Category: boem
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US sets the date for third Gulf of America oil & gas lease sale
US sets the date for third Gulf of America oil & gas lease sale The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has proposed the date for the third offshore lease sale out of thirty Gulf of America (U.S. Gulf of Mexico) oil and gas lease sales under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The…
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15,066 blocks up for grabs in next US offshore oil & gas lease sale
15,066 blocks up for grabs in next US offshore oil & gas lease sale The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has taken further steps to conduct the second offshore oil and gas lease sale under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which encompasses thirty Gulf of America (U.S. Gulf of Mexico) oil and gas…
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BOEM RFI will gauge interest in Alaska offshore minerals
BOEM RFI will gauge interest in Alaska offshore minerals The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is to publish a Request for Information and Interest (RFI) to evaluate industry interest and gather public input that could inform a potential lease sale for minerals on the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Alaska. The request…
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Judge rules Vineyard Wind can resume activities
Judge rules Vineyard Wind can resume activities The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts today issued a decision to allow Vineyard Wind to resume full activities in its lease area on the Outer Continental Shelf. This means that four of the five offshore wind projects paused by the Trump administration on Dec. 22,…
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Big Beautiful Gulf 1 oil and gas lease sale generates $279.4M in high bids
Big Beautiful Gulf 1 oil and gas lease sale generates $279.4M in high bids The Department of the Interior today announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management successfully conducted Lease Sale Big Beautiful Gulf 1, which is the first mandatory offshore oil and gas lease sale required under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.…
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Big Oil vs climate advocates on US offshore leasing plan: Key to energy security and jobs or coastal economy threat
Big Oil vs climate advocates on US offshore leasing plan: Key to energy security and jobs or coastal economy threat The Trump administration’s draft five-year offshore leasing plan continues to run the gauntlet of […] The post Big Oil vs climate advocates on US offshore leasing plan: Key to energy security and jobs or coastal…
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Second of 30 US offshore oil & gas lease sales on the agenda for March
Second of 30 US offshore oil & gas lease sales on the agenda for March The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has revealed a proposed notice of sale for the next offshore oil and gas lease sale under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which is the second of thirty Gulf of America (U.S.…
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BOEM moves ahead on Gulf of America and Cook Inlet offshore lease sales
BOEM moves ahead on Gulf of America and Cook Inlet offshore lease sales The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced two major steps toward expanding offshore energy development pursuant to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The agency released the Final Notice of Sale for Lease Sale Big Beautiful Gulf 1 (BBG1), the…
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Odyssey Marine Exploration files U.S. offshore critical minerals lease sale request
Odyssey Marine Exploration files U.S. offshore critical minerals lease sale request Back in April, President Trump signed an executive order entitled “Unleashing America’s Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources.” One company interested in doing some of that unleashing is Tampa, Fla=headquartered Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc. (NASDAQ: OMEX), which reports that it has submitted an unsolicited request…
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SouthCoast Wind faces new threat
SouthCoast Wind faces new threat SouthCoast Wind has become just the latest in a string of U.S. offshore wind project under threat from the Trump Administration’s offshore wind policies. The project received its final approval in December of last year, but now the Department of Justice has reportedy filed to voluntarily remand its approval of…
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Revolution Wind and two states file law suits challenging stop-work order
Revolution Wind and two states file law suits challenging stop-work order The Trump Administration is now facing two separate legal challenges to last month’s BOEM stop-work order issued to the fully-permitted, 80% complete Revolution Wind project —the-first bistate offshore wind farm. BOEM orders work stop at Revolution Wind The challenges to the stop-work order have…
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BOEM orders work stop at Revolution Wind
BOEM orders work stop at Revolution Wind Ørsted reports that on August 22, its subsidiary, Revolution Wind LLC, a 50/50 joint venture with Global Infrastructure Partner’s Skyborn Renewables, received an order instructing the project to stop activities on the outer continental shelf related to the Revolution Wind project from the Department of the Interior’s Bureau…
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Interior rolls out long term offshore O&G lease sales schedule
Interior rolls out long term offshore O&G lease sales schedule The U.S. Department of the Interior reports that, as directed by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1), it is rolling out a long-term schedule for offshore oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of America and Alaska’s Cook Inlet. The Department says…
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Q&A: Navigating U.S. offshore energy’s legal maze
Q&A: Navigating U.S. offshore energy’s legal maze As the U.S. offshore energy landscape rapidly evolves—with growing momentum in offshore wind and heightened regulatory scrutiny in oil and gas—developers are facing a complex legal environment shaped by shifting policies, environmental challenges, and financial risks. Marine Log spoke with Jana Grauberger, a partner at Liskow & Lewis…
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BOEM publishes PNOS for U.S. Gulf oil and gas Lease Sale 262
BOEM publishes PNOS for U.S. Gulf oil and gas Lease Sale 262 The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management yesterday announced the publication of a Proposed Notice of Sale (PNOS) for an oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of America. As directed by Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and outlined in the PNOS,…
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New U.S. OCS oil and gas lease sales in the works
New U.S. OCS oil and gas lease sales in the works Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum last Friday directed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to initiate the first step in a public engagement process to develop a new schedule for offshore oil and gas lease sales on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).…
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US eyes June 2025 lease round to reclaim ‘energy dominance’ with fresh Gulf of America acreage
US eyes June 2025 lease round to reclaim ‘energy dominance’ with fresh Gulf of America acreage The United States Department of the Interior has instructed its Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to hold the next scheduled oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of America. The post US eyes June 2025 lease round…
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Joint resolution scraps rule seen as hindering offshore energy development
Joint resolution scraps rule seen as hindering offshore energy development In a move applauded by Secretary of the Interior Doug Bergum as fostering offshore energy development, President Trump last week signed S.J.Res.11, a joint resolution disapproving the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s rule titled “Protection of Marine Archaeological Resources.” The BOEM rule, published under the…
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BOEM takes a step forward on Guam offshore wind
BOEM takes a step forward on Guam offshore wind The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has published a Call for Information and Nominations (Call) for possible wind energy leasing off the coast of the U.S. Pacific Territory of Guam. The Call will gather public comments to inform potential leasing areas, and results from close…
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BOEM reports competitive interest in two U.S. Gulf Wind Energy Areas
BOEM reports competitive interest in two U.S. Gulf Wind Energy Areas While a lackluster response to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s first Gulf of Mexico offshore wind lease sale was largely attributed to the challenges of floating offshore wind, there are some U.S. Gulf Wind Energy Areas where fixed foundation wind turbines might be…
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BOEM announces next steps for Gulf oil and gas leasing program
BOEM announces next steps for Gulf oil and gas leasing program The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced the availability of the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Regional Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Lease Sales Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). API slams BOEM’s 5-year oil and gas lease sale program In…
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BOEM gives Maryland Offshore Wind the go ahead
BOEM gives Maryland Offshore Wind the go ahead The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) yesterday announced its approval of the Construction and Operations Plan for US Wind’s Maryland Offshore Wind project. This is the final approval needed for the project from BOEM following the Department of the Interior’s September 2024 Record of Decision. This…
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SouthCoast Wind on track for final approval
SouthCoast Wind on track for final approval The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced the availability of the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed SouthCoast Wind project. The lease area covers approximately 127,388 acres and is about 26 nautical miles south of Martha’s Vineyard and 20 nautical miles south of Nantucket,…