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"I was in that meeting when Shell said, we're leaving the state, and it was a gut punch."

“I was in that meeting when Shell said, we're leaving the state, and it was a gut punch.”
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September 18, 2026

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I was in the oil and gas industry when Shell announced in the morning meeting, and I was in that meeting when Shell said, we're leaving the state, and it was a gut punch. And you could just feel for the Alaskans that were no longer going to be employed, right? For the Alaskans that so badly need economic development. And so that's a big part of it.

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