2007 Energy Offshore 
The Energy Law
AUGUST 23, 2007
MMS’s August 22, 2007 Western Gulf of Mexico lease sale offered 3,338 tracts, or approximately 18 million acres, offshore Texas. Forty-seven companies participated, submitting 358 bids on 282 tracts. The total of all bids received was $369,496,840.
The Energy Law
MARCH 26, 2007
United States Senators have introduced three new bills that may impact offshore drilling: Senators Byron Dorgan, D.-N.D., and Larry Crais, R-Idaho, have introduced the Security and Fuel Efficiency Energy Act 2007, S. Senator Mel Martinez of Florida has also introduced S.
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The Energy Law
JANUARY 11, 2007
Two developments this week will increase protections for South Louisiana’ s Port Fourchon and Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP). Click here for an overview of the 2007 DHS Infrastructure Protection Program. capable of offloading the deepest draft tankers.
The Energy Law
JUNE 4, 2007
Hunter MMS has issued a proposed notice scheduling Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 205 for October 3, 2007. This will be the first sale in the newly configured Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area, and is the first Central GOM sale to be held in MMS’ 2007 – 2012 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program.
The Energy Law
JUNE 4, 2007
Hunter MMS has announced proposed amendments to its deep gas royalty relief regulations under the Energy Policy Act of 2005. MMS will accept comments on the proposed rule through July 17, 2007. MMBtu expressed in 2006 dollars. Click here to read the Notice.
The Energy Law
JULY 10, 2007
On June 27, 2007, the Minerals Management Service (MMS) issued its notice advising the public of its intention to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) for proposed OCS Lease Sale 206, which is the Central Gulf of Mexico lease sale to be held in March 2008. 35258 (June 27, 2007). Notably, the EA will not include approximately 5.8
The Energy Law
APRIL 28, 2009
Department of the Interior, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a ruling on April 17, 2009 vacating the Department of the Interior’s statutorily-mandated five-year offshore oil and gas leasing program for the period 2007-2012.
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