Commentary: More dialogue needed on BSEE well control rule
By Erik Milito Safe, responsible energy development in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond is vital to the U.S. economy and job growth, as well as U.S. energy and national security. Joint efforts from the...
View ArticleIndustry study predicts Gulf drilling plummet from safety rule
Announced last April by Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewel, the rule would tighten standards on blowout preventers - the device that failed in the case of Deepwater - as well as put more controls on...
View ArticleTop U.S. official says adjustments made on offshore drilling rule, following...
Brian Salerno, director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, said changes to the new offshore drilling standards had merely codified what was standard practice at his agency - that...
View ArticleNASA brought in to advise on reducing offshore drilling risk
The Bureau of of Safety and Environmental Enforcement announced Thursday that NASA has agreed to advise them on reducing the risk of accidents offshore.
View ArticleNew offshore drilling rules announced, six years after Deepwater Horizon
Officials said the regulatory overhaul has undergone considerable revision since a draft proposal was released last year, drawing on "an unprecedented level of stakeholder outreach," U.S. Interior...
View ArticleOffshore drilling’s top cop tours OTC
Selling the high-tech equipment used to extract oil deep from beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico is one thing. But what about when the offshore drilling industry's top cop wants to know how your...
View ArticleOffshore drilling regulator warns of bolt failures in Gulf of Mexico
Brian Salerno, director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, said so far the failures had not resulted in any major oil leaks or other incidents but the rapid corrosion concerned...
View ArticleBSEE Director urges offshore companies to share drilling data
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Director Brian Salerno said Thursday that regulators the offshore oil and gas industry and need to do a better job sharing the vast volumes of drilling...
View ArticleFederal offshore chief calls for urgency in bolt failure inquiry
The federal government’s top offshore drilling regulator said Monday that regulators and the oil and gas industry need to figure out why bolts are failing on undersea equipment used in offshore...
View Article15 percent of Gulf oil production shut in ahead of Hermine, feds say
Offshore safety officials say oil companies have shut in more than 15 percent of the crude production in the Gulf of Mexico and have evacuated workers from 10 production platforms and one drilling rig...
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