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EDITOR’S LETTER

Go for the “Green” alk of energy transition surrounds us, but driven by geopolitical con- fict, talk of energy security sustains us. In doing a fnal read of this edition, I think London-based OE correspondent Paul Bartlett’s ar-

T Vol. 48 No. 2 ticle introduction summarizes the issue succinctly:

ISSN 0305-876x USPS# 017-058 “Scientists warn that climate change is the greatest peril that hu- 118 East 25th Street, mankind has ever faced. Yet oil and gas exploration is set to clock the

New York, NY 10010 highest growth for more than a decade this year and next. Protesters tel: (212) 477-6700; fax: (212) 254-6271 cause disruption but, for the moment, hydrocarbon energy underpins www.OEDigital.com life as we know it.”

EDITORIAL

GREGORY R. TRAUTHWEIN

Well said and executed throughout this edition, as we balance the business

Editor & Publisher of producing oil and gas with the integration of new and emerging renewable

BARTOLOMEJ TOMIC technologies. That was a central theme in my interview this month with Kevin

Managing Editor

Sligh Sr., Director, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), [email protected] who refects on progress made and the path ahead one year into his post.

ERIC HAUN

Sligh discussed the myriad challenges and opportunities ahead for off- [email protected] shore energy development in the U.S. With a sharp focus on safety, enforce-

ELAINE MASLIN, Aberdeen ment and compliance on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Sligh and his [email protected] team eye the challenges and opportunities in building out offshore wind to

WILLIAM STOICHEVSKI, Oslo the targeted 30GW of offshore wind power by 2030 and another 15GW [email protected] from foating wind by 2035

PRODUCTION / GRAPHIC DESIGN

NICOLE VENTIMIGLIA

Another nascent industry to monitor closely for monetization is the cre- [email protected] ation of “Hydrogen Hubs” as Barry Parker reports in this edition. This was

SALES funded in the wake of the massive $1.2T Infrastructure Investment and Jobs

TERRY BREESE, VP Sales

Act which authorized spending of $7B on the establishment of regional clean +1 (561) 732-1185 • [email protected] hydrogen hubs. Predictably, the line for this entre is already long, as 79 pro-

GARY LEWIS, Panama posals were received to DOE’s initial request for concept papers, with DOE (516) 441-7258 • [email protected] expecting to fund up to 10 such hubs through its H2Hubs program. The

TONY STEIN, UK, France & Spain green corridors and hydrogen hubs ft nicely together in the U.S. Gulf, and +44 (0)1892 512777 • [email protected] in New Orleans, the H2theFuture consortium is seeking to “…establish a

CORPORATE STAFF world-leading clean hydrogen cluster in South Louisiana.”

CEO

Check out the

JOHN O’MALLEY

Whether it’s established energy like oil and gas, or emerging renewables, [email protected] 2023 Media hydrogen hubs or carbon capture and storage – there’s plentiful amounts

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Kit via the QR of “green” fowing to power offshore energy companies through another

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Code Below [email protected] boom cycle.

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