01/29/2002 10:07 AM House RES

                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
                         JOINT MEETING                                                                                        
             HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON OIL AND GAS                                                                           
               HOUSE RESOURCES STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                             
                        January 29, 2002                                                                                        
                           10:07 a.m.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
OVERVIEW:  ALASKA COAL BED METHANE, EVERGREEN RESOURCES, INC.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
02-3, SIDE(S) A & B [House O&G tape]                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  SCOTT OGAN,  Chair, called  the joint  meeting of                                                               
the  House  Special  Committee  on  Oil and  Gas  and  the  House                                                               
Resources Standing Committee to order at 10:07 a.m.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Members present from  the House Special Committee on  Oil and Gas                                                               
were   Representatives   Ogan,    Dyson,   Fate,   and   Kohring;                                                               
Representatives Guess and  Chenault joined the meeting  as it was                                                               
in progress.   Members present from the  House Resources Standing                                                               
Committee  were  Representatives   Masek,  Scalzi,  Stevens,  and                                                               
McGuire (as  well as Representatives  Fate and  Chenault, members                                                               
of both committees).                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
MARK  SEXTON,   President  &  CEO,  Evergreen   Resources,  Inc.,                                                               
presented  an  overview  of  his   company  including  a  company                                                               
profile, awards, community relations,  growth of the company, why                                                               
they have come  to Alaska, a description of the  process to drill                                                               
for coal  bed methane gas,  a description  of the deposit  in the                                                               
Pioneer Unit,  a description of  their current production  in the                                                               
Raton  Basin  in  Colorado, equipment  used,  evaporation  ponds,                                                               
erosion  control,  pipeline  construction, noise  abatement,  and                                                               
projected  plans for  Evergreen Resources,  Inc., in  Alaska.   A                                                               
handout was provided.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
There were no announcements.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committees took no action.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  OGAN adjourned  the  joint meeting  of  the House  Special                                                               
Committee  on  Oil  and  Gas and  the  House  Resources  Standing                                                               
Committee at 11:19 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.