Biden Administration Renews Green Light for Alaska LNG Project The global liquified natural gas boom continues to make its way into the Arctic. In addition to production at Norway’s Hammerfest LNG and Russia’s Yamal LNG, the US may also produce liquified natural gas in the Arctic before the end of the decade. A critical export license for the planned Alaska LNG project was reauthorized last week.
Biden Administration Extends Arctic Protections While Simultaneously Granting Oil Drilling Permits The US government greenlit a controversial oil and gas project in Arctic Alaska but also greatly expanded areas in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve that will remain off limits to future hydrocarbon development.