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Interior proposes 21 OCS lease sales in 5-year plan

05/07/2007
NUS Interior Sec. Dirk Kempthorne announced a preliminary final 5-year Outer Continental Shelf leasing plan on Apr. 30 that DOI says could produce 10 million bbl of oil, 45 tcf of gas, and $170 billion in revenues if fully implemented.The plan was submitted to Congress. If it does not act within 60 days, Kempthorne said, he is authorized to make it final.The plan proposes 21 lease sales in 8 of the 26 OCS planning areas in the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska, and Virginia, which Kempthorne said was added at the request of the state’s leaders.The proposed lease sale off southeastern Virginia in 2011 includes a 50-mile buffer added at the state’s request. It also includes an exclusion at...
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