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November 2019

Vol. 24, No.45 Week of November 10, 2019

RDC conference has presentations of interest to Alaska O&G industry

Petroleum News

The 40th annual Resource Development Council conference is scheduled for Nov. 20 and 21 at the Dena’ina Center in Anchorage.

The conference registration desk and exhibits open at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, the 20th, with an eye-opening breakfast, followed by opening remarks at 8 a.m. by fisheries, forestry, mining, tourism and oil and gas representatives, including Kara Moriarty, president and CEO of the Alaska Oil and Gas Association.

Also, economist Neil Fried from Alaska Department of Labor will talk about Alaska Economic Trends, 2020 forecast.

Presentations of particular interest to the oil and gas industry during the first day of the conference include:

10: 30 a.m. - Far from tapped out, North Slope reemergence, by Scott Jepsen, senior vice president of ConocoPhillips Alaska.

Noon/Lunch - Transitions, the new North Slope, by keynote speaker Rex Rock, president and CEO of Arctic Slope Regional Corp.

1:30 p.m. - Four presentations, starting with an energy outlook through 2040, by David Khemakhem, energy and technology advisor, corporate strategic planning, Exxon Mobil Corp. and Darlene Gates, president, Exxon Mobil Alaska; Tribal governments and lands in trust in Alaska, by Tara Sweeney, assistant secretary, Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior; Burning fossil fuels cleaner in an era of climate change, by Dr. Brian Anderson, National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy; and Cook Inlet oil and gas development, the long view, by Benjamin Johnson, president and CEO of BlueCrest Energy.

3:30 p.m. - Two presentations, starting with Investment at risk again? Another oil and gas tax initiative (speaker information forthcoming); and Passing the torch on the North Slope, by Janet Weiss, president of BP Alaska and David Wilkins, Hilcorp’s senior vice president for Alaska.

Presentations of special interest to the oil and gas industry during the second day of the conference include:

8:30 a.m. - Three presentations, The Alberta to Alaska railway, connection to the global marketplace, by Sean McCoshen, chairman and founder of A2A Rail; The new Alaska LNG export project, by Mead Treadwell, CEO of Qilak LNG; U.S. Ocean policy, past present and future, by Brent Greenfield, executive director of National Ocean Policy Coalition.

10:30 a.m. - We have the rocks and resources, how do we make Alaska’s oil and mining renaissance a reality by Peter Caltagirone, senior legal and policy advisor, Department of Natural Resources.

Noon/Lunch - Two presentations, Pan Arctic business and the way forward, by Anu Fredrikson, Arctic Economic Council, followed by Development in the Arctic, by Lance Miller, vice president of natural resources for NANA Regional Corp.

1:30 p.m. - Two presentations, Comparing the ocean economies and development potential of Alaska and Norway, by Andreas Raspotnik of Nord University and the Arctic Institute; and the Alaska roadless rulemaking process, by Chad Vanormer, director of ecosystem, planning and budget, Alaska roadless rulemaking team, U.S. Forest Service and Robert Venables, executive director, Southeast Conference.

- Petroleum News






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