In a first, Alaska releases ‘huge amount of data’ to lure new oil explorers
https://www.adn.com/business-economy/energy/2018/08/05/in-a-first-state-releases-huge-amount-of-data-to-lure-new-oil-explorers/For the first time, Alaska officials have released a trove of exploration data to attract new companies to the North Slope oil fields, including valuable seismic surveys unveiled as part of the state's tax credit program.
The online report, rolled out last week, offers access to an unprecedented collection of data gathered from earlier exploration efforts, said Mark Wiggin, state Natural Resources deputy commissioner. He said the information would cost hundreds of millions of dollars to gather today.
The data targets three sites on the North Slope. The state wants to entice companies to bid on leases in the areas, in a special sale to be held later this year....
...The areas to be offered in the special lease sale are:
• At Harrison Bay, just north of the large, on-shore fields now being developed by ConocoPhillips in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
• At Gwydyr Bay, north of the Prudhoe Bay oil field.
• At an area called Storms, an inland region south of Prudhoe Bay.
The report is called Special Alaska Lease Sale Areas. It's available by typing the acronym SALSA into the search bar on the state Oil and Gas division's home web page.
