Statement of Larry Persily Nominee for the position of Federal Coordinator

Statement of Larry Persily Nominee for the position of Federal Coordinator Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee - Feb. 2, 2010

Chairman Bingaman, Senator Murkowski and members of the committee, thank you for allowing me this opportunity to present myself and the hopes for an Alaska natural gas pipeline.

Senator Begich, thank you for that introduction.

If confirmed for the position of Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects, I pledge to devote my energy, my knowledge and ingenuity to the prospect of a very large and very long steel pipe to bring North Slope natural gas to America's consumers.

The entire project could require two and one-half million tons of steel, maybe more. That's five times as much as went into building the trans-Alaska oil pipeline 35 years ago.

At an estimated construction cost approaching $30 billion, the pipeline, its compressors and gas treatment plant would be the largest private-sector project ever in North America.

The superlatives are overwhelming, even for a state so proud of its geographic superlatives.

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