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The 2025 International WorkBoat Show is scheduled for December 3-5, 2025, at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Offshore

An Exxon semisubmersible in the Gulf of Mexico. Exxon photo. — An ExxonMobil semisubmersible rig in the Gulf of Mexico. ExxonMobil photo

US offshore rig count down three

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WorkBoat file photo

Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sale postponed again

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Ørsted’s withdrawal from wind projects shocks friends and foes

Kirk Moore

New Jersey officials and Ørsted settled claims over the cancelled Ocean Wind turbine array off Atlantic City, N.J., reducing the company's potential penalties from $300 million to $125 million. Ørsted image

Ørsted gives up on New Jersey wind projects

Kirk Moore

The first eight steel monopile foundations for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project arrived Oct. 19 in Portsmouth, Va. Dominion Energy photo.

Feds approve Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind; first foundations arrive

Kirk Moore

The Saildrone’s mission track went around the Farallon Islands off California, recording the location and density of the bats it recorded. Bat Conservation International graphic.

Saildrone tests tracking technology for bats and offshore wind

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The Bureau of Offshore Energy Management released its draft plan for four new wind energy areas in the Gulf of Mexico. BOEM graphic.

BOEM finalizes next Gulf of Mexico wind energy areas

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With an estimated population of fewer than 100 individuals, scientists were lucky to sight Rice's whales during a summer 2023 vessel survey in the Gulf of Mexico. NOAA Fisheries photo/ Felipe Triana (Permit #21938).

NOAA denies activists’ call for Rice’s whale speed limits

WorkBoat Staff

New York tries again on offshore wind

Kirk Moore

WorkBoat file photo

US offshore rig count up two

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New Jersey officials and Ørsted settled claims over the cancelled Ocean Wind turbine array off Atlantic City, N.J., reducing the company's potential penalties from $300 million to $125 million. Ørsted image

New Jersey county challenges Ørsted’s wind project

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Partners Equinor and BP had sought a 54% increase in New York power purchase prices for energy from their planned Empire Wind and Beacon Wind projects. Equinor image.

New York rejects wind developers’ call for higher power prices

Kirk Moore

BOEM is holding two public meetings to get feedback on the potential impacts of oil and gas activities on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). NOAA photo

BOEM to hold public meetings to discuss Gulf oil and gas activities

WorkBoat Staff