DOINews: BSEE Director Salerno Completes Two-day Trip to Texas, Delivers Keynote at Center for Offshore Safety Forum and Visits MWCC Facilities

BSEE News Brief

April 12, 2014

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Director Brian Salerno completed a two-day trip to the state of Texas Friday where he met with stakeholders and viewed critical pieces of safety equipment. While in Texas, Salerno delivered a keynote address at the second annual Center for Offshore Safety Forum in Houston on Thursday then traveled with representatives from the U.S. Coast Guard Friday to tour the Marine Well Containment Company's facilities in Ingleside, Texas.

During his address at the Center for Offshore Safety Forum, Salerno spoke about the importance of offshore safety and consistency between BSEE and the USCG's approach to safety management. Speaking with USCG Rear Adm. Joseph Servidio, Salerno highlighted the memorandum of agreement signed last year by the USCG and BSEE related to safety-management systems and how both agencies are working closely to achieve greater consistency and clarity in how their two agencies are working to implement and enforce offshore safety management systems. The full text of Salerno's speech can be found here.

While visiting MWCC facilities, Salerno was joined by Servidio and Rear Adm. Kevin Cook from the USCG. The group viewed the MWCC's well-containment equipment and discussed important containment procedures and capabilities with MWCC staff. In 2012, BSEE initiated a deepwater containment exercise utilizing MWCC equipment. More on that exercise can be found here.

BSEE Director Brian Salerno (second from right) tours the Marine Well Containment Company's facilities in Ingleside, Texas.

Photo by BSEE.


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