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Gulf of Mexico O&G sale: High bids and big questions

Yesterday’s Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 261 generated $382,168,507 in high bids for 311 tracts covering 1.7 million acres in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. A total

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API slams BOEM’s 5-year oil and gas lease sale program

In what the American Petroleum Institute (API) slams as “a step in the wrong direction,” the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has now published the final 2024–2029 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil

offshore wind development

BOEM moves ahead on more offshore wind projects

In a clutch of announcements today, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) said that it has completed its environmental review of the proposed Sunrise Wind energy project, is proposing an offshore

President of Equinor Wind US says company is ready to go to work on Empire Wind

Empire Wind project gains key federal approval

The U.S. Department of the Interior today announced approval of the Empire Wind offshore wind project – the Biden Administration’s sixth approval of a commercial-scale offshore wind energy project. The Record of

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BOEM sets new date for much delayed oil and gas Lease Sale 261

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has now set a new date for Gulf of Mexico oil and gas Lease Sale 261. As we reported earlier, on November 14, a court

Port of Auckland has been fined in a dock worker death case

Court rules against further GoM oil and gas lease sale delay

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has issued an order dismissing an appeal against a GoM oil and gas lease preliminary injunction. As we reported earlier, the Bureau of

Saithe plans to get new North Sea gas well raidly into production

Equinor makes new North Sea gas discovery

While BOEM may be making every effort to drag its heels on new U.S. offshore oil and gas exploration and development, things are a little different in Norway. Equinor reports that it

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Another Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sale delay

File this one under “why are we not surprised.” The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has yet again announced a delay to Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease Lease Sale 261.

New Gulf of Mexico Wind Energy Areas

BOEM designates new Gulf of Mexico Wind Energy Areas

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) reported Friday that it had finalized four new Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) in the Gulf of Mexico. Announcement of the new WEAs follows the first-ever

Gulf of Maine draft Wind Energy Area

Plans for Gulf of Maine offshore wind advance

Moving ahead on plans for offshore wind development in the Gulf of Maine, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) yesterday identified a Draft Wind Energy Area (WEA) there, opening a 30-day

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