[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 99 (Monday, July 14, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S7426]
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                           NOTICE OF HEARING


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I would like to announce that a full 
committee hearing has been scheduled before the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources.
  The hearing will take place Wednesday, July 23, 1997, at 9:30 a.m. in 
room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.
  The purpose of this hearing is to broadly examine three aspects of 
natural gas issues into the next century. Specifically, the committee 
will want to look at world energy supply and demand to 2015, what 
percentage of that will be filled by natural gas and how this could be 
impacted by other large scale energy projects, such as nuclear, that 
are being developed in Asia. Second would be to explore the role of 
Government in large scale gas projects in foreign countries, what type 
of assistance the U.S. companies competing for overseas projects 
receive from the U.S. Government and what can be done in the United 
States to make American gas more competitive worldwide. Third would be 
to examine the emerging technologies in gas field development that are 
making natural gas more economical to market.
  Those who wish to testify or to submit written testimony should write 
to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. Senate, 
Washington, DC 20510. Presentation of oral testimony is by committee 
invitation only. For further information, please contact Jo Meuse or 
Brian Malnak at (202) 224-6730.

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