Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>A dynamic spatial view containing state of alaska oil and gas leases on state land. A lease is a legal document executed between a mineral owner and a company or individual that conveys the right to explore, develop and produce hydrocarbons and/or other products for a specified period of time over a given area. The source and official record are LAS case files available at </SPAN><A href="http://dnr.alaska.gov/projects/las/"><SPAN><SPAN>http://dnr.alaska.gov/projects/las/</SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN>. The lease case files available in this dataset were queried by case type and case status, and is a best estimate of all oil and agas leases thru time. </SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The codes and descriptions used to query records contained in this dataset follow. The codes and descriptions contained in this dataset are available from the Division of Oil and Gas.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic;"><SPAN>Case Type Code:</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>704 - </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN>Geothermal Lease Competitive, 783 - Oil & Gas Lease Non- Competitive, 784 - Oil & Gas Lease Competitive, 785 - Oil & Gas Transferred Federal Lease, 788 - Shoreland Preference Right Lease, 789 - Oil and Gas Shallow Natural Gas Lease, 790 - Oil and Gas Storage Lease, 792 - Oil and Gas Administrative Transferred Federal Lease</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic;"><SPAN>Case File</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>S</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic;"><SPAN>tatus Code:</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>35 – Issued, 64 – On Appeal</SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>