Interior Proposes Repealing Biden-Era Drilling Limits on 13 Million Acres in Alaska

The Trump administration says the 2024 rule illegally blocked oil and gas development in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve.

Fish Creek through the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, managed by the Bureau of Land Management on Alaska's North Slope, on July 8, 2004. David W. Houseknecht/United States Geological Survey via AP

The Department of the Interior on June 2 formally proposed rescinding a 2024 rule that imposed new limits on oil and gas activity across Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve, calling the Biden-era policy an overreach that hinders domestic energy production.

The move would eliminate restrictions covering roughly 13 million acres and restore a previous regulatory framework that governed leasing before the rule took effect in 2024.