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News Items
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BSEE Sends Safety Alert Concerning Faulty Connector and Bolt Failures
Today, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement sent a Safety Alert to the offshore oil and gas industry concerning connector and bolt failures in critical safety equipment currently… more
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BSEE Participates in Clean Gulf Conference, Supports Youth Initiative in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS - Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) staff participated in the annual Clean Gulf Conference and Exhibition last month in New Orleans. Engineers from the Oil Spill… more
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BSEE Conducts Oil Spill Exercises with Gulf of Mexico Operators
NEW ORLEANS – Analysts and engineers from the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement’s (BSEE) Oil Spill Preparedness Division conducted oil spill response efforts in the Gulf of Mexico Region… more
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BSEE Decommissioning Costs Reporting Rule Finalized
WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) today announced that offshore oil and gas lessees and owners of operating rights are now… more
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Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement to Launch Pilot Risk-Based Inspection Program for Offshore Facilities
WASHINGTON- In an effort to improve its focus on offshore oil and gas facilities that exhibit a number of distinguishing risk factors, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is… more
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Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement to Launch Pilot Risk-Based Inspection Program for Offshore Facilities
WASHINGTON- In an effort to improve its focus on offshore oil and gas facilities that exhibit a number of distinguishing risk factors, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is… more
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On The Hill: Salerno Testifies in Front of Senate Committee
WASHINGTON - This morning, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Director Brian Salerno testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources regarding the Well Control… more
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Salerno Op-Ed: Proposed well standards bring accountability to offshore safety
WASHINGTON – In an op-ed published today in the Houston Chronicle's FuelFix, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Director Brian Salerno writes that the focal point of numerous… more
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BSEE Participates in Circumpolar Gap Analysis Workgroup
COPENHANGEN, Denmark - Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement staff from the Oil Spill Preparedness Division attended an international workshop last month that focused on how Arctic… more
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Offshore Operator Agrees to More Than $41 Million in Penalties for Unauthorized Oil Discharges and Improper Operations in Gulf of Mexico
ATP Oil & Gas Corp. Settles BSEE and EPA Claims in Joint Judicial Enforcement Action under Clean Water Act and Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act In the continuing joint enforcement action by the… more