Obama Administration moves forward with additional steps to implement new 5-year offshore oil & gas leasing program

摘要

As part of the Obama Administration's all-of-the-above energy strategy to expand safe and responsible domestic energy production, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued a Call for Information and Nominations, requesting stakeholder input regarding eight planned oil and gas lease sales scheduled in the Central and Western Gulf of Mexico (GOM) over the next five year period - an important step in implementing the new offshore oil and gas leasing program that the Department of the Interior released.