Energy intensive industry for Alaska. Volume I: Alaskan cost factors; market factors; survey of energy-intensive industries

• Main Authors: Swift, W.H., Clement, M., Baker, E.G., Elliot, D.C., Jacobsen, J.J., Powers, T.B., Rohrmann, C.A., Schiefelbein, G.L.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Pacific Northwest Laboratory 1978
• Subjects: Fuels; Elements; Power; Fluids; Organic Compounds; Usa 298000* > Energy Planning & Policy > Consumption & Utilization; Gases; 32 Energy Conservation; Consumption; And Utilization; 320300 > Energy Conservation; & Utilization > Industrial & Agricultural Processes; Cement Industry; 290400 > Energy Planning & Policy > Energy Resources; Electric Power; Natural Gas; Materials; Financial Data; Alcohols; Industry; Alaska; Gas Fuels; Data; Coal; Comparative Evaluations; North America; Fossil Fuels; Industrial Plants; Aluminium; 02 Petroleum; Hydroxy Compounds; Metal Industry; Fuel Gas; Energy Expenses; 020700 > Petroleum > Economics; Industrial; & Business Aspects; 29 Energy Planning; Policy And Economy; Cost; Petrochemical Plants; Operating Cost; Wages; Metals; Availability; Chemical Plants; Market; Energy Sources; Information; Labor; Surveys; Petroleum; Production; Methanol; Carbonaceous Materials; Pacific Northwest Region; Petroleum Refineries; Pacific; north slope
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2172/6092913; https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1105276/

The Alaskan and product market factors influencing industry locations in the state are discussed and a survey of the most energy intensive industries was made. Factors external to Alaska that would influence development and the cost of energy and labor in Alaska are analyzed. Industries that are likely to be drawn to Alaska because of its energy resources are analyzed in terms of: the cost of using Alaska energy resources in Alaska as opposed to the Lower 48; skill-adjusted wage and salary differentials between relevant Alaskan areas and the Lower 48; and basic plant and equipment and other operating cost differentials between relevant Alaskan areas and the Lower 48. Screening and evaluation of the aluminum metal industry, cement industry, chlor-alkali industry, lime industry, production of methanol from coal, petroleum refining, and production of petrochemicals and agrichemicals from North Slope natural gas for development are made.