On January 20, on his first day in office, President Joe Biden issued an Executive Order placing a temporary moratorium on all oil and natural gas leasing activities on the all oil and natural gas leasing activities in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge recognizing the legal deficiencies underlying the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing…
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management signed and issued leases on nine tracts of land totaling 437,804 acres of the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Leases were issued to Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA), Knik Arm Services LLC, and Regenerate Alaska Inc. The BLM released information on the leases here.…
On January 6, 2021, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received 13 bids on 552,802 acres of the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. High bids totalled $14,412,458. The BLM responded to the bids and released the results here. The first lease sale of the Coastal Plain has been called a failure…