Offshore Drillers Get Some, Not All, They Sought From Trump
- Trump moves to ease safety rule prompted by 2010 Gulf spill
- Proposal would relax mandate for real-time monitoring of wells
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The Trump administration is moving to relax some offshore drilling requirements imposed in response to the Deepwater Horizon disaster but is rebuffing the oil industry’s plea for bigger changes.
Proposed rule changes unveiled Friday include easing mandates for real-time monitoring of offshore operations and some other measures safety advocates and environmentalists said were necessary to prevent a repeat of the disastrous 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill.