ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
             HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON OIL AND GAS                                                                           
                         April 23, 2001                                                                                         
                           9:05 a.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
KEN KONRAD,  SENIOR V.P.  BUSINESS UNIT LEADER,  ALASKA GAS  / BP                                                               
EXPLORATION  (ALASKA) INC.,  & ROBBIE  SCHILHAB, MANAGER,  ALASKA                                                               
GAS DEVELOPMENT, EXXON/MOBIL PRODUCTION COMPANY.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
01-31, SIDES A & B                                                                                                              
01-32, SIDES A & B                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE HUGH  FATE, Vice  Chair, called the  House Special                                                               
Committee  on  Oil  and  Gas   meeting  to  order  at  9:05  a.m.                                                               
Following  the  presentation  by  Mr.  Konrad,  the  meeting  was                                                               
recessed at  9:58 a.m.; it was  reconvened at 5:10 p.m.  in order                                                               
to hear from Mr. Schilhab.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Committee members present during  the morning presentation by Mr.                                                               
Konrad  were  Representatives  Fate, Ogan  (via  teleconference),                                                               
Dyson,  and  Chenault.    Members   present  during  the  evening                                                               
presentation  by Mr.  Schilhab  were  Representatives Fate,  Ogan                                                               
(via teleconference), and Chenault.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
KEN KONRAD,  Senior Vice President, Business  Unit Leader, Alaska                                                               
Gas,  BP Exploration  (Alaska) Inc.,  gave a  presentation during                                                               
the morning portion of the  meeting, in response to an invitation                                                               
from the  committee to follow  up on questions submitted  to each                                                               
producer earlier in the session  by Representative Ogan, chair of                                                               
the  House Special  Committee  on Oil  and Gas.    Copies of  his                                                               
written testimony,  as well as  the question/answer  packet, were                                                               
provided.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
ROBBIE  SCHILHAB,  Manager,  Alaska Gas  Development,  ExxonMobil                                                               
Production  Company,  gave  a  presentation  during  the  evening                                                               
portion of  the meeting,  in response to  an invitation  from the                                                               
committee to  follow up on  questions submitted to  each producer                                                               
earlier  in the  session  by Representative  Ogan,  chair of  the                                                               
House Special  Committee on Oil and  Gas.  Copies of  his written                                                               
testimony, as well as the question/answer packet, were provided.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
There were no announcements.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
VICE CHAIR FATE adjourned the  House Special Committee on Oil and                                                               
Gas meeting at 5:50 p.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.