The U.S. Interior Department’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement on Sept. 28 updated the 2016 well control rule, one of the spate of safety regulations implemented in the wake of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill that spewed 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico over nearly three months. The agency said that the rule would remove provisions that are burdensome for stakeholders and facilitate increased oil and gas production in keeping with the administration’s energy dominance agenda. The agency said it analyzed 484 provisions in the original rule and determined that 84 of were suitable for changes, and that changes will not contradict with recommendations developed in response to the Deepwater incident. The final rule removes unnecessary notifications, clarify when documentation is needed, and codify 12 updated industry standards.