Oil Spill Commission's Reilly Wants Change in US Regulatory System

摘要

William Reilly, co-chairman of President Barack Obama's national oil spill commission, is making the case for big changes in the way the US regulates offshore oil and gas drilling as he prepares to testify before Congress next week on the panel's recent recommendations (OD Jan.12,p5). The commission found numerous factors that helped cause the fatal blowout and oil spill at BP's Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico, but attention has focused in particular on its recommendations about the future regulation of the industry.