BLM Extends Scoping Period on Next Chapter for Trans Alaska Pipeline System

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management will provide the public an additional week to comment on a proposed 30-year right-of-way renewal for Alaska's famed Trans Alaska Pipeline System. With this extension, the scoping period, which began on Aug. 26, 2026, now closes on Sept. 17, 2026.

This scoping period is a key step in the environmental review process analyzing the potential renewal of the 800-mile pipeline's right-of-way. Earlier this summer, the BLM received a 30-year right-of-way renewal application from Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, which operates the pipeline on behalf of its three owner companies: Harvest Alaska, LLC; ConocoPhillips Transportation Alaska Inc.; and ExxonMobil Pipeline Company LLC.

The Trans Alaska Pipeline System was first authorized in 1974 and constructed between 1974 and 1977. Since construction, the pipeline has transported over 19 billion barrels of oil from Alaska's North Slope to in-state refineries and the Valdez Marine Terminal. In 2025, the Trans Alaska Pipeline System transported an average of 463,000 barrels per day. 

This effort builds on the Department of the Interior's extensive work to unleash Alaska's resource potential under Executive Order 14153 and Secretary's Order 3422, Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential, and Executive Order 14154, Unleashing American Energy. Actions taken have improved regulatory certainty and streamlined permitting in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska and the Coastal Plain of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, resulting in successful lease sales and increased production in the future.

For more information on this project and how to comment during the scoping period, visit the BLM National NEPA Register (NEPA Number: DOI-BLM-AK-9410-2026-0009-EA). 

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