Outer Continental Shelf

U.S. Coast Guard and Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Sign Agreement on Offshore Oversight

by David Dickman, Megan Roberts-Satinsky | Venable LLP on 5/15/2013

On May 9, 2013, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) announced that they had entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) concerning offshore safety and environmental regulations....more

REGULATORY: Mining and Natural Resources Regulatory; Maritime Deep Seabed Mining: The Next Wave -- U.S. Seabed Mining Regulatory...

by King & Spalding on 4/17/2013

Part I of this article appeared in the December 2012 Energy Newsletter and provided an introduction to the three principal types of seabed ore deposits, a history of exploration efforts, and an overview of the 1982 United...more

TRANSACTIONAL: Financial Restructuring: Oil and gas "leases" and farmout agreements in bankruptcy proceedings

by King & Spalding on 2/14/2013

Most people think of an oil and gas mineral “lease” as, so named, a lease. However, this common thinking is not necessarily accurate, both with respect to state and federal law and in particular in the bankruptcy courts in...more

BSEE Issues Draft Policy Statement Implementing Safety Culture For Regulated Activities On The OCS

by Paul B. Smyth, Robert (Bob) P. Thibault | Perkins Coie on 12/28/2012

On December 19, 2012, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) issued a draft Policy Statement that is intended to ensure a positive safety culture in those entities, including previously unregulated service...more

Steps Toward Wind Energy Development Off North Carolina Coast

by Alexander Elkan | Brooks Pierce on 12/21/2012

The possibility of wind energy development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) off North Carolina’s shores moved one step closer to fruition last week, as the Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management...more

BOEM Five Year Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil And Gas Leasing Program Under Attack

by Andrew J. Quackenbos | King, Krebs & Jurgens, PLLC on 12/17/2012

The Center for Sustainable Economy, a non-profit public interest consulting firm, filed a lawsuit today against the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) in an attempt to halt that agency’s first approved five-year Outer...more

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