Friday, December 13, 2024

Alaska will have No Arctic Offshore Federal Lease Sales: BOEM

Alaska reels as BOEM Announces Federal OCS Lease Schedule for 2017-2022 The U.S. government released its final list of federal lands offshore that it will open for lease sales for oil and gas development on the outer continental shelf (OCS). Excluded from the lease sales are the highly prospective areas offshore Alaska in the Arctic—the Chukchi Sea and the Beaufort Sea.

Power Generators Getting a Lump of Coal this Christmas, says EIA

Power Generators Getting a Lump of Coal this Christmas, says EIA

Coal Expected to Outstrip Gas for Electricity Burn this Winter EIA’s November Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) is currently predicting that the share of U.S. electricity fueled by coal will begin growing, compared to last year. The share of generation from natural gas is expected to decline year over year, lower than coal in the months of December, January, and February. This prediction