US approves Willow oil project in Alaska
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Wikinews on March 21, 2023
US Interior Department approves Willow oil project in Alaska
The US Department of the Interior approved ConocoPhillips' Willow oil drill proposal in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve on March 13.
The Department revoked leases of 68,000 acres of land within the Bear Tooth Unit, in the northeast NPR–A, and granted three of ConocoPhillips' requested five drill sites.
According to the Department's record of decision, the approved version of the plan "requires the fewest ice roads, fewest total miles of infield pipelines, least water use, fewest vehicle trips, fewest fixed-wing aircraft trips, fewest helicopter trips, and fewest acres of screeding."
