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To: bentway who wrote (564271)5/3/2010 4:27:54 PM
From: combjelly  Respond to of 1575913
 
"The well was built under his non-regulation regime."

Not only that, it was under his administration and the Republican control of Congress that it was decided that it was too expensive to have a standby way to control the BOP stack. After all, that adds about $500k to the cost of the platform. That could remodel an office or two.



To: bentway who wrote (564271)5/3/2010 4:38:22 PM
From: Brumar89  Respond to of 1575913
 
You think the President dictates rig construction standards? Most of them built overseas - this one in Korea.