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    • About Nikiski
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    • North Roaders
      • Ainsworth, Jessie C.
      • Arness, James V. & Peggy
      • Ault Family
      • Bell, Dave & Daisy Mae
      • Bell, Murray & Hilma
      • Best, Stan and Erma
      • Carlson, Melvin Clarence
      • Daniels, Earl & Florence
      • Evenson, Jim and Nedra
      • Gray, Galen & Charlotte
      • Hedberg, "Moosemeat John"
      • Henderson, Eadie
      • Hilleary, Isam and Olga
      • Horner, George L.
      • Huhndorf, Stan & Caroline
      • Johnson, Don and Sylvia
      • McConnell, Thelma
      • McGahan, Ken & Margaret
      • McGaughey, Joe & Lillian
      • Norman, "Norm" & Betty
      • Rounds, Mary D. & Dean L.
      • Sidback, Wallace & Elsie
      • Tauriainen, Art & Mim
      • Thompson, Stan & Donnis
      • Thompson, Jasper
      • Vandevere, Les and Betty
      • Wolding, Joseph "Milo"
    • History
      • Alaska LNG Project
      • Arness Terminal/OSK Dock
      • Cook Inlet Oil Field
      • Lamplight Bar and Liquor
      • Lighthouse Inn
      • Marathon Refinery
      • Mt. Redoubt 1966 Eruption
      • Nikiski church of Christ
      • Nikiski Pool
      • Port Nikiski/Rig Tenders
      • North Kenai Elementary
      • Tanglewood Supply
      • Halbouty Oil
    • QUOTES
    • Memorials
North Road Pioneers
  • Home
  • About Nikiski
  • Photos
  • North Roaders
    • Ainsworth, Jessie C.
    • Arness, James V. & Peggy
    • Ault Family
    • Bell, Dave & Daisy Mae
    • Bell, Murray & Hilma
    • Best, Stan and Erma
    • Carlson, Melvin Clarence
    • Daniels, Earl & Florence
    • Evenson, Jim and Nedra
    • Gray, Galen & Charlotte
    • Hedberg, "Moosemeat John"
    • Henderson, Eadie
    • Hilleary, Isam and Olga
    • Horner, George L.
    • Huhndorf, Stan & Caroline
    • Johnson, Don and Sylvia
    • McConnell, Thelma
    • McGahan, Ken & Margaret
    • McGaughey, Joe & Lillian
    • Norman, "Norm" & Betty
    • Rounds, Mary D. & Dean L.
    • Sidback, Wallace & Elsie
    • Tauriainen, Art & Mim
    • Thompson, Stan & Donnis
    • Thompson, Jasper
    • Vandevere, Les and Betty
    • Wolding, Joseph "Milo"
  • History
    • Alaska LNG Project
    • Arness Terminal/OSK Dock
    • Cook Inlet Oil Field
    • Lamplight Bar and Liquor
    • Lighthouse Inn
    • Marathon Refinery
    • Mt. Redoubt 1966 Eruption
    • Nikiski church of Christ
    • Nikiski Pool
    • Port Nikiski/Rig Tenders
    • North Kenai Elementary
    • Tanglewood Supply
    • Halbouty Oil
  • QUOTES
  • Memorials

Cook inlet oil field

Oil was discovered in the Cook Inlet area in 1957, and rigorous development began in 1959, first in the Swanson River area and then with oil rigs in Cook Inlet off the coast of Nikiski. Platforms speckle the inlet and shoreside support systems abound, employing many in Nikiski.

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Oil rigs stand among ice floes off the shore of Nikiski

Oil rigs stand among the ice floes off the shore of Nikiski (Photo Credit: Tim Peters)

Helicopters ferry crews and supplies to the rigs

Helicopters regularly ferry crews and supplies to oil rigs from shore (Photo Credit: Tim Peters)

Monopod platform in Cook Inlet

The Monopod platform in Cook Inlet (Photo Credit: henks3222 on Flickr)

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Grayling Platform in Cook Inlet

The Grayling Platform in Cook Inlet (Photo Credit: Jared Cockman)

Oil platform off Port Nikiski with Mt. Spurr in background

A platform can be seen backed by Mt. Spurr off Port Nikiski (Photo Credit: pderricks on Flickr)

Platforms behind Port Nikiski wharves at sunset

Oil Platforms are seen beyond Port Nikiski's wharves at sunset (Photo Credit: Dan Smouse)

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