[trumandogz]

Regulations mean nothing as on almost every rig or platform I have worked federal and state regulations are ignored as each one is exceeded.

Now, could you please cite for me the Federal Regulation that directed the BP engineers on the Deep Water Horizon to forgo standard procedures and replace the drilling fluids with seawater?

Until you are able to cite such a regulation or government directive, the entire weight of this disaster is the responsibility of BP.

[kara2008]

To assert that “the entire weight of this disaster is the responsibility of BP” is absurd.

Now, please cite for me what did BP ever do on the deepwater horizon rig that they didn't have the direct approval of the regulators of the federal government at the MMS?

BP is obviously responsible for what occurred. But the government should be held responsible for the permits and licenses they issued to BP and for their failure to act after the rig blew up.

Why does the buck only stop at BP? Why should only BP be held accountable when this is a regulated rig and a highly regulated industry? Your claim that “regulations mean nothing” and are “ignored” only serves to reinforce the fact that government must be held accountable for their gross incompetence and negligence.

[Enterprise]

"This revelation shows that the disaster was far from unforeseen. In fact, it appears that it had already come close to a catastrophic blowout just six weeks before eleven people died in the subsequent explosion. BP didn’t exactly keep it a secret, either. They informed MMS of the problem, which apparently did nothing to intervene in a situation serious enough that a similar situation caused Exxon to shut down its well in 2006."

Ah yes, 2006, I remember it well. That was when George W. Bush was President. But this is 2010, and Obama is in charge. What a difference a couple of years makes.

But I agree with you point. BP is to blame for the failure. And the Government can be blamed for not enforcing its own regulations. When Obama decides to really kick some ass, he can start getting names from February of 2010 and work forward. There are a lot of asses to kick in the Government and BP.