NEW ORLEANS — The Department of the Interior today announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management successfully conducted Lease Sale Big Beautiful Gulf 1, which is the first mandatory offshore oil and gas lease sale required under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The sale generated $300,425,222 in high bids for 181 blocks across 80… Read More
After months of pressure from local leaders, Nantucket has won new guarantees from Vineyard Wind, securing an agreement that sets clearer rules for communication, public transparency, and emergency response as the offshore wind project progresses toward full operations. The agreement was formally announced on Dec. 11. Town leaders first raised the issue publicly in July, when they called for… Read More
DEME has been awarded three contracts1 for the installation of monopile foundations, inter-array cables, and the export cable at the BC-Wind offshore wind farm in Poland. These new contracts position DEME as a key contributor to Poland’s renewable energy build-out, supporting the country’s energy transition. BC-Wind, developed by international offshore wind company Ocean Winds, a… Read More
Panama City, FL — Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. (ESG) today announced the successful completion and redelivery of the HOS Rocinante, a first-of-its-kind U.S.-flagged Service Operation Vessel (SOV) converted for Hornbeck Offshore Services. The vessel marks a major milestone in the evolution of the U.S. offshore service fleet to be future-ready for both the offshore wind and petro-energy sector… Read More
Belgian marine contractor DEME has secured a major role in Poland’s offshore wind expansion after winning three contracts covering foundation and cable installation work for the BC-Wind project in the Baltic Sea. The combined awards are worth €150m–300m, ($175m–$350m). BC-Wind is being developed by Ocean Winds, the EDP Renewables–ENGIE joint venture, about 23 km off… Read More
