ConocoPhillips Wins Ruling to Continue Alaska Oil Project Work

A federal judge in Alaska denied a bid by environmentalists and an indigenous group to block ConocoPhillips from opening a gravel mine and conducting other work at its $8 billion Willow oil project in the state.

The order Monday from US District Judge Sharon Gleason gives ConocoPhillips a green light to continue initial operations during a narrow winter construction season in the Arctic that is expected to end later this month. Project foes had asked for the ruling while they challenge the Biden administration’s approval of the project that could yield as much as 600 million barrels of oil, arguing ...