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News Items
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High School Students Tackle Offshore Challenge at UH
Competition Aims to Attract the Next Generation of Science and Technology Leaders HOUSTON – Teams of high school students will get a taste of the skills required to operate an offshore drilling… more
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President Requests $204.9 million in FY 2017 Budget for Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
WASHINGTON — President Obama’s fiscal year (FY) 2017 budget request for the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) provides critically needed resources to further strengthen BSEE’s… more
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President Requests $204.9 million in FY 2017 Budget for Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
WASHINGTON — President Obama’s fiscal year (FY) 2017 budget request for the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) provides critically needed resources to further strengthen BSEE’s… more
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BSEE and U.S. Coast Guard Sign Agreement for Regulating Offshore Floating Facilities
WASHINGTON - Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Director Brian Salerno welcomed U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Paul Thomas and other Coast Guard senior officers to BSEE's… more
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BSEE engages Alaska Native youth to highlight Arctic operations
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Alaska Region staff visited with Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program (ANSEP) students at the University of Alaska… more
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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