Haaland Announces Five-Year Schedule for Offshore Wind Lease Sale

2024-04-24 17:27:57

NEW ORLEANS — The Biden administration will hold up to a dozen offshore wind energy lease sales through 2028, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced Wednesday morning. In remarks at the International Partnering Forum conference in New Orleans, Haaland said the... Read More

Litigation

DC Circuit Says Inflation Act Moots Oil Lease Fight

2023-05-01 20:19:08

by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — A hard fought legal challenge to a 2021 oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico was rendered moot by the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act last year, the U.S. Circuit Court for the District... Read More

Energy

Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale Attracts $159 Million in High Bids

2019-08-29 19:46:40

by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON - Last week's sales of Gulf of Mexico leases for oil and gas exploration generated over $159 million in high bids for 151 tracts covering 835,000 acres in federal waters, the Interior Department reports. A total of 27 companies... Read More