...Gulf; formerly the Gulf of Mexico) (BOEM, 2014; Chassignet and Srinivasan, 2015). The overall objective of this study is to improve our understanding of the multi-scale variations (spatially and in time) of the physical processes in the Gulf. The specific objectives are to 1) increase the horizontal resolution of the current Gulf HYbrid Coordinate ...

...Fluid mud events do not alter sedimentary oxygen consumption rates, despite transporting large amounts of sediment. This paradox is due to high temperatures and low availability of labile organic matter, which decomposes rapidly, and the offshore transport of organic matter during the post-sedimentation stage. A coupled 3D model captures the ...

... threshold of those species, such as sea turtles and some cetaceans, and could qualify as harassment of those species. Current protocols have been defined by BOEM to mitigate harassment, including the use of protective species observers (PSO) to monitor the behavior of protected species in areas that may be affected by frequencies produces in ...

...relates to BOEM-regulated activities. Workshops were held at Louisiana State University in late 2022 and 2023. Panelists were selected from government, academia, industry, and local stake-holder communities and the same panelists were generally invited for all four sessions. The panel concluded that specific studies could enhance BOEM’s management ...

... oil and gas production. It does not explore any testable hypotheses or other complex research questions but is merely a fact book that describes, examines, and outlines the nature of a variety of different, yet important, energy infrastructure assets in the region. The fact book examines these infrastructure assets’ future development trends, ...

... Shelf (OCS) following storm activity. Three areas were selected for the study, the Western Planning Area (WPA), Central Planning Area (CPA), and Mississippi River Delta Front (MRD). Within these three areas, the positions of 20 pipeline segments were monitored using a transverse gradiometer (TVG) array (magnetometer towfish) to detect the ...

...North Pacific Research Board (NPRB) and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) entered into this Cooperative Agreement to support the Arctic Integrated Ecosystem Research Program (Arctic IERP, www.nprb.org/arctic) in partnership during 2016-2022....

...natural gas and oil exploration, etc. Fine-grained details from acoustic studies are prone to loss due to lack of standardization and available data archives. This project provides a mechanism for BOEM and other agencies to archive these data in a standard manner, enabling data driven solutions for understanding anthropogenic impacts of energy ...

...that simulate waves, hydrodynamics, and sediment transport within Foggy Island Bay and shoreline change along the mainland coast of the Bay. Model results of the hindcast period from 1979 through 2019, supported by and in combination with both historical and the newly acquired 2018 – 2020 field measurements, elucidate on the physical oceanographic ...

... airguns as an energy source. We deployed an integrated vector sensor array (NoiseSpotter™) to measure both the pressure and the particle motion components of the acoustic disturbance from the seismic survey. We assessed the behavioral responses of rockfishes (Sebastes spp.), lingcod, and Dungeness crab to these seismic pulses using acoustic ...