The bidding period on NPR-A permits opened last week. This article is gibberish.
Only on a portion of it. The eastern side has been in lease for a while, my project edge onto it for ConocoPhillips. The recent bids for lease were another portion. The entire reserve has not been released.
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/060304/sta_petrol.shtml
They are trying desperately to drum up a protest to support a lawsuit, IMO.
Final approval rests w/the Interior Department, NOT the Senate.
Certainly great news then.
Links?