More government regulations are impacting the offshore sector’s outlook, possibly hampering the recovery. G. Allen Brooks’ examines several of the recent Obama administration actions. This opinion piece presents the opinions of the author. It does not necessarily reflect the views of Rigzone. After enunciating an energy policy in March 2012 that was based on the concept of an “all of the above” resource strategy, President Barack Obama has abandoned it in his recent energy policy actions. First, he rejected the construction application for the Keystone XL pipeline, and now he is ditching the Atlantic Lease 260 sale from the proposed five-year offshore oil and gas lease sale program for 2017-2022. Even more recently, President Obama has directed that the government tighten air pollution standards for offshore drilling. The removal of Atlantic Lease 260 is a reversal of President Obama’s previous policy calling for opening up the East Coast offshore […]