MMS Moves Forward with Virginia Offshore Lease Sale Preparations

摘要

The US Minerals Management Service is continuing to make preparations for a sale of federal oil and gas leases off the coast of Virginia three years from now.Virginia has been penciled in for a lease sale in late 2011 as part of the agency's current 2007-2012 five-year leasing program.But potential offshore exploration and production is still in limbo,because either President-elect Barack Obama or the Democratic-controlled Congress could reinstate bans on leasing in federal waters if they want.