Public Comment Opportunity – Draft Strategy of Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing

The Interior Department and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announce draft strategy for offshore oil and gas leasing in 2017-2022. The proposal includes ten sales in the Gulf of Mexico, “one of the most productive basins in the world and where oil and gas infrastructure is well established.” The Draft Proposed Program and the Read More

Legislation

H.R. 2231, Offshore Energy and Jobs Act passed House; Bill at  http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr2231/text. Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to increase energy exploration and production on the Outer Continental Shelf (opening many new areas of the US EEZ), provide for equitable revenue sharing for all coastal States, implement the reorganization of the functions of the Read More