Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
NOIA Statement on Proposed Arctic Regulations: Don’t Freeze American Opportunity
For Immediate Release: Friday, February 20, 2015 Contact: Robert Myers, (202) 465-8464, rmyers@nullnoia.org NOIA Statement on Proposed Arctic Regulations: Don’t Freeze American Opportunity NOIA President Randall Luthi issued the following statement in response to the Administration’s proposed Arctic Regulations on offshore oil and gas production: […]
NOIA Chairman John Rynd- “Domestic Energy is Key to Independence”
By John T. Rynd | January 19, 2015 | Updated: January 19, 2015 6:14pm President Obama has the opportunity to leave the country better off than it was six years ago, in terms of reliability, sustainability and availability of offshore energy. To date, however, the […]
NO, the off-shore oil industry is not spiraling toward another BP oil spill
From the Washington Examiner by Randall Luthi Not surprisingly, there is a whole other side to the condemnation recently expressed in the New York Times by former Minerals Management Service Director Liz Birnbaum and Jacqueline Savitz of Oceana regarding the safety of the offshore oil and natural gas industry since the Macondo […]
Critics take aim at upcoming federal report on Atlantic drilling
Posted on February 26, 2014 at 6:00 pm by Jennifer A. Dlouhy in Offshore WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s Interior Department is on track this week to release a final environmental analysis that would help pave the way for the first seismic studies in decades to pinpoint […]
Nye: Time for Virginia to take part in the energy boom
Nye: Time for Virginia to take part in the energy boom Jason Nye | Nye is senior vice president for Statoil and serves on the National Ocean Industries Association's board of directors. He is a 1983 graduate of Northside High and native of Roanoke. | […]
NOIA President Applauds Establishment of the Ocean Energy Safety Institute
For Immediate Release: Friday, November 8, 2013 Contact: Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nicolette@nullnoia.org NOIA President Applauds Establishment of the Ocean Energy Safety Institute Washington, D.C. – National Ocean Industries Association President Randall Luthi today issued the following statement on the Bureau of Safety […]
Regulators call for offshore industry ‘stand down’
By Laura Barron-Lopez Regulators are calling for an industry "stand down" to review safety precautions after investigating a Gulf of Mexico oil rig explosion that resulted in three deaths. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement released a report on Thursday that found rig operator Black Elk Energy […]
Interior chief seeks balance in use of public lands
October 31, 2013, 04:02 pm By Laura Barron-Lopez Interior Secretary Sally Jewell on Thursday handed down a new order to guide energy development projects on public lands. The order "is about good government" and encourages businesses to work with Interior on caring for public lands, Jewell […]
Report: Offshore regulator needs outside expertise on technology
Posted on October 28, 2013 at 4:28 pm by Jennifer A. Dlouhy An aerial view of the Ensco 8502 drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico. (Jennifer A. Dlouhy/Houston Chronicle) WASHINGTON — The expertise of the offshore oil and gas industry outmatches the federal agency that oversees it, […]
Feds give industry more time to vet offshore rule
by Jennifer A. Dlouhy Federal regulators on Thursday gave in to the oil industry’s plea for more time to review a suite of proposed new mandates for offshore production systems. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said it would extend a 60-day deadline for […]
