After Deepwater: Safety in U.S. Waters
Thursday 2/2/2012 from 6-8 pm @ Cemo Hall - Auditorium
Featuring Lars Herbst, regional director for the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf region of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, U.S. Department of Interior
Visitors will park in the Welcome Center or East parking garage.
Questions? Please contact Ramona Taylor,
713-743-4705, rtaylor@uh.edu
Lars Herbst is the Regional Director for the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental
Shelf (OCS) Region of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE),
U.S. Department of the Interior, in New Orleans, La. As the regional director,
Herbst supervises the regulation of operations, the inspection and enforcement
program, and the protection and safety of activities and the environment on OCS
leases for oil, gas and other mineral development which involve 3,200 platforms
in federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico. He manages a staff of 350, including
petroleum engineers, structural engineers, geologists, geophysicists and
environmental scientists.
Herbst began his federal career with the former Minerals Management Service in
1983 as a staff engineer in the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region’s Technical Assessment
Unit. He is a registered professional engineer in Louisiana and holds a bachelor
of science degree in petroleum engineering from Louisiana State University.
BSEE promotes safety, protects the environment, and conserves resources offshore
through vigorous regulatory oversight and enforcement.
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