What’s in “The One Big Beautiful Bill” for offshore?
The House Ways and Means Committee yesterday released its proposed mark up of the of the 2025 tax reconciliation bill: “The One Big Beautiful Bill.” While it’s for sure big, opinions on
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BOEM announces next steps for Gulf oil and gas leasing program
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced the availability of the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Regional Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Lease Sales Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
SEACOR Marine wins NOIA ESG Excellence Award
The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) has named SEACOR Marine the winner of the third annual NOIA ESG Excellence Award. The NOIA Environmental, Social, & Governance (ESG) Excellence Award highlights and recognizes
U.S. Department of the Interior announces new five year offshore wind leasing program
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland used the Oceantic Network’s 2024 International Partnering Forum, currently under way in New Orleans, to announce a new five-year offshore wind leasing program and to
Gulf of Mexico O&G sale: High bids and big questions
Yesterday’s Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 261 generated $382,168,507 in high bids for 311 tracts covering 1.7 million acres in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. A total
BOEM designates new Gulf of Mexico Wind Energy Areas
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) reported Friday that it had finalized four new Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) in the Gulf of Mexico. Announcement of the new WEAs follows the first-ever
Bipartisan momentum builds for offshore oil and gas leasing action
Slow-marching of offshore oil and gas leasing sales by the U.S. Department of the Interior could threaten offshore wind leasing, NOIA (the National Ocean Industries Association) says, noting that Federal law mandates
Offshore Energy Security Act aims to get offshore oil and gas lease sales moving
While the Biden administration has been all systems go on offshore wind leasing that’s not been the case with offshore oil and gas lease auctions. Two U.S. senators want to change that.
BOEM sets date for Gulf of Mexico offshore wind lease sale
The U.S. Department of the Interior said today that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will hold the first-ever offshore wind energy lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico on August 29,
U.S. Gulf offshore wind comes a big step nearer
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today issued a final environmental assessment (EA) on potential impacts from offshore wind leasing on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico,