The Division of Oil and Gas of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources on 13 March 2020 issued a call for proposals for the 2020 Exploration Licensing Program. The program supplements the state's oil and gas leasing program and encourages exploration outside the known hydrocarbon provinces in the Alaska Peninsula, Cook Inlet, Beaufort Sea, North Slope and North Slope Foothills areas. Proposals can be submitted during the month of April each year and application forms can be found at http://dog.dnr.alaska.gov/Documents/Programs/Exploration_License_Application.pdf.  The license grants the exclusive right to explore an area between 10,000 â 500,000 ac (40 -2,023 sq km) for up to 10 years. The licensee must commit direct expenditures for exploration. The licensee pays a one-time USD 1 per acre licensing fee with no annual rental payments and must provide all geological and geophysical data acquired to the State.
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