CCI Industrial Supports the Make Alaska Competitive Coalition

ANCHORAGE, AK — April 25, 2012 — In supporting MACC, CCI Industrial Services recognizes that a robust and sustainable oil and gas industry, the primary driver of our State’s economy, is vital to Alaska’s future. In this time of strong oil prices, most of the world, including the rest of the US, is in a “boom” – investments, jobs and production are increasing.  Unfortunately, Alaska is not attracting significant new oil and gas investments and our production is dropping. The flow of oil through the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) has steadily decreased over the last twenty-five years and is now less than 650,000 barrels per day. 

Many companies, individuals and consultant experts are on record citing a number of reasons why investment in Alaska is lagging. Certainly the real cost of doing business, with higher prices of goods and services, is one of those. However, Alaska’s tax and fiscal structure are also frequently cited as potential obstacles to investment.

CCI Industrial strongly encourages Alaska’s State government to consider options to make oil and gas investments more attractive, with the ultimate aim of not only stemming decline, but increasing production. It takes time to fund and implement projects, and the results are often seen months and often years later. We therefore encourage action be considered and taken as soon as practical.

Development and exploration activity in and around the State’s current oil and gas infrastructure have the potential to increase oil throughput in TAPS. Doing so would provide the State tax revenues to support our key infrastructure and programs and thereby the needs of all Alaskans for years to come.

CCI Industrial provides asbestos and lead abatement, specialty coatings, sandblasting, tank and vessel cleaning, corrosion-under-insulation refurbishment, scaffolding, demolition and decommissioning, spill response, hazardous waste removal, construction, and operations and maintenance. We have been providing practical, cost effective solutions to our customers for more than two decades.

Contact:

Vikki Lord Irwin
CCI Industrial Services, LLC
907.770.9402
info@ccialaska.com
www.cciindustrial.com