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National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska (NPR-A) Planning Area

BLM manages more than 22 million acres in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). 

  • In 1998, BLM completed a plan for the Northeast NPR-A (4.6 million acres).  BLM amended this plan from 2003-2006, and completed a Final Supplemental plan for Northeast NPR-A in May 2008.
  • In 2004, BLM completed a plan for the Northwest NPR-A. 
  • A proposal by Conoco-Philips Alaska, Inc. for oil development in the Northeast NPR-A and the Colville River Delta resulted in the completion of the Alpine Satellite Development Plan in 2004. 
  • In 2005, BLM initiated a plan for South NPR-A. It discontinued the plan in 2007. 
  • In 2010, BLM began a plan for all of NPR-A. This plan is ongoing.