Dear Friends,

I just made it back from the Canadian County Mineral Owner's Meeting this evening. Over 120 owners attended this meeting and over 130 attended our Woodward Town Hall Meeting on horizontal drilling the night before. Both meetings went very well, and it seems more and more Oklahomans are interested in and want to know about horizontal drilling and future development across Oklahoma.

I mentioned last week about having the honor to be a part of the upcoming natural gas conference presented by the George W. Bush Institute. Mom and I are headed to Dallas tomorrow where we, along with the other speakers,will also have the honor of having dinner with President George W. Bush and Laura Bush. I will also be participating in a television program for PBS which covers the conference. Needless to say, I am excited to attend and represent Oklahoma! Attached below is the press release that went out for the event.

A PLACE AT THE TABLE

Commissioner Dana Murphy selected to participate in the Bush Institute's "Natural Gas Nation" Conference Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Dana Murphy will be a member of the Policy Roundtable Thursday at the "Natural Gas Nation" Conference presented by the George W. Bush Institute and the Maguire Energy Institute at the SMU Cox School of Business.

"Natural Gas Nation" will explore the economic, environmental, and national-security implications of North America's increased natural gas supply by bringing together leading authorities in energy, academia and public policy. Among the issues the conference will seek to examine are the potential and expanded use of natural gas, and the related policy and environmental issues.

"I am excited and honored to be representing Oklahoma at a conference that will bring together policy makers, energy industry leaders, and academics from across the nation to tackle the serious energy issues we face," Murphy said. "Oklahoma is the third largest natural gas producer in the nation and will play a critical role in expanding its use to strengthen our nation's economic and energy security and ensure an environmentally responsible energy future."

At the invitation of the Bush Institute, Murphy will be one of seven members of the Policy Roundtable moderated by James K. Glassman, the Executive Director of the George W. Bush Institute. Other conference participants include former President George W. Bush; Daniel Yergin – Chairman, HIS Cambridge Energy Research Associates and Pulitzer Prize winning author; R. James Woolsey – Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency; Emil Pena – Executive Director, Energy and Environmental Systems Institute, Rice University; Lee Boothby - President and CEO of Newfield Exploration Company; Victor Carrillo – Chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission; Regina Hopper – President and CEO of America's Natural Gas Alliance; Randy Foutch – Chairman and CEO of Laredo Petroleum; Richard Kinder – Chairman and CEO of Kinder Morgan; and others. For more information on the "Natural Gas Nation" Conference, go to:

http://georgewbushinstitute.com/events-and media/

http://georgewbushinstitute.com/tag/natural-gas-nation-bush-institute-event/

All OCC advisories and releases are available at www.occeweb.com

I look forward to letting you know how things went in Dallas!

God Bless,

Your Commissioner, Dana