Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

BSEE monitors Gulf of Mexico offshore activities in advance of Zeta

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has activated the Hurricane Response Team as Tropical Storm Zeta continued to head towards the Gulf of Mexico today.

The Hurricane Response Team is monitoring offshore oil and gas operators as they evacuate platforms and rigs in the Gulf of Mexico in preparation for Zeta. The team works with offshore operators and other state and federal agencies until operations return to normal and the storm is no longer a threat to Gulf of Mexico oil and...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/bsee-monitors-gulf-of-mexico-offshore-activities-in-advance-of-zeta/

BOEM, BSEE to look at policy changes to increase U.S. Gulf production

Shell's Perdido deepwater platform. Photo courtesy of Royal Dutch Shell

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) said yesterday that they will advance new research into whether certain policy changes could help increase oil and gas production from deepwater infrastructure already in place in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM).

“President Trump recognizes smart policy requires us to look for adjustments that need to be made today to facilitate U.S. offshore competitiveness, or we will experience problems...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/boem-bsee-to-look-at-policy-changes-to-increase-u-s-gulf-production/

BOEM proposes changes to offshore oil and gas bond requirements

In support of President Trump’s Executive Order 13795, implementing an America-first offshore energy strategy, the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) announced proposed changes to clarify, streamline and provide greater transparency to financial assurance requirements (e.g. bonding) for the offshore oil and gas industry, while protecting American taxpayers against high-risk decommissioning liabilities.

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https://www.workboat.com/news/government/boem-proposes-changes-to-offshore-oil-and-gas-bond-requirements/

BSEE Hurricane Laura activity final report

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Hurricane Response Team continues to monitor offshore oil and gas operations in the Gulf as operators resume operations on platforms and rigs following Hurricane Laura. The team works with offshore operators and other state and federal agencies until operations return to normal. This is the final update of evacuation and shut-in production statistics for Hurricane Laura.

Based on data from offshore operator reports submitted as of 11:30 a.m....

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/bsee-hurricane-laura-activity-final-report/

Almost half the platforms in Gulf evacuated ahead of Laura

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Hurricane Response Team continues to monitor offshore oil and gas operations on platforms and rigs in the Gulf of Mexico as a result of Hurricane Laura. The team works with offshore operators and other state and federal agencies until operations return to normal and the storms are no longer a threat to Gulf of Mexico oil and gas activities.

Based on data from offshore operator reports submitted as of 11:30 CDT Thursday, Aug. 27, personnel...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/almost-half-the-platforms-in-gulf-evacuated-ahead-of-laura/

BOEM awards sensitive habitat contract to CSA

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), on the behalf of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, awarded a contract to CSA Ocean Sciences Inc., a marine environmental consulting firm, to review existing survey data to identify and describe potential hard-bottom areas in shallow, federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

While much of the Gulf of Mexico seafloor is comprised of soft sediments, habitats with hard substrate are scattered across the shelf. These hard-bottom habitats...

https://www.workboat.com/news/bluewater/boem-awards-sensitive-habitat-contract-to-csa/

Interior clarifies OCS renewable energy regulatory role

Deepwater Wind's Block Island Wind Farm is the first commercial wind energy project inU.S. waters. Department of Energy photo.

The Department of the Interior (DOI) today announced steps to ensure workplace safety on outer continental shelf (OCS) renewable energy facilities. The new policy, which will be published in the Federal Register on Oct. 18, clarifies that DOI will act as the principal federal agency for the regulation and enforcement of safety and health requirements for OCS renewable energy facilities.

“This policy statement is a major milestone in advancing the renewable energy program on the OCS,” said Bureau...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/interior-clarifies-ocs-renewable-energy/

Chevron’s Big Foot platform finally goes into production

Chevron's Big Foot tension leg platform. Chevron photo.

Chevron’s long-troubled Big Foot tension leg platform got its final pre-production inspection from the federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Nov. 15 and saw first oil five days later, the agency said.

Moored in the Gulf of Mexico about 225 miles south of New Orleans, the Big Foot platform was originally scheduled to go into production back in 2014. But strong Gulf loop currents delayed its arrival on site for months, and then a major failure of the mooring system put the project...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/chevrons-big-foot-platform-finally-goes-into-production/

BSEE final Tropical Storm Michael statistics: Oct. 16, 2018

The Marco Polo tension-leg platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Photo courtesy of BOEM

Offshore oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico are resuming normal operations following Tropical Storm Michael. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Hurricane Response Team is monitoring operators’ activities. The team will continue to work with offshore operators and other state and federal agencies until Gulf of Mexico oil and gas operations return to normal. This is the final update (Tuesday, Oct. 16) of evacuation and shut-in production statistics for Tropical...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/bsee-final-tropical-storm-michael-statistics-oct-16-2018/

BSEE Tropical Storm Michael statistics: Oct. 11, 2018

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The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Hurricane Response Team is continuing to monitor offshore oil and gas operators in the Gulf in the aftermath of their evacuations from platforms and rigs following the landfall of Hurricane Michael on the northeastern Gulf of Mexico coast yesterday. The team works with offshore operators and other state and federal agencies until operations return to normal and the storm is no longer a threat to Gulf of Mexico oil and gas activities.

Based...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/bsee-tropical-storm-michael-statistics-oct-11-2018/

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