据海上工程师网2022年9月21日报道，政府周三透露，美国计划在今年12月举行阿拉斯加库克湾（Cook Inlet）面积多达100万英亩探区石油和天然气钻探权的拍卖。

此次出售是政府的新气候变化法《减少通货膨胀法》(IRA)对石油和天然气行业做出的让步之一。  

根据美国政府网站上公布的文件，美国海洋能源管理局将于12月30日也就是立法规定的拍卖截止日期的前一天公开宣布收到的报价。  

海洋能源管理局表示，该局将提供水深33至260英尺的224个区块。

今年早些时候，在IRA法案通过之前，美国取消了出售库克湾油气钻探权的计划，理由是该地区缺乏行业兴趣。

政府将在拍卖举行前至少30天公布最终出售通知。 

李峻 编译自 海上工程师网

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.