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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.
Environmental groups have sued the Trump administration over BP's Kaskida ultra deep-water drilling project approval.
KEY POINTS
- 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.
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