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Thursday, June 10, 2004 - Page updated at 12:00 A.M.

More of Alaska may be opened to hunt for oil

By The Associated Press

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ANCHORAGE — Some 387,000 more acres in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) would be available for oil-and-gas exploration under a new plan announced yesterday by the Bureau of Land Management.

The additional acreage runs within the northeast area of NPR-A on Alaska's North Slope.

The area is within the Barrow Arch — a potentially oil-rich geologic vein that runs through the reserve — and includes Teshekpuk Lake and caribou and goose habitats.

Henri Bisson, BLM Alaska state director, said the new plan for northeast NPR-A could boost potential oil recovery from 600 million barrels to 2.1 billion barrels.

Developing the energy resources on public lands is "crucial to our future," he said.

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