Nov 1, 2023 Industry Comments on 2024-2029 Gulf of Mexico Multi Sale Call for Information
The American Petroleum Institute (API), Energeo Alliance (Energeo), Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), and Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association (LMOGA) (collectively, the Associations) offer the following comments on the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) call for information and nominations (Call) for lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Eastern, Central and Western Planning Areas scheduled as part of the 2024-2029 Five-Year Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Leasing Program. Many of our members operate on the OCS and on federal lands onshore. For many years, the Associations and our members have worked collaboratively with the Department of the Interior (DOI) and its agencies (including BOEM) in support of the continued safety of industry workers and protection of the environment. At the same time, our members rely heavily on Congress’ statutory mandates (repeatedly recognized by the courts) that DOI make the OCS available for leasing and expeditious development. Our members are involved in exploring for and developing oil and natural gas resources in the GOM and we support holding all lease sales as scheduled in the 2024-2029 Proposed Final Program and offering all unleased acreage not subject to moratorium in those lease sales. …
The Associations reiterate their request that BOEM duly finalize its Five-Year Leasing Program, hold all GOM lease sales as scheduled during the 2024-2029 timeframe, and in those lease sales offer on a Region-wide basis all unleased acreage not subject to moratorium.
