April 10 (UPI) --The Department of Interior on Thursday released an analysis of fossil fuel deposits showing an additional 1.30 billion barrels of oil in the Gulf of Mexico's Outer Continental shelf.

The Interior Department announced a second sale of 80 million acres of the Gulf, set for March. The sales stop at the Florida-Alabama state line.

The groups claim the sale upends decades of precedent requiring the Department of the Interior to study a project's potential environmental harms and disclose them to the public before approving the ...

The schedule of lease sales proposed Thursday would allow new oil and gas drilling near California and Florida.

Aug. 19 (UPI) --The U.S. Department of the Interior on Tuesday unveiled its long-term schedule for new Alaskan and Gulf of Mexico offshore oil and gas leases that are part of President Donald Trump's ...

April 24 (UPI) --In another move to increase offshore U.S. oil production, the Interior Department Thursday said it will use a new commingling policy for the Gulf of Mexico. According to the Bureau of ...

Governor Ron DeSantis and Florida Republicans have openly criticized President Donald Trump’s offshore drilling plan for the Gulf of America. Florida Seeks Rollback of Drilling Plan The Trump ...

A contentious issue that's been fought off several times over the decades, drilling off the Southwest Florida coast is not a ...

President Trump's executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico has drawn a mixed reception, from laughter to annoyance. Even as the federal government implements the switch, questions persist about how ...