December oil lease sale scheduled for federal lands in Arctic Alaska

This year's lease sale for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska is much smaller than last year's — but still far larger than previous lease sales there.

By Yereth Rosen November 9, 2018
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About 2.85 million acres of federal territory in Arctic Alaska will be offered next month for oil and gas exploration, officials announced in a Federal Register notice.

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