A recent year-long study off the coast of Alaska in the Outer Continental Shelf by the University of Alaska Anchorage’s Institute of Social and Economic Research and Northern Economics Inc, has revealed that a new development could create 35 000 jobs throughout the state every year. This Outer Continental Shelf Development will offer much needed job security and new jobs for the major cities in Alaska as well as the more rural areas creating a 5 percent statewide increase in the population. This is great news for Alaska’s economy, because aside from the actual development that will create oil jobs and gas jobs in Alaska, it will also provide additional opportunities for travel jobs, tour guide jobs, Alaskan fishing jobs, and much more.
Shell Exploration and Production was responsible for paying for the study and they are interested in leasing the areas off the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas as well as the North Aleutian Shelf. The break-down of the jobs that are needed are as follows:
- 6000 jobs in direct oil production and in the oil fields
- 3000 jobs in infrastructure such as in the creation of pipelines etc
- 22 000 jobs in indirect support like transportation and engineering
- 4000 jobs in the state and local government near offshore production areas
The revenue that would be generated from the Outer Continental Shelf is expected to exceed $15 billion for the state with an estimated $10 billion of that due to the additional crude oil flowing through the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Production. The total development will include 13 major oil fields offshore as well as 13 platforms across the Chukchi, Beaufort and North Aleutian areas. This new development is expected to provide jobs and offer job security in oil production for the next 50 years. If you want to find oil jobs in Alaska check out the member area of Alaska Job Finder or Oil Job Finder today!
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