Trump moves to expand offshore drilling

The Trump administration is proposing to open nearly all U.S. offshore waters to oil and gas drilling, reversing Obama-era regulations imposed after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico


500km 300 miles
PACIFIC OCEAN
Washington / Oregon
Northern California
Central California
Southern California
UNITED STATES
MEXICO
Western Gulf of Mexico
Central Gulf of Mexico
Washington DC
CANADA
North Atlantic
Mid-Atlantic
South Atlantic
Straits of Florida
ATLANTIC OCEAN

Eastern Gulf of Mexico
Congressional moratorium on drilling in place until 2022


Currently open lease areas
Closed areas that could be leased out for offshore drilling under Trump plan
Federally-protected National Marine Sanctuaries


500km 300 miles
ARCTIC OCEAN
ALASKA (U.S.)
CANADA

North Aleutian Basin
Area would remain closed to new oil leasing under Trump plan

Cook Inlet


Sources: AP, Bloomberg, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, NOAA 
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