Trump Administration Proposes Offshore Leasing in Almost All Alaska Waters

Trump administration proposes offshore leasing in almost all Alaska waters

A young polar bear climbs atop some ice Sept. 13, 2016 in the Chukchi Sea. The Trump administration is proposing two oil and gas lease sales in the Chukchi in its new five-year plan, along with 19 other proposed lease sales. (Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher M. Yaw/U.S. Coast Guard)The Trump administration on Thursday released a plan for offshore oil and gas leasing that would open up almost all Alaska marine waters to development, a…

Trump administration proposes offshore leasing in almost all Alaska waters • Maine Morning Star

A young polar bear climbs atop some ice Sept. 13, 2016 in the Chukchi Sea. The Trump administration is proposing two oil and gas lease sales in the Chukchi in its new five-year plan, along with 19 other proposed lease sales. (Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher M. Yaw/U.S. Coast Guard)The Trump administration on Thursday released a plan for offshore oil and gas leasing that would open up almost all Alaska marine waters to development, a…

Trump administration proposes offshore leasing in almost all Alaska waters

Offshore drilling proposal comment period opens Monday

Areas restricted from outer continental shelf oil and gas leasing in red. Map: BOEM The Department of the Interior released Thursday a draft program that proposes over the next five years almost three dozen offshore lease sales, none of which is in the Atlantic, but instead are around Alaska and in the Pacific and Gulf of Mexico. The secretary of the Interior directed Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, or BOEM, to draft the 11th National Outer C…

Industry applauds ‘historic’ U.S. offshore leasing proposal as energy demand rises

(World Oil)– U.S. offshore oil and gas development took a major step forward this week as the Department of the Interior (DOI) unveiled a draft five-year federal leasing program that opens the door to the most expansive Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) acreage offered in more than a decade. The proposal, covering 2026–2031, includes up to 34 potential lease sales across 21 planning areas from Alaska to the Pacific and the Gulf of America. The draft