Total: Opposed To Proposed EU Offshore Rules

Total: Opposed To Proposed EU Offshore Rules
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Πεμ, 17 Νοεμβρίου 2011 - 18:55
Stricter offshore regulations proposed by the European Union are unnecessary and will simply add needless bureaucracy to successful safety programs in countries like the U.K. and Norway, Total SA's (TOT) head of northern European exploration Patrice de Vivies said Thursday.
Stricter offshore regulations proposed by the European Union are unnecessary and will simply add needless bureaucracy to successful safety programs in countries like the U.K. and Norway, Total SA's (TOT) head of northern European exploration Patrice de Vivies said Thursday.

"Regulation is not the appropriate format, directives would be better," said de Vivies.

He added: "Standards in the
U.K. are the best in the world and of course Norway " too.

EU Lawmakers in October proposed sweeping changes to the regulation of offshore oil and gas production that would see pan-European standards introduced across the continent.

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