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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10890

18 July 2013
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) energy
Oil and gas industry put to challenge on offshore safety

Brussels, 17/07/2013 (Agence Europe) - European Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger is urging the oil and gas industry to comply with high safety rules for offshore operations outside the EU and US.

Visiting the US on 17 July - in particular, for a meeting in Houston on Thursday with leaders of the US offshore industry - Oettinger called on oil and gas companies to apply stricter safety standards in international waters which are not covered by regulations protecting against...

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