In one of the House Committee on Natural Resources’ first oversight hearings, a subcommittee held a hearing focused on restoring American energy dominance through offshore oil and natural gas development – highlighting the continued shift in tone in the new Congress and Administration. Witnesses and members of Congress pointed out the myriad benefits of a
As President Donald Trump officially was sworn into office Monday, energy took center stage with the new President promising to unleash American energy in a series of inaugural speeches and executive orders. In his inauguration speech, President Trump declared: “America will be a manufacturing nation once again, and we have something that no other manufacturing
With just two weeks left in his term, President Biden announced the largest ban on new offshore oil and gas drilling. The executive action will block the sale of new leases for more than 625 million acres of ocean, nearly 20 percent of all the seabed controlled by the United States. The ban would primarily
Click here for a shareable sheet on how the court’s decision on the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Biological Opinion (BiOp) could impact US energy production. In August 2024, a U.S. district court ruled in favor of environmental groups in a pivotal court case for energy production in the Gulf of Mexico. The ruling in this
As Energy In Depth has discussed extensively, the Biden administration has significantly reduced the number of lease sales and acreage available in the Gulf of Mexico, all under the guise of protecting the Rice’s whale. The administration’s proposal is facing significant criticism, including from bipartisan members of Congress. On Friday, a group of sixteen senators
On Thursday, a U.S. District Court Judge in Louisiana barred the Department of Interior (DOI) from limiting acreage available to energy production in its upcoming offshore oil lease sale, which is scheduled to take place on September 27th. The decision was a blow to activists and the Biden administration, who hoped to restrict oil drilling
Ceding to activists’ demands to limit oil and natural gas development in the Gulf of Mexico under the guise of protecting the Rice’s whale, the Biden administration has announced “a lease sale in name only” that removes millions of acreage from the parcel and adds burdensome restrictions on operators. In response to the “arbitrary and
The North Sea is fast becoming the political battleground of choice in the run-up to the next UK general election. As competing energy security and net-zero agendas pull politicians in different directions in the United States and beyond, UK politicians are scoping out North Sea oil and natural gas as a core campaign issue. But
Environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration last week to block the sale of oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico. The post Environmental groups sue Biden administration to stop oil and gas auction in Gulf of Mexico appeared first on Shale Gas Reporter. This post appeared first on Shale Gas
Earlier this week environmental groups sued the Biden administration to block the sale of oil and gas drilling rights off the coast of Alaska. The post Environmentalists sue to stop oil and gas leasing off coast of Alaska appeared first on Shale Gas Reporter. This post appeared first on Shale Gas Reporter.
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The comment period for the next five-year Outer Continental Shelf offshore leasing plan came to a close this past week, bringing the U.S. Department of Interior another step closer to finalizing a plan and resuming leasing in the Gulf of Mexico, despite repeated delays and obstruction throughout the process. Though even with the close of
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