Well, BP is admitting that it never has blowout preventers certified. Ever. At any of its rigs.

It claims that the MMS doesn’t have a certification procedure - shifting the blame for that onto the government. But that doesn’t fly because the responsibility for compliance is with the company - not the MMS.

In other words, BP may have issues with BOPs at all of its rigs - and who knows whether any other oil companies are in compliance with the BOP certification either.

The regulation is on the books so everyone knows its there - and responsibility lies with the companies to meet the requirements.

In other words, this isn’t about the lack of regulation (the regs are there) - it’s about compliance and enforcement.