Mar 15, 2022 | Drill Deeper Blog
The uncertainty of Lease Sale 257 continues. On November 17, 2021, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held the eighth lease sale under the 2017-2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program. Marianna Knister’s earlier Drill Deeper blog post... 
Jun 16, 2021 | Drill Deeper Blog
Yesterday, a Louisiana federal district judge issued a nationwide injunction blocking President Biden’s January 27, 2021, Executive Order 14008 pausing new leases for oil and gas development on federal lands and in offshore waters (the “Pause”). Among other things,... 
Feb 19, 2021 | Drill Deeper Blog
As an expected result of President Biden’s Executive Orders, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has taken action to “pause” the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Lease Sale scheduled for March 17, 2021. In January 2021, BOEM had published its decision to proceed with...Nov 13, 2019 | Drill Deeper Blog
On October 24, 2019, the United States Government Accountability Office released a report concluding that a decades-old law has allowed oil companies to drill under federal leases without paying royalties. In 1995, Congress passed the Deep Water Royalty Relief Act to...