02/18/2003 03:20 PM House O&G

                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
             HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON OIL AND GAS                                                                           
                       February 18, 2003                                                                                        
                           3:20 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Vic Kohring, Chair                                                                                               
Representative Mike Chenault, Vice Chair                                                                                        
Representative Hugh Fate                                                                                                        
Representative Lesil McGuire                                                                                                    
Representative Norman Rokeberg                                                                                                  
Representative Beth Kerttula                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                              
Representative Harry Crawford                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
OVERVIEW:  ALASKA OIL AND GAS ASSOCIATION (AOGA), PART 1                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
03-6, SIDE(S) A & B                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  VIC KOHRING  convened  the meeting  of  the House  Special                                                             
Committee on Oil  and Gas at 3:20 p.m.   Representatives Kohring,                                                               
Chenault, Fate,  and McGuire were  present at the call  to order.                                                               
Representatives Rokeberg and Kerttula  arrived as the meeting was                                                               
in progress.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
JUDY BRADY,  Executive Director,  Alaska Oil and  Gas Association                                                               
(AOGA), made opening remarks and  gave a brief overview regarding                                                               
the agency's goals, missions, and objectives.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
GARY  CARLSON, Senior  Vice  President,  Forest Oil  Corporation,                                                               
presented a  slide overview of  the future and  present situation                                                               
of oil  and gas in  the Cook  Inlet region and  answered members'                                                               
questions.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
MARK   IRELAND,   Western   North  Slope   Development   Manager,                                                               
ConocoPhillips Alaska,  Inc., presented  a slide overview  of the                                                               
future  of  North  Slope  oil   and  gas  and  answered  members'                                                               
questions.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                              
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
There were no announcements.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There being no  further business before the  committee, the House                                                               
Special  Committee  on  Oil  and Gas  meeting  was  adjourned  at                                                               
4:38 p.m.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
NOTE:   The meeting was  recorded and handwritten log  notes were                                                               
taken.  A  copy of the tape(s)  and log notes may  be obtained by                                                               
contacting the  House Records  Office at  State Capitol,  Room 3,                                                               
Juneau,  Alaska  99801  (mailing address),  (907)  465-2214,  and                                                               
after  adjournment  of the  second  session  of the  Twenty-Third                                                               
Alaska  State Legislature  this  information may  be obtained  by                                                               
contacting the Legislative Reference Library at (907) 465-3808.