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Movers and shakers among Alaska's oil services and contracting companies gather in Anchorage Friday to discuss the uncertain state of the state's petroleum industry, which directly and indirectly supports one-third of the Alaska's economy and about 90 percent of the state budget.
"Meet Alaska," the Alaska Support Industry Alliance's big annual conference, will be at the Anchorage Sheraton Hotel.
The Alliance is the trade association for oil and gas contractors and service companies.
It has about 450 member companies, which collectively employ 35,000 to 40,000 Alaskan workers, according to Paul Laird, the Alliance's general manager.
Speakers at this year's event include senior executives with the major North Slope producing companies, BP, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil and Pioneer Natural Resources Co., as well as exploring companies like Talisman Energy, parent company of FEX LLC, which has been drilling in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Companies typically lay out their plans for the year at the Meet Alaska conference, but this year, given recent low oil prices, the industry faces an unusual degree of uncertainty.
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