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data-entity-embed-display="entity_reference:media_thumbnail" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{"image_style":"max_width_700px","image_link":"","image_loading":{"attribute":"lazy"}}" class="align-center embedded-entity"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_700px/public/images/BOEM-FactSheet-Oil%26amp%3Bamp%3BGas.jpg?itok=rPT6HJEe" width="700" height="900" alt="Oil and Gas Fact Sheet cover" class="img img--max-width-700px"> </div> </a></td><td><p><a href="/boem-fact-sheet-oil-gas" title="BOEM-FactSheet-Oil&amp;Gas">Oil & Gas Energy</a></p><p>Safe, reliable and affordable domestic energy production powers our economy, promotes jobs and is critical to our nation’s security. Offshore oil and gas play an important role in our national energy portfolio.</p></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/gandg-overview" title="GandG-Overview"><div data-langcode="en" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="60f86678-c83d-46d5-a2f8-87e151d560f0" data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="entity_reference:media_thumbnail" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{"link_url":"entity:node\/11520","link_url_target":0,"image_style":"max_width_700px","image_link":"","image_loading":{"attribute":"lazy"}}" class="align-center embedded-entity"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_700px/public/images/G%20and%20G%20Overview_0.jpg?itok=HqzkT9Fc" width="700" height="850" alt="G and G Overview" class="img img--max-width-700px"> </div> </a></td><td><p><a href="/gandg-overview" title="GandG-Overview">Geological and Geophysical (G&G) Surveys</a></p><p>G&G surveys are conducted to: (1) obtain data for oil and gas (O&G) exploration and production, (2) aid in siting offshore (i.e., O&G, renewable energy) structures, and (3) locate marine mineral resources. More specifically, G&G surveys are necessary to make informed decisions about O&G resources, engineering decisions regarding the construction of offshore projects, and informed estimates regarding the composition and volume of sand and gravel resources.</p></td></tr><tr><td><div data-langcode="en" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="90d9c565-21cb-4d78-bb17-f092bc00bcfa" data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="entity_reference:media_thumbnail" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{"link_url":"internal:\/about-boem\/factsqa-ntl-rices-whale","link_url_target":0,"image_style":"max_width_700px","image_link":"","image_loading":{"attribute":"lazy"}}" class="embedded-entity"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_700px/public/images/Facts_QA%20NTL%20Rice%26%23039%3Bs%20Whale_0.jpg?itok=4nJDp-ad" width="700" height="906" alt="Cover for Fact Sheet on NTL Rice's Whale" class="img img--max-width-700px"> </div> </td><td><p><a href="/about-boem/factsqa-ntl-rices-whale" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="259c913c-2cb7-46bf-b2cc-e2557a21d5a7" data-entity-substitution="canonical">Voluntary Rice's Whale Precautions During Reinitiated Consultation with NMFS - BOEM NTL No. 2023-G01</a></p><p>BOEM Notice to Lessees (NTL) 2023-G01 was developed to provide recommendations for lessees and operators regarding voluntary measures for operational Rice’s whale precautions during the period when the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and BOEM are engaged in reinitiated consultation with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) on the 2020 Biological Opinion, as amended (2020 BiOp).</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p> </div> <div id="tabs-1288"> <p><table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr><td><a href="/node/15211"><div data-langcode="en" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="4f87795e-6a21-4123-9bfd-fd0060b1589d" data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="entity_reference:media_thumbnail" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{"link_url":"entity:node\/15211","link_url_target":0,"image_style":"max_width_700px","image_link":"","image_loading":{"attribute":"lazy"}}" class="embedded-entity"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_700px/public/images/Renewable-Energy-Fact-Sheet.jpg?itok=tFW2--K7" width="700" height="906" alt="Cover sheet for the Renewable Energy Fact Sheet" class="img img--max-width-700px"> </div> </a></td><td><p><a href="/newsroom/fact-sheets/boem-factsheet-renewable" title="BOEM-FactSheet-Renewable">Renewable Energy</a></p><p>BOEM is responsible for overseeing offshore renewable energy development in OCS areas in an economically and environmentally sound manner. While BOEM's offshore renewable energy portfolio consists of several resources—including ocean wave and ocean current energy—offshore wind energy has garnered the most interest to date.</p></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/node/40696"><div data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="69c86e78-d702-4afa-8de1-eb1b96771e3d" data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="entity_reference:media_thumbnail" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{"image_style":"max_width_700px","image_link":"","image_loading":{"attribute":"lazy"}}" class="align-center embedded-entity" data-langcode> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_700px/public/images/boem_green_hydrogen_memo.jpg?itok=rA6tUQFa" width="700" height="906" alt="BOEM_Green Hydrogen_Memo" class="img img--max-width-700px"> </div> </a></td><td><p><a href="/newsroom/fact-sheets/boemgreen-hydrogenmemo" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="745b46d6-66a2-4555-9efd-d471bf9516ef" data-entity-substitution="canonical">Green Hydrogen</a></p><p>Hydrogen is an abundant element and critical for the formation of molecules like water. With only one proton, hydrogen is the lightest element. Despite its small mass, hydrogen can pack a punch, carrying up to three times the energy content of gasoline. Green hydrogen is fuel produced using renewable energy, such as offshore wind. It is green because no greenhouse emissions, such as carbon dioxide, are emitted in the process of hydrogen fuel production.