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Marine policy of the Barack Obama administration

Under Offshore oil drilling in the Arctic

Here is a list of the relevant Presidential Memorandums issued by President Obama regarding drilling within the Arctic: Each Memorandum stated above was developed in correspondence to sustaining the nature resources within certain areas and that they may be present for future generations. The resources of consideration are minerals, gas, and oil. However, existing leases prior to the release date that are within such areas were not affected by these changes in policies. The affects limit the zones designated for new exploration and production in the five-year (2017-2022) program regarding offshore leasing which was designated and adopted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. The areas included or are within are the Chukchi Sea and Beaufort Sea.

More recently, however, the Trump Administration developed a proposal draft that will supersede the current program, which will have the ability to change the areas of offshore oil and gas production due to new legislation.