Rule 13 Aug 2025 compliance, regulations, environmental protection, government contracts, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, mineral resources, penalties, investigations, environmental impact statements, oil and gas, oil and gas exploration, pipelines, continental shelf, environmental enforcement, bsee, offshore drilling

🌊Offshore Downhole Commingling Regulatory Updates Overview

The Department of the Interior (DOI or Department), through the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), is revising the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) downhole commingling regulations consistent with the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (OBBB). These administrative revisions update the regulations to ensure consistency with the OBBB when BSEE reviews a request for downhole commingling.

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Rule 1 Aug 2025 compliance, environmental protection, regulation, government contracts, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, mineral resources, penalties, investigations, environmental impact statements, oil and gas exploration, department of the interior, pipelines, continental shelf, bsee, offshore energy, sulphur operations

⚒️BSEE Removes Outdated Sulphur Operations Regulations

The Department of the Interior (DOI or Department), through the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), is rescinding the majority of the provisions in its sulphur operations subpart and revising the subpart by applying other available regulatory requirements for similar operations to sulphur operations in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The existing regulations are outdated, duplicative of, or inconsistent with, other Department regulations. This direct final rule provides consistency and clarity to industry regarding regulatory requirements for sulphur operations by aligning the requirements with the Department's other BSEE-administered regulations.

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Notice 20 Jun 2025 regulatory compliance, business opportunities, gulf of america, pipeline ownership, bsee

🛢️Proposed Pipeline Ownership Transfer by BSEE - Submission Notice

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is considering whether to authorize the transfer of ownership of certain pipelines in the Gulf of America (GOA).

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