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Gov’t OKs nearly $190M in bids from offshore oil lease sale

FILE - A man wears a face mark as he fishes near docked oil drilling platforms on May 8, 2020, in Port Aransas, Texas. The U.S. government has accepted nearly $190 million in bids from an offshore oil and gas lease sale that was held nearly a year ago but rejected by a federal judge, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) FILE - In this July 13, 2017, photo released by the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, an oil industry facility in the Gulf of Mexico is seen. The U.S. government has accepted nearly $190 million in bids from an offshore oil and gas lease sale that was held nearly a year ago but rejected by a federal judge, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. (U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement via AP, File)
Gov’t OKs nearly $190M in bids from offshore oil lease sale