The Trump administration would weaken a key offshore drilling rule imposed after 2010 BP oil spill under a proposal announced Friday.
The rewrite of the “Blowout Preventer Systems and Well Control Rule” reflects technical changes sought by the industry, which oil and natural gas groups say are modest and meant to align with industry standards, and are not a rollback of the regulation.
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