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Wednesday, December 27, 2017

What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Except maybe for an instant replay of Deepwater Horizon:

Regulators in the Trump administration are proposing to roll back safety measures put in place after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, a revision that would reduce the role of government in offshore oil production and return more responsibility to private companies.

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, which regulates offshore oil and gas drilling, estimates its proposed changes could save the industry [CLG8, -0.58%] more than $900 million over the next 10 years and reverse some risk-reduction measures the industry considered burdensome.

Because, of course, it's all about giving the industry what it wants.

And the cherry on top:

It also would strike a provision requiring third-party inspectors of critical equipment — like the blowout preventer that failed in the Deepwater Horizon case — be certified by BSEE.

Remember when there used to be a fishing industry in the Gulf?

And of course, they're going to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for drilling -- like the Arctic isn't having enough problems already.

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