Following the successful offshore wind projects already in motion on the Atlantic coast, on August 15, 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced that it has identified two draft Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) off the coast of Oregon and opened a 60-day public review and comment period on those WEAs.  Oregon presents...Read More

New Research Explores the Influence of Deep-Sea Wooden Shipwrecks on Microbiome Diversity U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) marine archaeologists have studied shipwrecks in the northern Gulf of Mexico for many years.  New research recently published in the journal Limnology and Oceanography further explores the role that these shipwrecks serve as habitats, forming islands...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