Before ConocoPhillips’ massive Willow project emerged as a subject of excitement and controversy, a different North Slope oil project promised to open a new Arctic oil frontier. (via AlaskaBeacon)
began on the giant rig BP had built for Liberty; the rig wound up never drilling a single well. In 2019, BP announced it was leaving Alaska and selling off its remaining assets – including Liberty – to Hilcorp. That sale was made final in 2020.
The entrance of what was then the BP Exploration Inc. building in Midtown Anchorage is seen on Aug. 27, 2019, just after the company announced its plan to sell off all its Alaska assets. The slogan above the door reads: “Prudhoe Proud: Pioneering the Past, Fueling Alaska’s Future.” BP drew up two separate development plans for Liberty. In 2014, it sold half of the project share to Hilcorp, and Hilcorp became the unit’s operator.
Despite the stall, there are still factors weighing in favor of Hilcorp eventually developing the Liberty project, Myers said. On the negative side is Liberty’s location, Myers said. “Offshore is always more tricky than onshore,” he said. Arctic ice – which can gouge underwater oil structures – is one of the major complications, he said. of remaining Beaufort Sea territory from future oil and gas leasing schedules. The action putting the unleased portions of the Beaufort off-limits to future development came at about the same time the administration approved the Willow project.
An obvious difference is location; Willow is onshore, where development is easier, while Liberty is offshore. They differ in size; Willow is about four times as big in reserves, with about 600 million recoverable barrels estimated, and ConocoPhillips plans to spendThe legal issues that tripped up the federal government’s 2018 approval of Liberty’s most recent development plan also applied to litigation over the Trump administration’s initial approval of Willow in 2020.
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