Wednesday, November 26, 2025

DOI adding 34 oil and gas lease sales in their new five -year plan.

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We have been keeping tabs on the current administration’s Department of the Interior and how they are opening up oil and gas to help with America attain energy dominance.  Well, we have more federal waters opening up to the offshore oil and gas industry.   

Did anyone see The Houston Chronicle’s Business Section on November 21, 2025, they reprinted an article from the Associated Press titled, “New offshore oil drilling planned for Calif., Florida coasts”?  In the article, it speaks on how the U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will be opening up some of California and Florida offshore as well as offshore Alaska in a new five-year plan with a possible 34 oil and gas lease sales.  The BOEM announced last week they have a new five-year plan for oil and gas lease sales which includes six offshore lease sales for designated areas of California between 2027 and 2030, and around 100 miles offshore Florida in designated areas will have around seven lease sales.  In addition, the BOEM has planned for offshore Alaska up to 20 lease sales in designated areas including a new area in the High-Arctic by 2030.  The stakeholders and individuals still have time to add their comments to the Federal Register 60-day commenting period for the 5-year lease plan.  We will let you know, if we hear anything else on this offshore plan.  If you would like to read more of the article on PressReader.com, please click the link: PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions

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