Effective May 18, 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) will no longer proceed in reverse chronological order for Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil, gas, and sulfur predecessor lessees, owners of operating rights, and grant holders when requiring these entities to perform their accrued decommissioning obligations if the current lessees, owners, or...Read More

The offshore oil and gas industry has installed approximately 40,000 miles of oil and gas pipelines in federal offshore waters since the 1940s, but since the 1960s, the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has allowed the offshore oil and gas industry to leave 97 percent of pipelines (18,000 miles) on the seafloor...Read More