Splitting ocean agency will help with health and safety, says BSEE head
The recent reorganization of ocean-related U.S. agencies should help eliminate one of the problems that led to the Deepwater Horizon disaster, according to the head of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE).
Addressing a group of global offshore regulators at an international safety summit in Norway, BSEE Director Michael R. Bromwich called the Deepwater accident "a watershed" for oil and gas drilling regulation. "The blowout and its aftermath highlighted the inadequacy of existing regulations and the fact that the offshore regulator was charged with multiple important and conflicting missions – and historically suffered from an enormous shortage of resources."