Willow Oil Pipeline

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Willow Oil Pipeline is a proposed oil pipeline in the United States.

Location

The pipeline is proposed to run from the Willow oil field in Alaska, linking to existing Alpine Central Facility infrastructure associated with ConocoPhillips' Alpine field.[1]

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Project details

  • Operator:
  • Owner: ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc.[1][2]
  • Parent company: ConocoPhillips[1][2]
  • Capacity: 200,000 bpd (presumed from the estimated processing capacity of the Willow Master Development Plan)[3]
  • Length: 385.5 miles[3]
  • Diameter:
  • Status: Proposed[1]
  • Start year: 2025[3]
  • Cost:
  • Financing:
  • Associated infrastructure:


The Willow Master Development Plan notes that the Bureau of Land Management would allow a permit application for up to 385.5 miles of new pipeline infrastructure associated with the Willow oil project.[3]

The start year varies from 2025–2026, based on the various pathways for development.[3]

Background

The timeline for development is laid out in the Master Development Plan:

CPAI [ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc.] proposes to construct the Project over approximately 9 to 10 years (depending on the alternative) beginning in the first quarter (Q1) of 2021. The WPF is anticipated to come online the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2025 (first oil) for Alternatives B and C, and in Q4 of 2026 for Alternative D. Operations would run to the end of the Project’s field life, which is estimated to be 2050 (Alternatives B and C) or 2051 (Alternative D).[3]

In early 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management issued an environmental analysis noting the Biden administration would prefer a smaller version of the project, with three of the initial five proposed drill sites and reduced lengths of pipelines, roads, and other associated aspects of the project. The move sent "a strong signal" that the Biden administration is likely to green light the project.[4]

On 20 February 2023, the Alaska House of Representatives voted to pass a resolution spearheaded by Representative Josiah Patkotak to support the project, encouraging the federal government to do the same.[5]

Articles and resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Willow Fact Sheet" (PDF). ConocoPhillips. Retrieved 2022-03-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Biden White House faces major test with Arctic drilling project". IEEFA. Retrieved 2022-03-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Willow Master Development Plan, Volume 1, Chapters 1–5" (PDF). Bureau of Land Management. Archived from the original on 2022-03-04. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
  4. "Biden Clears the Way for Alaska Oil Project". 2023-02-01. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  5. Suzanne Downing (2023-02-20). "Alaska House passes Patkotak resolution supporting Willow oil and gas project in NPR-A - Must Read Alaska". Must Read Alaska. Retrieved 2023-02-21.

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