The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has taken steps to set the stage for the next oil and gas leasing round to be held for offshore acreage in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) by revealing a draft programmatic environmental impact statement (EIS) for which it is seeking public comments.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has allocated over $18 million for 27 research and development (R&D) projects to advance marine energy and offshore wind technologies. According to the U.S. DOE, these initiatives, which will be undertaken across 17 universities, including five minority-serving in
