Seeking investment, Alaska goes open source with oil & gas data

 
An Armstrong rig in the Pikka Unit on the North Slope. The State of Alaska is releasing data it has collected from companies under a tax credit program that requires companies turn over seismic information and well data to the state in order to get the credit. After a waiting period, the state sells it to the public.  (Photo courtesy Armstrong Oil and Gas)
Somewhere in Anchorage, the state is hiding four giant suitcases, filled with top-secret pictures of the ground. 
The Deputy