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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.

Cover of offshore oil and gas leasing proposal

BOEM proposes fewest oil and gas lease sales in history

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) does not allow the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to issue a lease for offshore wind development unless the agency has offered at least 60 million

Lease Sale 261

Court orders BOEM to hold GoM Lease Sale 261 the way Congress directed

The State of Louisiana, the American Petroleum Institute, Chevron USA Inc. and Shell Offshore have been granted a preliminary injunction in response to their law suit challenging conditions in BOEM’s Final Notice

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Bipartisan momentum builds for offshore oil and gas leasing action

Slow-marching of offshore oil and gas leasing sales by the U.S. Department of the Interior could threaten offshore wind leasing, NOIA (the National Ocean Industries Association) says, noting that Federal law mandates

oil and gas

BOEM Gulf of Mexico oil and gas sale restrictions face legal challenge

While the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management may be all in on offshore wind, that’s not the case with oil and gas. On August 23, BOEM announced plans to hold Gulf of

Klein talks Gulf of Maine offshore wind

BOEM sets date for Gulf of Mexico offshore wind lease sale

The U.S. Department of the Interior said today that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will hold the first-ever offshore wind energy lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico on August 29,

Klein talks Gulf of Maine offshore wind

U.S. Gulf offshore wind comes a big step nearer

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today issued a final environmental assessment (EA) on potential impacts from offshore wind leasing on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico,

NOIA’s Erik Milito says U.S. GoM oil production “sets the standard for oil and gas production worldwide.”

New study confirms that U.S. GoM oil production has lower GHG intensity

The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) has released a comprehensive study on global oil production emissions that reveals that the greenhouse gas intensity of U.S. oil production, particularly in the U.S. Gulf

Central Atlantic offshore wind lease sale

Offshore wind industry to BOEM: Move ahead on modernization rule

On January 30, 2023 BOEM published the Renewable Energy Modernization Rule NPRM which contained reforms identified by the Department of the Interior and recommended by industry, including proposals for incremental funding of

A Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sale BOEM didn't want to hold drew in big bids

GoM oil and gas lease sale generates $263.8 million in high bids

With a gun to its head in the form of a mandate under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) yesterday held Gulf of Mexico

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