Happy Tuesday
Did anyone
happen to read the Offshore Daily Newsletter on April 24, 2026, their
article titled, “University of Houston joins $20M initiative to repurpose
offshore infrastructure in the Gulf”? In
the article, it speaks on how University of Houston (UH) has aligned with the Gulf
Offshore Research Institute (GORI) and other academics including Texas A&M
University – Corpus Christi, University of Michigan, as well as others in the
non-profit and private sectors who are looking into giving idle Gulf of Mexico (GOM)
offshore oil and gas structures a new purpose. GORI has been awarded $20M from the Gulf
Futures Challenge project to find innovative ways to use the old and idle offshore
assets for mineral recovery and aquaculture, future workforce readiness, and energy
transition. UH will be part of the Repurposing Offshore Infrastructure Continued Energy (ROICE) of the
project and has been awarded $1.3M over the next ½ decade to further research
for future labor force development as well as evaluating technical feasibility
and economic viability of repurposing the infrastructure. The
goal is to help lower decommissioning costs by giving the infrastructure a new
life. We will let you know, if we hear
anything else on this opportunity to innovate the GOM and its idle offshore assets!
If you would like to read more of the
Oil & Gas Journal’s article, please click the link: University of Houston joins $20M initiative to repurpose offshore infrastructure in the Gulf | Offshore Magazine.
Don’t forget
to check out our ESC website or
contact us via the email in the Blog, if you have a hydrocarbon liquids
project you would like to see get off the ground or you would like to see
what’s under your feet to help with your emissions!
We hope you have a wonderful evening!
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