Gulf Of Mexico

  • After what has seemed like the longest year ever, the offshore energy sector is emerging from a position of strength, from the standpoint of both economics and sustainability. Between the lockdowns implemented to reduce COVID-19, which reduced energy demand, to the oil price war between state-backed producers, 2020 was an unprecedented storm that hit the American offshore energy market. Now, there are unmistakable signs of a recovery, and policy makers in Washington, D.C. should embrace the opportunity before us to for sustained economic, environmental and emissions performance.

    To begin with, the resilience of the offshore energy industry during 2020 should be applauded. The U.S. offshore energy industry adapted to these unprecedented challenges, delivering energy, jobs and investment while maintaining world class environmental performance.

    Before much of the world truly grasped the significance of COVID-19, the offshore industry began industrywide coordinated action to mitigate the spread of the virus. Offshore companies and regulators quickly developed and shared best practices on mitigation measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the confined spaces offshore.

    The leadership and initiative of the industry during 2020 was a stabilizing force during a turbulent time. Not only did Gulf of Mexico oil and gas production safely keep energy flowing, but we also provided hydrocarbons and the molecular building blocks integral for the medicines, face masks, surgical gowns and other medical equipment necessary to fight COVID-19.

    As momentum grew in the U.S. economy, oil prices increased and the offshore energy industry was positioned to correspondingly meet the call for rising energy demand. Between August 2020 and December 2020 daily oil production in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico increased from 1.19 million barrels of oil per day to 1.77 million barrels of oil per day.

    For the hundreds of thousands of women and men whose jobs depend on Gulf of Mexico oil and gas production, the rise in energy demand is welcome news. An estimated 50,000 jobs supported by the Gulf of Mexico oil and gas industry were lost during 2020. While most jobs and investment for the off-shore oil and natural gas industry are naturally clustered along the Gulf Coast, every single U.S. state has businesses that are part of the vendor chain. A rising tide of Gulf of Mexico oil and gas production can lift the economies and livelihoods in every state.

    Recovering energy production in the Gulf of Mexico is also a win for the environment. In the Gulf of Mexico, the advancement of technology has turned the region into an American energy and emissions asset. Gulf of Mexico oil production has a carbon-intensity one-half of other oil producing regions. Deepwater production, which accounts for 92% of production in the Gulf of Mexico, provides the lowest carbon intensity of any oil producing region.

    Likewise, along the Atlantic Coast, a new era of offshore energy is beginning—that of renewable wind energy. After years of slower-than-anticipated progress, the regulatory and permitting process for the first wave of U.S. offshore wind projects, including Vineyard Wind and South Fork Wind, is steadily progressing.

    U.S. states have established more than 29,000 MW of offshore wind procurement targets. In the near term, offshore wind developers plan to bring 9,100 MW of wind online by 2026 through 13 offshore wind projects.

    This is great news for the entire offshore energy industry. The same companies that built the Gulf of Mexico oil and gas industry are lending their experience to build out wind projects along the Atlantic Coast. Existing offshore wind projects are expected to generate 83,000 new, well-paying jobs by 2030, with the bulk of the jobs concentrated during the development and construction phase.

    With continued opportunities for new access, the offshore wind industry is poised to grow even more. Wood Mackenzie conducted a study on how beneficial the wind opportunity is for Americans. Just four lease opportunities, offshore New York, the Carolinas, Maine, and California, could generate 28 new gigawatts of clean energy and $1.7 billion in U.S. Treasury revenue by 2022. To build up these windfarms, the industry would support an additional 80,000 annual jobs and generate $166 billion in additional investment by 2035.

    Energy demand around to world continues to rise. People of all walks of life depend upon abundant, affordable, and reliable supplies of energy for maintaining a high quality of life. Around 1 billion people still lack access to electricity, and global energy needs are expected to increase by 25% by 2040.

    Without the U.S. offshore, energy consumers of today and tomorrow would be forced to turn elsewhere for their energy needs. Every barrel of oil and every watt of electricity that the women and men of the U.S. offshore sector produce is energy that our nation does have to import from state-backed producers in pollution havens such as Russia or China.

    Policymakers should recognize what our industry is achieving in the Gulf of Mexico and along the Atlantic Coast, and work with us to build even greater achievements. The offshore industry is unique in how we can provide energy safely and sustainably at such a large scale. The focus should be on embracing all forms of offshore energy—oil, natural gas and wind—and opening the door to the economic and environmental opportunities Americans desperately need.

  • hundreds of thousands of people that call this area home are linked by a mutual mission: safely producing American offshore energy.In 2019, the U.S. Gulf of Mexico produced an average 2.3 million barrels oil equivalent per day. More than 345,000 men and women employed by dozens of operators and producers and

  • After a few years of relative calm, the 2017 hurricane season wreaked havoc in the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico, causing widespread damage and human suffering, and exposing the vulnerabilities and strengths of American energy security. As the flood waters from Hurricane Harvey receded and Gulf coast

  • We have seen the offshore drilling rig market go from full employment a year ago January to its lowest utilization rate — 68% in the Gulf of Mexico and worldwide approximately 80%, in that span of time. I have to go back to the Eisenhower years to recall anything as bad as we have in the

  • world's first commercial guyed tower offshore platform in 1,000 feet of water in a new gas and oil field southeast of New Orleans in the Gulf of Mexico. Total development cost for the field is in excess of $750 million. The new platform design significantly reduces the construction cost of

  • The mobile offshore drilling unit Griffin- Alexander VII departed from its final outfitting location at Sabine Pass, Texas, recently and went to its first drilling site off the Louisiana coast in Vermillion Block Number 292 to drill for Shell Oil Company. The rig is the seventh Bethlehem Steel Corporat

