Forbes | Drillers give tepid response to record U.S. offshore lease sale Reuters Oil and gas drillers bid on only a tiny fraction of Gulf of Mexico acreage offered on Wednesday in the largest lease sale in American history, a setback to the Trump administration's efforts to rapidly pump up investment in the region. The US Oil Boom May Be About To Expand Beyond The Permian Gulf Oil Sale No Turning Point for Offshore Drilling Trump Administration Offers 77 Million Acres in Gulf of Mexico to Oil Industry |