Opinion: Oil & gas history every Alaskan should know

By Phil Izon This article was originally published on 907 Honest under the title “The Architect of Alaska’s Oil Era,” August 7, 2026. Harold Heinze arrived on the North Slope in February 1969 as a young Arco reservoir engineer. Locked away in Dallas under extreme secrecy, he and Gary Downey decoded the first five discovery […] The post Opinion: Oil & gas history every Alaskan should know appeared…