ANWR may be best bet to balance state budget

Lease sale in refuge could lead to $1.2 billion windfall for state

Steve Sutherlin

PNA Associate Editor

The fastest way to break loose a major piece of oil and gas revenue to balance the state budget may be a lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Arguably, ANWR could lead to more money in state coffers, faster than a North Slope gas line. While production royalties are more distant on th....

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