Biden’s US offshore leasing plan is bound to disappoint both sides

Schedule of minimal bid rounds angers both oil boosters and environmentalists

Widening gulf: The Biden administration plans to hold just three offshore oil and gas lease rounds, limited to the US Gulf of Mexico, over the next five years — far too few for the ‘drill, baby, drill’ crowd, and three too many for the climate hard-liners.
Widening gulf: The Biden administration plans to hold just three offshore oil and gas lease rounds, limited to the US Gulf of Mexico, over the next five years — far too few for the ‘drill, baby, drill’ crowd, and three too many for the climate hard-liners.UPSTREAM/RYTIS DAUKANTAS
Published 4 October 2023, 15:24Updated 4 October 2023, 15:24