Deb Haaland

BOEM and Maryland ink MOU on coordinated development of offshore wind energy

The Department of the Interior reports that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the State of Maryland have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support the coordinated development of offshore wind energy generation off Maryland.

Under the MOU, BOEM and the State of Maryland will continue ongoing efforts to explore and identify potential areas for offshore wind leasing. BOEM will also continue to convene the Central Atlantic Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force with...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/boem-and-maryland-ink-mou-on-coordinated-development-of-offshore-wind-energy/

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 report that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) have finalized updated regulations for renewable energy development on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

Interior says that the final rule increases certainty and...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/u-s-department-of-the-interior-announces-new-five-year-offshore-wind-leasing-program/

BOEM moves ahead on new GoM offshore wind lease sale

Despite the tepid response to its first Gulf of Mexico offshore wind lease auction, the U.S. Department of the Interior today announced its proposal for a second GoM offshore wind lease sale The proposed lease sale includes four areas offshore Louisiana and Texas, totaling 410,060 acres, which have the potential to power 1.2 million homes.

Three of the new areas are off the coast of Texas, and one is off the coast of Louisiana.

The first GoM offshore wind lease sale, in August last year, produced...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/boem-moves-ahead-on-new-gom-offshore-wind-lease-sale/

Bipartisan momentum builds for offshore oil ans 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 the occurrence of a substantial offshore oil and gas lease sale in the year preceding any new offshore wind lease award.

Now, bipartisan pressure for action on offshore O&G leasing is building. In a move applauded by NOIA, six Democrats in the House of Representatives, from...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/oil-gas/bipartisan-momentum-builds-for-offshore-oil-ans-gas-leasing-action/

Interior releases proposed 5-year offshore oil and gas lease sales program

The U.S. Department of the Interior chose the Friday of the July 4 weekend to release its proposed program for the National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program (National OCS Program) for years 2023-2028.

“This is the second step in a three-step planning process to determine whether or how many offshore oil and gas lease sales to hold over the next five years. The proposed plan puts forward several options from no lease sales up to 11 lease sales over the next five years,” said...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/interior-releases-proposed-5-year-offshore-oil-and-gas-lease-sales-program/

NOIA ready to work with Biden pick for Secretary of the Interior

The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) says it is “ready to work with” Representative Deb Haaland, who will be President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee as the next Secretary of the Interior.

Two key offshore industry agencies are part of the Department of the Interior: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.

NOIA President Erik Milito issued the following statement on the Haaland nomination:

“NOIA is ready to work with President-elect Joe...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/noia-ready-to-work-with-biden-pick-for-secretary-of-the-interior/

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