Crude Dreams: A Personal History of Oil and Politics in Alaska

In February 1968, the rumors became reality: An ARCO drilling rig has struck oil -- lots of oil -- on Alaska's remote North Slope. Jack Roderick's story of oil and politics in Alaska reads like a novel as he tells of the risky, expensive, and mostly frustrating search for oil across the 49th state. Oil companies watch one another jealously. Small independents and the new state struggle to share in the action dominated by huge multi-national oil companies. Gov. Bill Egan, the shy grocer from Valdez, stands up to the industry, seeking the largest possible share of oil revenues for Alaskans.

Author: Jack Roderick
Publisher: Epicenter Press (WA)
Published: 11/01/1997
Pages: 452
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 9.14h x 5.90w x 0.98d
ISBN13: 9780945397601
ISBN10: 0945397607
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | Pacific Northwest (OR, WA)
- Business & Economics | Corporate & Business History | General
- Business & Economics | Industries | Energy