The Trump administration is developing at least one order aimed at both a new five-year offshore oil and natural gas leasing plan and reversing an Obama administration decision to bar drilling in the majority of US Arctic waters and a large chunk of its Atlantic waters, according to industry sources who have spoken to Department of Interior officials working on these actions. The details of the order, or separate orders or memorandums, are still being worked on, but are expected to be signed by President Donald Trump before the end of April, these sources said Thursday. The new five-year offshore leasing plan, which could take years to complete, will replace the five-year plan the Obama administration finalized in November. That 2017-2022 federal leasing plan currently includes 10 sales in the Gulf of Mexico and one in Alaska’s Cook Inlet over those five years, but does not include sales in […]