# The groups say information required for the approval is missing and does not demonstrate that BP has the qualifications to conduct safe drilling that deep.

*business · news · 2026-04-20 · WTOP*

## Key points

- Environmental groups have sued the Trump administration over BP's Kaskida ultra deep-water drilling project approval.
- BP's Kaskida project is its first new Gulf oil field since 2010's Deepwater Horizon disaster.
- The administration exempted Gulf drilling from the Endangered Species Act last month, citing national security.
- The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement are being merged into the new Marine Minerals Administration.

**Companies:** BP
**Countries:** United States

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