Topic: Minerals Management Service

On August 16, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued a report (CEQ Report) summarizing the findings of a thirty-day review...
Scandalized by federal regulators who had sex with oil-company executives and negotiated with them for jobs, the agency that oversees offshore...
Another oil rig has blown up in the Gulf of Mexico. The Vermilion 360 is owned by Mariner Energy which was recently purchased by by Apache Energy...

Sorry, Drilling Regulators: No...

Last night, Michael Bromwich, the new director of the Interior Department's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement...

Enviro Links: Spill Probe...

Today in oil-spill news:. . BP Senior Vice President Kent Wells was on the hot seat yesterday, as federal investigators dug in on the oil giant's...

Federal agency plans offshore drilling forum

The agency that replaced the federal Minerals Management Service will conduct a forum in Anchorage to discuss offshore drilling, workplace safety...
Head of oil agency at time of Gulf spill says she deeply regrets incidentThe head of the agency overseeing offshore drilling at the time of the BP oil spill says she deeply regrets that the accident occurred when she was in charge ...

Spill panel examines offshore drilling policy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House oil spill commission on Wednesday will probe U.S. offshore drilling policies and consider pushing the oil industry to accept a self-governing body to help oversee tough safety standards.With a focus on offshore drill

US House passes oil spill response bills

The US House of Representatives on Friday voted to overhaul offshore drilling safety rules and to protect whistleblowing workers in a sweeping response to the disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill.The White House-backed legislation would end a 75-million-do

US House to take up oil industry bills

The US House of Representatives was set Friday to vote on bills to overhaul offshore drilling safety rules and protect whistleblowing workers, three months after the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster.The White House-backed legislation would end a 75-million-dol