Feds schedule first lease sale in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve since 2019

By: Yereth Rosen

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: February 6, 2026

Words: 843

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago

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The Trump administration is offering 5.5 million acres in Arctic Alaska for exploration in an oil and gas lease sale to be held next month.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management on Thursday announced the lease sale in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, the 23-million-acre land unit on the western North Slope. Bids are to be opened on March 9, the BLM said. Details of the sale are to be released once the …

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