DOI disputes report that next OCS leasing program has been sidelined

Oil & Gas Journal: The US Department of the Interior disputed a Wall Street Journal report quoting Sec. David L. Bernhardt as saying development of the next US Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program has been delayed indefinitely because of a recent court decision in Alaska which blocks Arctic offshore drilling there.

“Given the recent court decision, [DOI] is simply evaluating all of its options to determine the best pathway to accomplish the mission entrusted to it by [President Donald J. Trump],” a DOI spokeswoman told OGJ in an Apr. 26 email.

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