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Interior Department Announces Rule on Financial Assurance for Offshore Oil and Gas

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For a decade, the U.S. Department of the Interior has wrestled with financial assurance (or bonding) requirements for offshore oil and gas companies. Over the last 10 years, the Interior Department has released – and later...more

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Appeals Court Restores Offshore Oil, Gas Lease Sale Without Rice's Whale Protections

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Nov. 14, 2023, dismissed claims brought by environmental groups challenging offshore oil and gas Lease Sale 261. The court ordered that the sale take place within 37 days of...more

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Interior Department Announces Five-Year Lease Plan for Offshore Oil and Gas

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The U.S. Department of the Interior on Sept. 29, 2023, announced its long-awaited Five-Year Offshore Leasing Plan as required by the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (the Plan)....more

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Inflation Reduction Act Advances Stalled Offshore Oil and Gas Lease Sales

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The Inflation Reduction Act (the Act), which passed the U.S. Senate on Aug. 7, 2022, requires that previously announced offshore lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska be held during the next two years....more

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The Big Squeeze? Proposed 2023-2028 Oil and Gas Leasing Program on the Outer Continental Shelf is Reduced to 11 Proposed Lease...

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On July 1, 2022,1 the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) released its Proposed Program for the U.S. Department of the Interior’s (“DOI”) National Outer Continental Shelf (“OCS”) Oil and Gas Leasing Program (“National...more

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Interior Releases Draft Program for New Offshore Leases; Future Uncertain

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The U.S. Department of the Interior on July 1, 2022, released its long-awaited update on the next Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) five-year proposed offshore drilling program (Program), a day after the previous program expired....more

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