Trump Oil Plan to Expand Offshore Drilling on West Coast, Arctic

Nov. 20, 2025, 7:28 PM UTC

The Trump administration is proposing to open new areas off the West Coast and in the Arctic to crude drilling as part of a draft blueprint released Thursday that would dramatically expand the sale of offshore oil and natural gas rights.

In all, the Interior Department is proposing as many as 34 offshore lease sales including 21 off the coast of Alaska, six along the Pacific Coast and seven in the Gulf of Mexico, renamed the Gulf of America by President Donald Trump

“The Biden administration slammed the brakes on offshore oil and gas leasing and crippled the long-term pipeline ...

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