[QUOTE=rlanasa;37665]The very real concern for GOM work is the new regs are expected to obsolete all the rigs operating today. Who will step up to build new rigs to the new US regs and how long will that take?
Consider the multiple government meter maid teams that stopped Billy and the governor from pumping sand yesterday. How many agencies will have their hands in the new offshore drilling world?.[/QUOTE]
This is why it is imperative to lay the fault of the cause of this accident where it rightfully belongs. While systemic complacency by the MMS may have been contributing factors in allowing reckless endangerment to occur, the root cause of this “accident” was singleminded negligence by one company. This has been manifested in their well sight leaders, their Houston based engineering group, & their management group at the highest levels. Once again, would we punish the whole auto industry due to one auto manufacturer continuing to produce a line of automobiles that are rigged to explode? Would we punish the whole airline industry for one company rigging it’s planes to explode? Then why are we punishing the whole oil industry in this country for the guilt of one guilty, renegade company that rigs its facilities & wells to explode?