Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and oil industry advocates won a preliminary legal victory over a scheduled Sept. 27 Gulf of Mexico oil and gas auction after a federal judge ruled Sept. 21 that the Biden administration, in an effort to save an endangered whale species, cannot block off millions of acres from potential drilling.
Landry, along with the American Petroleum Institute, Chevron U.S.A. and Shell Offshore sued the Biden administration last month over what they called “arbitrary and unlawful last-minute changes” to the lease-sale auction.
The auctions allow exploration companies to bid on open federal spaces for potential oil and gas drilling. (NOLA.com 09/21/23) Jeff Landry, oil industry win first fight over Gulf drilling | Business News | nola.com
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