BOEM Videos

		08/24/2016 Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 248 Sale 248 held on August 24, 2016, in New Orleans, LA, was the first federal offshore oil and gas auction broadcast live on the internet delivering pertinent bid information immediately to a much broader national and international audience.

		07/19/2016 Maryland Collaborative Archaeological Survey Archaeologists and scientific divers from the UNC Coastal Studies Institute, BOEM, East Carolina University and NOAA's Monitor National Marine Sanctuary recently completed a cultural resource survey within the wind energy area offshore Maryland.

		05/20/2016 Gulf of Mexico Historic Shipwrecks Help Scientists Unlock Mysteries of Deep-Sea Ecosystems and Impacts from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill BOEM's "Gulf of Mexico Shipwreck Corrosion, Hydrocarbon Exposure, Microbiology, and Archaeology (GOM-SCHEMA) project" is examining historic shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico to help scientists unlock mysteries of deep-sea ecosystems and impacts from the 2010 oil spill.

		04/22/2016 Working with Students to Promote Ocean Science Students shared their knowledge and creativity with their peers at the BOEM exhibit.

		03/24/2016 Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for proposed Central Planning Area Lease Sale 247 The proposed oil and gas lease sale is tentatively scheduled to be held in March 2017 under the current 5-Year Program.

		01/12/2016 How clean is your beach? BOEM Director Abigail Ross Hopper joined kindergarteners and fifth graders from Pierpont Elementary School in Ventura, California to find out.

		10/23/2015 Director Hopper Visits New Jersey On October 20, 2015, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Director Abigail Hopper traveled to Long Beach Island, New Jersey, to observe progress made since Hurricane Sandy in shore and dune restoration.

		09/17/2015 Cable Installation This video from Platform Heritage shows ‘Cable Enterprise’ lay the final section of cable for the ExxonMobil cable installation project. The ‘Cable Enterprise’ is a state-of-the-art dynamically positioned cable lay barge. It was recently retrofitted in Croatia and loaded with cable in Norway before being towed to California.

		08/23/2015 Coring a drowned cypress forest on the continental shelf This video provides a glimpse into innovative field work funded by BOEM and administered by the USFWS Northeast Region Migratory Bird program on several shorebird/coastal bird species in the mid-Atlantic region relative to effects of offshore wind energy development.

		08/05/2015 Tracking Endangered Birds This video provides a glimpse into innovative field work funded by BOEM and administered by the USFWS Northeast Region Migratory Bird program on several shorebird/coastal bird species in the mid-Atlantic region relative to effects of offshore wind energy development.

		07/23/2015 Sub Sampling BOEM conducts studies throughout the Pacific Region (California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii). This video features BOEM staff conducting a fish survey offshore California in a mini-submarine.

		07/01/2015 Sea Lion Rest Stop California sea lions find offshore oil and gas platforms to be an ideal place to rest. Join the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management as they take a quick look at what the sea lions are doing.

		05/26/2015 Atlantic Canyons: Pathways to the Abyss Pathways to the Abyss showcases deepwater marine habitats of two mid-Atlantic Canyons located 100 miles offshore Virginia and Maryland. Research findings from the study are significant and depict a biologically rich region that had not been fully explored in the past.

		05/08/2015 Virginia Collaborative Archaeological Survey Archaeologists and scientific divers from the UNC Coastal Studies Institute, BOEM, East Carolina University and NOAA's Monitor National Marine Sanctuary recently completed a cultural resource survey within the wind energy area proposed off Cape Charles, Virginia.

		04/28/2015 Arctic Currents: A Year in the Life of the Bowhead Whale This film presents the epic journey of bowhead whales as they make their annual migration across the Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort Seas. This films draws upon an extensive body of traditional knowledge gathered and sustained by the indigenous whaling peoples.

		04/21/2015 Lagrangian Study of the Deep Circulation in the Gulf of Mexico Revealing the Gulf of Mexico's Deep Hidden Currents. Since 2011, BOEM has been sponsoring a study of deep circulation in the Gulf of Mexico. Data collection is expected to conclude in spring 2015, followed by a BOEM final report in 2016.


		2013 Field Season of the Flower Garden Banks Long Term Monitoring Study - The 2013 field season continues the incredible research into the potential impacts from the oil and gas industry on the coral community health at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary.

		2012 Field Season of the Flower Garden Banks Long Term Monitoring Study - BOEM’s Gulf of Mexico Region dive team filmed some of the scientific research taking place over 100 miles offshore of Galveston, TX.

		07/14/2014 Coastal Resilience: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM's) Role BOEM, using funds it received from the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013, is identifying and evaluating potential offshore sand resources along the Atlantic coast.

		04/25/2014 Wind Turbine Demonstration Demonstration of Wind Turbine technology at USA Science & Engineering Festival.

		11/27/2013 Analysis of Fish Populations at Platforms off Summerland, California Photos from November 2013 ROV Cruise: BOEM Pacific Region Study: Analysis of Fish Populations at Platforms off Summerland, California

		06/09/2013 BOEM-Platts Energy Interview BOEM Deputy Director Walter Cruickshank is interviewed by Platts Energy about a lease sale (i.e., auction) for a Wind Energy Area (WEA) offshore Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

		05/22/2013 Lophelia II Exploration and Research of Northern Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Natural and Artificial Hard Bottom Habitats with Emphasis on Coral Communities - Reefs, Rigs, and Wrecks

		04/27/2012 Gulf of Mexico Expedition Discovers Amazing Historic Shipwreck BOEM archaeologists working with the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research and other partners* discovered an historic wooden-hulled vessel that sank some 200 years ago.

		03/27/2013 Civil War Wreck Mapped in 3D The only Federal warship sunk at sea in the Gulf of Mexico during the Civil War lies about 20 miles off of the Texas coast, in Federal waters administered by BOEM and BSEE.

		11/15/2012 Cape Lookout Lighthouse Morning Cape Lookout Lighthouse Morning Siemens 10nm Animation

		Excavations at the Mardi Gras Shipwreck Site - In May 2007, an expedition, led by Texas A&M University and funded by Okeanos Gas Gathering Company under an agreement with BOEM (formerly MMS), launched to undertake the deepest scientific archaeological excavation ever attempted.