HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON OIL AND GAS                                  
                    April 8, 1997                                              
                      8:34 a.m.                                                
                                                                               
                                                                               
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                             
                                                                               
VAN MEURS REPORT - SUGGESTED LEGISLATIVE ACTION ON GAS LINE                    
     - POSTPONED                                                               
                                                                               
POINT THOMPSON LEASE HOLDERS                                                   
                                                                               
TAPE(S)                                                                        
                                                                               
97-15, SIDE(S) A                                                               
                                                                               
CALL TO ORDER                                                                  
                                                                               
Representative Hodgins, Chairman, convened the House Special                   
Committee on Oil and Gas meeting at 8:34 a.m.                                  
                                                                               
PRESENT                                                                        
                                                                               
Committee members present at the call to order were Representatives            
Hodgins, Ryan, Kemplen and Ogan.                                               
                                                                               
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                         
                                                                               
MICHAEL KOTOWSKI, Petroleum Reservoir Engineer, Division of Oil and            
Gas, Department of Natural Resources, discussed the activity at                
Point Thomson.                                                                 
                                                                               
JIM BRANCH, Alaska Production Manager, Exxon Company, USA,                     
discussed activity in the Point Thomson area and answered the                  
committee's questions.                                                         
                                                                               
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                               
                                                                               
The committee took no action.                                                  
                                                                               
ADJOURNMENT                                                                    
                                                                               
The meeting was adjourned at 9:03 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.