The Alaska Oil and Gas Association (AOGA) will honor individuals and companies/organizations for their achievements working in the oil and gas industry at its annual conference on May 31, 2018, at the Dena’ina Center in Anchorage.

The four AOGA Industry Awards winners are: 

CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR SAFETY PERFORMANCE, sponsored by THE ALASKA SUPPORT INDUSTRY ALLIANCE: ICE Services, Inc.
The Contractor of the Year Award for Safety Performance, sponsored by the Alaska Support Industry Alliance, was created to recognize an oil and gas support company that has demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to safety. As the Point Thomson camp support service provider, ICE Services truly exemplifies the production unit’s commitment to the highest standard of safety. In 2017, ICE Services employees worked 23,622 hours in support of Point Thomson and had no recordable or lost time incidents. Today, ICE Services is one of the largest single contractor groups at Point Thomson. ICE Service’s performance is not only demonstrative of the company’s own expertise and dedication to safety, but its employees model that behavior to all workers that they interact with and influence daily.

THE RISING STAR AWARD sponsored by HILCORP: Leonard Dickerson, Hilcorp Alaska
The Rising Star Award honors a young professional oil and gas industry employee, under the age of 35, who has made an immediate and definitive impact on the oil and gas industry in Alaska. Leonard Dickerson, an Environmental, Health and Safety (EH&S) Specialist III for Hilcorp Alaska, is everything a Rising Star should be. Born and raised on the Kenai, Leonard has great appreciation for Alaska’s oil and gas industry and a passion to make sure things are done safely and responsibly. Leonard’s career in industry safety started in 2007 when he accepted a position with Expro as a Health, Safety and Environmental Quality Control Coordinator. During his six years with Expro, Leonard provided critical safety training and worked directly with operations managers to establish and enforce safe work practices. Hilcorp recognized Leonard’s incredible work ethic and effectiveness while with Saxon and brought him on board in 2014. Today, Leonard supports the Cook Inlet Offshore operations for Hilcorp Alaska, overseeing 12 offshore platforms and 3 onshore facilities. Leonard is a Certified Occupational Safety Specialist; graduated as an Occupational Safety and Health Technology Technician in 2015; and is a member in good standing of the American Society of Safety Engineers. He’s an active participant in local safety forums including the Alaska Support Industry Alliance and the Governor’s Health and Safety Conference each year. Leonard is also an Emergency Trauma Technician and is currently
completing Paramedic 1 training. 

ALASKA OIL & GAS PROJECT OF THE YEAR FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND INNOVATION, sponsored by STOEL RIVES: Alyeska Pipeline Service Company’s Otter Rehabilitation Facility Upgrade and Demonstration
The Alaska Oil and Gas Project of the Year for Environmental Stewardship and Innovation, sponsored by Stoel Rives, honors an Alaska oil and gas industry project that demonstrates superior environmental stewardship in its area of design, construction or operation and/or an innovative approach that sets a new standard for industry design, construction or operation in Alaska. Alyeska’s Otter Rehabilitation Module in Valdez is one of the few facilities in the world that is designed to treat and rehabilitate otters affected by an oil spill. The facility was originally designed and built in the mid-1990s. In 2017, Alyeska upgraded and fully demonstrated the facility to confirm optimum readiness and fit-for-purpose for deployment during a spill response. The facility is innovative by design as a contingency marine mammal hospital and unique in its scale.

MARILYN CROCKETT LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Pat Foley, Caelus Energy Alaska
The Marilyn Crockett Lifetime Achievement Award is named in honor of the former AOGA Executive Director who dedicated her entire 41-year career to, as she stated, “growing Alaska’s economy through a vibrant oil and gas sector in the state.” This award honors the dedication Marilyn displayed during her career: exceptional devotion of time, effort, thought, and action consistently shown in his/her work for the betterment of the oil and gas industry in Alaska. In his many decades in the oil patch, Patrick Foley’s efforts across his career have left an indelible mark on Alaska’s oil industry. Pat serves as the senior vice president for Caelus Energy Alaska and is a true leader that has helped many companies and projects become successful over his decades in the oil industry. He has built a great reputation throughout his career due to his honesty and integrity, and like many good leaders, he does so by example not words. Born in Denver, Colorado, Pat is a distinguished graduate of The University of Colorado with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business (1980). In 2004, Pat joined Pioneer Natural Resources Alaska, and was eventually named President in 2013. With his guidance, Pioneer obtained the Oooguruk the unit and in 2008 they became the very first independent operator on the North Slope. In 2014 Caelus Energy purchased the Alaska Assets of Pioneer and Pat remained in charge of the Alaska operations. Since Caelus came to Alaska, Pat has overseen record production at Oooguruk, the starting of the Nuna development, and the exploration program success at Smith Bay. Anyone of those are large feats in and of itself for a small company, but Pat’s leadership and his team helped made those a success.

Awards were received and reviewed by a five-person committee made up of industry experts, both active and retired, in the fields of government and public affairs; business; environmental and regulatory affairs; land management; and environmental law.