiency, safety sails on in Alaska with the ‘Antril S.’
The Delta Western barge was christened in October after employee Antril Sanguinetti, who died in 2014 By Hilary Reeves On a wet and gusty morning last October in Tacoma, Washington, Delta Western personnel gathered to christen the company’s new 326’ ...
Inlet Petroleum lubricants specialist inspired son to join the ‘family’
Cody Potter worked alongside his father, Bill Potter, for years before recently joining Delta Western By Hilary Reeves Bill Potter is a self-proclaimed “lubricants nerd.” “I’ve done everything during my career from warehousing, driving and operations management, to sales, to ...
NANA Oilfield Services joins Saltchuk family on the Slope
Company cultures, services ‘a great fit,’ said President Brad Osborne By Hilary Reeves On Alaska’s frigid North Slope, the gusting Arctic Ocean drives temperatures to minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit. Potable water, fuel, and the lubricants necessary to protect billions of ...
‘Later on down the road’
Foss dispatcher turned Director of Business Development finds adventure in Alaska By Hilary Reeves In Tucker Tillman’s childhood home outside of Portland, Ore., creativity reigned. “I think I took for granted how much fun (my mom) was when I was ...