“Building on the success of the oil and gas industry and their work in the open ocean for several decades now, we think offshore wind is a great business opportunity for them,” said Nancy Spoko, director of offshore wind and federal legislative affairs at the American Wind Energy Association. “And it’s a great starting point for offshore wind to utilize the skilled workers, infrastructures, the vessels and the body of expertise that comes from oil and gas to catapult another new ocean industry resource.”