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Regional update
As public officials begin to lift mask mandates for state funded facilities, it is clear a new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic is soon on its way for our city of Houston – assimilating to the ‘new normal’. Restaurants, bars Amanda Duhon and supermarkets are now observing the beginnings of a surge of people more comfortable with leaving their homes, after more than a year. Hopefully soon, with a continued rise of vaccinations in our state of Texas, the ‘new normal’ will be a reality everyone can feel comfortable with. To be sure, in June we participated in the first in-person conference in Houston. We look forward to taking forward EIC Connect Energy USA in September of this year. As a hybrid event, we will look to host the well sought-after VIP dinner, oneto-one meetings, while hosting project updates virtually prior to the in-person event. In the meantime, the EIC Houston team continued to plan and execute high quality EIC LIVE e-vents for our members across the globe. On 26 May, the EIC, in partnership with the British American Business Council of Texas (BABC TX), helped welcome its new executive director, Sarah Durbridge, during an evening of networking online. With an existing MoU between the BABC TX and the EIC, members from both organisations were able to join and showcase their respective company offerings, a new deal or success story, and most importantly meet and network with individuals who might be looking to join each other’s network.
Amanda Duhon Regional Director, North & Central America amanda.duhon@the-eic.com
Forthcoming events
Wednesday 7 July 2021 EIC LIVE e-vent North American LNG Project Updates
The EIC and global digital event sponsor, Turner and Townsend, are proud to bring you the third in a series of webinars focused on the LNG sector in North America. Please join us and learn about the latest market intelligence, and how that may aid you understand, identify and pursue potential business opportunities.
www.the-eic.com/EventDetail?dateid=2980
Tuesday 28 September 2021 EIC Connect Energy USA 2021 2.0
Join leading energy companies who will provide project Get in touch Share your news and views... updates across renewables, energy transition and oil and gas.
Regional news
Agreement unlocks 4.6GW of offshore wind potential in California
Following co-operation between the state of California, the Department of Interior (DoI) and the Department of Defence (DoD), state and federal authorities have agreed to advance commercialscale offshore wind developments in two areas off California’s northern and central coasts. Dubbed Morro Bay 399 and Humboldt Bay, the two zones can support up to 4.6GW of installed capacity. The agreement, however, does not include the 556 sq mile (1,440km2) Diablo Canyon area off the central coast of California, a tract highly coveted by offshore wind developers. California’s bathymetry is characterised by a quick drop to deep water depths, which opens up opportunities for floating offshore wind projects.
BOEM updates US offshore reserves figures
The Bureau of Offshore Energy Management (BOEM) has announced that the country’s technically recoverable reserves on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) stand at 68.7 billion barrels of oil and 229 trillion cubic feet of gas. The Gulf of Mexico and the coast of Alaska contain most oil reserves, with approximately 29.5bn and 24.7bn barrels, respectively. Alaska also concentrates more than half of the country’s gas reserves, with 124.3Tcf. A large share of reserves assessed by BOEM, however, are offlimits to exploration work, such as the Alaskan coast, Pacific and Atlantic coasts and sections of the Gulf of Mexico.
