posts tagged as Outer Continental Shelf

Massachusetts and New York Settle for Expensive Offshore Wind

Try building a natural gas pipeline in Massachusetts or New York and you will hit a brick wall. As a result, and...

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Offshore Energy Exploration: Myth vs. Fact

Myth: There’s not enough energy in the outer continental shelf (OCS) to make exploration worthwhile. Fact: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) estimates...

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World Discovered Oil and Gas Resources Are at a Low Point; Trump’s Offshore Leasing Plan Could Help Fix That

Global discoveries of new conventional oil and gas in 2017 totaled only 7 billion barrels of oil equivalence—a level last seen in...

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Department of the Interior Announces Offshore Leasing Plan for 2019-2024

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced a draft five-year offshore leasing plan[i] for 2019 to 2024 last week that would commit over 90...

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DOI Proposal Will Put American Energy Resources to Work for the American People

WASHINGTON — The Institute for Energy Research supports the Department of the Interior's proposal to open vast expanses of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)...

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Obama’s Offshore Plan is All Smoke and Mirrors

WASHINGTON -- Institute for Energy Research President Thomas Pyle issued the following statement regarding the Obama administration's proposed five-year offshore leasing plan:...

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