offshore drilling and production

BOEMRE splits -- becomes BSEE and BOEM

Keith B. Hall
October 04, 2011 23:48

Effective October 1, 2011, the United States Department of Interior replaced its Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) with two new bureaus -- the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).  The...

Senator Vitter to Block Nominee Until Leases Extended

Keith B. Hall
August 06, 2011 22:40

Louisiana Senator David Vitter announced on August 3, 2011 that he will block the nomination of Rebecca Wodder to serve as Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks in the U.S. Department of Interior until the agency extends the terms for hundreds of leases for drilling in the Gulf...

BOEMRE Issues Conditional Approval for Shell's Plan for Drilling in Beaufort Sea

Keith B. Hall
August 06, 2011 22:01

On August 4, 2011, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) announced that it has granted conditional approval for Shell's revised Exploration Plan to drill as many as four shallow water exploration wells in Alaska's Beaufort Sea beginning in July 2012. ...

Shell's Arctic Drilling Plans

Keith B. Hall
May 05, 2011 19:05

Yesterday, Shell Oil filed plans with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement to drill as many as four exploration wells in the Beaufort Sea off Alaska's northern coast.  And, the Houston Chronicle reports that next week Shell plans to file a...