Zinke announces three major U.S. offshore wind developments

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

BOEM looks to open up offshore wind opportunities in New York Bight

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

Giant lease sale seen as “modestly active”

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

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

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

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.,

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