During early July 2024, the American Petroleum Institute (API) released the first edition of API Recommended Practice 75W (API RP 75W), Safety and Environmental Management System for Offshore Wind Operations and Assets.  This landmark standard leverages API’s extensive experience with offshore oil and natural gas development to provide a comprehensive framework for safety and environmental integrity...Read More

During late April 2024, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) finalized updated regulations for renewable energy development on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) that will increase certainty and reduce the costs associated with the deployment of...Read More

Final rule will make offshore renewable energy development more efficient, save billions of dollars Renewable Energy Modernization Final Rule Fact Sheet: Renewable Energy Modernization Final Rule Renewable Energy Leasing Schedule Overview  At the Oceantic Network International Partnering Forum in New Orleans, Louisiana on April 24, 2024, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced that the...Read More

Study Finds Interregional Offshore Transmission Network Would Support Long-Term Growth of Atlantic Offshore Wind, Action Plan Identifies Immediate Steps and Extended Efforts During late March 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released findings from the Atlantic Offshore Wind Transmission Study, a two-year study evaluating transmission options to support offshore wind energy deployment along the...Read More

Some offshore renewable energy regulations (mostly pertaining to offshore wind) dealing with workplace safety and environmental compliance will be transferred from the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), the U.S. Department of Interior announced yesterday, Jan. 17, 2023. A joint notice to lessees outlines the transfer of...Read More

From the end of the last Ice Age, when sea levels were about 200 feet lower than they are today, to more recent times during the past 400 years, the underwater floor of America’s Outer Continental Shelf tells many tales of our history that might not have otherwise been discovered without the impetus of oil...Read More