{"id":314754,"date":"2025-11-24T14:38:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T18:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/new-offshore-leasing-program-in-the-u-s\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T15:42:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T19:42:36","slug":"new-offshore-leasing-program-in-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/new-offshore-leasing-program-in-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"New offshore leasing program in the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The U.S. Department of the Interior officially announced the start of a new<\/strong> 5-year offshore leasing program<\/strong> focused on unlocking the energy potential of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The plan calls for the opening of up to 34 potential exploration and production areas<\/strong> in strategic areas such as the Gulf of Mexico<\/a><\/strong>between 2026 and 2031. <\/p>\n\n

The initiative came under the directive of Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum<\/strong>, who instructed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to develop an updated and aggressive schedule. The first sale is expected to take place in December of this year<\/strong>, the first since 2023. <\/p>\n\n

Projected economic impact<\/h2>\n\n

The new leasing program will cover up to 1.27 billion acres<\/strong> spread across 21 of the 27<\/strong> current Outer Continental Shelf planning areas<\/strong>. These areas include 21 areas off Alaska, 7 in the Gulf of Mexico and 6 on the Pacific coast, plus the creation of a new administrative region, South Central Gulf of America.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n

According to data from the Energy Information Administration<\/strong>, offshore offshore production<\/a><\/strong> accounts for 14% of total U.S. crude oil<\/strong>, equivalent to nearly 2 million barrels per day<\/strong>. In addition, it is estimated that the shelf still contains 68.8 billion barrels of oil and 229 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered natural gas. <\/p>\n\n

If an active agenda is maintained, it is estimated that the country could raise more than $8 billion in <\/strong>additional public revenues by 2040.<\/p>\n\n

API supports the plan<\/h2>\n\n

The announcement was greeted with enthusiasm by the American Petroleum Institute (API)<\/a><\/strong>The announcement was greeted with enthusiasm by the American Petroleum Institute (API), whose president, Mike Sommers<\/strong>, described the new program as a historic step<\/strong> towards freeing up the country’s vast offshore resources. From the industry’s perspective, the predictability of this type of program allows for long-term investment planning<\/strong>, job creation and the maintenance of the highest safety standards. <\/p>\n\n

In addition, API highlighted that the offshore industry<\/a><\/strong> U.S. offshore industry produces some of the least carbon-intensive barrels in the world<\/strong>, which strengthens competitiveness against other markets and aligns energy interests with environmental goals.<\/p>\n\n

Public participation and next steps<\/h2>\n\n

Prior to final approval, the Department of the Interior is opening a new 60-day public consultation<\/strong> period, where citizens, businesses, states and organizations will be able to submit comments on the draft plan. The proposal was prepared after analyzing more than 86,000 opinions received in April 2025<\/strong>, which shows the high interest of the industry and society in this issue. <\/p>\n\n

Each future concession will be subject to additional technical and environmental reviews, including new rounds of public consultation, before being awarded.<\/p>\n\n

Source: U.S. Department of the Interior.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The new plan calls for up to 34 leases on more than 1.2 billion offshore acres with the goal of restoring U.S. energy leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10019,"featured_media":314713,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13026,13036],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-314754","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-energy","categoria_noticias-oil-and-gas"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/314754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10019"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/314754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=314754"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=314754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}