State issues call for new lease sale info

Petroleum News

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Oil and Gas has issued a call for new information for the Cook Inlet and Alaska Peninsula areawide oil and gas lease sale areas. Sales for those areas are tentatively scheduled for spring.

The division said that based on information it receives it will either issue supplements to the findings or issue decisions of no substantial new information.

Findings are generally good for 10 years.

The most recent Cook Inlet final best interest finding was issued in 2018 and a supplement was issued in 2019. The most recent Alaska Peninsula final BIF was issued in 2014 and no supplements have been issued.

The division said it generally considers “substantial new” information to be published research, studies or data directly relevant to matters listed in Alaska statute and that have become publicly available over the last year.

Details are available on the division’s website: https://dog.dnr.alaska.gov/Newsroom/.

The deadline for new information is Oct. 27 at 5 p.m.

- Petroleum News