AlaskaHunter
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The National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A)is located on the Arctic Coastal Plain, west of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
At 23,600,000 acres, the NPRA is the largest tract of undisturbed public land in the United States.
The Biden administration announced yesterday that it plans to use Alternative A – the “No Action Alternative” from the NPR-A’s 2020 Integrated Activity Plan (IAP) as its preferred alternative to manage the reserve. This would close approximately half of the surface acreage of the reserve, which is roughly the size of Indiana, to energy leasing. That reverts back to the 2013 Obama administration version, which could effect almost 50% of the NPR-A – that's over 11 million acres.
Good news or bad news? Depends on your perspective...
I found the timing before mid-term elections interesting, and in contrast to Biden's November release of a record 50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
At 23,600,000 acres, the NPRA is the largest tract of undisturbed public land in the United States.
The Biden administration announced yesterday that it plans to use Alternative A – the “No Action Alternative” from the NPR-A’s 2020 Integrated Activity Plan (IAP) as its preferred alternative to manage the reserve. This would close approximately half of the surface acreage of the reserve, which is roughly the size of Indiana, to energy leasing. That reverts back to the 2013 Obama administration version, which could effect almost 50% of the NPR-A – that's over 11 million acres.
Good news or bad news? Depends on your perspective...
I found the timing before mid-term elections interesting, and in contrast to Biden's November release of a record 50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.