The Biden administration released a draft supplemental environmental review of ConocoPhillips’ oil prospect on Alaska’s North Slope, known as the Willow project — a step in the company's efforts to develop the field.
Alaska’s political leaders have pressed the Biden administration to move the project forward, given the project’s potential in terms of oil production, jobs and revenues for the state.is a step in ConocoPhillips’ efforts to develop the field, though the new, eight-volume report provides a range of development alternatives for the public to consider before the Biden administration can make a final decision on whether to approve the project.
The Bureau of Land Management in Alaska, in a statement on Friday, highlighted one new development alternative in the draft environmental review that is said would reduce Willow’s potential footprint. The proposal would remove two of five proposed drill sites from consideration, including eliminating the northernmost proposed drill site and associated infrastructure in the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area.
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski said in an interview on Friday that seeing Willow developed is at the top of her priority list for the Biden administration.
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