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Welcome to BOE!

The blog is back after a brief 10-year pause while I engaged in consulting activities. The blogs interests remain the same: energy policy, offshore safety, pollution prevention, and regulatory philosophy. BOE will interview prominent figures in the offshore industry and government, report on offshore projects, trends, and accidents, and reminisce about historical activity. The Rigs-to-Reefs+++ covers the many suggested uses for offshore platforms, sensible and otherwise. On the Not -My-Job Awards page, leading slackers from around the world will teach you lessons that you don’t learn in the class room. I hope you enjoy the blog! Bud

BOE Advocates:

Responsible offshore oil and gas exploration and development
Responsible offshore wind and hydrokinetic energy development
Efficient, risk-based regulation of offshore energy projects
Safety and environmental leadership by offshore operators and contractors
Energy conservation measures including smart growth, pedestrian and bicycle-friendly communities, improved mass transit, and energy efficiency designs
Increased use of natural gas for transportation to reduce energy imports and improve air quality

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22 Responses

on February 9, 2010 at 11:42 am | Reply Tad LeBlanc

Hi Bud,

Great site. I will be visiting it regularly to keep up. I am seeking approval (from my new management) to attend the IRF Conference this year in Vancouver. If I’m successful, I can volunteer to help out however….

Take care,
- on February 9, 2010 at 2:28 pm | Reply offshoreenergy
  
  Thanks Tad. I hope you can make it to Vancouver. We’ll put you to work! bud
on February 10, 2010 at 4:50 pm | Reply Phil Schroeder

Bud,
Excellent vehicle for sharing information and making a positive impact in production, safety, environmental protection, and more! BOE is informative and an enjoyable read. Thanks.

Phil
- on February 10, 2010 at 6:55 pm | Reply offshoreenergy
  
  Thanks Phil! bud
on February 12, 2010 at 9:30 am | Reply Doug Slitor

Hey Bud,
Talk about hitting the ground running!! I so enjoyed your blog. It’s like getting a Bud-buzz when I need one. I will come often to glean the wisdom. 😉

Doug
- on February 12, 2010 at 9:33 am | Reply offshoreenergy
  
  Thanks Doug. I hope all is well!
on April 23, 2010 at 1:57 pm | Reply Mark & Dina Medeiros

Hi Bud,

We got the link from Mary and will read through…thanks and good luck!
on May 16, 2010 at 4:52 pm | Reply John Auth

Hi Bud,

Glad to see the blog. The industry needs a another voice to respond to the insanity going on right now – both from Congress, the Executive Branch and the media. Keep it up.
on July 31, 2010 at 10:31 am | Reply Roy Bobbitt

Hello Bud,
I wish more people would understand the impacts of foreign oil VS domestic production and how it has been done relatively safe and environmentaly friendly, it would benefit the public to see or become aware of your blog and educate themselves to make good decisions when they vote. How can we pass it on to the greater public?

Roy
on October 27, 2010 at 10:59 pm | Reply Ken Smith

Hello Bud – Thanks for sticking with the industry in a very creative way, we need you! I look forward to reading your blog regularly to get your much needed insight into the wild ride that’s going on right now. Regards.

Ken
- on October 28, 2010 at 5:55 am | Reply offshoreenergy
  
  Thanks Ken. Good to hear from you. I trust you are still involved with safety management. I hope so. Bud
on February 5, 2011 at 10:50 am | Reply Daeschler

Photo shown on your web site re : offshore Malaysia ?Shell ect ..
Was it on Sedco 135 E /A in 1969 > 70’s ?
- on February 5, 2011 at 12:00 pm | Reply offshoreenergy
  
  It was on a jackup offshore East Malaysia n 1977. Shell was the operator, but I don’t recall the rig name.
  - on February 5, 2011 at 12:29 pm Daeschler
    
    No do not know this one, was on Shell semi sub rig 69>71 offshore Brunei / Miri East Malaysia.
    Thanks for kind note.
  - on February 5, 2011 at 12:55 pm offshoreenergy
    
    I don’t know what Miri is like now, but the Shell compound was very nice back then.
on February 5, 2011 at 1:21 pm | Reply Daeschler

Dont know, have not been back there 40 years now, the BSP Brunei Shell Petroleum was in Brunei, the Miri was Shell Sarawak Berhad running the refinery and tanker loading in Lutong, 5miles from Miri. We had some very nasty blowout ( entire rig burned down) and surface gas was always a danger area before BOP’s were set.
on February 7, 2011 at 10:57 am | Reply Daeschler

For Bud :
Mrs Danenberger an artist is it painting oil / water colour ?
- on February 7, 2011 at 12:42 pm | Reply offshoreenergy
  
  Thank you for asking. She works with oil and acrylics. Most of her paintings are of Cape Cod beach scenes and Venice, where she was a student and we recently had a wonderful vacation. She also paints still lifes and portraits. Pictures of her work can be viewed at KarenDanenberger.wordpress.com
  - on February 8, 2011 at 4:18 am Daeschler
    
    Many thanks for the note, in fact I have found it in your site today !the reason for asking is because I paint also.
    You may want to know on another thread that the bill for privatization of rescue helicos in UK has been booted this am due to irregularities in the bidding process.
  - on February 8, 2011 at 5:22 am offshoreenergy
    
    Since you are an artist, you must be in awe of the masterpiece “Rig at Sunset” 🙂
on February 8, 2011 at 8:43 am | Reply Daeschler

Yes I like the unusual corner and underside angle of perspective very much ! also it is leaving out non important details to carry out the impression of energy and sun light.
If you have an E mail will download few of my offshore scene published. I do not have a web site but my work comes out thru galleries.
on June 10, 2022 at 12:00 pm | Reply Starr Spencer

Hi, Bud. I’m a long-time news reporter for Platts (we’re now called S&P Global Commodity Insights). On the topic of lease sales, I wonder if you’re hearing anything about how E&P companies are dealing with the uncertainty of near-term lease sales if the Biden folks don’t get the BOEM’s 2022-2027 five-year lease plan finished by the stipulated June 30 deadline.

Specifically, are they having more discussions about possible farming into older discoveries — possibly the 20,000 psi ones that got a lot of press years ago but were kept on ice for lack of technology to produce them?

Thanks.