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The OCS Lands Act (OCSLA) charges the Secretary of the Interior with establishing a schedule of lease sales for a five-year period by evaluating specific factors of OCS regions and selecting the size, timing, and location of proposed OCS lease sales that best meet regional and national energy needs. BOEM is the agency under the Interior Department responsible for administering and advising the Secretary about the National OCS Program.

National Ocean Industries Association President Erik Milito said Interior has had 16 months to fulfill its statutory obligation to develop and maintain an offshore oil and gas leasing program and it has failed.

Last week, the U.S. Department of the Interior released its proposed Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) five-year program for offshore oil and gas leasing. The Outer Continental Shelf Lands...

Chuck DeVore thinks given the Biden administration’s stance on fossil fuels, prices will go much higher in the near future.

The Biden administration has released a preliminary proposal that could prohibit oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico for the next five years, though it will undergo a lengthy public comment period and congressional review before it’s finalized.

Biden has proposed banning new oil and gas drilling off the coasts, but selling leases in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Cook Inlet.

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As the second step in a three-step planning process, the Department of the Interior issued the “Proposed Program” for the National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program (National OCS Program) for the years 2023 to 2028.

On July 1, 2022, the Department of the Interior (DOI) announced the availability of the Proposed Program for the 2023-2028 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program (National OCS Program), as well as the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the 2023-2028 Program (Draft PEIS) for public comments.

As the second step in a three-step planning process, the Department of the Interior has issued the Proposed Program for the National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program (National OCS Program) for years 2023-2028.