| Reform and Reorganization |
BOEM and BSEE Separation
(January 2011) |
Pursuant to the May 19, 2010 Secretarial Order, the Department of the Interior is establishing three separate and independent entities to carry out the functions once performed by the Minerals Management Service. |
BSEE Fact Sheet
(October 2011) |
BSEE has created a fact sheet that covers the organizational structure, missions and responsibilities of the year-old bureau. |
Reforms Fact Sheet
(October 2011) |
In response to the Deepwater Horizon explosion and resulting oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the Department of the Interior instituted the most aggressive and comprehensive reforms to offshore oil and gas regulation and oversight in U.S. history. This fact sheet outlines the efforts to increase the safety of offshore energy exploration and development. |
Reorganization Fact Sheet
(date) |
The reorganization of the former Minerals Management Service was designed to remove the complex and sometimes conflicting missions of the agency by providing the two new bureaus with clear and focused missions and responsibilities. This fact sheet outlines the efforts that went into the reorganization, new reforms and the formation of BOEM and BSEE. |
BOEM and BSEE Responsibilities Guide
(date) |
The Department of Interior created two new, independent agencies to carry out the offshore energy management and enforcement functions of the Department. This fact sheet outlines the detailed responsibilities of each bureau. |
| Regulations |
Workplace Safety Rule Fact Sheet
(October 2010) |
The Workplace Safety Rule covers all offshore oil and gas operations in federal waters and makes mandatory the previously voluntary practices in the American Petroleum Institute's (API) Recommended Practice 75 (RP 75). |
Drilling Safety Rule Fact Sheet
(August 2012) |
The Drilling Safety Rule imposes requirements that will enhance the safety of oil and gas drilling operations on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). It addresses both well bore integrity and well control equipment and procedures. The Drilling Safety Rule will be effective immediately upon publication. |
SEMS II Fact Sheet
(April 2013) |
The SEMS II Final Rule enhances the original SEMS rule, also known as the Workplace Safety Rule, that was issued in October 2010, providing greater protection by supplementing operators’ SEMS programs with employee training, empowering field level personnel with safety management decisions and strengthening auditing procedures by requiring them to be completed by independent third parties. |
| Ohmsett |
Ohmsett Fact Sheet
(September 2011) |
Ohmsett is BSEE's oil spill response and renewable energy testing and research center. It hosts one of the largest above ground concrete test tanks of its kind, measuring 203 meters long by 20 meters wide by 3.4 meters deep. This fact sheet reviews Ohmsett's mission and testing capabilities. |
Ohmsett Artic Oil Spill Research Fact Sheet
(date) |
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement has successfully developed and conducted research projects directly related to improving equipment and processes for the prompt identification and removal of oil from harsh Arctic environments. This fact sheet highlights the BSEE Oil Spill Response Research program arctic oil spill response efforts. |
| Oil Spill Response Research |
OSR Fact Sheet
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| Technological Research |
Technological Assessment & Research
(November 2011) |
BSEE's Technology Assessment & Research (TA&R) program supports research regarding operational safety and pollution prevention related to offshore oil and natural gas and renewable energy exploration and development, and is an important part of BSEE's safety program. |