Alaska Beaufort Sea Areawide 2010 competitive oil and gas Lease Sale

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources (ADNR), Division of Oil and Gas (DO&G), will offer state lands for competitive oil and gas leasing in Beaufort Sea Areawide 2010 (BS 2010) oil and gas lease sale on 24 February 2010. Bid opening will begin at 9:00 a.m. local time at the Atwood Building, 550 W. 7th Avenue, Suite 240, Anchorage.

The Beaufort Sea Areawide sale area encompasses a gross area of approximately two million acres that are divided into 573 tracts ranging in size from 640 to 5,760 acres. These tracts are located within the Alaskan North Slope Borough and consist of state-owned tide and submerged lands in the Beaufort Sea between the Canadian border and Point Barrow. The sale area is adjacent to both the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska (NPR-A) and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). The southern fringe of the sale area includes some state-owned uplands lying between the NPR-A and the ANWR.

Alaska Beaufort Sea sale 2010 tracts available for lease (red shading). Source: PetroView®

The ADNR has deferred leasing all tracts between Tangent Point and Point Barrow (Tracts 555, 557 through 573) as well as those east of Kaktovik (tracts 27 through 39). Deferral means that these tracts will not be offered for lease in this sale, but may be included in future lease sales. The ADNR will annually review the available information for these tracts to determine whether to offer these tracts in the future. The ADNR has deferred all unleased acreage in tracts 77 through 115, 117, 118, 120, 121, 123, 124, 129 and 130 in the Point Thomson and surrounding area. These tracts will not be offered for lease in this sale, but may be included in future lease sales.

Bidder's Information

Complete details regarding these lease sales, including the sale announcements in their entirety, regional tract maps, instructions to bidders, tract deletions and tract deferrals are available on the DO&G website at http://www.dog.dnr.alaska.gov. The regional tract maps and sale related documents for BS 2010 are also available in the following libraries and government offices: Nuiqsut Public Library, North Slope Borough Library Media Center, North Slope Borough Offices, Tuzzy Consortium Library in Barrow, City of Barrow Municipal Offices, Kaveolook School Library in Kaktovik, Loussac Public Library in Anchorage and Division of Oil and Gas offices.

If unable to access this information, contact Jennifer Haines at +1 (907) 375-8247 or jennifer.haines@alaska.gov. Copies of the regional tract map will also be available at the Division of Oil and Gas office for US$25 per set.

A copy of the final finding is available for public review at the following locations: Nuiqsut Public Library, North Slope Borough Library Media Center, North Slope Borough Offices, Tuzzy Consortium Library in Barrow, City of Barrow Municipal Offices, Kaveolook School Library in Kaktovik and Loussac Public Library in Anchorage. The regional tract map will also be available at these locations. Complete details regarding BS 2010, including the following documents, are on the DO&G's website at http://www.dog.dnr.alaska.gov:

• Sale announcement
• Mitigation measures
• Instructions to bidders with estimated tract acreage figures (attachment A)
• Bid form
• Final finding (November 2009)
• Regional tract map (December 2009)