US Interior Department finalizes five-year plan to hold three offshore oil, gas auctions

US Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has signed off on the Interior Department’s plan to conduct the fewest oil and gas lease sales in history, with just three auctions in the Gulf of Mexico planned over the next five years, the department said Dec. 15. Despite heavy pushback from the oil and gas industry, the final 2024-2029 National Outer Continental Shelf… US Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has signed off on the Interior Department’s plan to conduct the fewest oil and gas lease sales in history, with just three auctions in the Gulf of Mexico planned over the next five years, the department said Dec. 15. Despite heavy pushback from the oil and gas industry, the final 2024-2029 National Outer Continental Shelf… Read More