Administration plans largest ever offshore oil and gas lease sale
OCTOBER 26, 2017 — The U.S. Department of the Interior is proposing the largest oil and gas lease sale ever held in the United States –76,967,935 acres in federal waters of the
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DONG Energy, Dominion developing Virginia wind farm
AUGUST 3, 2017— Dominion Energy Virginia recently signed an agreement and strategic partnership with Denmark’s DONG Energy to build two 6 MW turbines about 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach in
Next Gulf lease sale terms offer sweetener for shallow water leases
JULY 14, 2017—The U.S. Department of the Interior is to offer 75.9 million acres offshore Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida for oil and gas exploration and development in a region-wide lease
Zinke inks orders implementing Trump offshore plan
MAY 3, 2017 —Secretary of the Department of the Interior Ryan Zinke yesterday used the floor of the OTC event to sign two secretarial orders aimed at unleashing America’s offshore energy potential
VIDEO: Trump signs America-first offshore energy order
APRIL 28, 2017 — Setting the stage for many likely legal challenges, President Donald J. Trump today issued an Executive Order aimed at implementing an America-first offshore energy strategy. As well as
Central Gulf sale attracts $274.8 million in high bids
MARCH 22, 2017 — U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today announced that Lease Sale 247 for oil and gas parcels in the Gulf of Mexico attracted $274,797,434 in high bids
Statoil is winning bidder in NY offshore wind lease sale
DECEMBER 19, 2016 – The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) reports that Statoil Wind US LLC, was the provisional winner of the December 16 competitive lease sale for renewable energy in
NY acreage offered for offshore wind development
OCTOBER 27, 2016—With the first commercial offshore wind farm in the U.S. due to go live on November 1, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and the Bureau of Ocean Energy
Latest lease sale gets just $18 million in high bids
AUGUST 24, 2016 — Though today’s oil and gas Lease Sale 248 was the the first federal offshore oil and gas auction broadcast live on the internet, the results were still dismal.
U.S. publishes Final Rule on Arctic OCS drilling
JULY 8, 2016 — The U.S. Department of the Interior has released final regulations for any future exploratory drilling activities on the U.S. Arctic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS.) “With the United States