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ADN by Becky Bohrer.  Gov. Sean Parnell said Wednesday that he met for several hours with the chief executive of BP during the first leg of his European trip, touching on issues ranging from a natural gas pipeline to how Alaskans might benefit if oil taxes are cut.  Parnell said he told Bob Dudley he wants to get Alaska's gas to market as soon as possible. Last week Parnell told an oil and gas group that if the gas market has truly shifted from the Lower 48 to the Pacific Rim, he wanted the major North Slope players -- Exxon Mobil Corp., Conoco Phillips and BP -- to get behind a pipeline project that allows for liquefied natural gas exports to the Pacific Rim.