re: #310 jaunte

If the same company(ies) are operating without accident elsewhere in the world, it may be a regulatory problem.

The problem being the regulator relies on industry to advise them on best practices and condition of their equipment. The regulator then keeps track, checking off the boxes. Now they are considering doing things like actual testing to certify the BOPs and proving the equipment is fit for purpose. This can’t be done because of the state of things.

So they either agree to upgrade things through stages and hope for the best in the interim, or they shut a good part of it down. How does any President do the right things with those choices?