The BSEE Office of Public Affairs provides information to the public, the media and to our external stakeholders including environmental organizations, industry, trade associations and academia. Check here often to access all BSEE press releases and media advisories regarding BSEE activities.
News Items
-
BSEE Oversees Testing of Shell Arctic Drilling Well Containment Equipment
EVERETT, Wash.— Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Director Brian Salerno today announced that BSEE Alaska Region Director Mark Fesmire this week oversaw testing of Shell’s… more
-
BSEE Issues ITL, Approves First SEMS Audit Service Provider
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) today issued an Information to Lessees (ITL) to notify all lease holders and operators of oil and gas operations offshore that BSEE… more
-
BSEE Releases Panel Investigation Report into Vermilion Block 356 Loss of Well Control Event
WASHINGTON- The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) today released the report of the panel investigation into the January 30, 2014 loss of well control event at Vermilion Block 356… more
-
BSEE Proposes Regulations to Improve Safety of Offshore Cranes
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) today announced another key step in reducing risk offshore. The proposed rule, which will be published in the Federal Register on Monday,… more
-
BSEE Provides Updates on Production and Development in the Gulf of Mexico
This week, BSEE gave updates on production and development in the Gulf of Mexico Region to two different groups in Texas. On June 4th, Gulf of Mexico Region Production and Development Regional… more
-
30 Day Extension of Comment Period for Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is extending the public comment period on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking entitled 'Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations… more
-
Colorado School of Mines Engineering Students Visit BSEE
STERLING, VA -- Fifty-five college sophomores and juniors from the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) visited the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) office here last week to learn… more
-
Houston Man Sentenced for Providing False Statements In Relation To Blowout Preventer Testing On Oil Platform In Gulf Of Mexico
This week the United States Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Louisiana announced that Race Addington, 49, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced for making false statements to Bureau of Safety… more
-
BSEE Conducts Government Initiated Unannounced Exercise with DCOR LLC in Ventura California
VENTURA - Jason Langteau and Craig Ogawa from the BSEE Oil Spill Preparedness Division – Pacific Section - conducted a Government Initiated Unannounced Exercise (GIUE) with Dos Cuadras Offshore… more
-
BSEE Inspects Oil Spill Response Equipment Staged to Support Shell's Chukchi Sea Oil Spill Response Plan
VALDEZ - On April 29 -30, 2015, Christy Bohl and Steven Pearson from the BSEE Oil Spill Preparedness Division, Alaska Section, traveled to Valdez, Alaska to observe oil spill responder training and… more