  • The Glomar Baltic I, first Marathon Le- Tourneau Super 300 Class jackup drilling rig, recently began its first drilling assignment in the Gulf of Mexico. The rig, which is being operated by Global Marine Company, wras built at Marathon's Gulf Marine Division in Brownsville, Texas. A new design

  • developed this new design to fill the offshore industry's need for a semisubmersible drilling rig that is specifically suited to the deepwater Gulf of Mexico operating environment and other areas with similar conditions. Recent Department of the Interior deepwater lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico

  • vessels for commercial and government owners and operators. Founded in 1919, Bender is a major supplier of offshore supply vessels for use in the Gulf of Mexico. For free literature on the facilities and capabilities of Bender Shipbuilding and Repair, Circle 11 on Reader Service Car

  • Available Marathon LeTourneau of Houston, Texas, recently introduced its new GulfKing™ class offshore jackup drilling rig, a rig designed for the Gulf of Mexico. The new GulfKing class jackup offers many of the proven features found in the popular LeTourneau 116 class jackup, plus enhancements that

  • Diving, Inc., Belle Chasse, La., a Halliburton Company subsidiary, announced the award of two new contracts and the completion of its first Gulf of Mexico underwater project for 1986. Norman Chambers, president of Taylor, said the diving service contractor has been awarded a "callout" contract

  • . has announced the initiation of a joint industry study assessing a tanker-based floating production, storage, and offloading system (FPSO) for the Gulf of Mexico. The eight-month project is being sponsored by seven oil companies. Primary focus of the study is the large number of deepwater leases that

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    and a Master of Engineering changes in water density, strong currents, and storm condi- in Systems Engineering and Project tions – such as the Gulf of Mexico or the Indian Ocean – the Management from Cornell University. Sentinel’s large buoyancy engine and optional thruster capa- bility will keep the

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    world with FPSOs and the turret business, then dif? cult to provide quantitative ? gures as this is driven by the moving to New Orleans to work on Gulf of Mexico deepwater developers and approval regime,” said Langford. “However, projects with Shell. Eventually he settled in Houston, working we are gung

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    build the hulls in countries Construction and commissioning have been supported by including Vietnam, Turkey, Romania, and Spain) and China. several Gulf of Mexico Tier 2 and 3 vessels, the supply of According to CSOV owner Integrated Wind Solutions, the which is expected to ? nd core deployment in an increas-

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    ? rst female chair of the TxDOT and ? rst Latina Secre- tary of State, Esperanza “Hope” Andrade, the vessel was designed by The Shearer Group and built by Gulf Island Fabricators in Louisiana. The 293-foot-long double-ended ferry is out? tted with diesel-powered and electrical engines and Siemens Energy’s

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    Feature Electric Tugs ing tug design. ABB was brought on as systems integrator, and Coden, Ala. shipbuilder Master Boat Builders began building the vessel later that year. The result of these efforts is the 82-foot-long tug eWolf, built to ABS class and is compliant with U.S. Coast Guard Subchapter M

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    known to be build- ing CTVs at the moment include Blount Boats and Sensesco Marine, both in Rhode Island, as well as Met- al Shark, Breaux Brothers and Gulf Craft in Louisiana and Gladding- Hearn Shipbuilding in Massachusetts. Port Angeles, Wash. shipyard Platypus Marine is building a CTV on spec. Work

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    for Hornbeck Offshore Services. sector, noting “the smaller pool” and citing Bollinger’s According to Eastern, HOS Warhorse and HOS Wild acquisitions of Gulf Island Shipyard (2021) and Halter Horse will boast two large, heave-compensated cranes, two (2022). He said, “Staying in commercial keeps your blades

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    .4 billion in GDP. These are good family-waged jobs in all 50 states and communities across the nation. In fact, in many communities in regions like the Gulf states, the shipyard industrial base is the leading economic engine, employ- ing generations of families. There are 125 yards engaged in www.marinelink

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    80% of the activity forecast for North America will be the ? oating wind space, including Petrobras, Shell, TotalEn- located in the U.S and Mexican Gulf of Mexico. The region ergies, Equinor, CNOOC, SBM Offshore, MODEC and BW will be home to the largest number of FPUs, accounting for Offshore. close to

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    . Hornblower Wind LLC—have been delivered. WINDEA Each vessel has the capability of transporting a deadweight Intrepid, built by Louisiana-based shipyard Gulf Craft, and of 50 tonnes. Powered by four Volvo Penta D13 marine WINDEA Courageous, built by St Johns Ship Building in diesel engines with a quad

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    Vessels HOS Warhorse & HOS Wild Horse shipyard construction contracts were wrongfully termi- nated. Gulf Island and Hornbeck settled in October 2023, clearing way for the builds to be completed by another yard. Eastern secured the contract to complete the builds from Zurich American Insurance Company

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    capacity/avail- Atlantic lease sales, BOEM is committed to leasing further ability, interest rate increases, and tax credit monetization sites in the Gulf of Mexico, Oregon, and the Gulf of Maine have been the key themes highlighted by developers to ex- in 2024/2025. The cumulative capacity of the leases is

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    In the Shipyard Latest Deliveries, Contracts and Designs Van Oord Upgrades Heavy-lift Gulf Craft, Incat Crowther an Oord’s heavy-lift installation vessel Team on Virgin Island Ferry VSvanen will receive a major upgrade: the gan- try crane will be extended by 25m, making the vessel ready to handle the

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