Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
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Companies largely focused on deepwater acreage in the second Gulf lease sale held under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. -
Latest 5-year assessment puts undiscovered technically recoverable gas resources on the US Outer Continental Shelf at 218 Tcf.
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Cook Inlet leases have been a hard sell for federal or Alaska state authorities for years, given the environmental sensitivity of the area.
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The agency also requests feedback related to interest in a possible minerals lease sale offshore Alaska.
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Deepwater blocks drew most of the attention in the first lease sale for the offshore region to be held in 2 years.
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Proposed and final notices of sale represent nearly 80 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico and approximately 1 million acres in Alaska’s Cook Inlet.
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The new schedule plans for sales in the US Gulf and Alaska through 2039.
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Sale 262 will be the first new auction covering leases in US Gulf federal waters in 2 years.
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Equinor said it plans to restart construction on the project, which currently is 30% complete.
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The new plan will replace the current roadmap that contains just three planned Gulf of Mexico lease sales.
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