Alaska Outer Continental Shelf

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The Alaska Outer Continental Shelf is the submerged offshore area adjacent to Alaska that contains significant oil, gas, and other mineral resources managed and leased by the U.S. federal government.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Alaska Outer Continental Shelf canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf offshore petroleum province ⓘ
outer continental shelf region ⓘ
activityType geological and geophysical exploration ⓘ
offshore oil and gas leasing ⓘ
adjacentTo State of Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Alaska
administeredBy U.S. Department of the Interior ⓘ
boundaryType submerged lands seaward of Alaska state waters ⓘ
climateContext located in rapidly changing Arctic climate region ⓘ
contains Beaufort Sea planning area ⓘ
Chukchi Sea planning area ⓘ
linked to: Chukchi Sea

Cook Inlet planning area ⓘ
linked to: Cook Inlet

Gulf of Alaska planning area ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dataCollectedBy National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ
U.S. Geological Survey ⓘ
distanceFromShore beyond state territorial waters of Alaska ⓘ
economicSignificance potential source of U.S. domestic energy supply ⓘ
environmentalConcern Arctic marine ecosystem impacts ⓘ
impacts on marine mammals ⓘ
impacts on subsistence resources for Alaska Native communities ⓘ
oil spill risk in Arctic waters ⓘ
geologicalFeature continental shelf margin of Alaska ⓘ
governanceLevel federal jurisdiction ⓘ
hasStatus subject to periodic federal leasing program decisions ⓘ
leasingAuthority U.S. federal government ⓘ
legalFramework Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic Ocean ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
managedBy Bureau of Ocean Energy Management ⓘ
oversightBy U.S. Congress (through OCS legislation and oversight) ⓘ
partOf United States Outer Continental Shelf ⓘ
planningProcess five-year Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program ⓘ
policyDebate Indigenous rights and subsistence use concerns ⓘ
balancing energy development and environmental protection ⓘ
regulationAuthority Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement ⓘ
resourceType offshore natural gas resources ⓘ
offshore oil resources ⓘ
other mineral resources ⓘ
subjectTo Endangered Species Act ⓘ
Marine Mammal Protection Act ⓘ
National Environmental Policy Act ⓘ
federal environmental review ⓘ
uses hydrocarbon exploration ⓘ
potential future production of oil and gas ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alaska Region (BOEM) → operatesIn → Alaska Outer Continental Shelf ⓘ
subject linked to: Alaska Region
U.S. Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas program → governsArea → Alaska Outer Continental Shelf ⓘ