Biden Administration Approves Massive Oil Drilling Project in Alaska

ConocoPhillips gets green light for $8 billion Willow Project, while in trade-off, administration bans drilling in parts of Arctic Sea

This 2019 aerial photo provided by ConocoPhillips shows an exploratory drilling camp at the proposed site of the Willow oil project on Alaska's North Slope. ConocoPhillips via AP, File

The Biden administration’s decision to allow ConocoPhillips to proceed with its $8 billion North Slope Alaska Willow Project while making the Arctic Ocean off-limits to oil development and banning new leases on 13 million of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska’s 23 million acres is drawing criticism from all sides.

ConocoPhillips and the state’s bipartisan congressional delegation weren’t among the critics.