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Friday, February 21, 2025
FILE PHOTO: General view of the Walney Extension offshore wind farm operated by Orsted off the coast of Blackpool, Britain
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UK Announces Major Reforms to Offshore Wind Development, Targets 50GW by 2030

The UK government unveiled sweeping reforms to accelerate offshore wind development, aiming to streamline planning processes and enhance investment certainty

February 21, 2025
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Thursday, February 20, 2025
offshore oil and gas rig
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Environmental Groups Sue to Block Trump’s Offshore Drilling Expansions

Environmental groups on Wednesday moved in court to block President Donald Trump’s administration from allowing offshore oil drilling along broad swaths of

February 20, 2025
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Wednesday, February 19, 2025
The Prosperity FPSO at Payara, Guyana’s third offshore oil development on the Stabroek Block. Photo courtesy ExxonMobil
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Exxon Unveils Large-Scale Gas Project in Oil-Dominated Guyana

By Marianna Parraga and Kemol King GEORGETOWN, Feb 19 (Reuters) – U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil plans to boost natural gas output and supply in Guyana

February 19, 2025
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Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Transocean_enabler. Photo: Jan Arne Wold / Equinor
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Transocean CEO Jeremy Thigpen to Step Down, Keelan Adamson Named Successor

Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) announced today a significant leadership transition, with current President and Chief Operating Officer Keelan Adamson set to take

February 18, 2025
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Monday, February 17, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on, on the day he signs an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington
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Trump’s New ‘Energy Dominance Council’ Aims to Supercharge U.S. Production

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order establishing the National Energy Dominance Council, a new body within the Executive Office of the

February 17, 2025
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Friday, February 14, 2025
A jackup works to prepare the seabed for a cable that will connect the South Fork Wind offshore wind farm, 35 miles east of Montauk Point to the onshore electric grid. Photo courtesy South Fork Wind
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UK Launches £200 Million ‘Bonus’ to Boost Offshore Wind Development and Maritime Jobs

The UK government has unveiled a major initiative to accelerate offshore wind development while supporting maritime and industrial communities, offering up to

February 14, 2025
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Thursday, February 13, 2025
Wind turbines off of Block Island
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Trump Hostility to US Offshore Wind Reverberates Through Supply Chain

Companies that committed to investments in U.S. offshore wind infrastructure and supply chains are scrapping their plans as the projects they were meant to

February 13, 2025
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Monday, February 10, 2025
An illustration of Great Lakes Dredge and Docks' Jones Act-compliant rock installation vessel that will support the growing U.S. offshore wind industry. Illustration courtesy Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
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Fifth Circuit Sinks Great Lakes Dredge & Dock’s Jones Act Challenge

The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a ruling against Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company (GLDD) in its challenge to a U.S. Customs and Border

February 10, 2025
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aerial of an offshore wind turbine
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Norway Shifts Focus to Floating Offshore Wind

Norway will not offer acreage suitable for bottom-fixed offshore wind farm development when it next announces new tenders, and will instead focus on floating

February 10, 2025
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Tuesday, February 4, 2025
dominion energy wtiv
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First US-Built Offshore Wind Installation Vessel Begins Sea Trials as Nation’s Largest Offshore Wind Project Hits Halfway Mark

The Charybdis, America’s first domestically-built wind turbine installation vessel, has commenced sea trials in Brownsville, Texas, marking a significant

February 4, 2025
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Bibby Marine eCSOV illustration
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Bibby Marine Goes Big on Batteries: World’s First Fully-Electric Offshore Vessel to Launch in 2027

UK-based Bibby Marine has contracted with Spanish shipyard Armon to build the world’s first fully-electric Commissioning Service Operation Vessel

February 4, 2025
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offshore drillship
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Noble Corporation to Scrap Two Ultra-Deepwater Drillships

Noble Corporation plc (NYSE: NE) has announced plans to divest two cold-stacked ultra-deepwater drillships, the Pacific Meltem and Pacific Scirocco, as part of

February 4, 2025
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Monday, February 3, 2025
A stock photo of a vessel servicing an offshore wind farm at sunset
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New Jersey Cancels Fourth Offshore Wind Solicitation as Shell Exits Atlantic Shores Project

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has canceled its fourth offshore wind solicitation amid significant market challenges and Shell’s

February 3, 2025
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Wind Maker WTIV delivery
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Cadeler Takes Delivery of Wind Turbine Installation Vessel ‘Wind Maker’, Secures Contracts for Sister Vessel

Offshore wind installation specialist Cadeler has taken delivery of its latest jack-up wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Wind Maker at Hanwha Ocean

February 3, 2025
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Friday, January 31, 2025
Wind turbines off of Block Island
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Orsted Replaces CEO as Offshore Wind Industry Struggles

Orsted Chief Executive Mads Nipper will step down to be replaced by company insider Rasmus Errboe, the world's biggest offshore wind developer said on Friday,

January 31, 2025
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offshore wind farm
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Atlantic Shores Presses On After Shell’s $1 Billion Offshore Wind Exit

The developer behind New Jersey’s first offshore wind farm plans to continue the project despite Shell’s withdrawal from the project. Shell on

January 31, 2025
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Thursday, January 30, 2025
Wind turbines off of Block Island
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Shell Bails on Billion-Dollar Offshore Wind Bet as Trump Cracks Down

Shell Plc said it has written off almost $1 billion and withdrawn from a US offshore wind farm as President Donald Trump seeks to stymie the industry’s

January 30, 2025
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Tuesday, January 21, 2025
aerial of an offshore wind turbine
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Trump Halts All Offshore Wind Leasing, Orders Review of Existing Projects in Day One Executive Action

In a sweeping executive action on his first day in office, President Donald Trump has ordered an immediate halt to all offshore wind development on the U.S.

January 21, 2025
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Saturday, January 18, 2025
offshore oil platform california. photo REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
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Republican-Led States Sue Biden Administration Over Offshore Drilling Ban

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) – A group of Republican-led states filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging a ban announced by outgoing

January 18, 2025
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Thursday, January 16, 2025
A photo of turbines as the South Fork Wind offshore wind farm
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Congressman Van Drew, Trump Team Up to Sink Biden’s Offshore Wind Ambitions

Republican Congressman Jeff Van Drew says he’s been working with President-elect Donald Trump on crafting an executive order aimed at “halt[ing] offshore

January 16, 2025
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