Alaska Governor Stands by AGIA Process

January 26, 2008, Juneau, Alaska – Alaska Governor Sarah Palin today responded to claims made by ConocoPhillips regarding the State’s rejection of the company’s natural gas pipeline proposal, which was submitted outside the AGIA process.

“AGIA sets forth a vehicle that delivers North Slope gas to market with certification and construction benchmarks, expansion provisions, tariff terms, and other protections the state, and the nation, need. It is unfortunate that ConocoPhillips elected not to participate in this sensible competitive process as did other fine companies.”

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The Governor also clarified that the state has never refused to work with ConocoPhillips on a mutually beneficial plan to get the producers' gas into a pipeline to market.

Governor Palin on Wednesday spoke with ConocoPhillips president Jim Bowles about this issue.

“While the ConocoPhillips’ alternative obviously falls outside of AGIA’s terms, we have long sought a way for ConocoPhillips to work with the state and the AGIA licensee toward a mutual goal of getting ConocoPhillips’ gas into a line to market. We have had several discussions along these lines, and will continue to do so. Statements to the contrary are simply untrue, and only serve to confuse Alaskans.”

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