IPAA official applauds BSEE's proposed offshore well control reforms

Oil & Gas Journal: The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement’s proposal to modify the Blowout Preventer System and Well Control Rule imposed following the 2010 Macondo deepwater well accident and crude oil spill reflects BSEE’s recent work to revise flawed regulations and make offshore oil and gas operations safer, and Independent Petroleum Association of America official said.

“IPAA is pleased to see BSEE is taking a closer look at the technically-flawed Well Control Rule, which missed the mark on improving the safety of America’s offshore oil and gas operations,” Daniel T. Naatz, IPAA’s senior vice-president of government relations and political affairs, said on May 11.

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