BLM issues call for NPR-A nominations

The Bureau of Land Management has issued a call for nominations and comments on available tracts for inclusion in its 2015 fall oil and gas lease sale in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

The notice was published in the Federal Register May 28; nominations and comments are due by June 29.

“This annual call for nominations and comments gives industry, conservation groups and other stakeholders the opportunity to provide input into which tracts should be included in or excluded from the sale,” BLM Alaska State Director Bud Cribley said in a statement. He said the tracts available for nominations and comment “were determined through a detailed and comprehensive process in the Integrated Activity Plan for the NPR-A.”

The 871 tracts available cover some 9.8 million acres. There are 212 authorized oil and gas leases totaling 1,799,633 acres in NPR-A.

A map showing areas available for leasing is available online at www.blm.gov/ak.

- Petroleum News