Alaska Oil and Gas Information Resources

Alaska Division of Oil & Gas (DOG)

DOG manages state lands for oil and gas development and is responsible for conducting area wide lease sales on the North Slope and in Cook Inlet basin. The division also manages the Exploration Licensing program. DOG receives, administers, and prepares tax credit data for release according to applicable statutes and regulations.

Available tax credit data are distributed by the Alaska Geologic Materials Center (GMC). Please see the data request form for more information on ordering tax credit seismic and well data.

Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC)

AOGCC oversees oil and gas drilling, development, and production activities on all lands subject to state control. Digital well logs and well history files for wells drilled on state lands are available from AOGCC.

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

The USGS Energy Resources Program provides impartial scientific information on geologically based energy resources including oil, natural gas, coal, coalbed methane, gas hydrates, geothermal resources, uranium, oil shale, and heavy oil. The USGS has several projects currently underway in Alaska. The USGS has conducted assessments of the undiscovered, but technically recoverable petroleum resources in selected areas in Alaska, including the North Slope (NPRA, ANWR-1002 Area, State lands), Cook Inlet, Yukon Flats, and Susitna basins. Recent assessments include:

• ANWR 1002 Area petroleum assessment*
  *NOTE: This link is for the 1998 assessment. The USGS is currently reprocessing 2D seismic data from the 1002 Area in an effort to update the assessment of undiscovered, but technically recoverable petroleum resources in the area. The new assessment should be completed by the end of calendar year 2018.
• NPRA - Cretaceous Nanushuk and Torok Formations
• NPRA - 2010 updated assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources
• Arctic Alaska Petroleum Province
• Cook Inlet conventional reservoirs and continuous petroleum systems
• Cook Inlet unconventional (tight) gas resources in Upper Cook Inlet
• Cook Inlet coal-bed gas total petroleum system in Cook Inlet-Susitna region
• Yukon Flats Province undiscovered oil and gas resources
• USGS information on methane hydrates
• USGS coal information and the National Coal Resources Data System (NCRDS)

U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

The BLM is responsible for managing federal land, including the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA)

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Alaska OCS Region

BOEM manages the outer continental shelf (OCS) bordering the United States. They are responsible for conducting oil and gas leasing programs. BOEM has conducted assessments of the undiscovered but technically recoverable resources in the Alaska OCS.

Publications and Presentations

• UAF Geology
• UAF Petroleum Engineering
• UAA Geology