In advance of this week’s August 29, 2023  first-ever offshore wind energy lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico, the Business Network for Offshore Wind, together with Greater New Orleans Wind (GNO Wind), issued a comprehensive report entitled Unlocking the Gulf of Mexico’s Offshore Wind Energy Potential, which addresses the region’s unique potential for offshore...Read More

On October 31, 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced it has finalized two Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) in the Gulf of Mexico, with the aggregate potential to produce enough clean wind energy to power nearly 3 million homes. The first WEA is located approximately 24 nautical miles (nm) off the coast of...Read More

Photo:  A map of the proposed Gulf of Mexico wind energy survey area.  For detailed information on what the survey will entail, click here. Guice Offshore is excited to report that plans for offshore wind energy are advancing right in our “backyard” in the Gulf of Mexico near our Louisiana headquarters! Guice Offshore, the U.S....Read More

Guice Offshore, which serves the Gulf of Mexico oil and gas industry with offshore support vessels and offshore supply vessels, noted the November 17, 2021 Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announcement that Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 257 generated $191,688,984 in high bids for 308 tracts covering 1.7 million acres in federal waters of...Read More

Final Notice of Sale Outlines Available Areas in Federal Waters The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced on September 30, 2021 that it will hold an oil and gas lease sale for the Gulf of Mexico on November 17, 2021 in compliance with an order from a U.S. District Court.  The Biden Harris...Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – On Thursday, August 19, 2021, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced the designation of six new Marine Highway Projects and a new Marine Highway Route as part of the America’s Marine Highway Program (AMHP). The AMHP encourages the use of America’s navigable waterways for the movement of freight and...Read More