National Petroleum Reserve

National Petroleum Reserve https://www.blm.gov/programs/energy-and-minerals/oil-and-gas/about/alaska/NPR-A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Petroleum_Reserve%E2%80%93Alaska Formerly known as the Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska is now a vast 22.8-million acre area on Alaska's North Slope. In 1923, mindful of the land's conceivable petroleum value, President Harding set aside this area as an emergency oil supply for the U.S. Navy. In 1976, in accordance with the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act, the administration of the reserve was transferred to the Department of the Interior, more specifically the Bureau of Land Management, and was renamed to what is now known as the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A).