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May 10 forum on gas and Alaska’s future
A second public forum put on by the Office of Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects will be held May 10 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the University of Anchorage Fine Arts Building Recital Hall.
The topic of this forum will be Alaska’s economic future, with and without a large gas line.
Panelists will include Federal Coordinator Larry Persily; Scott Goldsmith, professor of economics, Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage; Brian Rogers, chancellor, University of Alaska Fairbanks; and Bill Van Dyke, a petroleum engineer with Petrotechnical Resources Alaska.
“Alaska’s economy is overwhelmingly dependent on oil, and if Alaska is going to maintain a healthy economy years into the future it needs more oil and it also needs a gas line,” said Persily. “Without billions of dollars in new investment, the longevity of the oil line is in serious question. A gas line would improve Alaska’s chances of attracting those investment dollars if explorers can profit from both oil and gas.”
The forum will be streamed live at the Federal Coordinator’s website, www.arcticgas.gov.
The forum is open to the public, and there will be time for questions after the presentations. Seating will be limited, though overflow space will be available.
Fairbanks, Juneau access The forum can also be watched live in Fairbanks at the University of Alaska Museum of the North auditorium; in Juneau at the Butrovich Room at the Capitol; and via web stream at the Legislative Information Offices in Wasilla and Kenai.
360 North, the Alaska statewide public TV channel that carries Gavel-to-Gavel coverage of the Legislature, will rebroadcast the forum at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. May 13; 1 p.m. May 15; and 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. May 16.
Forum information, including complete biographies of the panelists, supplemental materials about state oil and gas economics, directions to the forum sites, access to the live stream of the forum, and a link to electronically submit questions for the panelists during the forum can be found on the Federal Coordinator’s website, www.arcticgas.gov.
Congress established the Office of Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects in 2004 to expedite and coordinate federal permitting for a pipeline to deliver natural gas from Alaska’s North Slope to U.S. markets.
—Petroleum News
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