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Offshore Downhole Commingling Regulatory Updates
The Safety and Environmental Enforcement Bureau published this final rule in the Federal Register on March 2, 2026. It took effect on March 2, 2026.
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What the agency says
The Department of the Interior (DOI or Department), through the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), is revising the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) downhole commingling regulations consistent with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB). These revisions update the regulations to ensure consistency with the OBBB when BSEE reviews a request for downhole commingling.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-04135
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Direct final rule; response to comments
- Agency
- Interior Department; Safety and Environmental Enforcement Bureau
- Published
- March 2, 2026
- Takes effect
- March 2, 2026
- Dates
- Effective March 2, 2026.
- Docket
- Docket ID: BSEE-2025-0134; EEEE500000-256E1700D2-ET1SF0000.EAQ000
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1014-AA68
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 30 CFR 250
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Continental shelf; Environmental impact statements; Environmental protection; Government contracts; Investigations; Mineral resources; Oil and gas exploration; Penalties; Pipelines; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- Pages
- 4
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