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EIA raises the Gulf’s all-time monthly production record (April 2026) to 2.123 million bopd! Sable effect evident in the Pacific.

Posted in California, Gulf of Mexico, Offshore Energy - General, tagged , , , , , , , on September 3, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Raising the bar! The EIA’s August data release (delayed until 9/2) upped the Gulf’s all-time monthly production record (April 2026) by 14,000 bopd to 2,123,000 bopd. June production settled in just below the 2 million bopd mark.

Meanwhile, Pacific production has tripled this year reflecting the Sable SYU effect. Note that Sable reported Santa Ynez Unit production of 38,000 bopd in July and 42,000 bopd for the first week in August. This should push total Pacific production for July and August to over 50,000 bopd.

EIA explains (sort of) the delay in their June data release (only 2 days late, but enough to trigger a few conspiracy theories).

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Rigs (barges) to Reactors in Long Beach?

Posted in California, energy policy, rigs-to-reefs, tagged , , , , , , on September 2, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Bluecore Energy, with the support of the Port of Long Beach, is proposing nuclear reactors on barges. The Mayor of Long Beach is all-in!

“There is no better place to launch the next generation of zero-emission maritime energy than the world’s first Green Port. Long Beach has always been where global trade meets innovation, and today we’re becoming the place where the technologies that will power the future of the maritime economy are developed.BLUECORE ENERGY’s decision to build here reflects the momentum we’re creating by bringing together clean technology, advanced manufacturing, and world-class talent to grow the industries that will define the next generation.”

The State moratorium on new nuclear plants is still in place and the California Coastal Commission has yet to be heard from.

The Federal govt (MMA) has expressed an interest in responsible nuclear power generation on the OCS. Perhaps the parties should consider that alternative.

Related opportunity: Offshore Data Centers

Platforms offshore Long Beach and Orange County

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Fish Reef Project explores the marine habitat at Platforms Ellen and Elly

Posted in California, decommissioning, energy policy, Offshore Energy - General, Regulation, rigs-to-reefs, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on September 1, 2026| 1 Comment »

Chris Goldblatt, CEO of the Fish Reef Project shared this impressive new video on the habitat beneath Platforms Ellen and Elly in the Beta Unit offshore Huntington Beach, CA. As Chris explains in the video, such valuable habitat will be needlessly lost if companies are required to remove structures down to the seafloor.

Platforms Ellen and Elly

A National Geographic article discussed the marine life beneath Eureka, the third platform in the Beta Unit:

“Every square inch is covered in marine life,” says Milton Love, biologist at the Marine Science Institute at University of California, Santa Barbara. “Sometimes there are so many fish that you can’t even see through them to the platform. It’s overwhelmingly striking.”

Jeremy Claisse, Cal Poly Pomona, called Eureka “as productive as any other marine fish habitat that has been studied around the world.”

Sea lion beneath Platform Eureka. Photo by Joel Platko

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