enviro wacco’s, green industry, enemies of the US both foreign and domestic, Democrats pushing BS energy legislation, DOJ with the lawsuits over the ban, and I bet this list could be pages long with a little thought.
I wouldn’t rule any of that out, and you’d better believe the Left will do whatever they can to capitalize on this regardless of the cause, but the answer is usually simple. Accident or stupidity. There is too much going on and too many combustibles on an offshore platform to start anywhere else.