Using Project Management to Align External Stakeholders During Exploratory Well Permitting in State Leases on the North Slope

• Main Author: Stribling, Owen
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: University of Alaska Anchorage 2015
• Subjects: Permitting; Stakeholders; Alignment; Communication; Natural Resources; Oil and Gas; North Slope; Exploration; Alaska; Collaberation; Rural; Native; Culture; subsistence; Project; Plan; State Agencies; State Land Use; Anchorage; north slope
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/5578

Presented to the Faculty of the University of Alaska Anchorage in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE Natural resource extraction projects can have a polarizing effect on stakeholders. Oil and gas projects that take place on the North Slope of Alaska are no exception. Not taking the time to build long term relationships with important stakeholders, and collaborate with them, throughout the project can amplify this problem and create many more. This project was designed to research if, and if so how, alignment of external stakeholders is planned for. Past project plans were examined to extract lessons learned and best practices. A literature review was conducted to find other improvement ideas. Project management tools and techniques were gleaned and recommendations have been made on ways to align external stakeholders during the exploratory well permitting process. Abstract / Keywords / Acronym List / Table of Contents / Introduction / Research Method & Approach / Literature Review / Survey . Department of Natural Resources - Plans of Operations / Conclusions / Recommendations for Future Research / References / Appendix A: Survey Results