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A network of more than 1,600 offshore facilities produces a significant portion of US domestic oil and gas. The facilities, which rely on technology to remotely monitor and control equipment, face a growing risk of cyberattacks.

Proposed revisions to 2019 Well Control Rule aim to bolster safe and environmentally responsible energy operations.

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement is proposing regulations that would improve operational safety, human health, and environmental protections offshore, while providing clarity to industry regarding the bureau's review of projects proposing to use new or unusual technology, including equipment used in high-pressure/high-temperature environments.

A new web-based dashboard for advancing safety in oil and gas operations on the Outer Continental Shelf is now available to industry and the public as part of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement’s SafeOCS Reporting System.

Shell reported that most of its production was back online, but some facilities will remain shut-in until the end of the year.

Port Fourchon took the brunt of the Category 4 hurricane as it made landfall Sunday afternoon.

Operators remove personnel, shut in production in the region ahead of Ida.

Texas A&M’s Engineering Experiment Station will have a budget of up to $40 million over 5 years to operate and maintain the OESI.

On 20 April 2010, a kick and blowout in the Gulf of Mexico resulted in a series of explosions that killed 11 people and started an environmental disaster. Now, 11 years later, government and industry continue the drive to improve safety.

Evacuations in the GOM began on Monday, but so far nearly 50% of current oil production and 55% of natural gas production in the region is shut-in due to Tropical Storm Zeta.