The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management has a new Director: Amanada Lefton. She most recently served as New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s First Assistant Secretary for Energy
The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) says it is “ready to work with” Representative Deb Haaland, who will be President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee as the next Secretary of the Interior. Two key
The Vineyard Wind offshore wind project is moving ahead on two fronts. In Washington, D.C., the ponderous BOEM (Bureau of Offshore Energy Management) regulatory process has taken another step forward with the
Yesterday’s region-wide Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 253 generated $159,386,761 in high bids for 151 tracts covering 835,006 acres in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. A total of 27 companies
In another indication that the U.S.offshore wind industry is off the starting blocks, the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) yesterday hosted the first meeting of the Global Offshore Wind Regulators
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management reports that today’s oil and gas Lease Sale 252 generated $244,299,344 in high bids for 227 tracts covering 1,261,133.85 acres in federal waters of the Gulf
OCTOBER 19, 2018 — U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke this week announced three major developments in American offshore wind energy spanning from coast to coast: a much-anticipated wind auction in
APRIL 10, 2018 — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is publishing a Call for Information and Nominations to obtain nominations from companies interested in commercial wind energy leases within the
MARCH 21, 2018 — Interior Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Joe Balash today announced that region wide Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 250 conducted today by Interior’s generated $124,763,581 in
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