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On February 23, 2004, Representative Richard W. Pombo, Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Resources, requested that the Energy Information Administration (EIA) provide an assessment of authorizing oil and gas leasing in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska. In his request, Representative Pombo cited Division C, Title III, Sections 30401 through 30412 of the H.R. 6, 'Energy Policy Act of 2003,' as it passed in the House. Representative Pombo asked that the impact of this oil and gas leasing authorization be compared to the projections in the Annual Energy Outlook 2004 (AEO2004). He also requested that a prior EIA analysis of oil and gas development on the ANWR coastal plain be used, as appropriate. Finally, Representative Pombo asked EIA to assess whether there were any 'significant synergies' regarding the opening of ANWR to oil and gas leasing and the potential construction of an Alaska gas pipeline, which would transport natural gas from the Alaska North Slope to the lower 48 States. This analysis presents three ANWR cases that assess the potential impact of oil and gas leasing in the coastal plain area of ANWR. These ANWR cases represent the following potential oil resource levels: A mean oil resource case, which is based on the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) mean probability estimate of technically recoverable oil resources in the coastal plain area of ANWR; A low oil resource case, which is based on the USGS 95-percent probability estimate of technically recoverable oil resources in the coastal plain area of ANWR; and A high oil resource case, which is based on the USGS 5-percent probability estimate of technically recoverable oil resources in the coastal plain area of ANWR.