Offshore

tropical-depression-laura-08-27-2020 — NOAA image

BSEE Hurricane Laura activity final report

WorkBoat Staff

hurricane-laura_cone_map-8-27-2020-10am — A total of eight dynamically positioned rigs have moved off location out of the storms

Almost half the platforms in Gulf evacuated ahead of Laura

WorkBoat Staff

Screen Shot 2020-08-25 at 11.53.16 AM — The UTAS (Uncrewed Trans-Atlantic Survey) project co-funded by the European Space Agency under its business application program, was originally planned to be transocean. Rich Edwards, ENP Media photo

Woods Hole Group supports uncrewed surface vessel voyage

WorkBoat Staff

BAR 30 m CTV rendering — The BAR Technologies 30-meter CTV design is aimed at demands of the U.S. East Coast offshore wind energy industry. BAR rendering.

ABS approves new 30-meter offshore wind vessel design

Kirk Moore

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.

Offshore wind job fair set for Aug. 18

Kirk Moore

The Block Island Wind Farm under construction in 2016. The extension of a BOEM environmental impact study means Vineyard Wind will miss its targeted operations date of 2022, the company says. Deepwater Wind photo.

U.S. Treasury revenue from offshore wind could reach $1.7 billion by 2022, study shows

WorkBoat Staff

collage — Morrison Energy Group's DSV Joanne Morrison conducts operations alongside a Gulf of Mexico production facility. The vessel employs Global data Systems' NOMAD SD-WAN platform, engineered to provide secure connectivity throughout the operational lifecycle .

Covid-19 has increased the chances of marine industry cyberassaults

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Offshore wind advocates, fishermen push last arguments for BOEM study

Kirk Moore

Noble Jim Day — offshore oil and gas supported 275,000 total domestic jobs and $60 billion total economic contributions in the U.S. Noble Energy photo

Chevron to purchase Noble Energy for $5 billion

WorkBoat Staff

Dominion Energy CVOW-installation-photo — The clean energy industry has proven to be a strong economic driver, outpacing growth in the national workforce by nearly twice the rate pre-Covid. Dominion Energy photo

New York announces largest combined solicitations for renewable energy

WorkBoat Staff

gom-jack-up-rig-osv-sun-crop-boem — Sun filters down on a jack-up rig in the Gulf of Mexico. BOEM photo.

Gulf of Mexico lease sale set for November

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Vineyard Wind with 4 nm corridor — The Bureau of Offshore Energy Management's supplemental environmental impact statement for the Vineyard Wind project considers a proposal for four nautical-mile-wide vessel transit lanes. BOEM image.

Coast Guard challenged on offshore wind traffic study

Kirk Moore

Offshore wind developers, designers size up first U.S. SOVs

Kirk Moore