North Aleutian Shelf Non-OCS Forecast Analysis

These reports provide in-depth analyses of socioeconomic trends in Aleutian Island communities potentially affected by oil and gas industry activities in the Bering Sea – an area rich in offshore petroleum and fishery resources. This early study provided federal analysts with a valid basis for assessing oil and natural gas development scenarios then being considered for the North Aleutian Basin (NAB) planning area, and an historical basis for assessing long-term social and economic change in the region. The NAB was placed under a drilling moratorium in 2010, with offshore oil and gas exploration suspended through 2017.