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 13 Aug 2025 regulation, government contracts, oil and gas, indians-lands, mineral royalties, public lands-mineral resources, oil and gas exploration, federal policy, offshore drilling, revenue distribution

🛢️Offshore Distribution Cap Changes Impacting Oil & Gas Revenue

ONRR disburses certain monies generated from offshore oil and gas production on the Outer Continental Shelf ("OCS") in accordance with applicable laws. Through the enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB), Congress amended the offshore distribution caps for these disbursements. ONRR is therefore amending its regulations to be consistent with these statutory changes.

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