Full Title: The Department of the Interior's Final Rule on Offshore Well Control
Author(s): Comay, Laura B.
Publisher(s): Congressional Research Service
Publication Date: June 1, 2016
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Description (excerpt):
This report discusses regulations regarding blowout preventer systems and well control for oil and gas operations on the U.S. outer continental shelf (81 Fed. Reg. 25887). The regulations aim to reduce the risk of an offshore oil or gas blowout that could jeopardize human safety and harm the environment.