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For those whose interests are focused on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf, particularly in research, offshore energy and marine mineral exploration, development and production, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has several upcoming events during early December 2023 in...Read More

In a history-making decision, the origins of which date back to 2011, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced its approval of construction and operation of New York’s Empire Wind offshore wind project on November 21, 2023. A joint project...Read More

NOAA’s National Coral Reefs Monitoring Program (NCRMP) launched a new data visualization tool on November 15, 2023 that will provide free and easy-to-access information on the status of U.S. coral reefs.  It is the first tool focusing on shallow tropical...Read More

Perspective is everything.  Great feats of American engineering and infrastructure have never been created by just one person or one company, but rather, they’re the collective product of many people working together over many years to produce a monumental accomplishment. ...Read More

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced on November 9, 2023 that it is beginning to formulate its Fiscal Year 2025–2026 Studies Development Plan covering all of its offshore energy and minerals activities. Through December 7, 2023, the...Read More

The 70th annual National Veterans Day Observance, which honors the men and women who have served and continue to serve in the U.S. armed forces during war and peacetime, will take place on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, at 11 a.m.,...Read More

Comments are due to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) by November 20, 2023 on the Gulf of Maine Draft Offshore Wind Energy Area (WEA), which covers approximately 3,519,067 acres offshore Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, ranging from approximately...Read More

Louisiana, are you offshore wind ready?  The Oceantic Network, in partnership with H2theFuture and Greater New Orleans, Inc. (GNO), will offer its Offshore Wind Ready training program free to businesses across Louisiana during the second week in November 2023. The...Read More

October 31, 2023 marked the official federal government approval of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) commercial project – the fifth approval of a commercial-scale, offshore wind energy project since 2021.  The announcement supports the nation’s goal of deploying 30...Read More