Groups Challenge ConocoPhillips Alaska Oil Surveys in Arctic (1)

Three tribal and environmental groups on Thursday asked a federal court to vacate approval for a ConocoPhillips Alaska oil exploration program in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

The lawsuit, filed in US District Court for the District of Alaska, says the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management November environmental assessment and approval of ConocoPhillips’ winter 2025-2026 seismic oil and gas exploration and drilling program violates the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act and the Administrative Procedure Act.

The Trump administration lifted almost all restrictions on fossil fuels development on Alaska’s North Slope ...