Trump administration set to take bids in federal oil and gas lease sale in Alaska’s Cook Inlet

By: Yereth Rosen

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: February 3, 2026

Words: 461

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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The Trump administration is soliciting bids for what it intends to be the first in an annual series of oil and gas lease sales in federal waters of Southcentral Alaska’s Cook Inlet.

The upcoming sale will offer about 1 million acres in Cook Inlet, with bids to be opened on March 4, the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said on Friday.

The auction has been named the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act Lease …

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