BP exit adds to uncertainty ahead of refuge lease sale

摘要

BP PLC is getting out of the Alaska oil business, adding another note ofuncertainty ahead of the Trump administration's upcoming first oil and gaslease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.The major oil firm announced Tuesday that it would sell its assets inPrudhoe Bay and its stake in the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System to HoustonbasedHilcorp for $5.6 billion. The sale, pending regulatory approval,heralds a major shift in Alaska's oil industry.