Dunleavy nominates BLM petroleum engineer to oil and gas conservation board

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has nominated BLM petroleum engineer Jessie Chmielowski to replace Cathy Foerster on the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. The nomination, subject to legislative confirmation, was announced to the Legislature on Monday.  Foerster, a petroleum engineer, recently retired after working for 14 years on the commission, which is charged under state law to ensure Alaska’s publicly owned subsurface oil and gas is not wasted.

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