Construction is well underway on major oil projects on the North Slope, and the Pikka project is expecting to begin production ahead of schedule.
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Willow opponents try again, this time in a US appeals court, to block the ConocoPhillips project
ConocoPhillips has already begun to develop Willow, but environmental organizations and a group of Inupiat people are still trying to stop it.
Alaska is short on gravel and long on development projects
The state’s North Slope communities need rocks, and they’re hard to come by.
State expects Willow and Pikka to push oil production up 30% by 2032
Oil production has been flat or declining over the past five years.
Appeals court allows ConocoPhillips to keep building its Willow project on Alaska’s North Slope
Construction is underway at the massive oil project even as the legal fight continues.
Federal judge rejects legal challenge to ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project
The massive Willow oil project on Alaska’s North Slope can move forward, a federal judge in Anchorage ruled Thursday.