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2010 Energy Drilling Lease Sales Announced
Published Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 04:39 AM
The Department of the Interior has scheduled 38 oil and natural gas lease sales for U.S. public lands in 2010. This includes a first sale in nearly two years in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar says - during the past year we have held 32 onshore lease sales, offering more than 2.7 million acres in the West and generating more than 126-million dollars in revenue for American taxpayers.

The 2010 quarterly oil and natural gas lease sales will offer thousands of parcels in a dozen states, most in the West. The BLM’s Alaska State Office oil and gas lease sale will offer available tracts in the Northeast and a portion of the Northwest areas of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. That sale is scheduled for August 11 in Anchorage.

Secretary Salazar says, - oil, gas and coal will continue to play an important role in our energy mix, as we develop and expand the use of wind, solar, geothermal and other renewable sources. BLM will hold four more lease sales this year, for a total of 36.

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