Alaska report: prospective basins included in Alaska OCS sale plans

Journal Article · Mon Jun 07 04:00:00 EDT 1976 · Oil Gas J.; (United States)

OSTI ID:7264725

It is anticipated that the Interior Department can stay on track with its offshore leasing schedule in Alaska. The oil industry will have a shot at eight distinct new basins located on the vast continental shelf surrounding the state. The Interior Department held a sale in the northern Gulf of Alaska in April 1976. The industry hopes that the Government will take seriously its pledge to open all the Alaska OCS to development. The Alaska OCS contains more than 60 percent of the entire United States OCS and is estimated by the U.S. Geological Survey to hold nearly that amount of the undiscovered domestic offshore oil. The areas up first for sale are the Lower Cook Inlet, the Kodiak Shelf, and the St. George basin in the Bering Sea. The other areas being considered are in the Beaufort Sea, the Bristol basin, the Norton basin, on the Aleutian Shelf, and in the Chukchi Sea. (MCW)

• OSTI ID: 7264725
• Journal Information: Oil Gas J.; (United States), Journal Name: Oil Gas J.; (United States) Vol. 74:23; ISSN OIGJA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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