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Hanwha Ocean Launches Drillship ‘Tidal Action’ for Petrobras Charter
South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean has marked its entry into the deepwater drilling operations sector with the naming ceremony of its next-generation drillship ‘Tidal Action’. The vessel includes advanced capabilities,...

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Trump Launches Ambitious New Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Program, Establishes High Arctic Planning Area
The Department of the Interior has initiated the development of the 11th National Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program, marking a significant shift in U.S. offshore energy...

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Equinor Weighs Legal Challenge to Trump Admin’s Empire Wind Shutdown
Construction activities for the Empire Wind project off New York’s coast have been suspended following a halt work order from the U.S. government, Norwegian energy firm Equinor said Thursday. Empire...

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Bloomberg
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Trump’s Offshore Wind Halt Risks $28 Billion of Investment
With an order to halt work on a wind farm off the coast of New York, the Trump administration dealt the offshore wind industry a damaging blow that puts $28 billion of investment at risk.

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Trump Administration Halts Major New York Offshore Wind Project
U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has ordered an immediate halt to construction on Equinor’s Empire Wind project off the coast of New York, marking a significant development for the U.S....

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Bloomberg
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Trump Plans Order To Enable Critical Metals Stockpiling
By Subrat Patnaik Apr 12, 2025 (Bloomberg) –US President Donald Trump’s administration is planning an executive order to allow the stockpiling of critical metals from the Pacific seabed, according to the...

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Reuters
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China Discovers 100 Mln Ton Oilfield In South China Sea
BEIJING, March 31 (Reuters) – China National Offshore Oil Corporation has discovered an oilfield in the eastern South China Sea with proven reserves exceeding 100 million tonnes, a report in China’s official Xinhua news agency said...

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Bloomberg
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Canadian Company Seeking Trump’s Approval To Mine Seabed Condemned By Regulators
By Todd Woody Mar 29 (Bloomberg) -International regulators on Friday condemned a seabed mining company’s move to circumvent their authority by seeking the Trump administration’s approval to extract critical minerals from untouched ocean...

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
EPA Halts Atlantic Shores Wind Farm Construction as Trump Administration Reviews Projects
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has suspended permits for the Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Project off New Jersey’s coast following a January 2025 Presidential directive that ordered an immediate halt...

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Equinor Makes Significant Gas Discovery in Norwegian Sea’s Halten Area
Equinor and its partners have discovered gas and condensate in the Mistral Sør exploration well in the Norwegian Sea’s Halten area, marking another significant find in the region’s growing energy...

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
ABS Greenlights XXL Floating Wind Platform Design for Deepwater
The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has approved Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) documents for a groundbreaking deep water floating offshore wind platform created by US-based ECO TLP, Inc. and MOCEAN-Offshore...

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Reuters
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Search Resumes for Missing Flight MH370 But Contract Still in Limbo
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26 (Reuters) – A ship that will hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has deployed to its Indian Ocean search zone, according to Malaysia’s transport minister and ship tracking data, raising hopes of...