Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE)

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE),formerly known as the Minerals Management Service (MMS), is a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Interior and manages the natural gas, oil and other mineral resources on the outer continental shelf (OCS) of the U.S. As part of its mission, BOEMRE creates and adopts standards that stipulate the processes and technologies utilized during deep-sea exploration and extraction.

The IHS collection of standards from BOEMRE continues to be known as the IHS MMS Collection of Referenced Standards. These standards are used by engineers, compliance personnel and regulatory management working in the fields of petroleum, chemicals and mining. In addition the IHS MMS Collection of Referenced Standards is used by companies that support the operation of offshore exploration and production use this data.

IHS provides three different MSS Referenced Standards Collections:

• The MSS Referenced Standards Collections include those industry standards listed in (30 CFR 250 through 30 CFR 282) Topics include:
  • Exploration/development/production plans
  • Pollution prevention and control
  • Oil and gas drilling operations
  • Oil and gas production safety systems
  • Offshore structure design and construction
  • Respiratory protection
  • Petroleum measurement and calibration
  • Offshore electrical systems
  • Fixed platforms
  • Floating production systems (FPSs) and structures
  • Tension-leg platforms (TLPs)
  • Synthetic fiber ropes
  • Underwater welding

Contact IHS to discuss which IHS MSS Referenced Standards Collection best meets your needs.