The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has canceled the second offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico due to “a lack of competitive interest.” BOEM received 25 comments in response to ...

The Biden administration has auctioned off the rights to drill for oil and gas on 1.7 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico in what will be the last offshore drilling auction it holds until 2025.

Shell and others say they plan to drill for oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico in part because doing so releases fewer greenhouse gases than drilling on land. By Ivan Penn Reporting from Shell’s ...