Someone might ask how Obama’s inspectors missed all these safety violations.
I believe that was covered by the Safety Exemptions and Waivers the administration gave, or extended, to BP last year.
It’s not clear to me that these are violations. You can do the job with gold plating, and know that it’s as safe as can be, or you can do the job at a minimal level that just barely is within the letter of the law. I’m not in a position to say, but it’s not clear to me that BP really made a mistake. Stuff happens.
there are over 4,000 rigs out there, saftey rules should be obeyed even if there is no one watching. we should not need to hire inspectors for each rig.