Beaufort Sea

The sale area encompasses primarily offshore acreage that stretches from the border with Canada in the east to Point Barrow in the west. The northern bounday is along the 3-mile boundary between State of Alaska and federal waters. The southern boundary is along the North Slope Areawide. Onshore acreage along the southern boundary extends between the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska.

Beaufort Sea Best Interest Findings

Latest Beaufort Sea Sale

Beaufort Sea Region
  • November 15, 2000
  • 530 to 5,760 acres
  • North Slope Borough
  • Beaufort Sea Areawide Effective July 12, 2019
  • 570
  • 1.7 million acres