Interior Cancels Work on Sale of Offshore Alaska Oil Leases

摘要

The Interior Department said it has canceled public meetings and a comment period meant to inform a potential sale of oil and gas leases in Alaska's Cook Inlet later this year, marking the first major delay under President Biden's decision to pause leasing.1. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management stopped short of canceling the auction of those tracts off Alaska's south central coast, though the suspended public consultation is a necessary step toward authorizing a sale.