Bud's Offshore Energy (BOE)

As we enter 2022, BOE salutes the outstanding Minerals Management Service (MMS) professionals who retired from the successor bureaus in 2021:

• Elsie Baker – Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)
• Alton Bates – BSEE
• Roy Bongiovanni – BSEE
• Jane Carlson – BSEE
• Kim Coffman – Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
• Mark Eckl – BSEE
• Darryl Francois – BOEM
• Vanessa Grable – BSEE
• Lars Herbst – BSEE
• Bob Martinson – BOEM
• Mike Prendergast – BSEE
• Robert Ranney, – BSEE
• Julie Reynolds – BOEM
• Jane Roberts – BOEM
• Dennis Thurston – BOEM
• George Triebsch – Dept. of the Interior
• Elverlene Williams – BOEM

With very few exceptions, the career staff in the US offshore program are highly competent and dedicated to their safety, environmental, and resource management missions. I have also found this to be true for the professionals occupying similar positions elsewhere in the offshore world. Cultures, legislation, policies, and practices differ, but the objectives and commitment are similar.