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Interior Sec. and National Energy Dominance Chair Doug Burgum today toured an offshore oil rig and LNG export facility.  Additionally, he met with local energy workers to discuss the government’s energy dominance agenda and its impacts on oil and natural gas producers.

NOAA today announced that the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force will hold a public meeting in Washington, DC on Thursday, May 15.  The meeting, which will include a 30-minute public comment session, will provide a forum for discussion on coordinated planning and action among federal, state, and territorial governments and non-governmental partners. Established by Executive Order in 1998, the Task Force

In furtherance of President Trump’s Executive Order on Unleashing American Energy, the Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced that it is seeking comments by Monday, June 16 on the preparation of a national offshore oil and natural gas leasing program. Among other things, the notice states that as a result of the development of a new

The U.S. Coast Guard today announced that it is seeking applications by Friday, June 13 from individuals interested in filling the offshore oil exploration representative-Alaska vacancy on the National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee. The Committee provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security regarding matters relating to the safety of the offshore mineral and energy exploration activities.

The State Dept. recently announced that it will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, May 7 in preparation for the 12th session of the International Maritime Organization’s Subcommittee on Navigation, Communication, and Search & Rescue, to be held in London on May 13-22. Agenda items to be considered at the IMO meeting include routing measures and mandatory ship reporting systems, developments in Global Maritime Distress

The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management today announced that it is seeking comments by Tuesday, June 24 on the renewal with revisions of an information collection related to renewable energy and alternate uses of existing facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf.  The information collection involves an estimated 485 annual responses, 44,178 annual burden hours, and $2.754 million in annual non-hour cost burdens.

The Interior Department today announced the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement’s expansion of the allowable pressure differential for Downhole Commingling in the Paleogene (Wilcox) reservoirs, calling it a “critical policy advancement” that could increase production output by ~10% while also resulting in resource conservation benefits.  DOI noted that additional production gains could be possible as operators provide

Citing a “core national security and economic interest in maintaining leadership in deep sea science and technology and seabed mineral resources, President Trump today issued an Executive Order on Unleashing America’s Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources requiring a series of actions including the following to be taken by federal entities by Monday, June 30: Expedite NOAA process

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service today announced that it is seeking comments by Friday, May 23 on the preliminary results of a marine spatial planning study that identifies 97 draft Aquaculture Opportunity Area Options covering ~18,000 acres of Alaska state waters, including the conditions, feasibility, and historic or current activities in the identified areas.  The draft Aquaculture Opportunity Area

Following President Trump’s Inauguration Day Executive Order Declaring a National Energy Emergency, the Interior Department today announced its decision to implement emergency permitting procedures under the National Environmental Policy Act, Endangered Species Act, and National Historic Preservation Act to expedite the review and approval of projects including oil and gas leasing, siting, and production.  To be eligible for emergency review procedures, project