Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Amends Decommissioning Costs Rule for Oil and Gas Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf

Summary

The BSEE has amended its regulations to require lessees and owners of operating rights to submit summaries of actual decommissioning expenditures for pipelines on the Outer Continental Shelf, affecting oil and gas and sulfur operations.

Original source language: Federal Register — Interior DepartmentOpen original release →

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