The Willow Project is a proposed oil and gas drilling project in Alaska's North Slope, located inside the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. The project is owned by ConocoPhillips and could produce up to **180,000 barrels of oil a day**, which is about **1.5%** of the country's oil production. The project is estimated to cost roughly **$7-8 billion** and could generate up to **$17 billion** in revenue for the state and federal governments as well as local communities .
However, the project has sparked green opposition due to its potential environmental impact. The area where the project is planned holds up to **600 million barrels of oil** .
