HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON OIL AND GAS                                  
                  February 20, 1997                                            
                     10:06 p.m.                                                
                                                                               
                                                                               
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                             
                                                                               
GAS TECHNOLOGY                                                                 
                                                                               
TAPE(S)                                                                        
                                                                               
97-8, SIDE(S) A & B                                                            
                                                                               
CALL TO ORDER                                                                  
                                                                               
Representative Hodgins, Chairman, convened the House Special                   
Committee on Oil and Gas meeting at 10:06 a.m.                                 
                                                                               
PRESENT                                                                        
                                                                               
Committee members present at the call to order were Representatives            
Hodgins, Brice, Ryan, Ogan and Kemplen.  Representative(s) Bunde               
and Rokeberg arrived as the meeting was in progress.                           
                                                                               
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                         
                                                                               
CHARLES FRENCH, Representative, Gas Research Institute, described              
the functions of the Gas Research Institute.                                   
                                                                               
EDWARD PATTEN, Technical Project Leader, Southwest Research                    
Institute, presented an overview of the Southwest Research                     
Institute and answered the committee's questions.                              
                                                                               
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                               
                                                                               
The committee took no action.                                                  
                                                                               
ADJOURNMENT                                                                    
                                                                               
The meeting was adjourned at 10:59 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 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.