Britain beats off regime change offshore

The UK has won its battle to stop Brussels seizing control of the safety regime in the North Sea.

But the European Commission will still force a raft of new regulations on the oil and gas industry later this year.

The EC wanted to introduce continent-wide rules for the offshore sector following the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.

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