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ConocoPhillips ramps up lobbying spending during fight over an $8 billion Alaskan oil project


ConocoPhillips spent $4.6 million on lobbying in the first three months of 2022 as it sought final approval for a delayed $8 billion oil project in Alaska’s federally-administered National Petroleum Reserve.

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