ADN by Alex DeMarban.  On Thursday, as part of an effort to Sofia Wong, Exxon, Point Thomson, ADN, Alex DeMarban, Photo by Dave Harbourincrease transparency, Exxon flew journalists to see the largest development underway on the North Slope: the $4 billion Point Thomson gas field near the fiercely protected Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.  …   The Exxon official who has managed the project the last five years, Sofia Wong (NGP Photo), told reporters on the media tour why Exxon was investing so much in what she considers “the middle of nowhere.  “The answer is we have a world-class reservoir right under our feet.”
 
Petroleum News.  Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell has named the members of the state’s Oil and Gas Competitiveness Review Board.  The board was established in Senate Bill 21 and will report to the Legislature in January 2015 on changes to state regulations and permitting which would encourage increased investment in the state while protecting the state’s people and environment; status of the state’s oil and gas labor pool; status of oil and gas infrastructure; and “competitiveness of the state’s fiscal oil and gas tax regime when compared to other regions of the world.”