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"US Plans New Offshore Drilling Rule"

"The Obama administration will release a new rule as soon as Monday that aims to prevent offshore drilling disasters like the major Gulf of Mexico oil spill five years ago.

The Interior Department’s rule will be timed to coincide with the anniversary of the explosion at BP’s Macondo well on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform, which killed 11 and caused a uncontrolled oil spill for 87 days, the New York Times reported late Friday."

Timothy Cama reports for The Hill April 10, 2015.

SEE ALSO:

"New Sea Drilling Rule Planned, 5 Years After BP Oil Spill" (New York Times)

"U.S. To Impose Offshore Drilling Rule: Report" (Reuters)

"New U.S. Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling Rules Seen Imminent" (Wall Street Journal)

Source: The Hill, 04/13/2015