Alaska — Oil Pipeline & Native Corporations & Military in Alaska

Alaska's economy runs through Anchorage regardless of where the actual work happens. The oil and gas industry's corporate offices sit there even though extraction happens hundreds of miles north -- Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, which has operated the Trans-Alaska Pipeline since 1970, is headquartered in Anchorage, and the sector accounts for a disproportionate share of the state's wages even though it's a small share of direct employment. Alaska Native regional corporations are real economic institutions in their own right, not just cultural ones: Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, headquartered in Utqiagvik with administrative offices in Anchorage, is one of the largest Alaska Native-owned corporations, running businesses across the state's North Slope. The military is a third real anchor -- Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson alone is drawing a planned $2 billion investment and 2,700 new personnel, even as broader federal employment in the state has fallen 8.4% year over year. The University of Alaska system, split between Anchorage and Fairbanks, is the research and workforce anchor underneath all three.

Region Stats

Total firms 4

VC / investors 0

Companies 4

Schools 0

People 0

By Who For

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Known For

Oil Pipeline

Native Corporations

Military