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Three high-level Trump administration officials are touring Alaska this week, to make good on a day one promise from the president: unleashing Alaska’s resource potential.

DEADHORSE, Alaska (AP) — President Donald Trump wants to double the amount of oil coursing through Alaska’s vast pipeline system and build a massive natural gas project as its “big, beautiful twin,” a top administration official said Monday while touring a prolific oil field near the Arctic Ocean.

The Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference kicked off Tuesday with a series of high-level panels and presentations, but it was the lunchtime session — moderated by Gov. Mike Dunleavy — that stole the show.

In his first hours back in office, President Trump signed a series of executive orders aimed at unlocking Alaska’s resource potential. This signaled to the world what many Alaskans have long known: The road to American prosperity, security and global leadership runs through the 49th state.