Director Brian Salerno
Brian Salerno was sworn in as the Director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement on August 26, 2013. Director Salerno previously served in the U.S. Coast Guard as a Vice Admiral. He was the USCG's Deputy Commandant for Operations, is a graduate of the Naval War College nonresident program, and holds a Master's Degree in Management from Johns Hopkins University. In addition, he is licensed as a master of small passenger vessels. For more information, please click here for his biography.
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December 12, 2016
Director's Corner
The most difficult part of being BSEE’s director involves the rare moments when I learn of an offshore fatality. Even though I don’t personally know those who were lost, I still sense a portion of the pain that the families are enduring. When I write a letter to a grieving family member...
October 04, 2016
Director's Corner
Five years ago, on October 1, 2011, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement was established as a separate entity within the U.S. Department of the Interior. In the wake of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon tragedy, there was widespread sentiment that the functions of safety, environmental...
August 23, 2016
Director's Corner
Last month I wrote about the “bolt problem” that has been plaguing subsea equipment. I discussed a couple examples of unexpected connector bolt failures and described some of the steps the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is taking to try to solve this alarming...
July 20, 2016
Director's Corner
July 20, 2016 - The conditions experienced by subsea equipment are, to put it mildly, extreme. On January 4th, 2010, a few months before the Deepwater Horizon tragedy shook the nation, a blowout preventer test demonstrated just how reliable that equipment needs to be. It was early evening, and...
June 10, 2016
Director's Corner
In the six weeks since the final Well Control Rule was published in the Federal Register, my staff at the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has begun receiving questions about the specifics of implementation. I’m happy to announce that this week my implementation team...
February 12, 2016
Director's Corner
Safety as a Strategic Imperative - I recently had the opportunity to speak at the General Electric (GE) Annual General meeting in Florence, Italy and I want to share with you the ideas that I presented to that stakeholder audience.Without question, the oil and gas industry is facing...
January 15, 2016
Director's Corner
Here at BSEE we are continuously looking for ways to use high-quality, timely data to better understand offshore risk and to work with the oil and gas industry to reduce those risks. This is a certainly an important goal, but the reality is that there are often gaps in data sets made available by...
December 14, 2015
Director's Corner
December 14, 2015 - Earlier this month I had the opportunity to discuss BSEE’s proposed Well Control Rule at a hearing held by the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. As I explained at the hearing, the proposed rule is a key piece of the agency’s efforts to improve...
November 13, 2015
Director's Corner
November 13, 2015 -- Here at BSEE we are privileged to work with a diverse group of professionals who possess a broad range of technical expertise. The bureau employs over 800 staff dedicated to promoting safety, protecting the environment, and conserving our nation’s offshore...
October 16, 2015
Director's Corner
October 16, 2015 -- We are just days away from the start of the 2015 International Regulators’ Forum (IRF) Offshore Safety Conference that BSEE will host in Washington, D.C. October 19 - 20. The IRF is the international forum of offshore petroleum regulators whose members are dedicated to the...
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