GULF OIL DISASTER
The Return (?) of Off Shore drilling
"The Obama administration has decided to allow 13 companies to resume deepwater drilling without additional environmental scrutiny. The 13 companies allowed to resume drilling are: ATP Oil & Gas; BHP Billiton Petroleum; Chevron USA; Cobalt International Energy; ENI U.S. Operating Co. Inc.; Hess Corp.; Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Corp.; Marathon Oil Co.; Murphy Exploration & Production-USA; Noble Energy Inc.; Shell Offshore; Statoil USA; and Walter Oil & Gas Corp."
The oil drilling industry, in over their heads (Wash Post Editorial)
"No government regulatory structure alone can guarantee safety in an industry that must constantly adapt new technology to natural variations in drilling sites and unexpected natural phenomena. Oversight must improve, as the Obama administration has made clear, but also every company involved in oil drilling - not just BP - must individually and in concert with others evaluate industry standards and safety research programs. And none should assume that BP's mistakes could not occur elsewhere."
Failure in the Gulf (NY Times Editorial)
Oil findings boost chance of corp. criminal charge
Senate Energy Committee's First Hearing To Delve Into National Oil Spill Commission Report
