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Fireball ferry — The crew of the Fire Island Ferries 276-passenger Fireball was presented with a public service award from the Coast Guard in 2020 in Bay Shore, N.Y. The Fireball crew rescued six boaters on July 26, 2020, after their boat capsized near Fire Island, N.Y. Fire Island Ferries photo

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Olympus, Shell’s seventh, and largest, floating deepwater platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Shell photo

Will oil industry deals upset the offshore recovery?

G. Allen Brooks

2016_January_RiverStars_BARGE_Still_4 — Photo courtesy of Ben Powell / BARGE

Don’t take anything for granted

Joel Milton

oil-tanker-FPSO-CC-Jon-Olav-Eikenes — An oil tanker approaches a floating production, storage, and offloading vessel. Creative Commons photo by Jon Olav Eikenes.

OPEC+ surprises with a voluntary 1.15 million bpd cut

The Marine Electric as seen underway before its capsizing and sinking on Feb. 12, 1983. Photo: U.S. Coast Guard

40 years ago: The sinking of the Marine Electric

Big Foot is one of Chevron’s major capital projects in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The extended tension-leg platform is located 225 miles (360 km) south of New Orleans. Chevron photo

Another sign that offshore energy is back

G. Allen Brooks

Utopia IV (left) and Tropic Breeze (right) before the casualty. Sources: Rossinavi (left); Capt. Chris Knowles (right)

Maintaining a ‘proper lookout’

Tim Akpinar

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Offshore wind service vessels: opportunities and challenges

WindServe Marine CTV — A WindServe Marine crew transfer vessel built for the U.S. offshore wind industry. WindServe Marine LLC photo

Offshore wind: Not so fast

David Krapf

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Energy workers urge action on delayed five-year offshore leasing plan

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Freeport LNG photo

Freezing in the warmth

Jim Redden

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Digitalization offers transparency for offshore support

Diamon Offshore — Photo courtesy of Diamond Offshore

Silicon Valley Bank’s bankruptcy and offshore oil and gas

G. Allen Brooks