ConocoPhillips plans major NPR-A exploration Work planned Photo Courtesy ConocoPhillips Alaska ConocoPhillips continues to focus on expanding its Alaska footprint including work underway at its Willow project shown here.
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legislation contained changes aimed at increasing oil development on Alaska’s North Slope. ConocoPhillips’ new drilling will be on leases currently held by the company and is a resumption of work ConocoPhillips had underway in the area until the pandemic paused ex- ploration activity in 2020.
pandemic. The four-well test drill- ing program is planned near where the company is developing its new $7.5 billion Willow oil project in the NPR-A. Willow is expected to begin production in 2029. The new exploration was an- nounced just days after Congress approved President Donald Trump’s budget reconciliation bill, which has been signed by the President. The
during pandemic to get underway ConocoPhillips is resuming ex- ploration in the National Petro- leum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) after a shutdown caused by the COVID-19
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