...maintenance and that the Prudhoe Bay fields are on state land and not subject to federal leasing. But Kempthorne said the lessons learned from the BP problems might be used when setting requirements and standards for future federal oil leasing.

...administration has included a projected $1.2 billion in federal oil leasing revenue from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in its proposed 2004 budget. The federal oil leasing revenue is part of the Department of the Interior's...