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US federal agency launches environmental review for a big new oil field planned for Alaska’s North Slope

The Willow oil field appears to hold at least 300 million recoverable barrels.

By Yereth Rosen August 8, 2018
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A government agency has launched the environmental review for what would be a major new oil development in Arctic Alaska, part of a larger program of expanded drilling on federal lands on the North Slope.

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