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rNational Petroleum Reserve Jn Alaska Exploraticn Prcgram].
END-79-13; B-66927. December 5, 1978. 4 pp. + 2 enclosures (21
pp.).
Report to Cecil D. Andrus, Secretary, Department of the
Interior: by J. Dexter Peach, Director, Inergy and Minerals Div.
Iss-s Area: Federal Government Trusteeship over Energy Scurces
-.n Feleral Lands. (1614); Envircnmental Protection Programs:
Institutional arrangements and Trade-offs (2210);Land Use
Planning and Control: Management of lederal Lands and
Related Resources (23061.
Contact: Energy and minerals Div.
Budget Function: Natural Resources, Environment, and Energy:
Enerqv (305).
Congressional Relevance: Senate Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources.
Authority: Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976 (P.L.
94-258).
The Naval Petroleum Reserves Prcduction Act of 1976
calls for studies on: () procedures for develcping and
distrib-.tinq petroleum resources of the National Petroleum
Reservo in ilaska (IPRI), and (2) values and alternative uses of
.ands in the NPRA. The first study entails making an assessment
of the h. ocarbon potential of NPRA, using data frca the
exploration program. Considering the difficulties of exploration
in the arctic and deadlines imposed for the studies, conduct of
the exploratioh prograa has been commendable. Rovever, direction
of the program has not maximized chances for diwovering
hydrocarbons or for assessing the hydrocarbon potential cf the
NPRA. Problems include: lack of clear objecties for the program
nad an explicit plan for carrying it out, uncertainty over the
duration of the program, ard a mandate to drill too many wells
in too short a timeframe without adequate time to ccllect and
analyze data relating to site selection and analysis. The
Secretary of the Intarior snaild: develop av explicit overall
plan for the Congress setting forth the status of the lIlA
exploretion program and his best estimate of the amount of
adoitional exploration needed to complete an assessment cf
hydrocarbon potential, better define goals of the lPlA
exploration program, consider offering legislation tc extend
deadlines for studies, and consider the desirability of allowing
industry to conduct exploration and development. (ETV)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaayhv0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)