Happy Monday! Welcome back to another week of ESC News Blog! We hope you have been able to be safe and warm during this recent cold snap.
Did anyone happen
to receive the News Release from the Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM) on January 26, 2026, their News Release titled, “BOEM
Invites Public Input on Potential Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Areas in
Southern and Central California”? In the
release, it speaks on how Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM) has published for two Calls for Information and Nominations
for Southern and Central California for the DOI’s Draft Proposal for the 11th
National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program (2026-2031). The BOEM is looking for stakeholders
and the public to select favorable areas where they would be interested in
drilling or not see drilling in, whatever the case may be, and they have
30-days to add in their comments. The BOEM is not expecting the oil and
gas lease sales to happen until possibly 2027. The Federal Register will have issued
the Calls for Information and Nomination tomorrow, January 27, 2026, which will open
the 30-day comment period for stakeholders and the public. We let
you know, if we hear anything else from the BOEM on these proposed lease
sales. If you would like to read more of
the BOEM’s News Release, please click the link: BOEM Invites Public Input on Potential Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Areas in Southern and Central California | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
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We hope you have a wonderful evening and a great week! Keep
warm!
**Disclaimer: Please see the News Release from the BOEM
for exact information. **