Chinanews.com, May 28th, a comprehensive report, on the 26th local time, the US Biden administration defended Conoco Phillips' oil development case in Alaska and supported the approval of the former President Trump administration. Drilling plan.
Reuters reported that a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of the Interior stated in an email that the U.S. Department of Justice continued to defend the Willow Project drilling plan in the Alaska National Petroleum Reserve in a document submitted on the 26th.
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According to reports, the Trump administration approved the development in October 2020, and the relevant authorities issued permits for sand mining and road construction on the morning of January 20, 2021.
Environmental groups have previously filed a lawsuit and argued that the government did not take into account the impact of oil drilling on vulnerable wildlife.
In February 2021, an appeals court blocked ConocoPhillips' over $2 billion plan in Alaska.
Prior to the latest developments, Haran, the current Minister of the Interior, had even opposed the plan when he was a member of Congress.
According to the statement provided by the spokesperson of the Ministry of the Interior, the May 26 document insisted that the decision was in compliance with the standards of the national environmental policy and law at the time, and the plaintiff did not raise an objection within the time limit of the environmental review of the plan.
According to a report by the US political news website Politico, the plan was promoted by Alaska Republican Senators Mukowski and Sullivan.
The two met with Biden on May 24 to discuss the oil plan.
Mukowski said the exchanges with officials in the Biden administration were "very rewarding."
According to previous estimates by ConocoPhillips, the Willow Project is expected to produce up to 160,000 barrels of oil per day by 2024.