Number: RS22428
Title: ANWR Leasing Revenue Estimates
Authors: Bernard A. Gelb, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: Congress is again faced with deciding whether to allow the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to be explored for oil and gas - with good prospects of finding economically recoverable amounts. Should permission be granted, companies would bid to lease parcels of land in the Refuge, and the revenues from the winning bids would be shared by the federal government and the state of Alaska. A federal budget issue is what would be the total of the winning bids - the leasing revenue.
Pages: 6
Date: April 21, 2006