Mid-Atlantic

Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program

By Joseph Atiyeh & Michael Smith | Baker Donelson

Endangered Blue Whales Spotted Off California Coast

On Wednesday, January 28, as required by the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Abigail Ross Hopper announced the next step in the development of our nation’s Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2017-2022. The Draft Proposed Program (DPP) includes 14 potential lease sales in eight planning areas – 10 sales in the Gulf of Mexico, three off the coast of Alaska, and one in a portion of the Mid- and South Atlantic, which includes areas off the coast of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.

 /  Published February 3, 2015 at 4:00 PM

Energy Quote of the Day: Coal Beats Gas in Mid-Atlantic

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Coal Mine Expansion Threatens Villages

A defining moment in the ongoing shift in the US’ energy landscape occurred in April 2012, when natural gas accounted for as big a share of electricity generation as coal for the first time since the Energy Information Administration began collecting that data. Abundant, cheap natural gas had edged a good deal of coal out… Keep reading →

 /  Published November 18, 2013 at 1:00 PM