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ncreasing levels of production and activity in the Gulf of tion report, US Gulf of Mexico oil production will continue

Mexico in 2019 look likely to continue throughout 2020, to set records through 2020. costs seem to be creeping back up and new HPHT tech- “Ongoing BSEE initiatives are supporting these efforts,”

I nologies are being developed and deployed. Herbst says.

Even so, the offshore oil and gas industry still faces the Those initiatives include a risk-based inspection protocol uncertainty associated with the energy transition, which can that uses data and trend analysis to identify and inspect high- translate into dif?culty obtaining capital investments for er-risk operations and facilities, a risk analysis committee to long-term deepwater projects. identify and reduce offshore activity risks to human health “Despite having been pronounced dead on several occa- and the environment, a vital statistics program to identify ar- sions, the Gulf of Mexico’s daily production rates are the high- eas that need improvement, the BSEE!Safe text messaging ser- est they have ever been,” Lars Herbst, Bureau of Safety and vice that directly communicates with offshore workers to push

Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Gulf of Mexico Region out safety alerts and bulletins, the regulatory reform effort to

Director, says. reduce regulatory burden related to the Production Safety

As of early March, 2019 oil production total was Systems Rule and the Well Control Rule without sacri?cing 683,681,522 barrels. The increase in production in 2019 led safety, and increased information sharing between the bureau to $2.34 billion in offshore royalty revenue for the US Federal and the industry.

Treasury. According to a US Energy Information Administra- The focus of these initiatives is to improve safety perfor-

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