Happy Monday and welcome back to another week of ESC News Blog.
Back is
October we blogged about the U. S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean
Energy Management (BOEM) announced their 60-day comment period opening for
their proposed National OSC Program’s Final Program and Final EIS. Well, the BOEM on Friday, March 29, 2024,
announced, “BOEM Announces Next Steps in National Outer Continental Shelf Oil
and Gas Leasing Program.” After taking into consideration the comments from the
public, they have identified an area in the Gulf of Mexico. On April 1, 2024, in the Federal Register the
BOEM will post the Notice of Availability of the Area (Area ID) for proposed Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Oil and Gas Lease Sales 262, 263, and 264. Looks like the Lease Sale 262 should be scheduled
for 2025. The BOEM notes this isn’t a
guarantee of the lease sale or area only they are acknowledging the areas of
interest from the October 2, 2023, call for areas of interest the GOM and they
are beginning the next stage. The BOEM has some additional steps to give
final approval of the 262-sale leasing area. If you would like to read more, please
click the link: 2024-2029 GOM Area Identification | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (boem.gov)
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