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Is ConocoPhillips Looking to Expand its Controversial Arctic Oil Project?

Inside Climate News · By Nicholas Kusnetz · last updated
The oil company filed a request for a seismic survey to examine oil deposits around the Willow project and, according to a now-withdrawn version of the application, to “identify potential future development areas.”

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Earlier this month, environmental advocates in Alaska noticed that a new document had been quietly posted on the website of the federal agency that manages a huge swath of Arctic lands.