Biden Tightens Offshore Rig Safety Rules Rolled Back By Trump

The Biden Administration is toughening the rules on well integrity and blowout prevention at offshore oil and gas rigs that were loosened under former president Donald Trump.   The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) published on Tuesday the final well control rule, which strengthens testing and performance requirements for blowout preventers and other well control equipment, BSEE said in a statement. The rules, imposing new technical regulations on drilling and drilling equipment,…