APRIL 23, 2014 —Back in March the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced today that it had executed its first wind energy research lease with the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Department of
JANUARY 27, 2015 — The Obama Administration today announced a proposed offshore oil and natural gas leasing program for 2017-2022 that National Ocean Industries Association President Randall Luthi called “a small step
JANUARY 12, 2015 — A conservation group has sued the federal government for failing to release public documents revealing the extent and risks of offshore fracking (hydraulic fractioning) in the Gulf of
AUGUST 20, 2014 — Today’s Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 238 attracted $109,951,644 million in high bids for 81 tracts covering 433,823 acres on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf offshore Texas.
JULY 2, 2014 — After several starts, stops and stalls, offshore wind in the U.S. is starting to pick up a favorable breeze. The U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy
MARCH 20, 2014 — BP was the high bidder on 24 tracts in yesterday’s Central Gulf of Mexico lease sales with bids for $41.6 million. BP was back in the arena within
FEBRUARY 6, 2013 — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has given the green light for Principle Power, Inc., Seattle, WA, to submit a formal plan to build a 30- megawatt
NOVEMBER 26, 2013 — Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Director Brian Salerno (left) has cited 12 offshore operators for their failure to demonstrate compliance with the Safety and Environmental Management
FEBRUARY 8, 2013 — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) said yesterday that Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 227, to be held March 20, 2013, will offer 38.6 million acres
JANUARY 9, 2013 — The New Year’s Eve grounding of the drilling vessel Kulluk is just the latest in a string of problems faced by Shell in its Arctic drilling problem. Today,
