US rolls out new well-control rules

US regulators on Monday rolled out long-awaited new rules to "raise the bar" on well-control practices in an announcement just a week ahead of the five-year anniversary of the deadly 2010 Macondo blowout and oil spill.

New rules: US interior secretary Sally Jewell announces well-control guidelines
New rules: US interior secretary Sally Jewell announces well-control guidelines
Published 13 April 2015, 18:24Updated 17 October 2016, 12:56