Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Lease sale set for Gulf of Mexico in August

The Kaikias subsea development sends production from its four wells to the Ursa hub in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Shell photo

The Interior Department announced today that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will offer 77.8 million acres in a regionwide lease sale scheduled for Aug. 21. Lease Sale 253 would include all available unleased areas in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

“The Trump administration is laser focused on developing our domestic offshore oil and gas resources in an environmentally conscious manner, and the Gulf of Mexico is front and center for that development,” Interior Secretary David...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/lease-sale-set-for-gulf-of-mexico-in-august/

Capacity issues loom for East Coast wind developers

Off the New Jersey coast, the bright red hull of the Fugro Enterprise has become a familiar sight to commercial fishermen who pull shellfish dredges and tend gillnets.

Plodding along at around 4 knots, the 170’x40’x11′ survey vessel is making detailed geotechnical surveys for the Ocean Wind energy project, planned by Ørsted to accommodate towering wind turbines that would supply New Jersey with its first 1,100 megawatts of renewable energy generated by offshore wind.

To New Jersey’s renewable...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/capacity-issues-loom-for-east-coast-wind-developers/

Vineyard Wind faces new delay

Offshore wind power developer Vineyard Wind may miss its late 2019 construction start, with a delay in the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s review of its Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., project’s environmental impact statement.

The plan for 84 wind turbines off Martha’s Vineyard was poised for a formal start to onshore construction activity in December 2019. But on Tuesday the company announced BOEM would not meet an anticipated July 12 milestone for approving the final EIS for the...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/vineyard-wind-faces-new-delay/

Path Forward for offshore wind leasing on OCS

Deepwater Wind's Block Island Wind Farm is the first commercial wind energy project inU.S. waters. Department of Energy photo.

What is the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s overall offshore wind leasing strategy? This is a question that is frequently asked during the many wind events in which we participate.

The demand for offshore wind energy has never been greater. Plummeting costs, technological advances, skyrocketing demand and great economic potential have all combined to make offshore wind a highly promising avenue for adding to a diversified national energy portfolio.

The U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)...

https://www.workboat.com/news/government/path-forward-for-offshore-wind-leasing-on-ocs/

BOEM opens Virtual Archaeology Museum

The Virtual Archaeology Museum displays video, detailed three-dimensional (3D) models, and mosaic maps of shipwrecks from the 19th and 20th centuries. BOEM photo

The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is pleased to announce the opening of its Virtual Archaeology Museum, which displays video, detailed three-dimensional (3D) models, and mosaic maps of shipwrecks from the 19th and 20th centuries. Discovered by BOEM in the course of underwater research and oil and gas exploration, these shipwrecks are important submerged cultural resources that provide a unique window into our collective history.

With technological advances...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/boem-opens-virtual-archaeology-museum/

President proposes $193.4 million for BOEM

Chevron's Big Foot tension leg platform. Chevron photo.

President Donald Trump has proposed a $193.4 million fiscal year (FY) 2020 budget for the Bureau of Ocean Energy and Management (BOEM) to safely and responsibly manage offshore energy and mineral resources.

The President’s FY 2020 budget request focuses on the execution of BOEM’s mission, including offshore oil and gas exploration and leasing, offshore renewable energy, marine minerals management, and science-based analyses.

It continues to support efforts that are vital to advancing the...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/president-proposes-193-4-million-for-boem/

Interior announces region-wide oil and gas lease sale for Gulf

Chevron's Big Foot tension leg platform. Chevron photo.

The Interior Department and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced that BOEM will offer 78 million acres for a region-wide lease sale scheduled for March 2019. The sale would include all available unleased areas in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

Lease Sale 252, scheduled to be livestreamed from New Orleans, will be the fourth offshore sale under the 2017-2022 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program (National OCS Program). Under this program, 10 region-wide...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/interior-announces-region-wide-oil-and-gas-lease-sale-for-gulf/

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