</p></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/sites/default/files/images/green_hydrogen_poster.jpg"><div data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="c4ff2868-3ee1-402c-807e-4db3386ca70c" data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="entity_reference:media_thumbnail" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{"image_style":"max_width_700px","image_link":"","image_loading":{"attribute":"lazy"}}" class="align-center embedded-entity" data-langcode> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_700px/public/images/green_hydrogen_poster.jpg?itok=4TmKGLjc" width="700" height="476" alt="Green_Hydrogen Poster" class="img img--max-width-700px"> </div> </a></td><td><a href="/sites/default/files/images/green_hydrogen_poster.jpg">Green Hydrogen Poster</a></td></tr><tr><td><div data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="6b4706b0-0812-4ebc-a214-38f268af2be6" data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="entity_reference:media_thumbnail" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{"image_style":"max_width_700px","image_link":"","image_loading":{"attribute":"lazy"}}" data-langcode class="embedded-entity"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_700px/public/images/offshore_wind_development_and_whales_may_2024_page_1.jpg?itok=UJoskudj" width="700" height="906" alt="Offshore Wind Development and Whales (May 2024)_Page_1" class="img img--max-width-700px"> </div> </td><td><p><a href="/environment/offshore-wind-development-and-whales-may-2024" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="d1f2e4ac-d234-48e0-9001-b8fc3366f72b" data-entity-substitution="canonical">Offshore Wind Development and Whales</a></p><p>At BOEM, environmental protection – informed by the best available science and law – is a priority and an indispensable consideration in our decision making. Before any activities related to offshore wind development take place, BOEM requires companies to follow strict protective measures, including those to avoid, minimize, or mitigate any potential impacts from our regulated offshore energy activities.</p></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/node/38241"><div data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="ff39f0dd-7f45-449d-8d65-83b3135a6142" data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="entity_reference:media_thumbnail" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{"image_style":"max_width_400px","image_link":"","image_loading":{"attribute":"lazy"}}" data-langcode class="embedded-entity"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_400px/public/images/RELS%20Information%20Sheet%20Handout%20v3_Page_1_0.jpg?itok=kBWE-Y7Q" width="400" height="518" alt="RELS Information Sheet Handout v3_Page_1" class="img img--max-width-400px"> </div> </a></td><td><p><a href="https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/rels-information-sheet-handout">Renewable Energy Leasing Schedule</a></p><p>For the Five Year Period Starting May 1, 2024</p></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/node/37836"><div data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="cb8ec554-30d6-4208-9f36-92fa3340a520" data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="entity_reference:media_thumbnail" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{"image_style":"max_width_400px","image_link":"","image_loading":{"attribute":"lazy"}}" data-langcode class="embedded-entity"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_400px/public/images/boem_intergovernmental_task_force_one_pager.jpg?itok=j2R6u_zD" width="400" height="518" alt="BOEM Intergovernmental Task Force" class="img img--max-width-400px"> </div> </a></td><td><p><a href="/renewable-energy/state-activities/boem-intergovernmental-task-force-one-pager" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="d6c92a95-c630-4cfc-a6de-7c18bd129aaf" data-entity-substitution="canonical">BOEM Intergovernmental Task Force</a></p><p>BOEM uses Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Forces to help shape its approach to offshore wind and other renewable energy development on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf. These task forces include representatives from federally recognized Tribes, federal agencies, states, and local governments.