Extended Offshore Energy Moratorium Denies Thousands of New American Jobs and Billions of Dollars in Potential Revenue
(WorldNews Environment)

202.682.8114 | press@api.org WASHINGTON, September 25, 2020 - The American Petroleum Institute (API) issued the following statement today following the Trump administration`s announcement to extend the existing offshore moratorium in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico to include additional areas off the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) through the year 2032. `This is another move in the wrong direction for American energy security and takes thousands of new jobs and critical...