Alaska, Oil Companies Sue Department of Interior Over Petroleum Reserve Rule

Published on July 6, 2024

The recent implementation of a new rule governing national petroleum reserves in Alaska, which closes millions acres to oil and gas extraction and bans infrastructure construction, has ignited a series of legal challenges. In separate lawsuits this week, the State of Alaska, alongside major oil companies, moved to contest the rule issued by the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for the management and administration of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A). The suits argue the rules represent overreach and will have detrimental impacts on energy development. Finalized in May and effective as of June 6, the BLM directive closes around 11 million acres of the 23.5 million-acre reserve to all oil and gas extraction while leaving around 11.8 million acres open to oil and gas leasing—on which oil and gas infrastructure is mostly banned....

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