The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced an oil and gas lease sale for the Gulf of Mexico on 17 November.
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced an oil and gas lease sale for the Gulf of Mexico on 17 November. The lease sale will take place in compliance with an order from a US District Court after the Biden Harris Administration imposed a moratorium of lease sales.
The Biden Harris Administration said it is continuing its comprehensive review of the ‘deficiencies’ associated with its offshore and onshore oil and gas leasing programmes.
Lease Sale 257, the eighth offshore sale under the 2017-2022 Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Programme, will include approximately 15,135 unleased blocks located from 3 to 231 miles offshore in the Gulf of Mexico.
Find out more at www.boem.gov/ sale-257.
