GoM Lease Sale 249 bidders still focused on deepwater
AUGUST 16, 2017 — U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today announced that the region-wide Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 249 generated $121,143,055 in high bids for 90 tracts covering 508,096
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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
Beaufort Sea drilling plan gets conditional BOEM approval
JULY 14, 2017 — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management yesterday conditionally approved a Beaufort Sea exploration plan (EP) it received from Eni US Operating Co. Inc., a subsidiary of Italian multinational
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
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
U.S. and Denmark sign MOU on offshore wind
MAY 17, 2016 — Denmark and the United States have signed a memorandum to strengthen cooperation on offshore wind energy projects.It was signed May 4, 2016 at Danish Embassy in Washington, D.C.,
U.S. announces New Jersey offshore wind lease sale
SEPTEMBER 23, 2015 — In a sign that the pace of U.S. offshore wind development is starting to pick up, 343,833 acres seven miles offshore New Jersey will be offered for commercial
Western Gulf lease sale attracts few bidders
AUGUST 19, 2015 — The Department of the Interior’s Western Gulf of Mexico Lease sale drew just $22,675,212 in high bids for tracts on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf offshore Texas. Just
Offshore leasing plan gets few industry cheers
JANUARY 27, 2015 — The Obama Administration today announced a proposed offshore oil and natural gas leasing program for 2017-2022 that National Ocean Industries Association President Randall Luthi called “a small step
Feds face lawsuit on offshore fracking
JANUARY 12, 2015 — A conservation group has sued the federal government for failing to release public documents revealing the extent and risks of offshore fracking (hydraulic fractioning) in the Gulf of