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OSVs overarching positive sentiment in the serving the Thunder Horse ? eld. Har- out through 2040. According to the market, it does also create a window of vey Offshore’s tri-fueled PSV HAR- Institute for Energy Research (IER), opportunity for strategic moves.” VEY ENERGY, based at Fourchon, “The plan is a signi? cant departure

At the end 2024 Marine Money was working at the nearby Mars Field. from President Joe Biden’s lease plan event held in New Orleans, Todd that provided for a historically small

Hornbeck, CEO of Hornbeck Off- number of lease auctions…”.

Exploration shore Service (HOS) said that that The oil majors are set to continue

Offshore exploration – and ulti- vessels impacted by a softening market mately production – in U.S. waters activity in the Gulf. For example, late in the U.S. Gulf (at that time, seeing may be a “bright spot” going forward. September saw an announcement concerns based on reduced leasing ac- Activity in the U.S. Gulf, which had that BP would be going ahead with tivity in Biden Administration’s wan- its Tiber-Guadalupe project (in ? elds seen plans for minimal new leasing ac- ing days) might divert to strength- tivity through 2030 during the Biden roughly 300 miles southwest of New ening sectors such as Guyana and Administration, is now set to pick up. Orleans), with an aim to produce

Brazil. Vessels working in Guyana’s In an August 2025 announcement, 80,000 bbl/day of crude oil by 2030.

Stabroek Block during 2025 have in- the U.S. Department of the Interior Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY), cluded Edison Chouest’s linked Plat- in its early October 2025 announce- (DOI) announced a leasing pro- form Supply Vessels (PSVs) WINE gram, tied to the One Big Beautiful ment of the spinoff of its Oxychem

ISLAND, CLARENCE TRICHE, Bill Act (passed during the Spring), division to Warren Buffet’s Berkshire

RUSSEL BOUZIGA, RUSSELL with bi-annual lease sales to be held Hathaway, suggested that a portion of

ADAMS and GARY ROOK, TDW’s

BREAUX TIDE, and Seacor Marine’s

EMILY DAY McCALL and its hy- brid powered SEACOR AMAZON.

OSV’s working offshore Brazil, which has been described by the American

Bureau of Shipping (ABS) as being a leader in future OSV innovation, have included Edison Chouest boats

ROGER WHITE (a 299-ft. PSV) and ALLIE CHOUEST (a 280-ft.

PSV). TDW-linked vessels operating offshore under Brazilian ? ag, include

STARLING TIDE, SCOTSMAN

TIDE, and Hornbeck’s HOS COR-

AL- registered in Mexico.

A quick scan of drilling in the Mis- sissippi Canyon, in the U.S. Gulf, shows numerous OSV’s from local owners working. In early October, the OSV JOSHUA CANDIES was positioning at a Shell Offshore drill- ing site, while Edison Chouest’s PEL-

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