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The Dubious Economic Calculus Behind the Willow Project

16 Mar 2023 | Abstracted from Grist

"[T]he Willow project, led by ConocoPhillips, represents the largest new Alaskan oil project in decades....the energy and economic benefits of the project are smaller and less certain than its boosters have suggested...The project will not deliver its first barrels until 2028 or 2029...The chemistry of petroleum beneath Alaska's North Slope is different from both light shale oil and the heavier oil...it will need to be blended with other oil..."

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