Bud's Offshore Energy (BOE)

Jim Magill with unidentified official

After an outstanding 22-year career, Jim Magill is retiring from the US Coast Guard on 27 August.  Among other important responsibilities, Jim worked closely with the Minerals Management Service on OCS oil and gas issues, served as  Executive Director of the National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee, and developed regulations for offshore rigs and platforms.

For most of his career, Jim worked on the Coast Guard’s epic Subchapter N rule for offshore facilities.  For reasons beyond Jim’s control, completion of this rule was excruciatingly slow, even by Federal rulemaking standards.  To give you a sense of how slow this process has been, we annotated the timeline on this geologic time chart! 🙂

Timeline for the Coast Guard's Subchapter N Rule (click on figure to enlarge)

We know Jim will enjoy his new home, golf, consulting, and all of his “retirement” endeavors; and Subchapter N will now be someone else’s problem!