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US BOEM to offer oil and gas leases in Gulf of Mexico
2016-02-19 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is set to offer around 45 million acres for oil and gas exploration and development in the Gulf of Mexico in two lease sales in March.
Qatar Petroleum to acquire interest in deepwater offshore leases in Morocco
2016-02-09 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Qatar Petroleum has signed an agreement to acquire interest in three deepwater offshore leases in Morocco from Chevron Morocco Exploration.
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Coal moratorium turns spotlight to oil, gas leases
2016-01-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Emboldened by the Obama administration's pause on federal coal leasing, activists and scientists are now urging the government to bring federal oil and gas leasing in line with U.S. climate policy before the president leaves office next January. The federal coal leasing moratorium announced in January marks a major turning point in the federal fossil fuels leasing program because it shows the government is willing to take steps to keep some fossil fuels in the ground as a way to address climate...
US halts new coal leases to reprice for carbon
2016-01-17 07:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Comment: The department did not provide any details about the efforts, but government and conservationist sources have said the administration will freeze new coal mining in a further move to confront climate change. The review, in the form of a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, will look at issues such as how, when, and where to lease; how to account for the environmental and public health impacts of federal coal production; and how to ensure American taxpayers are earning a fair return for...
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U.S. Announces Moratorium On New Coal Leases On Federal Lands
2016-01-16 15:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bonham Journal: While environmentalists cheered, state government and central Utah county leaders expressed dismay about the Obama administration's decision to halt new coal leases on federal lands. There's enough coal in reserve under existing leases to continue production at its current rate for another 20 years, she said. "The coal industry is shrinking, and it will continue to shrink for the foreseeable future". "It is abundantly clear that times are different than they were 30 years ago, and the time...
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