If you want to see an oil and gas manager tremble, make the suggestion that he criticize a government department or regulatory agency in the media or any other public forum. That fear is entirely understandable. Provincial and federal civil servants can easily harass or even cripple a petroleum company, whether it's a producer or a service operator. Applications can be queried or delayed, audits undertaken, hearings called, vehicles pulled over for inspection — the possibilities are virtually endless, and absolutely no rules would be broken.
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