RDC conference set for Nov. 20-21

The Resource Development Council’s 24th annual conference, “Alaska Resources 2004,” is scheduled for the Sheraton Anchorage Hotel Nov. 20-21.

The morning of Nov. 21 there will be three panels. State and federal officials will talk about new frontiers and expanding opportunities. Representatives of majors and independents — BP, ConocoPhillips, Pioneer Natural Resources, Armstrong Oil and Gas and EnCana — will discuss oil and gas on Alaska’s North Slope, ‘2004 and beyond.’ Cook Inlet operators and explorers — Marathon, Unocal, Pelican Hill and Aurora Gas, will talk about ‘the search for new gas.’

The keynote luncheon speaker Nov. 20 is U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska.

The afternoon program includes Evergreen Resources, invited to discuss coalbed methane, followed by two panels on new frontiers in Alaska: Arctic Slope Regional Corp., NANA Development Corp. and TeckCominco Alaska will talk about Arctic Alaska; and Doyon Ltd., Usibelli Coal Mine and Fairbanks Gold Mining will talk about Interior Alaska.

Panels on Nov. 21 will discuss new frontiers in Southwest Alaska and Coastal and Southeast Alaska.

Details are available from RDC at 907-276-0700, or on the Web at www.akrdc.org. Early bird registration for the conference, good until Oct. 31, is $200; thereafter rates are $250 for RDC members and $325 for non-members.