The Dutch company. Still no Americans allowed there?
This exploration is from the 2008 lease sale. ConocoPhillips was also a sucessful bidder on many of the leases, along with other companies.
It is pretty normal on the Alaskan North Slope for fields to be owned by several companies but one company is selected to be the operator for the field.
Aren’t they based out of Houston, I would hope it means jobs here.