Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Alaska Department of Natural Resources (ADNR), Division of Oil and Gas (DO&G), will offer state lands for competitive oil and gas leasing in the Beaufort Sea Areawide 2010A (BS 2010A), North Slope Areawide 2010 (NS 2010), and North Slope Foothills Areawide 2010 (FH 2010) Oil and Gas Lease Sales on October 27, 2010. Bid opening begins at 9:00 a.m. in the auditorium of the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, located at 625 C Street in Anchorage. Please note the location change. The Beaufort Sea Areawide sale area is divided into 573 tracts ranging in size from 640 to 5,760 acres. These tracts are located within the North Slope Borough and consist of state-owned tide and submerged lands in the Beaufort Sea between the Canadian border and Point Barrow. The sale area is adjacent to both the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). The southern fringe of the sale area includes some state-owned uplands lying between the NPR-A and the ANWR. The North Slope Areawide sale area is divided into 1,225 tracts ranging in size from 640 to 5,760 acres. These tracts are located within the North Slope Borough between the Canning River and the ANWR on the east and the Colville River and the NPR-A on the west. The southern boundary of the sale area is the Umiat Meridian baseline. The North Slope Foothills Areawide sale area is divided into 1,347 tracts ranging in size from 1,280 to 5,760 acres. These tracts are located between the ANWR and the NPR-A. The northern boundary of the sale area is the Umiat Meridian baseline and the southern boundary is the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preser
