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Court Strikes Down Key Endangered Species Act Opinion

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A federal court has thrown out key Endangered Species Act (ESA) analyses of oil and gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico, which will be vacated as of Dec. 20, 2024. The United States District Court for the District of...more

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Interior Department Announces Five-Year Lease Plan for Offshore Oil and Gas

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The U.S. Department of the Interior on Sept. 29, 2023, announced its long-awaited Five-Year Offshore Leasing Plan as required by the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (the Plan)....more

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Pivot potential: A deep dive into offshore wind in the Gulf of Mexico

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After years of blunted growth and false starts, the US is finally scaling up offshore wind. While most progress had been spurred by state policies incenting projects in the Atlantic Ocean off the East Coast, the federal...more

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Gulf of Mexico Offshore Auction Falls Short of Expectations

On August 29th, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held the first auction for offshore wind areas in the Gulf of Mexico. Sheppard Mullin’s preview of the auction can be accessed here...more

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BOEM’s “Proposed Guidance” Shakes Up the Agency’s Supplemental Bonding Requirements

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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) has backed away from its proposed rulemaking regarding financial assurance requirements for the Outer Continental Shelf (“OCS”). On August 19, 2014, BOEM published an Advance...more

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U.S.-Mexico Agreement Update on the Transboundary Hydrocarbon Reservoirs

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The current moratorium on oil exploration and production in the Western Gap portion of the Gulf of Mexico will end shortly. This development will help to kick start cooperative agreements between countries as well as spur...more

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