</p></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/node/38216"><div data-langcode="en" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="30468e02-f943-4bfd-8b5f-20b5a12026cc" data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="entity_reference:media_thumbnail" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{"image_style":"max_width_700px","image_link":"","image_loading":{"attribute":"lazy"}}" class="align-center embedded-entity"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_700px/public/images/Renewable%20Energy%20Modernization%20Rule_Page_1_1.jpg?itok=IJ7Pbeph" width="700" height="898" alt="Renewable Energy Modernization Rule_Page_1" class="img img--max-width-700px"> </div> </a></td><td><p><a href="/renewable-energy/modernization-rule-factsheet" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="45c7c04a-5e85-43ad-afed-cca472c36378" data-entity-substitution="canonical">Renewable Energy Modernization Rule</a></p><p>Renewable Energy and Alternative Uses of Existing Facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf direct final rule, issued by the Department on January 31, 2023. This final rule eliminates unnecessary requirements for the deployment of meteorological (met) buoys; increases survey flexibility; improves the project design and installation verification process; establishes a public Renewable Energy Leasing Schedule; reforms BOEM’s renewable energy auction regulations; tailors financial assurance requirements and instruments; clarifies safety management system regulations; revises other provisions; and makes technical corrections. This final rule advances the Department’s energy policies in a safe and environmentally sound manner that will provide a fair return to the U.S. taxpayer.</p></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/node/27046"><div data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="442af702-56d7-4152-a15e-9bcae9ecad34" data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="entity_reference:media_thumbnail" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{"image_style":"max_width_400px","image_link":"","image_loading":{"attribute":"lazy"}}" data-langcode class="embedded-entity"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_400px/public/images/Offshore%20Wind%20Activities%20and%20Marine%20Mammal%20Protection_Page_1.jpg?itok=ZulPT-t1" width="400" height="518" alt="Offshore Wind Activities and Marine Mammal Protection" class="img img--max-width-400px"> </div> </a></td><td><p><a href="/renewable-energy/state-activities/offshore-wind-activities-and-marine-mammal-protection" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="1d81a618-0736-4fe5-8f45-0f3cfcc4518c" data-entity-substitution="canonical">Offshore Wind Activities and Marine Mammal Protection</a></p><p>At the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), environmental protection—informed by the best available science and law—is a priority and an indispensable consideration in our decision making. Our approach to ocean energy and marine mineral development comes with our unwavering dedication to responsible stewardship, which includes protection of America’s ocean environment and marine life.</p></td></tr><tr><td><div data-langcode="en" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="e638b737-cd99-4038-b33b-7f352874ae9c" data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="entity_reference:media_thumbnail" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{"link_url":"entity:node\/19711","link_url_target":0,"image_style":"max_width_700px","image_link":"","image_loading":{"attribute":"lazy"}}" class="align-center embedded-entity"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_700px/public/images/boem-poster-renewable-commercial-leasing-process_0.jpg?itok=hN_IaxIp" width="700" height="814" alt="boem-poster-renewable-commercial-leasing-process.jpg" class="img img--max-width-700px"> </div> </td><td><p><a href="/renewable-energy/state-activities/boem-poster-renewable-commercial-leasing-process" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="9a5a253e-0e70-42f6-aa1e-ed5690a9a786" data-entity-substitution="canonical">The Renewable Energy Process: Leasing to Operations</a></p><p>For any proposed OCS development, BOEM evaluates the potential impacts on ocean users, historic and cultural resources and the marine environment. BOEM uses a multi-phased process to grant access to ocean areas that are suitable for wind energy development that consists of the following phases: Planning and Analysis, Leasing, Site Assessment and Construction and Operations.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p> </div> <div id="tabs-1289"> <p><table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://www.boem.gov/boem-factsheet-environment"><div data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="dca56566-acae-4ced-86ab-4ddba1769f4c" data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="entity_reference:media_thumbnail" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{"image_style":"max_width_700px","image_link":"","image_loading":{"attribute":"lazy"}}" data-langcode class="embedded-entity"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_700px/public/images/boem_environmental_factsheet_page_1.jpg?itok=SCpGM_xW" width="700" height="906" alt="BOEM Environmental Factsheet_Page_1" class="img img--max-width-700px"> </div> </a></td><td><p><a href="/boem-factsheet-environment" title="BOEM-FactSheet-Environment">Environment Fact Sheet</a></p><p>BOEM ensures that environmental protection—informed by the best available science and law—is a foremost concern and an indispensable consideration in BOEM’s decision making.</p></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/node/11518"><div data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="30f101a7-9d12-40ca-969e-36abae7e32d4" data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="entity_reference:media_thumbnail" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{"image_style":"max_width_700px","image_link":"","image_loading":{"attribute":"lazy"}}" data-langcode class="embedded-entity"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_700px/public/images/marine_acoustics_managing_impact_factsheet_page_1.jpg?itok=Ah2H1iHO" width="700" height="906" alt="Marine acoustics factsheet cover" class="img img--max-width-700px"> </div> </a></td><td><p><a href="/fact-sheet-sound-studies" title="Fact-Sheet-on-Sound-Studies">Managing Impacts of Human-generated Noise on Marine Life</a></p><p>Through research and environmental reviews, BOEM plays a key role in improving the overall scientific understanding of the potential effects of anthropogenic, or human-generated, sound on marine life. This fact sheet describes BOEM’s adaptive management approach to developing and applying science for decisions on sound..