BSEE Listened To Industry In Well Control Rule Revisions

By Jim Vines, Andrew Stakelum, Brian Stansbury, Kayla Carrick and Erich Almonte (June 25, 2018, 4:54 PM EDT) -- On May 11, 2018, the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, or BSEE, announced proposed revisions to the Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf — Blowout Preventer Systems and Well Control Rule, commonly referred to as the well control rule.[1] Industry objected that the 2016 well control rule failed to account for best available, economically feasible safety technologies, and that certain proposed requirements were neutral in benefit but would render some wells uneconomical....

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