Bruce Hesson

Bruce Hesson is the Director of the BSEE Pacific OCS Region in Camarillo, California. He is responsible for supervising the regulation of operations, inspection and enforcement programs as well as overall protection and safety of activities and environmental compliance on submerged federal lands leased for oil, gas and other mineral or energy development. In addition to his oversight responsibilities, he manages a staff of 40, including petroleum engineers, structural engineers, geologists, geophysicists, environmental scientists, and administrative staff.

Hesson graduated from Texas A&M University in 1983 with a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering and has been a California Registered Professional Engineer since 1997. He has almost 40 years of experience in the oil & gas industry: serving 29 years with the California Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR), where he worked his way up from field engineer to District Deputy for the Ventura District, serving 13 years in that capacity until his retirement from the State in May 2016. Most recently he has served with BSEE for six years as the Permitting Section Chief and Regional Supervisor for the Office of Field Operations in the Pacific Region’s Camarillo office.