Bidding for Gulf Oil Leases Begins in June

In waving through planned 2025 sale, the Trump administration clears deck for more, bigger lease offerings.
Bidding for Gulf Oil Leases Begins in June
Pennzenergy Company Oil Exploration Drilling Rig, Ship Shoal 150, in the Gulf Of Mexico. Archival Photo By Getty Images
John Haughey
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Bidding for nearly 100 million acres of offshore oil and gas leases off Louisiana and east Texas will begin in June in a sale similar to one offered by the Biden administration in April 2024.

The Department of the Interior announced on April 4 that its Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is offering oil and gas leases in “an area of approximately 17,518 whole and partial blocks covering approximately 94.1 million acres” in the Gulf of America.
John Haughey
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