Earthjustice: Biden Administration Set to Auction Off Gulf of Mexico Waters for Oil Drilling in Massive Lease Sale
March 30, 2023
March 30, 2023
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 30 (TNSgov) -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on March 29, 2023:
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold one of the largest offshore lease sales in U.S. history. Lease Sale 259 will offer up almost all of the available unleased areas in the Western and Central Gulf of Mexico, which could result in the production of over 1 billion barrels of oil and 4 trillion cubic feet of natural gas over the next 50 years. By comparison, . . .
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold one of the largest offshore lease sales in U.S. history. Lease Sale 259 will offer up almost all of the available unleased areas in the Western and Central Gulf of Mexico, which could result in the production of over 1 billion barrels of oil and 4 trillion cubic feet of natural gas over the next 50 years. By comparison, . . .