ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
             HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON OIL AND GAS                                                                           
                         April 1, 2004                                                                                          
                           3:35 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Vic Kohring, Chair                                                                                               
Representative Jim Holm                                                                                                         
Representative Lesil McGuire                                                                                                    
Representative Norman Rokeberg                                                                                                  
Representative Harry Crawford                                                                                                   
Representative Beth Kerttula                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Cheryll Heinze                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
PRESENTATION BY XTO ENERGY - "COOK INLET OIL AND GAS"                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
[This overview  occurred in  the middle  of the  regular meeting.                                                               
For  the regular  meeting, see  the  3:25 p.m.  minutes for  this                                                               
date, tape 04-12.]                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
04-13, SIDE(S) A                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  VIC  KOHRING  called  the meeting  of  the  House  Special                                                             
Committee on  Oil and  Gas back  to order at  3:35 p.m.   Present                                                               
were Representatives Kohring,  Holm, Rokeberg, McGuire, Crawford,                                                               
and Kerttula.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
LINDSEY DINGMORE, Government Affairs,  XTO Energy, Inc., assisted                                                               
with a  slide presentation, answered  questions, and  invited the                                                               
committee to tour the Cook Inlet oil rigs in the summer.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
KYLE  HAMMOND, Vice  President, XTO  Energy, Inc.,  assisted with                                                               
the presentation,  giving a perspective of  the company's history                                                               
and  future goals  in  Cook Inlet.   In  Alaska  since 1998,  the                                                               
company  started out  small, he  said,  but has  seen a  dramatic                                                               
growth in 2004.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KOHRING asked if there  was any legislation, either pending                                                               
or possible in the future, that could help the industry.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
MR. HAMMOND suggested  investing more capital in the  oil and gas                                                               
industry.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
There were no announcements.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
The House Special  Committee on Oil and Gas took  a brief at-ease                                                               
before  returning  to the  regular  meeting.   [For  the  regular                                                               
meeting, see the 3:25 p.m. minutes for this date, tape 04-12.]                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
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-Third                                                               
Alaska  State Legislature  this  information may  be obtained  by                                                               
contacting the Legislative Reference Library at (907) 465-3808.