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Coordinates: 69°52′27″N 144°09′55″W. ANWR and known oil deposits in northern Alaska. The question of whether to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) has been an ongoing political controversy in the United States since 1977. [1] As of 2017, Republicans have attempted to allow drilling in ANWR almost fifty times ...
The Willow project is a planned oil and gas extraction project from ConocoPhillips in which the company is expected to invest $8 billion. The drilling site is within the National Petroleum Reserve ...
The Biden administration issued a long-awaited study on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, that recommends allowing a major oil development on Alaska's North Slope, and the move — while not final — drew ...
Prudhoe Bay oil field. / 70.30667°N 148.73250°W / 70.30667; -148.73250. Prudhoe Bay Oil Field is a large oil field on Alaska 's North Slope. It is the largest oil field in North America, covering 213,543 acres (86,418 ha) and originally contained approximately 25 billion barrels (4.0 × 10 9 m 3) of oil. [1]
By Nichola Groom (Reuters) -The Biden administration took steps on Friday to limit both oil and gas drilling and mining in Alaska, angering state officials who said the restrictions will cost jobs ...
Alaska historian Terrence Cole Since the completion of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System in 1977, the government of the state of Alaska has been reliant on taxes paid by oil producers and shippers. Prior to 1976, Alaska's personal income tax rate was 14.5 percent—the highest in the United States. The gross state product was $8 billion, and Alaskans earned $5 billion in personal income. Thirty ...
A federal judge on Thursday upheld the Biden administration’s approval of the massive Willow oil-drilling project on Alaska’s remote North Slope, a decision that environmental groups swiftly ...
Willow project. / 70.283°N 151.917°W / 70.283; -151.917. The Willow project is an oil drilling project by ConocoPhillips located on the plain of the North Slope of Alaska in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska entirely on wetlands. The project was originally to construct and operate up to five drill pads for a total of 250 oil wells.