specification: API Commons Rate Limits
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/RateLimits
provider: Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
providerId: bureau-of-safety-and-environmental-enforcement
created: '2026-05-04'
modified: '2026-09-05'
generated: '2026-09-05'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://www.data.bsee.gov/Main/RawData.aspx, https://www.data.bsee.gov/Well/API/Default.aspx,
  https://www.bsee.gov/offshore-data-tools and live unauthenticated responses from
  www.data.bsee.gov
tags:
  - Enforcement
  - Environment
  - Federal Government
  - Safety
  - Offshore
  - Oil and Gas
  - Wells
description: >-
  BSEE publishes no rate limits, no quotas and no throttling policy for the Data Center,
  and returns no rate-limit headers on any observed response. An honest zero: there is
  nothing here for an agent to read at runtime, and no documented ceiling to plan against.

  This file replaces a 2026-05-04 bulk-sweep scaffold that asserted per-tier limits
  (10 / 100 / 1,000 requests per minute against api-key scopes) and a full
  X-RateLimit-* header set. BSEE issues no API keys and returns none of those headers.
  Removed 2026-09-05.
limit_count: 0
limits: []
headers: []
observed:
  - url: https://www.data.bsee.gov/Well/API/Default.aspx
    status: 200
    rate_limit_headers: none
    checked: '2026-09-05'
  - url: https://www.data.bsee.gov/Main/RawData.aspx
    status: 200
    rate_limit_headers: none
    checked: '2026-09-05'
notes:
  - >-
    No X-RateLimit-*, RateLimit-*, or Retry-After header was returned on any probe.
  - >-
    No 429 behaviour is documented. Because www.data.bsee.gov answers HTTP 200 with an
    HTML error shell for unknown paths, a client cannot rely on status codes to detect
    throttling either.
  - >-
    BSEE's only published guidance about heavy use is the Raw Data page's statement that
    the bulk downloads exist as an alternative for consumers who need the whole dataset,
    and that BSEE does not support them.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com