The oil Industry does not need additional regulation as you advocate, but rather the industry players need to follow standard procedures.
Keep Your Government Out of My Industry
This situation clearly illustrates how utterly INCOMPETENT the federal regulations and regulators are. I am outraged that MMS and the idiotic Obama administration/FEDS are NOT being held accountable for their sickening incompetence and negligence in the gulf.
Why was BP given passes on permits? Why were they given safety awards? Why hasn't the Jones act been suspended? Why has foreign assistance been turned away? Why are state efforts being delayed and thwarted? Where is the outrage against the so-called "expert" federal regulators?