To increase protection of marine archaeological resources, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is proposing a requirement for oil and gas lessees and operators to submit an archaeological report with all plans for exploration or development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) that propose seabed disturbance. Currently, an archaeological report is required only if...Read More

If your offshore job requires a trip into the Outer Continental Shelf in water too deep, or too thick with pipelines on the ocean floor to anchor, you’ll want to make sure the vessel you charter offers dynamic positioning (DP)—a modern marvel of technology and engineering that’s revolutionized ocean-based operations, particularly in the offshore oil...Read More