Submit Environmental Study Ideas to BOEM
BOEM is accepting study ideas for consideration in OCS areas offshore the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Pacific coasts; Alaska; and the U.S. territories. Deadline is December 9, 2024.
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Winners of US Central Atlantic Offshore Wind Lease Auction
Equinor and Virginia Electric and Power have secured lease areas in the BOEM auction.
Read moreBOEM Identifies Two Draft Wind Energy Areas off Oregon
BOEM is accepting public comments on these WEAs through October 16, 2023.
Read moreBOEM’s New Director
Amanda Lefton will be the new director of the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). Lefton most recently served as first assistant secretary for energy and the environment for New York, where she managed the state’s climate and energy portfolio. BOEM’s mission is to manage development of U.S. Outer Continental Shelf energy and mineral resources in an environmentally and
Read moreVirtual Archaeology Museum Offers Detailed Models of Historic Shipwrecks
The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) opened a Virtual Archaeology Museum that displays video, detailed 3D models and mosaic maps of shipwrecks from the 19th and 20th centuries. Discovered by BOEM in the course of underwater research and oil and gas exploration, these shipwrecks are important submerged cultural resources that provide a unique window into
Read moreO&G Lease Sale Scheduled for Gulf of Mexico Federal Waters
On Mar. 20, 2019, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is conducting a lease sale offering more than 78 million acres in federal waters offshore Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida for oil and gas exploration and development. Lease Sale 252, which offers all unleased and non-protected areas in the Gulf of Mexico, will be livestreamed to the public
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