A bit late for BP3 May 2019 18:15
Trump erases offshore drilling rules enacted after BP oil spill
By BEN LEFEBVRE and ERIC WOLFF 05/02/2019 02:38 PM EDT
The Trump administration on Thursday dismantled safety rules for offshore drilling put in place by the Obama administration after the disastrous BP oil spill fouled the Gulf of Mexico nearly a decade ago.
The rollbacks are a major victory for the oil and gas industry that has criticized the Obama rules as too onerous and costly to comply with, but which supporters say have helped prevent a repeat of the accident that killed 11 workers and spewed more than 200 million gallons of oil in 2010.