The
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Regulation
and Enforcement
(BOEMRE) is
responsible for
overseeing the safe and
environmentally responsible
development of
traditional and
renewable ocean energy
and mineral resources on
1.7 billion acres of the
U.S. Outer Continental
Shelf (OCS).
BOEMRE
is leading the most aggressive and comprehensive reforms to
offshore oil and gas regulation and oversight in U.S.
history. The reforms, which strengthen requirements for
everything from well design and workplace safety to
corporate accountability, are helping ensure that the United
States can safely and responsibly expand development of its
energy resources. For more information about these reforms,
please visit:
http://www.boemre.gov/Reforms.htm.
Additionally, we conduct and oversee world-class research
and environmental reviews to support decision-making
regarding offshore conventional and renewable energy
development. Each year, the bureau provides an average of
$30 million toward environmental studies in the Atlantic,
the Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific and off Alaska. To learn
about our environmental studies program, please visit our
Environmental Stewardship page at:
http://www.boemre.gov/eppd/index.htm.
BOEMRE is leading the nation toward a
renewable energy
future.
We have issued the first-ever lease for commercial wind
energy development on the OCS, offshore Massachusetts, and
we are working with states up and down the East Coast and
along the Pacific to chart the path toward wind, wave and
ocean current energy development. You can follow our
progress on our
State Activities
page.
We offer
rewarding careers for engineers, marine biologists,
geologists, geophysicists, social scientists, environmental
specialists, petroleum engineers, program analysts,
statisticians and economists to name just a few. Our current
vacancies can be found at:
http://www.boemre.gov/jobs/index.htm.
BOEMRE
is currently reorganizing to separate and provide greater
independence for the complex and sometimes conflicting
missions of the former Minerals Management Service. The
bureau will divide into two new organizations on October 1,
2011; the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE).
Information about the new bureaus and progress toward the
reorganization can also be found on our Reforms Page:
http://www.boemre.gov/Reforms.htm.
BOEMRE is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and the nearby
suburb of Herndon, Va., with regional offices in Anchorage,
Alaska; Camarillo, California; and New Orleans, Louisiana.