BLM approves NPR-A unit
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) _ The Bureau of Land Management has approved its first federal oil and gas unit within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
The Greater Mooses Tooth unit includes 34 federal leases totaling more than 147,400 acres.
Unit operator ConocoPhillips Alaska and co-lessee Anadarko Petroleum proposed forming the unit.
The companies wanted the unit formed to help move along the process of exploring and developing the lands for oil and gas resources.