Offshore Drilling

platform-houchin-at-sunset-by-boem-800x516 — Platform Houchin off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif. BOEM photo.

Burgum moves to expand offshore oil and gas leasing

WorkBoat Staff

President Donald Trump's Jan. 20 executive order directs the Department of Interior to begin a process for renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America on government maps and documents. Shutterstock photo.

Trump moves to formalize ‘Gulf of America’

WorkBoat Staff

President Donald Trump at his 2025 inauguration said he believed "I was saved by God to make America great again." CNN video image.

Trump first priorities call for 'energy emergency,' ending wind power leases

WorkBoat Staff

whale-fluke-gom-platform-boem-nicolette-nye — A whale fluke is visible in the foreground of Gulf of Mexico production platforms. BOEM photo by Nicolette Nye.

Biden moves to block offshore oil, gas drilling on 625 million acres

WorkBoat Staff

The Coast Guard medevaced two men from a liftboat after a fire approximately 40 miles offshore from Marsh Island, La, Aug. 12. Coast Guard video image.

Two crew evacuated after fire on liftboat

WorkBoat Staff

The Bureau of Offshore Energy Management released its draft plan for four new wind energy areas in the Gulf of Mexico. BOEM graphic.

BOEM finalizes next Gulf of Mexico wind energy areas

WorkBoat Staff

BOEM Director Amanda Lefton announced offshore wind call areas April 27, 2022 at the International Partnering Forum in Atlantic City, N.J. Kirk Moore photo.

Early architect of U.S. offshore wind named to head BOEM

Kirk Moore

In May 2019, Shell started production at Appomattox, a deepwater oil and gas development that is Shell’s largest floating platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Shell photo

Gulf of Mexico lease sale attracts $191 million in high bids

WorkBoat Staff

Loading of the first commissioning cargo at Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass LNG Terminal in Louisiana, February 2016. Cheniere Energy Photo.

No cooling of LNG demand

Jim Redden

Shell Auger — Shell's Auger TLP is located 214 miles south of New Orleans. Image Source: Shell website

Biden oil and gas leasing pause will do 'untold harm'

Guest Author

Ensco semi — An Ensco ultradeepwater semisubmersible. Ensco plc photo

Offshore drilling meets outer space

G. Allen Brooks