The administration wants to designate a High Arctic offshore area beyond the 200-mile limit as part of a new oil leasing plan ...

Here are answers to three questions about the High Arctic. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, an arm of the Interior Department that manages offshore energy in federal waters, released a map of ...

TASS/. Russia's geological prospecting and exploration holding company, Rosgeo, begins another stage of research on the outer boundary of the Russian continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean ...

With energy security continuing to be a key issue in the U.S., the Trump administration is moving forward with plans to ...

The US has announced 11th national outer continental shelf (OCS) oil and gas leasing programme, which will include a new High Arctic planning area offshore Alaska. US Secretary of the Interior Doug ...

As the Arctic Ocean is a highly changeable environment, rather than following a steady course, river-sourced matter takes diverse, seasonally shifting routes shaped by changing shelf conditions ...

Revisions to U.S. Outer Continental Shelf planning areas off Alaska are shown in this map from the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. The proposed High Arctic area is new and based on recent ...