Offshore Regulators Call for More Harmonization, Collaboration

摘要

As the one-year anniversary of the devastating BP oil spill approaches, regulators from several countries with offshore oil and gas operations agreed on Thursday that they still need to do more to harmonize international safety standards and share best practices. Ministers also said the movement toward site-specific, risk-based offshore drilling regulations requires a staggering amount of collaboration - but may be necessary as deepwater drilling expands in places like the US, Brazil and India.