BP’s Liberty Oil Well in Alaska to Face New Safety Rules
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BP Plc’s plans to develop an oil field five miles off Alaska’s coast from a manmade island must comply with safety rules for offshore drillers issued after BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the U.S. Interior Department said.
To tap the Liberty oil field in the Beaufort Sea off Alaska’s North Slope, BP must provide information on the possibility of a well blowout along with third-party verification that equipment used to stop spills works, according to the department.