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Reports and Research Memoranda [About Richard Fineberg]
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For three decades, Richard A. Fineberg has researched and reported on economic and environmental issues related to Alaska and global petroleum development. Fineberg came to Alaska in 1969 to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in political science at the University of Alaska, leaving that position in 1971 to devote full time to freelance reporting.
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the1970s, Fineberg's newspaper and magazine coverage of various subjects,
including the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) and
a proposed natural gas line from the North Slope, earned state and national
press awards.
In 1983 Fineberg entered government service, where he held the position of senior advisor to the Governor of Alaska on oil and gas policy between 1986 and 1989. In this capacity, his portfolio included issues such as oil and gas litigation, national energy policy and revenue forecasting, as well as special assignments. Since leaving government he has consulted and prepared reports for non-profit organizations, government agencies, independent developers and private investors. His independent research has provided new and sometimes controversial insights into topics that include the profitability and long-term production prospects of Alaska's North Slope oil fields; state and federal petroleum revenue; economic, operational and safety issues on TAPS; and the causes and effects of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. Recently he has reported on oil and gas development in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and the Russian Far East and prepared a chapter on Alaska's petroleum litigation for the book, Caspian Oil Windfalls: Who Will Benefit? (Open Society Institute, 2003; foreword by Joseph E. Stiglitz). Fineberg, the principal investigator for Research Associates of Ester (Fairbanks), Alaska, and this website, is available for consulting. (For rates, contact Richard Fineberg, Email: fineberg@alaska.net.) |
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About
Richard A. Fineberg
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