Rigs and Vessels

US offshore regulator seeks to strengthen well control rules

Proposed changes include altering several adjustments made during the Trump administration

Flashback: US Bureau of Safety & Environmental Enforcement is seeking to tighten regulations on blowout preventers on offshore rigs to help prevent a repeat of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster.
Flashback: US Bureau of Safety & Environmental Enforcement is seeking to tighten regulations on blowout preventers on offshore rigs to help prevent a repeat of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster.Photo: AP/SCANPIX
Houston
Published 13 September 2022, 16:53Updated 14 September 2022, 11:27
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