The new Bureau of Ocean Energy Management allowed Chevron to resume spinning its drill bits in March.
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Last week Venari was the high bidder on 15 deepwater blocks put up for auction by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
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The oil industry is particularly focused on the report because the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has regulatory oversight over offshore operations.
The reconstituted Bureau of Ocean Energy Management would prefer not to keep answering the the overlooked oversights of the old Minerals Management Service.
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The island's council wants to allow prototype energy turbines to be installed off St Catherine's Point as part of its Solent Ocean Energy Centre project (SOEC).
It included the Carbon Trust, National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec), and Ocean Energy Innovation - a group of major players in renewables including the University of Strathclyde.
According to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, Gulf offshore natural gas production accounts for about 13% of overall U.S. natural gas supply.
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The scientist in question is Charles Monnett, who works with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (think the nation could survive without this office?) in Anchorage.
The technology paper covers 10 technologies: bioenergy for electricity and heat, biofuels, geothermal energy, hydropower, ocean energy, solar energy (PV, concentrating solar, and solar heating), and wind (onshore and offshore).
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It is currently preparing to drill in the Chinook and Cascade oil fields following the March 17 approval by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, BOEMR, to drill in those blocs.
Though the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is already grossly understaffed, the agency has become responsible for more and more approval processes as the administration has imposed additional industry regulations.
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Ocean Energy brings a whole portfolio of high-risk, high-return projects, from deepwater blocks off the coast of West Africa to one promising field that lies 9, 300 feet below the Gulf of Mexico.
Wave Hub Limited, which was created by the government to operate the device, said it was "delighted" Irish firm Ocean Energy Ltd (OEL) was expected to deploy a full-scale device at the hub.
On March 17, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and Enforcement at the Department of the Interior granted Petrobras a license to drill for oil and gas in their Cascade and Chinook wells.
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As just one example, last week I spoke with John Schiller, chief executive of offshore driller Energy XXI, who used to drill a lot of deepwater wells when he was with Ocean Energy and Devon Energy.
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This is an appealing characteristic to the new Bureau of Ocean Energy Management as it strives to work out rules for future drilling in the Gulf that will provide safety and security for both rig workers and the environment.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management requested that NOAA investigate the site after it was originally detected as an "unknown sonar contact" by Shell Oil Company during a 2011 oil and gas survey of the Gulf, government officials said.
The new organization, to be called the Ocean Energy Safety Institute, would be a government-run center made up of regulators, industry representatives, members of the academic community and the U.S. Coast Guard, according to a person familiar with the discussion.
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As of March 28, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcment (BOEMRE) of the Department of the Interior had received 31 deepwater drilling permit applications for offshore drilling activities like water injection wells and drilling from a fixed rig that were still allowed under the moratorium.
The 10 megawatts of power that will be generated by the Sound of Islay turbine farm pales into insignificance when compared to the output of a large nuclear or coal power station, which according to American hydro energy non-profit the Ocean Energy Council, can produce up to 100 times as much electricity.
In green energy news, this week Lockheed Martin announced plans to construct the world's largest ocean thermal energy conversion plant off the southern coast of China.
Basically, the waves in the ocean have energy, and you use that to lower the temperature differential.
The Wave Glider is the first autonomous device to turn ocean waves into energy: a robot for the sea.
Regardless, ocean-based energy advocates seem to be learning the lessons of their renewable energy predecessors, identifying and addressing environmental impact concerns long before full-scale deployment.
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They do not use fuel but instead convert energy from the ocean's waves, turning it into forward thrust.
The wind gains strength from the thermal energy of the ocean, eventually condensing vapors and circulating air fast enough to form high-speed wind and heavy rain.
Anyone living in the U.K., France, Iceland or other parts of central or southern Europe can thank this clockwise rotation of winds and ocean currents bringing heat and energy from North America for their relatively predictable weather.
Eco transportation charted the ocean blue as well as researchers at Boston University unveiled plans for a fleet of ships that generate energy from the motion of the ocean.
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Some other fishing groups oppose new ocean uses, like offshore wind energy, entirely.
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