Oil Companies Buy Two Leases Near NPR-A

Two lease sales on Wednesday showed that the oil and gas industry is still very interested in the North Slope.  Just two days after the way was cleared for a pipeline into the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, the industry snapped up all the available acreage near it Wednesday.  And in a separate sale the state made more money selling North Slope leases than it has in years.

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