Division issues call for new information

Petroleum News

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources' Division of Oil and Gas has issued a call for new information for the 2026 Cook Inlet and Alaska Peninsula areawide lease sales, which the division said are tentatively scheduled for the first half of 2026.

The division said in an Aug. 22 public notice that it is requesting "substantial new information that has become available over the past year" for the two areas.

The most recent best interest finding for the Alaska Peninsula was issued in 2023; no supplements have been issued.

The most recent BIF for Cook Inlet was issued in 2018; a supplement was issued in 2019.

Information in response to this call for information must be received by 5 p.m. Sept. 25.

The division said that based on information it receives, it will either issue a supplement to the best interest finding or a decision of no substantial new information for the lease sale.

--Petroleum News