OCS land withdrawal dismissed by 9th Circuit; appeal declared moot

Alan Bailey

for Petroleum News

In an April 13 order the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit dismissed an appeal against the withdrawal of large areas of the U.S. Arctic offshore from future oil and gas leasing, thus leaving the withdrawal in place. The court said that the appeal was moot, given that in a January executive o....

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