HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON OIL AND GAS                                                                                    
                  March 23, 1999                                                                                                
                    10:20 a.m.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
  COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
  PRESENTATION BY DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES:                                                                              
  POINT THOMPSON                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
  TAPE                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
  99-13, SIDE(S) A & B                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
  CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
  CHAIRMAN JIM WHITAKER called the House Special Committee on                                                                   
  Oil and Gas to order at 10:20 a.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
  PRESENT                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
  Committee members present at the call to order were                                                                           
  Representatives Whitaker, Porter, Dyson, Harris and Ogan.                                                                     
  Representatives Kemplen, Phillips and Smalley arrived as the                                                                  
  meeting was in progress. [time unspecified]  Representative                                                                   
  Brice was not present.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
  SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
  KEN BOYD, Director, Division of Oil and Gas, Department of                                                                    
  Natural Resources, presented the history of development and                                                                   
  current status of Point Thompson.  In addition, Mr. Boyd                                                                      
  answered questions from committee members.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
  The committee took no action.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
  ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
  CHAIRMAN WHITAKER adjourned the House Special Committee on Oil                                                                
  and Gas at 11:10 a.m.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
  NOTE:                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
  The meeting was recorded and handwritten log notes were taken.                                                                
  A copy of the tapes 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 Twenty-first                                                                   
  Alaska State Legislature in the legislative Reference Library.