Says who?

I have been researching  this assertion to try and determine exactly what makes her an expert.

So far all that I could find is:

 

Get ANWR open

I believe in protecting Alaska's environment through fair enforcement of our environmental laws. Having a clean record on environmental regulation is critical to getting ANWR open and maintaining our fisheries mining, timber, and tourism industries. I would also revisit the change in regulations on the Alaska Coastal Zone Management program in which the past administration by eliminating the rights of local districts to write specific local enforceable policies on important issues like subsistence.

Source: Campaign website, www.palinforgovernor.com, "Issues" Nov 7, 2006

and this:

My Administration will pursue the gasline plan that is best for ALL Alaskans. How do we get there? Through a two-step process. First, we acknowledge that the Stranded Gas Development Act (SGDA), under which the previous Administration negotiated with the "Big Three" producers (ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, and BP), no longer applies. The Legislature's own experts have testified that the gas can no longer be deemed "stranded" due to long-term economic conditions.

Source: Campaign website, www.palinforgovernor.com, "Issues" Nov 7, 2006

The SGDA is a law that lets the state change the way it gets compensated by a company producing natural gas. Instead of requiring the same royalty and tax systems it does for other projects, the state can make an agreement with companies for "payments in lieu of taxes," or PILTs.
As opposed to taxes, which lawmakers can change at any time, the PILTs can be fixed for the life of the contract, reducing how risky the investment is for a company. In this case, it's an investment of about $ 20 bn.

When the law was created in 1998, lawmakers believed that a huge amount of natural gas on the North Slope was "stranded," in the sense that companies might not develop it because of the high cost of getting it to market. They also believed, according to reasons stated in the bill, that developing the "stranded" gas could benefit the state by providing revenue, jobs, and gas.

The SGDA was created to encourage projects that otherwise might not happen. It allowed the state to shift the timing of the taxes and other payments so that companies weren't swamped with bills before they had any income from the project. It also enabled the state to make the compensation more progressive by taking more from the companies when prices -- and therefore profits -- were high, and less when they were low.

Any contract made under the SGDA needs to be approved by the commissioner of the Department of Revenue, who needs to find that the contract is in the "long-term fiscal interests of the state" and meets the requirements of the SGDA -- that the gas is stranded, for example.

The commissioner gives the contract to the governor, who can then pass it along to the Legislature with a request that lawmakers give him permission to execute it. Without the Legislature's approval, the contract is no good.

At the heart of what many Alaskans are calling the most important issue in decades -- the chance to develop a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope -- lies an eight-year-old law called the Alaska Stranded Gas Development Act (SGDA).
BP, ConocoPhillips, and ExxonMobil used the law to make a natural gas pipeline deal with Gov. Frank Murkowski. Lawmakers are now considering a proposal to change the law. In the coming weeks, they'll be asked to consider many more changes, some of which promise to raise concerns.

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McCain opposes opening ANWR so they are at odds on this, unless mccain changes his mind about it.

I would like to know how BP is involved though.