An excellent compliance and incident update by Jason Mathews is attached. BSEE’s focus on risk assessment, compliance and incident trends, high potential near-misses, medivac capabilities, hot work safety, lifting operations, and gas releases is encouraging. Good work by the folks in BSEE’s Gulf of Mexico Region.
Observations:
- Zero 2023 occupational fatalities through Q3. Hoping this holds through the end of the year and beyond.
- INCs/component are down but INCs/inspection are slightly higher. This may imply a relative increase in the inspection of high component deepwater facilities.
- No. of hours worked is increasing; good sign for the offshore program.
- Hand and finger injuries are driving up the injury count.
- Well control incidents are stable at a low level.
- Improved fire data help facilitate risk assessments
- No YTD explosions
- No. of collisions is down
- 10 YTD spills> 1 barrel (total volume not specified)
- Some evidence of decline in lifting incidents in Q2 and Q3
- Gas releases are up (aging facilities, decommissioning related?)
Bud's Offshore Energy (BOE) 
Great work on this compliance and incident update by Jason Matthews! It’s really encouraging to see the BSEE’s focus on risk assessment, compliance, and incident trends, as well as the improvement in areas such as medivac capabilities and lifting operations. The decline in well control incidents and collisions is also a positive sign. Keep up the good work!