Minimal COVID-19 quieting measured in the deep, offshore waters of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf

2021 ◽  
Vol 150 (4) ◽  
pp. A51-A52
Author(s):  
Jennifer Miksis-Olds ◽  
S. B. Martin ◽  
Kim Lowell ◽  
Christopher Verlinden ◽  
Kevin D. Heaney
Keyword(s):  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Outer Continental Shelf ◽  
The U.S

An empirical analysis of the determinants of high bonus bids for petroleum leases in the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)

2004 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omowumi O. Iledare ◽  
Allan G. Pulsipher ◽  
Williams O. Olatubi ◽  
Dmitry V. Mesyanzhinov
Keyword(s):  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Outer Continental Shelf ◽  
The U.S

Case Studies From Implementation of the First Commercial Leasing Processes for Areas of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Under the U.S. Renewable Energy Regulations, 30 CFR 585

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin C. Trager
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Regulatory Process ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Ocean Energy ◽  
Outer Continental Shelf ◽  
Environmentally Responsible ◽  
Ocean Wind ◽  
The U.S

President Barack Obama announced on April 22, 2009 that the U.S. Interior Department (USDOI) had completed the Final Renewable Energy Framework or rulemaking process (i.e., regulations) to govern management of the Renewable Energy Program for the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) within USDOI is responsible for overseeing the implementation of this framework. It establishes a program to grant leases, easements, and rights-of-way for orderly, safe, and environmentally responsible renewable energy development activities, such as the siting and construction of offshore wind generating facilities on the OCS, as well as other forms of renewable energy such as wave, current, and solar. To date, five commercial wind energy leases have been issued for areas on the U.S. OCS and several other areas are at various stages in the process leading to leasing. The leases issued for two states in particular — Delaware and Virginia — help serve as case studies for how the U.S. regulatory process for ocean wind leasing operates. This paper will discuss the process by which these leases were issued and next steps, which will illustrate the implementation and best practices of the U.S. regulatory process for offshore wind leasing.

A REEXAMINATION OF OCCURRENCE RATES FOR ACCIDENTAL OIL SPILLS ON THE U.S. OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF

1983 ◽  
Vol 1983 (1) ◽  
pp. 355-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth J. Lanfear ◽  
David E. Amstutz
Keyword(s):  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
Outer Continental Shelf ◽  
Cook Inlet ◽  
The Public ◽  
Exposure Variable ◽  
Accident Data ◽  
Prudhoe Bay ◽  
The U.S

ABSTRACT The Department of the Interior is required to evaluate the risks of oil spills from outer continental shelf (OCS) oil leasing and must compare these risks to those of other oil sources, such as importing oil. Past practice has been to treat spill occurrence as a Poisson process, with a rate proportional to the amount of oil produced or transported. U.S. oil production and accident data and worldwide tanker data were used. Criticism of this approach has centered on the validity of using oil volume as an exposure variable, and the applicability of existing accident data to frontier OCS areas. To examine these questions, the Interior Department recently sponsored several studies on OCS oil spill occurrence rates. One study compiled an extensive listing of all known oil spills of recent years and is believed to be the most complete database on oil spills available to the public. Another study looked at trends in oil spills from U.S. OCS platforms and discovered a statistically significant decrease in the spill rate since 1974. Other studies examined oil spill data for Cook Inlet and Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, and found that spill rates for these areas could not be shown to be significantly different from the U.S. OCS platform spill rate based on trend analysis. Studies are continuing to ensure that oil spill rates used by the Interior Department reflect the latest data and analyses.

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