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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Trump Expands Offshore Wind Buyout Strategy With $765 Million Invenergy Deal
The Trump administration has expanded its campaign to unwind U.S. offshore wind development, announcing a new agreement with Invenergy that will terminate four offshore wind leases and redirect hundreds of...

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
NOAA Advances Deep Sea Minerals Application in Latest U.S. Seabed Mining Move
Deep Sea Minerals Corp. says it has cleared an important regulatory hurdle in its effort to explore for critical minerals on the Pacific seabed after receiving a “substantial compliance” determination...

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
New York Sues Trump Administration Over $795 Million Offshore Wind Buyout Deal
New York Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Kathy Hochul have launched a legal challenge against the Trump administration’s controversial agreement with TotalEnergies that canceled a major offshore wind lease...

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Emergency Crews Battle Fire on Offshore Platform in California’s Santa Barbara Channel
A fire broke out Monday aboard DCOR’s offshore Platform Habitat in the Santa Barbara Channel, prompting a multi-agency emergency response from the U.S. Coast Guard and local fire authorities. According...

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Trump Expands Offshore Wind Buyout Strategy With New Deals Steering Capital Into LNG and Oil
The Trump administration has expanded its newfound strategy of unwinding offshore wind development through negotiated buyouts, announcing two new agreements that will see two projects give up federal offshore leases...

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Trump Administration Moves to Reunify Offshore Regulators Split After Deepwater Horizon Disaster
Reunification marks major shift in offshore oversight model built after Deepwater Horizon.

From
Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Equinor Kicks Off Deepwater Drilling for $9B Brazil Gas Project
Equinor has officially moved into the drilling phase of its massive Raia gas development offshore Brazil, marking a key step forward for one of the country’s most strategically important energy projects.

From
Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Dominion’s $11.5B Virginia Offshore Wind Project Delivers First Power After Legal Fight, Cost Surge
Dominion Energy’s massive Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project has delivered its first electricity to the grid, marking a major milestone for the largest offshore wind development in the United...

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Trump Administration Quietly Expands Pacific Seabed Mining Area as Environmental Review Begins
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has advanced the next phase of potential offshore mineral leasing near the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, expanding the area under consideration and moving the...

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Mike Schuler
via
gCaptain
Trump Administration Reimburses TotalEnergies $928M to Scrap Offshore Wind Leases, Pivot to LNG
The Trump administration has struck a $928 million deal with TotalEnergies to abandon two major U.S. offshore wind leases and redirect the capital into LNG and oil and gas development, marking a decisive shift in strategy after federal courts blocked efforts to halt projects on national security grounds.

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Bloomberg
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gCaptain
BP Wins OK For First New Gulf Project Since Deepwater Horizon Tragedy
By Ari Natter Mar 13, 2026 (Bloomberg) –The Trump administration approved BP Plc’s plan to pump billions of dollars worth of crude from what will be the company’s first virgin field...

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Mike Schuler
via
gCaptain
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 evaluate potential offshore oil and gas lease sales across California’s...