Knowles Dedicates Administration to Gas Line Effort.

• Position: Constructions of natural gas pipe line - Brief Article

Gov. Tony Knowles recently dedicated the remainder of his term to building up state efforts to develop Alaska's wealth of natural gas and said Alaskans can be on the working end of breaking ground to a natural gas pipeline in the next two years.

"Putting together the largest private construction project in North American history will be an enormous challenge, but I know we Alaskans are up to it," Knowles told the Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce and Resource Development Council.

Past plans to commercialize Alaska's natural gas--with reported resources of 35 trillion cubic feet and estimates of up to three times as much in potential reserves--have been blocked by the cost of the project and a lack...