</p></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/node/39096"><div data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="6b4706b0-0812-4ebc-a214-38f268af2be6" data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="entity_reference:media_thumbnail" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{"image_style":"max_width_700px","image_link":"","image_loading":{"attribute":"lazy"}}" data-langcode class="embedded-entity"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_700px/public/images/offshore_wind_development_and_whales_may_2024_page_1.jpg?itok=UJoskudj" width="700" height="906" alt="Offshore Wind Development and Whales (May 2024)_Page_1" class="img img--max-width-700px"> </div> </a></td><td><p><a href="/environment/offshore-wind-development-and-whales-may-2024" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="d1f2e4ac-d234-48e0-9001-b8fc3366f72b" data-entity-substitution="canonical">Offshore Wind Development and Whales</a></p><p>At BOEM, environmental protection – informed by the best available science and law – is a priority and an indispensable consideration in our decision making. Before any activities related to offshore wind development take place, BOEM requires companies to follow strict protective measures, including those to avoid, minimize, or mitigate any potential impacts from our regulated offshore energy activities.</p></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/node/39086"><div data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="8d173a39-19ee-45b0-9018-6accf1b37864" data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="entity_reference:media_thumbnail" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{"image_style":"max_width_700px","image_link":"","image_loading":{"attribute":"lazy"}}" data-langcode class="embedded-entity"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_700px/public/images/narw_osw_strategy_handout_may_2024_page_1.jpg?itok=8aTdVrsa" width="700" height="906" alt="NARW OSW Strategy Handout (May 2024)_Page_1" class="img img--max-width-700px"> </div> </a></td><td><p><a href="/environment/narw-osw-strategy-handout-may-2024" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="a8bd51eb-09b4-43ed-8699-b26882f21861" data-entity-substitution="canonical">North Atlantic Right Whale and Offshore Wind Strategy</a></p><p>On January 25, 2024, BOEM and NOAA Fisheries released the final joint strategy to protect and promote the recovery of endangered North Atlantic right whales while responsibly developing offshore wind energy. It was developed to support the Biden-Harris administration's goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030.</p></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/node/39091"><div data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="bf1c6b27-b903-4382-9f7c-ed0818a8b4ba" data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="entity_reference:media_thumbnail" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{"image_style":"max_width_700px","image_link":"","image_loading":{"attribute":"lazy"}}" data-langcode class="embedded-entity"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_700px/public/images/hrg_survey_handout_april_2024_final_page_1.jpg?itok=4CeWhh2J" width="700" height="906" alt="HRG Survey Handout (April 2024) Final_Page_1" class="img img--max-width-700px"> </div> </a></td><td><p><a href="/environment/hrg-survey-handout-april-2024-final" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="c074ba85-73a2-4b2f-93e6-b57df9abc899" data-entity-substitution="canonical">Understanding High Resolution Geophysical (HRG) Surveys</a></p><p>Before offshore wind construction begins, companies gather information to characterize the seafloor with high-resolution geophysical (HRG) surveys. HRG surveys use a suite of active sound sources to produce sounds that are reflected off features within the water column, on the seafloor, and below the seabed.</p></td></tr><tr><td><div data-langcode="en" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="64bdc3b4-eef6-4c4b-bb6f-3b74ae96f645" data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="entity_reference:media_thumbnail" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{"link_url":"entity:node\/34241","link_url_target":0,"image_style":"max_width_700px","image_link":"","image_loading":{"attribute":"lazy"}}" class="embedded-entity"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_700px/public/images/handout-offshore-construction-sounds-marine-life-v2.jpg?itok=QzM0-Ca5" width="700" height="906" alt="Handout for Offshore Construction Sounds Marine Life" class="img img--max-width-700px"> </div> </td><td><p><a href="/environment/handout-offshore-construction-sounds-marine-life-v2" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="147225b7-2741-410a-817a-bc3c1c0e4651" data-entity-substitution="canonical">Offshore Construction Sounds and Marine Life</a></p><p>There are many different sounds related to offshore construction activity, including the intentional transmission of sounds for characterizing the environment (such as geophysical sonars) and the inadvertent transmission of sounds (such as from vessel engines and pile driving). 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