01/25/2001 10:05 AM House O&G

                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
             HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON OIL AND GAS                                                                           
                        January 25, 2001                                                                                        
                           10:05 a.m.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
"SEVEN SNAPSHOTS OF  OIL & GAS IN  ALASKA," PART 2, AK  OIL & GAS                                                               
ASSOCIATION                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
01-5, SIDES A & B                                                                                                               

01-6, SIDE A                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  SCOTT  OGAN,  Chair,  called  the  House  Special                                                               
Committee on Oil and Gas meeting to order at 10:05 a.m.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Committee  members  present  were  Representatives  Ogan,  Dyson,                                                               
Chenault, Fate,  Kohring, Guess, and  Joule.  Also  in attendance                                                               
were Representatives Lancaster, Green, McGuire, and Morgan.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
The committee continued hearing  a two-part basic introduction to                                                               
oil and  gas by  the Alaska  Oil & Gas  Association (AOGA).   The                                                               
handouts  provided on  January  23 were  referred  to during  the                                                               
presentations.   Presentations, as well as  related questions and                                                               
answers from members, occurred in the following order:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
GENE  BURDEN,  Senior  Vice-President  of  Government  Relations,                                                               
Tesoro Alaska Company (via  teleconference), presented Snapshot 7                                                               
- Refining in Alaska:  Adding Values.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
JOE  HEGNA,  Director  of Regulatory  Affairs,  Phillips  Alaska,                                                               
Inc., presented Snapshot  4 - Environmental Practices:   Doing It                                                               
Right.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
RANDAL BUCKENDORF, Environmental  Counsel, Phillips Alaska, Inc.,                                                               
presented  Snapshot  5 -  Permitting  Requirements:   Agency  and                                                               
Public Oversight.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
MARK    STANLEY,    Coil-Tubing-Drilling    Superintendent,    BP                                                               
Exploration  (Alaska) Inc.,  presented  Snapshot 6  - Betting  on                                                               
Technology; Advances in Exploration/Production Technology.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Chairman  Ogan announced  his intention  to  begin hearing  bills                                                               
that  had been  referred  to  this committee  on  January 30  and                                                               
February 1.   Additional industry presentations  would follow, on                                                               
February 6 and February 8.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN OGAN  adjourned the House  Special Committee on  Oil and                                                               
Gas meeting at 11:59 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  State Capitol,  Room 3,                                                               
Juneau,  Alaska   99801 (mailing  address),  (907) 465-2214,  and                                                               
after  adjournment of  the second  session  of the  Twenty-Second                                                               
Alaska  State Legislature  this  information may  be obtained  by                                                               
contacting the Legislative Reference Library at (907) 465-3808.