New NPR-A regulations

Rules will limit possible oil and gas development to around half of the reserve

Alan Bailey

for Petroleum News

The federal Bureau of Land Management has published a final version of its revised regulations for the management of the 23-million-acre National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska in the northwestern sector of the state. In particular, by establishing new regulations that apply to five special areas that are....

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Vehement objections

Support from environmental organizations

Governed under the NPRPA

Two special areas move into regs from the IAP