The company offers deepwater and harsh environment drilling, oil and gas drilling management, and drilling engineering and project management services, as well as explores, develops, and produces oil and gas resources.

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So it is not surprising that the stock of Fluor Corp. ( FLR, 47) , which provides engineering, procurement, construction, maintenance and project-management services for refineries and power plants, is down 48% in the last 12 months.

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Before serving as mayor, Mr. Itta held a variety of project management and development positions for Arctic Slope World Services and the Arctic Slope Consulting Group from 1998 to 2004, where he was involved in the engineering and coordination of the North Slope Village water and sewer construction program.

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