State oil and gas sales set for Oct. 27

State of Alaska Beaufort Sea, North Slope and North Slope Foothills areawide lease sales will be held Oct. 27.

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas said bid opening for the sales will begin at 9 a.m. in the auditorium of the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center at 625 C Street in Anchorage.

This is a new location for the bid openings.

There are 573 tracts in the Beaufort Sea areawide sale area ranging from 640 to 5,760 acres; the tracts are within the North Slope Borough and include state-owned tide and submerged lands in the Beaufort Sea between the Canadian border and Point Barrow. The sale area is adjacent to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in the east and the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska in the west.

There are 1,225 tracts in the North Slope areawide sale area, ranging from 640 to 5,760 acres. The tracts are within the North Slope Borough between the Canning River and ANWR in the east and the Colville River and NPR-A in the west. The southern boundary of the sale area is the Umiat Meridian baseline.

The North Slope Foothills areawide sale area contains 1,347 tracts ranging in size from 1,280 to 5,760 acres. The tracts are between ANWR and NPR-A; the northern boundary of the sale area is the Umiat Meridian baseline and the southern boundary is the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve.

Complete details regarding these lease sales, including the sale announcements in their entirety, instructions to bidders, bid forms, and regional tract maps are available on the division’s website, www.dog.dnr.alaska.gov/oil.

—Petroleum News