Modernizing the U.S. offshore oil and gas inspection program for increased agility and safety vigilance /

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), in seeking to augment and improve its offshore oil and gas inspection program, should focus less on inspecting all oil platforms and become more outcome-based by focusing on the riskiest entities. These are among the findings in TRB Special...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee for a Review and Update of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Offshore Oil and Gas Operations Inspection Program (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2021]
Series:	Consensus study report. Special report (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Transportation Research Board) ; 338.
Subjects:	Offshore oil industry > Management. Oil inspection. Industrial safety. Occupational Health Pétrole offshore > Industrie > Gestion. Produits pétroliers > Inspection. Sécurité du travail. occupational safety. Safety. Offshore oil industry. Mining and extractive industries.
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Table of Contents:

Acronyms and abbreviations
Summary
1. Introduction
2. Offshore oil and gas operations and safety
3. Role of the regulator in overseeing offshore oil and gas operations
4. Rationalizing and enhancing the inspection program's safety role
5. Summary assessment : findings and recommendations
Appendix. Study committee biographical information.