The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) launched the Marine Minerals Information System (MMIS), a state-of-the-art tool to assist decision-makers in managing coastal recovery and planning coastal resilience projects. The release of the MMIS is a big step forward in BOEM’s efforts to build a National Offshore Sand Inventory, providing offshore sediment data including data and information from 30 years
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TDI-Brooks International is deploying RV Brooks McCall to Belize to join the Blue Hole Expedition. The vessel will provide the logistical support, hosting and launching of Aquatica’s manned submersible submarines along with providing accommodations for all crew and guests during the two-week expedition. The submersibles for the expedition include Aquatica Submarines’ STINGRAY 500 and the Roatan Institute of Deepsea Exploration’s IDABEL. Situated in the center
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The U.S. Department of the Interior released a proposal Jan. 3, 2018 to lease 90 percent of the U.S. outer continental shelf for oil and gas drilling. If approved, it would replace the 2017-2022 program currently in force with 2019-2024 leases and undo a moratorium on Arctic drilling in place since 2016. The proposal includes 12 leases in the Gulf
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