Offshore

The Department of Interior's proposed Gulf of Mexico lease sale announced today includes a 102,480-acre area offshore Lake Charles, La., and two areas offshore Galveston, Texas, one comprising 102,480 acres and the other 96,786 acres. BOEM graphic

BOEM proposes first Gulf of Mexico offshore wind lease sale

WorkBoat Staff

These adjustments are intended to maintain the deterrent effect of civil penalties and to further the policy goals of the underlying statutes. Nabors Industries photo

BOEM adjusts its monetary penalties for inflation

WorkBoat Staff

A dead whale washed ashore at Manasquan, N.J., Feb. 13, one in a series of strandings in the Mid-Atlantic states. Photo by Point Pleasant Beach Mayor Paul Kanitra via Facebook.

The offshore wind and whales public relations duel

Kirk Moore

WorkBoat file photo

BOEM seeks comment on draft EIS for Massachusetts offshore wind project

WorkBoat Staff

Proposed 492'x105' installation vessel for floating wind turbines. Damen rendering

New installation vessel for securing floating wind turbines

WorkBoat Staff

A dead humpback whale is re-positioned to conduct a necropsy at Lido Beach on Long Island, N.Y., Jan. 31, 2023. AMSEAS photo.

After another whale stranding, New Jersey beach mayors, congressman join calls for wind power moratorium

Kirk Moore

A planned terminal at Pope's Island in New Bedford Harbor would support six crew transfer vessels for the Vineyard Wind offshore energy project. Vineyard Wind rendering.

Quinn Fisheries to host Vineyard Wind CTV terminal in New Bedford

WorkBoat Staff

Offshore wind partners Equinor and BP plan the Empire Wind (left) and Beacon Wind projects. Equinor graphic.

Equinor/BP, Leading Light bid into New York offshore wind solicitation

Kirk Moore

Coastal congressmen call for halt to wind surveys

Kirk Moore

Interior finalizes offshore wind safety and environmental duties

WorkBoat Staff

Investigators conducted a Jan. 15 necropsy on a humpback whale that washed ashore at Brigantine, N.J. Preliminary findings showed the whale was struck by a vessel, according to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center. MMSC photo.

Federal regulators see no tie between whale deaths and offshore wind development

Kirk Moore

BOEM image

Oil hub embraces renewables

Jim Redden

BOEM Jackup Sun — Sun filters down on a jackup rig in the Gulf of Mexico. BOEM photo

BOEM seeks comment on revisions to oil and gas lease sale bid procedures

WorkBoat Staff