[[with the rare exception of one or two unscrupulous operators (service companies, not oil companies), ]]
There may be a few- but the oil industy is one of the msot heavily regulated and heavily watched business i nthe country- it would be very hard for an unscroupulous company to get away with it for very long before being fined out of business— There have been a few in the past- companies jumping in, making quick buck, then jumping out again and leaving behind a mess- however- as you state, these are beign cleaned up but top listen to the left, you woudl think that those few past unscrupulous companies were representative of the whole industry-
[[we’ll be safe from the little evil humanoid creatures climbing out of the oil wells and ravaging B-movie blondes at night]]
Darn- those bubble brained blonds are the ones who vote for obama because it’s ‘cool’ - they are the oens you see with crocodile tears i nthe audience looking liek they are goign to feignt when obama looks down his nose at them
Precisely. There are State, Federal, and local government entities involved,local landowners, hunters and fishermen, all who eye with suspicion any new company. It takes years to establish a solid working relationship with the people in an area, and even then, people are suspicious, largely an effect of all the bad press (some deserved, much not) from the mavens of the media.
A thousand 'attaboys' are erased by a single 'awsh*t'.
So the other part of the equation is that oil companies don't have any use for shoddy service companies or unscrupulous operators, either. Not only are such bad for the business image it has been an uphill battle to establish and maintain, but they end up costing money in the long run.