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EMD-80-111 1 (1980-08-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabayp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 B-199993 AUGUST 29,1980 e The Honorable Henry M. Jackson 1;10 Chairman, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources United States Senate ,,,.The Honorable Morris K. Udall 113172 Chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs V? 61 House of Representatives f!- Subject: Loil and Gas Exploration of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska(EMD-80-111) This report discusses the reasons why we believe a leasing program is the best approach to developing potential oil and gas resources in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA) and why we would encourage the Congress' early action on proposed legislation to accomplish this. On December 5, 1978, the General Accounting Office issued a report to the Secretary of the Interior on the Department's federally-sponsored program for exploring NPRA. Our basic concern was that ,xploration activity might be brought to a conclusion and a decision made on the future use of NPRA without a true assessment of its oil and gas potential. Thus we urged that the Department of the Interior develop an over- all plan for the Congress setting forth the status of the exploration program and its best estimate of the amount of additional exploration--along with time and cost--required to complete an assessment of oil and gas potential which would be sufficiently reliable for the Congress to use in deciding how to proceed on the program. In addition, because of the high costs of federally-spon- sored exploration and other management problems, our report suggested that, as an alternative, :consideration be given to leasing out the Reserve for exploration by private industry. At the time of our report, the response to such an approach was mixed, but--more recently--both the Congress and the Admin- istration have been receptive to the idea-1I However, several bills to do this are held up in congressional committees or have become overshadowed by the Alaskan lands bill'i.A We feel early action and therefore early leasing could save Federal dollars and also possibly make more domestic oil and gas avail- able sooner, thus helping to reduce this Nation's dependence on imports.'r (008953)

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