The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement’s (BOEM) permit-issuing process for deepwater drilling is gathering steam. The Interior Department agency last week approved two more permits for drilling in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM), bringing the total permits issued for resumption of activity in the deepwater to five. One of the deepwater permits — to Chevron USA Inc. — is the first to allow completely new exploration since the federal moratorium was lifted last October.
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First Permit OK’d for New Deepwater Gulf Exploration Since Ban Lifted
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement’s (BOEM) permit-issuing process is gathering steam. The Interior Department approved a fifth permit — this time for Chevron USA Inc. — to resume drilling in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM). This is the first permit issued for completely new exploration since the federal moratorium was lifted last October.
March 25, 2011
Bromwich Plans More Permits, Stronger Agency-Industry Firewall
The head of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) signaled Monday that more drilling permits in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) may be in the offing in the near term.
March 23, 2011
BOEM Seeking GOM Lease Sale Input
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) is seeking information and nominations regarding proposed oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Western and Central Planning Areas for the 2012-2017 Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Natural Gas Leasing Program.
March 16, 2011
Interior Seeks Stay of Judge Feldman’s Deepwater Permit Order
The Interior Department has fired back at a federal judge’s mid-February order for the department’s Bureau of Ocean Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) to act within 30 days on five pending permit applications to drill wells in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM). In a new filing Interior has asked for a stay of the judge’s order.
March 14, 2011
No Evidence of Unsafe Conditions on BP Atlantis Platform
Based on a “thorough” review of the evidence, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) said it found no evidence of unsafe conditions on BP plc’s Atlantis oil and gas platform in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM).
March 14, 2011
Interior Seeks Stay of Judge Feldman’s Deepwater Permit Order
The Interior Department has fired back at a federal judge’s mid-February order for the department’s Bureau of Ocean Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) to act within 30 days on five pending permit applications to drill wells in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM). In a new filing Interior has asked for a stay of the judge’s order.
March 8, 2011
BOEM: No Evidence of Unsafe Conditions on BP Atlantis Platform
Based on a “thorough” review of the evidence, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) said it found no evidence of unsafe conditions on BP plc’s Atlantis oil and gas platform in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM).
March 8, 2011
Judge Orders Interior to Grant GOM Drilling Permits
A federal district judge last Thursday granted a preliminary injunction ordering the Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) to act within 30 days on five pending permit applications to drill wells in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM).
February 21, 2011
Judge Orders Interior to Grant GOM Drilling Permits
A federal district judge Thursday granted a preliminary injunction ordering the Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) to act within 30 days on five pending permit applications to drill wells in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM).
February 18, 2011
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