LMOGA’s president lobbies Congress for ‘predictable robust’ offshore leasing - Greater Baton Rouge Business Report
LMOGA’s president lobbies Congress for ‘predictable robust’ offshore leasing
Testifying before Congress last week, a Louisiana oil and gas advocate lobbied for uninterrupted continuation of the offshore lease program.
Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association President Tommy Faucheux provided testimony in Washington D.C. during an oversight hearing entitled “Examining the Biden Administration’s Unprecedented Obstruction of the BOEM Offshore Leasing Program.”
Speaking before the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, Faucheux urged the committee to support “regulatory certainty and a predictable robust offshore leasing program” in the Gulf of Mexico to meet growing world demand.
“For decades, the Gulf of Mexico has produced some of the most energy-dense and lowest carbon mineral resources in the world,” Faucheux told the committee. “While the energy industry is rapidly evolving into a lower carbon future, reliance on fossil fuels will continue for the foreseeable future.” Click here to read Faucheux’s full testimony.
This story was included in 10/12 Industry Report’s free, weekly e-newsletter covering south Louisiana industrial news.
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