據海上工程師網2022年9月21日報道，政府周三透露，美國計劃在今年12月舉行阿拉斯加庫克灣（Cook Inlet）面積多達100萬英畝探區石油和天然氣鉆探權的拍賣。

此次出售是政府的新氣候變化法《減少通貨膨脹法》(IRA)對石油和天然氣行業做出的讓步之一。  

根據美國政府網站上公布的文件，美國海洋能源管理局將于12月30日也就是立法規定的拍賣截止日期的前一天公開宣布收到的報價。  

海洋能源管理局表示，該局將提供水深33至260英尺的224個區塊。

今年早些時候，在IRA法案通過之前，美國取消了出售庫克灣油氣鉆探權的計劃，理由是該地區缺乏行業興趣。

政府將在拍賣舉行前至少30天公布最終出售通知。 

李峻 編譯自 海上工程師網

原文如下：

US Plans to Hold Cook Inlet Drilling Auction in December

The administration on Wednesday revealed plans to hold an auction of oil and gas drilling rights for up to 1 million acres in the Cook Inlet off the coast of Alaska in December.

The sale is among the concessions to the oil and gas sector included in U.S. new climate change law, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

According to documents posted on a government web site, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will publicly announce bids received on Dec. 30, the day before the legislation's deadline to hold the sale.

BOEM will offer up to 224 blocks, the agency said, in water depths from 33 to 260 feet. 

Earlier this year and before passage of the IRA, the administration scrapped a planned Cook Inlet sale, citing a lack of industry interest in the area.

The administration will publish a final sale notice at least 30 days before it is held.