Notice2026-02719
Notice of 2026 National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Oil and Gas Lease Sale Lease Sale
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Published
February 11, 2026
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Alaska State Office will hold an oil and gas lease sale bid opening for over 600 tracts in the National Petroleum Reserve--Alaska (NPR-A).
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 11, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 6248]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-02719]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[A2407-014-004-065516, #O2509-014-004-125222]
Notice of 2026 National Petroleum Reserve--Alaska Oil and Gas
Lease Sale Lease Sale
Editorial Note: This BLM document FR Doc. 2026-02719 was
originally scheduled to publish in the Federal Register issue of
February 6, 2026, as FR Doc. 2026-02421.
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Alaska State Office will
hold an oil and gas lease sale bid opening for over 600 tracts in the
National Petroleum Reserve--Alaska (NPR-A).
DATES: The oil and gas lease sale bid opening will be at 10 a.m. (AKST)
on March 18, 2026. The BLM must receive all sealed bids by 4 p.m.
(AKST) on March 16, 2026. The Detailed Statement of Sale for the
National Petroleum Reserve--Alaska Oil and Gas Lease Sale 2026 will be
available to the public on February 11, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Sealed bids must be received at the BLM-Alaska State Office,
ATTN: Wayne Svejnoha (AK932); 222 West 7th Avenue, #13; Anchorage, AK
99513-7504. The Detailed Statement of Sale is available from the BLM
Alaska website at <a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/energy-and-minerals/oil-and-gas/leasing/regional-lease-sales/alaska">https://www.blm.gov/programs/energy-and-minerals/oil-and-gas/leasing/regional-lease-sales/alaska</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne Svejnoha, Acting Deputy State
Director Resources, phone 907-271-4407 or email, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f285818497989c9d9ab2909e9fdc959d84"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="681f1b1e0d02060700280a0405460f071e">[email protected]</span></a>.
Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of
hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or
TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services for contacting
Mr. Svejnoha. Individuals outside the United States should use the
relay services within their country to make international calls to the
point-of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 2026 NPR-A Oil and Gas Lease Sale will
include over 600 tracts totaling approximately 5.5 million acres that
are available for leasing under the 2025 Record of Decision (ROD) for
the NPR-A Integrated Activity Plan (IAP). This action advances
priorities in Executive Order 14153 and Secretary's Order 3422--
Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential--and implements
direction in Public Law (Pub. L.) 119-21, the One Big Beautiful Bill
Act. Section 50105 of Public Law 119-21 directed BLM to expeditiously
restore and resume oil and gas lease sales under the competitive oil
and gas leasing, exploration, development, and production program
established by the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 6506a), requiring at least five lease sales of at
least 4,000,000 acres each beginning with an initial lease sale no
later than July 4, 2026.
The opening and reading of the bids for the 2026 lease sale will be
available for online public viewing via video livestreaming at <a href="http://www.blm.gov/live">http://www.blm.gov/live</a>.
The Detailed Statement of Sale includes a description of the areas
the BLM is offering for lease, as well as the lease terms, conditions,
special stipulations, required operating procedures, and directions for
how to submit bids. If you plan to submit a bid(s), please note that
all bids must be sealed in accordance with the provisions identified in
the Detailed Statement of Sale.
The United States reserves the right to withdraw any tract from
this sale prior to issuance of a written acceptance of a bid.
Authority: The Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act (NPRPA) of
1976 (42 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.), as amended; Pub. L. 119-21, the One Big
Beautiful Bill Act; 43 CFR 3131.4-1.
Kevin J. Pendergast,
State Director, Alaska.
[FR Doc. 2026-02719 Filed 2-10-26; 8:45 am]
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