The US Bureau of Land Management will offer tracts totaling some 2.85 million acres within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska at a Dec. 12 lease sale in Anchorage, the US Department of the Interior agency’s Alaska State Office announced.
The offered tracts support Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke’s goal of strengthening US energy development, BLM Alaska Acting State Director Ted Murphy said. “This year’s lease sale demonstrates our commitment to continue Alaska energy production in [NPR-A] and create jobs and revenue for the state,” Murphy said.
The lease sale will be the 14th in the NPR-A since 1999, where there currently are 199 leases covering 1,384,352 acres, Murphy said. Bids received for the 13 previous sales generated more than $282 million, half of which was paid to the state, he said.
Sealed bids must be received by 4 p.m. on Dec. 10 at the BLM’s Alaska State Office. The agency will open sealed bids that are submitted at 10 a.m. on Dec. 12 and will livestream the opening of the bids at blm.gov/live, it said.
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