Happy Monday! Welcome back to another week of ESC News Blog! Let’s get started.
We have an update to the latest announcement
from Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM)
and Gulf of America (Mexico) and their regularly scheduled Oil and Gas Lease Sales. The BOEM has completed its Final Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement.
Did anyone happen
to receive the News Release from the Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM) on August 22, 2025, their News Release titled, “BOEM
Finalizes Environmental Review for Gulf of America Offshore Energy Development”? In
the release, it speaks on how Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean
Energy Management (BOEM) under the direction of One Big Beautiful Bill Act
(BBBA) (H.R.1) has developed a leasing schedule for the Gulf of America (Mexico)
well the BOEM has added to their ducks in a row for future oil and gas lease
sales; they have completed their Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Outer Continental Shelffor the Gulf of America. In the FEIS,
the area covers is the western, central, and eastern planning regions of the
Gulf of America Outer Continental Shelf and its post lease location. In addition, the FEIS has opened the
door for future oil and gas lease sales in these areas, they have taken in consideration
recent lawsuits over retiring offshore drilling locations and have addressed previous
concerns, and this FEIS will be the basis for more detailed analysis of each
individual lease sale location to help streamline approvals. The BOEM will issue the FEIS for the Gulf
of America on August 29, 2025, in the Federal Register. We let you know, if we hear anything else
from the BOEM. If you would like
to read more of the BOEM’s News Release, please click the link: BOEM Finalizes Environmental Review for Gulf of America Offshore Energy Development| Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
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We hope you have a wonderful evening and a great week!
**Disclaimer: Please see the News Release from the BOEM
for exact information. **