Offshore

The Bureau of Offshore Energy Management will evaluate wind energy companies' interest in leasing across a 13.7 million-acre study area in the Gulf of Maine. BOEM graphic.

BOEM solicits offshore wind developers for Gulf of Maine

Kirk Moore

The Morro Bay Wind Energy Area covers about 276 square miles off the central California coast. BOEM graphic.

California adopts ambitious offshore wind goals

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Dominion turbine install June 20 2020 — The wind turbine installation vessel Vole au Vent installs the first wind turbine in U.S. federal lease waters, as part of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, June 20, 2020. Dominion Energy photo.

Senate bill passage buoys offshore wind developers – and oil

Kirk Moore

Virginia and North Carolina hope to obtain new renewable energy from the Dominion Energy project (top) and the Kitty Hawk development. Tufts University School of Engineering image.

Dominion Energy gets nod from Virginia for its offshore wind project

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The Ocean Wind offshore wind project (green square) amid a fishing grounds chart based on federal and New Jersey state data. Ørsted image.

Seven fisheries surveys for New Jersey offshore wind project

Kirk Moore

BOEM is proposing new wind energy areas totaling 1,148 square miles off Lake Charles, La., and Galveston, Texas. Some potential lease blocks are being excluded for shrimp fishing. BOEM graphic.

BOEM seeks public comment on two draft wind energy areas in the Gulf of Mexico

Kirk Moore

Maersk's WIV will be built in Singapore at SembCorp Marine, with the steel cutting ceremony set for the fourth quarter. Maersk Supply Service rendering

Maersk awarded second U.S. contract for its wind installation vessel

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Gulf of Mexico renewable energy task force meeting to be held

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The New York Bight is prime territory for offshore wind energy development, and its waters traveled by endangered North Atlantic right whales. Tetra Tech image.

BOEM to review six wind lease areas offshore New York and New Jersey

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Illustration of the collapsed well jacket and damaged pipes from Taylor Energy’s Mississippi Canyon 20 Platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Credit: NOAA

One million gallons of oil contained at longest U.S. spill

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The Ocean Wind project planned off Atlantic City, N.J., a longtime surf clam port, includes a study of the fishery's future by university scientists with industry design and support. Ørsted graphic.

New Jersey ocean advocates demand extended public comment period on Ocean Wind project

Kirk Moore

BSEE engineer Max Carrier verifies that the headache ball hook safety pin latch was intact in adequate condition during a performance-based safety inspection on an offshore platform drilling rig. BSEE photo

BSEE director discusses missions and priorities

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rowan-jackup — A Rowan jackup drilling rig. Rowan Companies photo

Biden administration must act swiftly to implement a final five-year lease sale program

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