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Adams and Reese LLP

U.S. Department of the Interior Publishes Final Well Control Rule to Help Prevent Offshore Catastrophic Blowouts

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The United States Department of the Interior published the final well control rule on Aug. 22 from the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE). The rule clarifies blowout preventer (BOP) system regulations and...more

Morgan Lewis - Power & Pipes

GAO Finds Offshore Pipeline Oversight Lacking

On April 19, 2021, eleven years since the Deepwater Horizon explosion, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report issued to Congress criticizing the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Safety and...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

As Bankruptcy Bells Ring in the Outer Continental Shelf, BSEE May Toll for You

In 2014, we wrote about efforts by the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) to require less traditional parties to fund the decommissioning of idle oil and gas wells and related...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

BSEE Decommission-in-Place Discussions Present Opportunity

The Department of Interior’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement is soliciting comments on whether and under what circumstances it should allow decommissioning-in-place of pipeline-related infrastructure in...more

Blank Rome LLP

The Courts Strike Down Oilfield Contractor Penalty Liabilities

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On December 18, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dismissed the U.S. government’s appeal regarding a Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”) Notification of Incident of Noncompliance...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

The Fifth Circuit Restricts BSEE's Enforcement Authority Over Offshore Contractors in the Gulf of Mexico

On Wednesday, September 27, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an important decision in United States vs. Moss, No. 16-30561 that limits the authority of the federal government to bring enforcement actions...more

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Fifth Circuit Sounds The Death Knell For BSEE Jurisdiction Over Offshore Contractors

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Since October 2011, when the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) issued its first-ever Incidents of Non-Compliance (INCs) against offshore contractors (Halliburton and Transocean) in the wake of the...more

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Scott Angelle Tapped to Take the Helm of BSEE

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Scott Angelle took over as the Director of the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, May 23. Mr. Angelle is well known to the oil and gas...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Fifth Circuit To Decide Whether BSEE Can Regulate Contractors Under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act

In the wake of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon incident, which involved multiple contractors, the federal government revised its approach to offshore safety and environmental regulation. For the first time, the Bureau of Safety...more

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Interior Releases Final Rule for Blowout Prevention Systems and Well Control in Offshore Drilling Operations

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On April 14, 2016, the Department of the Interior (DOI), through the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), released a final rule establishing requirements for certain offshore oil and gas drilling,...more

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The Well Control Final Rule Is Here, Finally

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Action Item: The recently published Well Control Rule will require significant changes to Blow-Out Preventer (“BOP”) systems and well operations. Stakeholders in offshore oil and gas operations should carefully evaluate the...more

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Five Years in the Making: Improved Safety for Offshore Oil and Gas Development

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Sometimes new regulations come out of nowhere. And sometimes it is just a matter of time. Last week’s unveiling of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement’s (“BSEE”) offshore blowout preventer and well control...more

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BSEE and DOI Take Action on Five-Year Anniversary of Deepwater Horizon

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Action Item: BSEE has proposed significant changes to BOP systems and well operations in light of the five-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon incident. Stakeholders in offshore oil and gas operations should carefully...more

King & Spalding

Broader Regulation of Offshore Contractors on Horizon

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On November 12, 2014 the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) strongly signaled a forthcoming review of its offshore facility decommissioning regulations and regulatory authority over contactors. While the...more

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