02/18/1997 08:10 AM House O&G

        HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON OIL & GAS                                   
                  February 18, 1997                                            
                      8:10 a.m.                                                
                                                                               
                                                                               
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                             
                                                                               
COOK INLET GAS OUTLOOK                                                         
                                                                               
TAPE(S)                                                                        
                                                                               
97-6, SIDE(S) A & B                                                            
97-7, SIDE(S) A                                                                
                                                                               
CALL TO ORDER                                                                  
                                                                               
Representative Hodgins, Chairman, convened the House Special                   
Committee on Oil & Gas meeting at 8:10 a.m.                                    
                                                                               
PRESENT                                                                        
                                                                               
Committee members present at the call to order were Representatives            
Hodgins and Rokeberg.  Representative(s) Ogan, Kemplen and Bunde               
arrived as the meeting was in progress.  Other legislators present             
were Representative Kubina.                                                    
                                                                               
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                         
                                                                               
TOM WALDOCK, Vice President, Administration, Enstar, introduced                
Dick Barnes.                                                                   
                                                                               
DICK BARNES, President, Enstar, gave an overview slide presentation            
on Cook Inlet gas and answered questions.                                      
                                                                               
DAVID PERKINS, Representative, Marathon Oil Company, discussed                 
Marathon Oil Company's support for the North Slope Pipeline Project            
and outlined Marathon Oil Company's functions and answered                     
questions on his testimony.                                                    
                                                                               
VIRGEL SPURGEON, Director, Regulatory Affairs, North America                   
Production Division, Phillips Petroleum, discussed the potential to            
find new reserves in the Cook Inlet area.                                      
                                                                               
KEVIN TABLER, Manager, Land and Government Affairs, Union Oil                  
Company of California (Unocal), discussed Unocal's view on the                 
future of Cook Inlet's gas supply and deliverability for                       
Southcentral Alaska and answered questions on his testimony.                   
                                                                               
ROBERT BRADDOCK, Project Director, Alyeska Alloys Iron Carbide                 
Project, discussed Alyeska Alloy's support of the project and                  
answered questions on his testimony.                                           
                                                                               
                                                                               
BILL VAN DYKE, Petroleum Manager, Lease Administration/Royalty,                
Division of Oil and Gas, Department of Natural Resources, commented            
on the natural gas supply and demand situation in Cook Inlet and               
answered questions on his testimony.                                           
                                                                               
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                               
                                                                               
The committee took no action.                                                  
                                                                               
ADJOURNMENT                                                                    
                                                                               
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 9:45 a.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 130 Seward Street, Suite 211, Juneau,                  
Alaska 99801-1182, (907) 465-2214, and after adjournment of the                
second session of the Twentieth Alaska State Legislature, in the               
Legislative Reference Library.