Regulatory uncertainty stifles permit applications; Gulf drilling still minimal

摘要

At its most recent hearing, held Nov. 8-9 in Washington D.C., in which the commission aired its first public presentation on the causes of the April 20 fatal rig explosion and subsequent oil spill, the commission's chief counsel, Fred Bartiit countered charges made elsewhere that BP engineers might have taken shortcuts in well and cement tests based on time-is-money exigencies.