DOI – Oil & Gas 360

Industry groups call for expansion of offshore lease sales as DOI plans to limit access

July 5, 2022

World Oil Industry groups reacted to the Department of Interior’s release of its five-year offshore drilling plan that seeks to block new offshore drilling in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, saying it would be an overall disadvantage to America and its energy security. The Department of Interior on Friday released its five-year offshore leasing plan, which they are required to do

U.S. Dept. of Interior Opens Up Vast Portions of OCS with Historic Lease Program

January 4, 2018

Proposed OCS lease sale would open Atlantic, Pacific, Eastern GOM – all have been closed since early 1980s U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced the next step for development of the National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program (National OCS Program) for 2019-2024. The program proposes to make over 90 percent of the total OCS

Lost Revenue: 2,800 Federal Lease Applications Pending with Average Wait Time of 257 Days

July 6, 2017

Interior Sec. Zinke Signs Order To Streamline Federal Onshore O&G Lease Permit Process As of January 31, 2017, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) had 2,802 Applications for Permit to Drill (APD) pending, and despite the fact that statute requires that the DOI and the BLM process APD reviews within 30 days, the average time to process an APD in

Energy Committee Advances FERC, DOE, DOI Nominees to Senate for Confirmation

June 6, 2017

The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources advanced four nominees to the Senate floor on Tuesday. The following nominees will move forward to Senate confirmation: David Bernhardt to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior, by a vote of 14-9 Dan Brouillette to be Deputy Secretary of Energy, by a vote of 17-6 Neil Chatterjee to be a Member of the

Zinke Signs Order to Jump-Start Alaskan Energy Production in the NPR

June 1, 2017

Order also calls for updating ANWR resource assessments U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke signed a secretarial order to jump-start Alaskan energy production in the National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska (NPR-A) and update resource assessments for areas of the North Slope, including the “1002 area” of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). “Working with the Alaska Native community, Interior will identify areas

U.S. Issues Coal Lease in Utah: “The Interior Department is in the Energy Business” – Zinke

March 17, 2017

$22 million lease covers 56 million tons of coal in central Utah U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced the approval of a $22 million coal lease this week. The lease, located on the Greens Hollow tract in central Utah, was issued by the DOI to Canyon Fuel Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Bowie Resource Partners, LLC. On

BLM Appeals Wyoming Judge’s Injunction to Halt BLM’s New Frac Rules

April 21, 2016

The Department of Interior’s fracing regulations paused by Wyoming judge A group including several states and Native American tribes filed their final briefs with a Wyoming judge today to stop new federal rules regarding hydraulic fracturing. The U.S. Department of Interior is appealing a preliminary injunction by filing their opening brief this week in the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of

DOI Looks to Raise Royalties

April 22, 2015

Drilling on Federal Lands could get more expensive The Department of the Interior (DOI) recently announced a notice of proposed rulemaking that would change the price structure used for royalties on federal lands. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is soliciting public comments for the next 45 days on the proposed rulemaking. According to the proposal, the BLM is considering

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