The US Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) plans to offer about 78 million acres in a region-wide Gulf of Mexico lease sale scheduled for March 2020.Lease Sale 254, which would include all unleased areas in…
Veteran energy industry association executive Erik Milito has been named as the new president of the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) and will to take the helm of the offshore energy association effective November 1, 2019.“Erik is a strong leader and an effective communicator…
Norwegean surveying services company TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company (TGS) has been awarded a five-year contract for Digital Well Log Data Processing with the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)…
The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) announced that Randall Luthi will leave the organization next month, after serving as the group’s president for nearly 10 years. Luthi will return to his home state of Wyoming to serve as Chief Energy Advisor to Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon…
The U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) released what it said were “the final improved Blowout Preventer Systems and Well Control regulations”The Well Control Rule is a part of an ongoing…
U.S. lawmakers will quiz President Donald Trump’s new pick to lead the Interior Department on Thursday, focusing on the former energy and mining lobbyist’s plans to expand fossil fuels production from the United States' public lands and waters…
Eight competitive lease sales for offshore wind acreage have generated almost half a billion in revenue for the U.S. federal treasury. A dozen official leases have been awarded, with three more to be awarded following anti-competitive review…
U.S. Secretary of the Department of the Interior (DOI) Ryan Zinke announced a long-awaited development for oil and gas energy production offshore the state of Alaska.Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued conditional approval…
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has hinted to at least six coastal states that he will keep their waters out of a looming plan to expand U.S. offshore drilling, telling some they lack enough oil to be included anyway, according to state officials and transcripts from public hearings…
A recent report by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) criticized two agencies – the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) – for slow and disfunctional processes leading to delays in permitting for offshore seismic surveys…
The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has released details about proposed Lease Sale 250, which would offer 76.9 million acres in federal waters offshore Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. The sale, scheduled for March 2018…
The US Department of the Interior (DOI) is moving forward with its evaluations from six companies to conduct geological and geophysical (G&G) activities in the Atlantic Ocean, as part of the Trump Administration’s 'America First' offshore energy strategy…
US Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke signed two secretarial orders aimed at 'unleashing' America’s offshore energy potential and growing the US economy on the floor of the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) yesterday (1 May). The first order implements President Trump’s Executive Order…
The US Department of the Interior (DOI) announced its first lease sale under the Trump Administration’s new Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2017-2022 (Five Year Program), offering 73 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) this summer…
The US Senate has confirmed that Ryan Zinke will lead the Department of the Interior (DOI), nearly three months following the Trump administration’s nomination in December. Image of Zinke, from US House of Representatives…
