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Mitigating Impacts of Offshore Wind: BOEM Draft Guidance Suggests Compensation for Lost Income to Fishermen

The Energy Law

On June 23, 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a draft guidance on mitigating potential impacts of offshore wind development on commercial and recreational fishing. citing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) Sustainable Fisheries Glossary).

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BOEM Overview of Proposed Gulf of Mexico Offshore Wind Areas and Draft Environmental Assessment

The Energy Law

The primary purpose of this meeting was to present the preliminary areas in Gulf of Mexico (GOM), recently identified by BOEM on July 20, 2022, that may be suitable for offshore wind energy development (WEAs), which are discussed in more detail in a previous blog.

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U.S. Department of Interior Announces Formal Partnership with Norway to Promote and Share Offshore Energy Knowledge and Experience

The Energy Law

The press release, found at [link] , highlights, among other things, each country’s focus on the importance of developing sustainable energy resources – wind energy, in particular. The demand for offshore wind energy has never been greater. In addition, studies by the U.S.

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EnerCom announces initial list of presenting companies for the 30th annual Energy Investment Conference to be held August 17–20, 2025 in Denver, Colorado 

Oil & Gas 360º

EnerCom is currently accepting applications from start-up companies focused on innovation in alternative energy, advanced oil and gas technology, environmental sustainability , and carbon solutions to present at The Energy Transition and Emerging Technology Session at EnerCom Denver. Benefitting IN! Venue: Westin Denver Downtown.

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EnerCom announces initial list of presenting companies for the 30th annual Energy Investment Conference to be held August 17–20, 2025 in Denver, Colorado 

Oil & Gas 360º

EnerCom is currently accepting applications from start-up companies focused on innovation in alternative energy, advanced oil and gas technology, environmental sustainability , and carbon solutions to present at The Energy Transition and Emerging Technology Session at EnerCom Denver. Benefitting IN! Venue: Westin Denver Downtown.

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U.S. Fifth Circuit Clarifies “Substantial Nexus” Test for LHWCA

The Energy Law

After the incident, two of the offshore platforms connected by pipeline to the platform where the work was performed had to be shut down. In Pacific Operators Offshore, LLP v. Chevron also moved for remittitur, but the district judge sustained but $527.54 207, 222 (2012). The plaintiffs were awarded over $2.9 of the award.

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FIFTH CIRCUIT BEGINS TO CLEAN UP ITS JURISPRUDENCE ON HOW TO DETERMINE WHETHER A CONTRACT IS (OR IS NOT) MARITIME

The Energy Law

Recently, the court applied Doiron in the context of a contract to plug and abandon a series of offshore wells in Crescent Energy Services, L.L.C., and (2) Does the contract provide or do the parties expect that a vessel will play a substantial role in the completion of the contract? Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. [3]

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