Overview

• The Interior Department’s contingency plan excepts Bureau of Land Management staff who process oil, gas and coal permits and leases from furlough.
• The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management says it will use carryover funds to continue priority conventional energy work, including tasks tied to Gulf of Mexico and Alaska drilling, despite most staff being furloughed.
• BOEM confirms that offshore wind and other non‑fossil approvals are paused until government funding is restored.
• Exempt employees will keep working on a December Gulf of Mexico lease sale and on the next federal offshore oil and gas leasing plan, according to BOEM’s plan.
• Industry outlets report that dozens of oil and gas lease auctions remain on schedule, and the Energy Information Administration says its weekly petroleum inventory data will still be published.