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Doug Burgum: “A record number of tracks, 1.3 million acres, were…”

Featuring: Doug Burgum, Republican | U.S. Secretary of the Interior | National

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Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum speaks at CERAWeek in Houston — 3/25/2026

Published | Video Starts at 19:10

And then there's more gas that's up there. We held a Alaska lease sale for the first time in years from the Department of Interior at the National Petroleum Reserve. Alaska last week, A record number of tracks, 1.3 million acres, were successfully completed in an Alaska lease sale. Bids on about a dozen companies, including some of the best ones that we have that are up here and other. Some other new faces, but very exciting in the North Slope. (19:10–19:15)

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Asserts that a record number of tracks were completed in a recent Alaska lease sale.

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