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Feb. 3 first day to bid in Alaska
Peninsula, Cook Inlet O&G sales
Kay Cashman Petroleum News
On Jan. 12 the Alaska Department of Natural Resources' Division of Oil and Gas posted a notice of sale for the Alaska Peninsula Areawide 2026 and Cook Inlet Areawide 2026 competitive oil and gas lease sales, offering State of Alaska lands. This notice is available on the State of Alaska Online Public Notice System at https://aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublicNotices/.
(See charts in the online issue PDF)
The bidding method for the APA 2026 sale will be cash bonus with fixed royalty. The bid method for the CIA 2026 sale will be net profit share bidding with fixed cash bonus.
The sales will be conducted by sealed bid auction.
The Division of Oil and Gas has contracted with EnergyNet Services LLC to provide an online bidding system for this sale. Bidder registration and bid submission will be on the EnergyNet Government Listings site at https://www.energynet.com/govt_listing.pl.
Sale dates All times listed below are Anchorage, Alaska Local Time.
* First day to submit bids with EnergyNet -- Tuesday, Feb. 3.
* Deadline to submit bids with EnergyNet -- Thursday, Feb. 26 at 12 p.m.
* Bidding results available to the public online at https://dog.dnr.alaska.gov -- Wednesday, March 4 at 9 a.m.
Areawide lease sale locations The Alaska Peninsula Areawide includes approximately 5.0 million acres of state-owned land in 1,004 tracts, ranging in size from 1,280 to 5,760 acres. The sale area encompasses onshore and offshore acreage that extends from the Nushagak Peninsula in the north then along the west side of the Alaska Peninsula to just north of Cold Bay. Portions of these tracts are located within the Bristol Bay Borough, the Lake and Peninsula Borough, the Aleutians East Borough, or the Dillingham Census Area.
The Cook Inlet Areawide includes approximately 2.9 million acres of state-owned land in 728 tracts, ranging in size from 640 to 5,760 acres. The sale area encompasses onshore and offshore acreage that extends from Wasilla in the north to Anchor Point in the southeast, then along Alaska's Submerged Lands Act boundary in Cook Inlet to the Iniskin Peninsula on the Alaska Peninsula and north toward the Susitna Valley. Portions of the tracts are located within the Kenai Peninsula Borough, the Matanuska -- Susitna Borough, or the Municipality of Anchorage.
Sale documents Complete details regarding these lease sales are on the Division of Oil and Gas website at https://dog.dnr.alaska.gov/LeaseSale.
Sale documents include this Notice of Sale, Sale Announcement and Instructions to Bidders, Areawide Sale Information, Attachment A with Estimated Acreages and deferred tracts, lease forms, mitigation measures, and tract map.
Best interest finding documents and supplements for these sales can be found on the Division of Oil and Gas website at https://dog.dnr.alaska.gov/LeaseSale.
Call 907-269-8800 or email [email protected]. if unable to access sale information.
Subscribe to leasing email announcements at https://list.state.ak.us/mailman/listinfo/DOG.Leasing.
Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance The State of Alaska, DNR, DO&G complies with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act 1990. This publication will be made available in an alternative communication format upon request.
Call 907-269-8800 or email [email protected] to make any necessary arrangements.
--KAY CASHMAN
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