The latest issue of the Outer Continental Shelf National Center of Expertise’s Drill Down is now available.

Drill Down is the OCS NCOE’s outreach and knowledge management tool for sharing in-house expertise with a broader audience, to assist in educating those interested in the OCS world of work, and to help generate discussion amongst OCS stakeholders. The goal is to “drill down” the answers to questions regarding the OCS industry.

The first Offshore Supply Vessel (OSV) Drill Down explored the advent and evolution of OSVs throughout the years. This issue explores Public Law 96-378, the first regulation to define “Offshore Supply Vessel” and “OSV Service.” It established the first regulatory path for vessels to enter service on the Outer Continental Shelf.

To read other issues of Drill Down, visit the OCNCOE’s online library.

This blog is not a replacement or substitute for the formal posting of regulations and updates or existing processes for receiving formal feedback of the same. Links provided on this blog will direct the reader to official source documents, such as the Federal Register, Homeport and the Code of Federal Regulations. These documents remain the official source for regulatory information published by the Coast Guard.