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Thursday, February 26, 2026
An offshore oil rig is pictured off the coast of Huntington Beach, California, U.S., November 14, 2024
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Trump Admin Launches Environmental Review for California Offshore Oil Lease Sales

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced Wednesday that it will begin preparing a programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS) to

February 26, 2026
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Monday, February 23, 2026
Aerial of a Tidewater offshore vessel underway at sea
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Tidewater Makes $500M Bet on Brazil with Wilson Sons Fleet Acquisition

Houston-based offshore vessel giant Tidewater Inc. is making a major push into Brazil, announcing a definitive agreement to acquire Wilson Sons Ultratug

February 23, 2026
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Monday, February 16, 2026
Chevron-led Consortium Signs Contracts for Gas Exploration Off Greece
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Chevron-led Consortium Signs Contracts for Gas Exploration Off Greece

A consortium led by U.S. oil major Chevron signed exclusive lease agreements on Monday to look for natural gas off southern Greece, expanding the United

February 16, 2026
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Monday, February 9, 2026
Transocean to Acquire Valaris in $17 Billion Offshore Drilling Deal
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Transocean to Acquire Valaris in $17 Billion Offshore Drilling Deal

Transocean and Valaris have agreed to merge in an all-stock deal valued at about $5.8 billion, creating a $17 billion offshore drilling giant with a 73-rig

February 9, 2026
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Wednesday, February 4, 2026
johan sverdrup offshore field
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Equinor Sees Johan Sverdrup Oil Production Declining Over 10% in 2026

Equinor expects 10-20% production decline at Johan Sverdrup, Europe's largest oil field growth source. The decline signals broader challenges for global oil

February 4, 2026
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File photo of an offshore drillship
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Trump Administration Sets March Date for 80-Million-Acre ‘Big Beautiful’ Gulf Lease Sale

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) plans to auction roughly 80.4 million acres of federal waters in the Gulf of America next month, advancing the

February 4, 2026
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Monday, February 2, 2026
Photo shows the installation of the first offshore wind turbine at South Fork Wind
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Federal Courts Dismantle Trump’s National Security Case for Offshore Wind Suspension

A string of federal court rulings has effectively unraveled the Trump administration’s attempt to halt offshore wind construction along the U.S. East Coast,

February 2, 2026
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Friday, January 30, 2026
The wind turbine installation vessel Charybdis loads turbine components at the Portsmouth Marine Terminal in Virginia
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Federal Work Halt and Tariffs Push Dominion’s Offshore Wind Project to $11.5B

Dominion Energy said Thursday that costs for the nation’s largest offshore wind project have climbed to $11.5 billion, a $300 million increase driven by a

January 30, 2026
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Wednesday, January 28, 2026
A GE Haliade-X Turbine Stands in the Vineyard Wind 1 Project Area South of Martha’s Vineyard. Credit: Eric Haynes
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Legal Defeats Mount for Offshore Wind Suspension as Vineyard Wind Wins Court Battle

A U.S. District Court in Massachusetts has cleared the way for Vineyard Wind to resume full operations after the offshore wind developer successfully

January 28, 2026
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Monday, January 26, 2026
Two people arrested in cable breach investigation
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Finland Ramps Up Baltic Sea Surveillance After String of Undersea Sabotage Incidents

HELSINKI, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Finland’s Border Guard hopes to prevent damage to critical undersea infrastructure in the Gulf

January 26, 2026
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An offshore oil rig is pictured off the coast of Huntington Beach, California, U.S., November 14, 2024
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Trump Moves to Reopen California Offshore Drilling, Triggering Unified West Coast Opposition

The Trump administration has taken the first formal step toward reopening California’s offshore waters to oil and gas drilling for the first time in decades

January 26, 2026
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MHI Vestas Offshore Wind Turbine
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North Sea Nations Sign Historic 100 GW Offshore Wind Pact

UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband signed a landmark clean energy security agreement with European allies on Monday at the North Sea Summit in Hamburg, committing

January 26, 2026
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Sunday, January 25, 2026
Facilities of CPC marine terminal near Novorossiysk
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Kazakh Oil Flows Set To Normalize As Black Sea Mooring Restored

By Bloomberg News Jan 25, 2026 (Bloomberg) –The Caspian Pipeline Consortium said an offshore mooring is back online, enabling crude to flow through

January 25, 2026
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Saturday, January 24, 2026
deep-sea mining vessels
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Deep-Sea Mining Company Seeks International Permit Under New Trump Rules

By Ernest Scheyder Jan 22 (Reuters) – The Metals Co TMC.O on Thursday became the first deep-sea miner to seek Washington’s approval to mine

January 24, 2026
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An oil spill is seen in the Pacific Ocean near Santa Barbara in Goleta
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California Suing Trump Administration Over Sable Oil Pipeline Restart

By Nichola Groom Jan 23 (Reuters) – California’s attorney general on Friday said the state was suing the Trump administration for

January 24, 2026
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Friday, January 23, 2026
A general view of the offshore wind farm Hywind Tampen, North Sea August 23, 2023. NTB/Ole Berg-Rusten via REUTERS
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North Sea Nations Will Vow to Jointly Build and Protect Wind Sites

Countries including the UK, Germany and the Netherlands will pledge to jointly develop 100 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity in the North Sea and step up

January 23, 2026
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Thursday, January 22, 2026
A wind turbine Dominion Energy’s two turbine Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) pilot project. Photo: Dominion Energy
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Turbine Installation Begins at Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Farm After Court Lifts Federal Halt

Turbine installation has kicked off at the nation’s largest offshore wind project just days after a federal judge lifted the Trump administration’s

January 22, 2026
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Polymetallic nodules pictured on the sea floor
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NOAA Launches Deep-Sea Mapping Project Off American Samoa as Critical Minerals Race Accelerates

The United States is ramping up efforts to secure domestic sources of critical minerals with a major new seabed mapping initiative in the Pacific, part of a

January 22, 2026
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Sunday, January 18, 2026
Rotor blades and other parts for for the ongoing construction of the Revolution Wind in New London
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Trump Is Winning The Fight Against Offshore Wind Despite Court Losses

By Mark Chediak Jan 18, 2026 (Bloomberg) –President Donald Trump’s campaign against offshore wind power in the US sustained major setbacks

January 18, 2026
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Friday, January 16, 2026
aerial of an offshore wind turbine
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Dominion Wins Court Order to Restart $11.2B Virginia Offshore Wind Project

A federal judge on Friday cleared U.S. power company Dominion Energy D.N to resume work on its Virginia offshore wind project, the third legal blow this

January 16, 2026
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