Temporary Gulf Oil Well Seals, and U. S. Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sales for Oil & Gas Development

A continuation of my previous blog post subject on July 14, 2015 entitled "Abandoned, Orphaned, or Idle Oil and Gas Wells" is discussed in the following Associated Press (AP) Exclusive involving temporary Oil well sealing problems within the Gulf of Mexico marine environment, as follows:


AP Exclusive:  Gulf Oil Wells Lingering with Temporary Seals
(Jeff DONN, Associated Press; July 18, 2015)
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/e68c094dbe7d4d1b91e3657c2314d364/ap-exclusive-share-aging-temporarily-sealed-wells-grows



Other News...


U. S. Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Development - Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico

BOEM to Offer Almost 22 Million Acres in the Gulf of Mexico for Oil and Gas Development
[Caryl FAGOT, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM); July 16, 2015]
http://www.boem.gov/press07162015/


N. B.:  The "Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 246" discussed above is one of eight lease sales made available within the BOEM Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program:  2012 - 2017


Information on the 2012 - 2017 BOEM Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Leasing Program itself, which has offered 218.94 million OCS acres in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) for Oil and Gas Exploration and Development, as well as a link to the BEOM Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement are found below:


2012 - 2017 BOEM Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Leasing Program
http://www.boem.gov/Five-Year-Program-2012-2017/

Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (BOEM, July 2012)
http://www.boem.gov/uploadedFiles/BOEM/Oil_and_Gas_Energy_Program/Leasing/Five_Year_Program/2012-2017_Five_Year_Program/2012-2017_Final_PEIS.pdf








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