Trump Administration Moves to Pull Restrictions on Oil and Gas Development in National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska

Trump administration seeks to revoke limits on oil drilling in parts of Alaska’s North Slope

Several oil projects are active in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. (Photo by Bob Wick/Bureau of Land Management, CC BY-SA)The U.S. Department of the Interior announced on Thursday that it will revoke three documents intended to form the basis for limits on oil drilling in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. Those documents, and the limits themselves, were issued in the last year of President Joe Biden’s administration.  Since his…

Trump administration moves to pull restrictions on oil and gas development in National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska

The Interior Department is taking additional steps to enable oil and gas drilling in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, revoking Biden-era documents that called for expanding “Special Areas” that receive extra protection and are known for their unique wildlife and subsistence values.

Trump opens drilling in Alaska: green light for oil and gas in an area nearly the size of Northern Italy. - Economic Scenarios

The Trump administration has formally lifted a series of administrative orders that imposed new restrictions on oil and gas development in the Alaska

Trump Admin Ditches Biden-Era Rules To Jump-Start Alaskan Energy Production

The Trump admin rescinded Biden-era restrictions on Alaska’s energy industry, reopening the National Petroleum Reserve to development.