A better type of job would be a sustainable job. Oil patch work is well Patchy. Oil production has a finite life span. Much the same as a mine. The mine/ oil patch when it nears it end will not provide the jobs that people need to survive. If you want to see a town that is dead look at an old mining town.
A better idea for long term work and sustainable monies for the north would be to build prisons. Prisons and industry like this will provide jobs forever. I had discussed this with an elder the last time I was in the north and he was very interested in the idea.
I've met a LOT of Alaskan prisoners---they were housed in private prisons in Tennessee and MN---it's a LOT cheaper for AK to pay others to house said inmates
