Welcome to the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Region of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE).  BOEMRE is a bureau of the Department of the Interior.  Our mission is to manage the mineral resources of the Outer Continental Shelf in an environmentally sound and safe manner.  Please read the Regional Director's Page for a brief overview of activities in the Gulf of Mexico.

Tropical Storm Bonnie Activity Statistics Final Update – July 27, 2010

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement concludes its Hurricane Response Team’s activities.

NEW ORLEANS —The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement’s (BOEM) Hurricane Response Team is concluding its activities related to Tropical Storm Bonnie.  This is the final update of evacuation and shut-in production statistics for Tropical Storm Bonnie.  (07/27/2010)

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) has concluded a week of discussions led by Director Michael R. Bromwich with Louisiana Lt. Gov. Scott Angelle and the Shallow Water Energy Security Coalition to provide further guidance and clarity to shallow water drilling operators regarding compliance with BOEM’s new safety and environmental requirements.  (07/22/2010)

Experts from Academia, Industry, and Environmental Organizations Will Provide Testimony

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Michael R. Bromwich, Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEM), announced today that he will be leading a series of public meetings to collect information and views about deepwater drilling safety reforms, blowout containment, and oil spill response.  (07/19/2010)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Interior’s chief oil and gas regulatory official has informed BP that it must report all oil and gas-related activities at the damaged Macondo well and pay royalties on all oil and gas captured from the leaking well.  (07/15/2010)

Bromwich to Engage Public, Industry and Stakeholders in Deepwater Drilling Safety Reforms

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today directed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) to issue new suspensions of deepwater drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), saying a pause is needed to ensure that oil and gas companies first implement adequate safety measures to reduce the risks associated with deepwater drilling operations and are prepared for blowouts and oil spills.  (07/12/2010)

WASHINGTON, DC — Citing the need to proceed cautiously on the Outer Continental Shelf and to review safely and environmental issues associated with offshore drilling, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that Interior is postponing public scoping meetings for the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the 2012–2017 Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program until later in 2010.  (06/30/2010)

Salazar Swears-In Michael R. Bromwich to Lead Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement

Secretarial Order Begins Reorganization of Former MMS

WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today swore-in former Justice Department Inspector General Michael Bromwich to lead reforms that will strengthen oversight and policing of offshore oil and gas development.  (06/21/2010)

Salazar Launches Safety and Environmental Protection Reforms to Toughen Oversight of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations

WASHINGTON, DC – As part of an ongoing agenda to change the way the Department of the Interior does business, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced a set of reforms that will provide federal inspectors more tools, more resources, more independence, and greater authority to enforce laws and regulations that apply to oil and gas companies operating on the Outer Continental Shelf.  (05/11/2010)