Highlights Election uncertainties could cause delays BLM might be weighing how to integrate new lands Nanushuk formation extends to possible acreage Anchorage — Two Alaska North Slope lease sales normally held in November or December have been postponed until January, state official said Oct. 23 Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Likewise, a federal lease sale in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, or NPR-A, also typically held near the end of the year is likely to be delayed, as is a sale of leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that Interior Department officials hoped to conduct in 2020. The state sales, “areawide” offerings of unleased state acreage in the central North Slope and state-owned submerged lands in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea, are delayed until Jan. 13 due to procedural reasons, said Tom Stokes, director of the state Division of Oil and Gas. “This […]