April 2025
Our April issue of Marine Log is now available, and we’ve packed it with insights into some of the most pressing issues facing the offshore maritime industry today.
oil and gas
Twin Brothers Marine secures $12M in landmark projects
Franklin, La.-based Twin Brothers Marine (TBM), which specializes in heavy steel fabrication for the oil and gas, infrastructure, and renewables industries, has been awarded three contracts. With a combined value of over
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
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 sets new date for much delayed oil and gas Lease Sale 261
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has now set a new date for Gulf of Mexico oil and gas Lease Sale 261. As we reported earlier, on November 14, a court
Court rules against further GoM oil and gas lease sale delay
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has issued an order dismissing an appeal against a GoM oil and gas lease preliminary injunction. As we reported earlier, the Bureau of
Another Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sale delay
File this one under “why are we not surprised.” The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has yet again announced a delay to Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease Lease Sale 261.
BOEM inches forward on two GoM O&G lease sales
Complying with the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued its Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for two upcoming Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental
North Star embarks on offshore fleet decarbonization plans
North Star, the U.K.’s largest ship operator servicing the oil and gas industry, has kick started its ambitious fleet decarbonization plans with an in-depth sustainability study across its 44 offshore infrastructure support vessels. The