"The draft plan released by the U.S. Department of the Interior confirms rumors that have been swirling for weeks. The proposal would see as many as 34 offshore lease sales across 1.27 billion acres of the Outer Continental Shelf through 2031, including six areas along the Pacific Coast, 21 off the coast of Alaska and seven in the Gulf of Mexico."
"Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced the plan with an order titled " Unleashing American Offshore Energy, " which directs the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to take the necessary steps to terminate former President Biden's much more limited plan, which called for only three new oil and gas leases through 2029 , the lowest number ever and only in the Gulf of Mexico."
""The Biden administration slammed the brakes on offshore oil and gas leasing and crippled the long-term pipeline of America's offshore production," Burgum said in a statement. "By moving forward with the development of a robust, forward-thinking leasing plan, we are ensuring that America's offshore industry stays strong, our workers stay employed, and our nation remains energy dominant for decades to come.""
The draft plan would hold as many as 34 offshore lease sales across 1.27 billion acres of the Outer Continental Shelf through 2031, including six areas along the Pacific Coast, 21 off the coast of Alaska, and seven in the Gulf of Mexico. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum issued an order titled "Unleashing American Offshore Energy" directing the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to terminate the previous administration's much more limited plan. The prior plan had called for only three new leases through 2029, confined to the Gulf of Mexico. California has not seen new federal leases since 1984 and currently has about two dozen platforms, most near the end of their productive life.
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