JOINT MEETING                                              
       HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON OIL AND GAS                                  
HOUSE RESOURCES STANDING COMMITTEE                                             
                         March 11, 1997                                        
                           10:10 a.m.                                          
                                                                               
                                                                               
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                             
                                                                               
VAN MUERS' REPORT ON NORTH SLOPE LIQUID NATURAL GAS PROJECT                    
                                                                               
TAPE(S)                                                                        
                                                                               
97-9, SIDE(S) A & B                                                            
97-10, SIDE(S) A                                                               
                                                                               
CALL TO ORDER                                                                  
                                                                               
Representative Hodgins, Chairman, convened the joint meeting                   
between the House Special Committee on Oil and Gas and House                   
Resources Standing Committee meeting at 10:10 a.m.                             
                                                                               
PRESENT                                                                        
                                                                               
Committee members present at the call to order were Representatives            
Hodgins, Ryan, Brice, Kemplen, Ogan, Dyson (via teleconference) and            
Masek.  Representative(s) Rokeberg, Bunde, Joule, Nicholia,                    
Williams, Barnes and Green arrived as the meeting was in progress.             
Other legislators present were Representatives Austerman (via                  
teleconference), Kubina and Ivan.                                              
                                                                               
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                         
                                                                               
WILSON CONDON, Commissioner, Department of Revenue, gave background            
information on the North Slope liquid natural gas project and on               
Dr. Pedro van Meurs and answered the committee's questions.                    
                                                                               
PEDRO VAN MEURS, Doctor, Independent Consultant, Petroleum Fiscal              
Systems, presented the results of his study on the Alaska North                
Slope liquid natural gas project and answered questions on his                 
testimony.                                                                     
                                                                               
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                               
                                                                               
The committee took no action.                                                  
                                                                               
ADJOURNMENT                                                                    
                                                                               
The meeting was adjourned at 11:55 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.