BLM Reopens National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska for Drilling

BLM Reopens National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska for Drilling

Fish Creek winds 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 U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will open more public land for oil and gas drilling in Alaska, the agency announced on Dec. 22.

BLM updated an activity plan for the National Petroleum Reserve on Alaska’s North Slope that reopens an area nearly the size of South Carolina to oil and gas leasing, overturning Biden-era restrictions.

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