In Washington DC, the Interior Department made more strict rules on offshore oil and gas drilling, although they left in place the suspension on deepwater drilling that has oil executives angry. The rules are about regulating wall casing and cementing, blowout preventers, and emergency training. They are meant to clarify the terms under which drilling will resume after the suspension is lifted.
The article is written by John Broder of the New York Times and is dated September 30, 2010.
The article is written in a way that it criticizes the oil executives for the oil spills that have happened over the past year. It makes them out to seem irresponsible, only caring about there income rather than the environment.
V. Energy Resources and Consumption
C. Fossil Fuel Resources and Use
VI. Pollution
B. Impacts on the Environment and Human Health
2. Hazardous chemicals in the environment
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/01/us/01drill.html?_r=1&ref=earth
My dad is in the oil business and BP has had a tract record for bad accidents, such as the Texas city explosion. Siruis's father is the man who rights the safety software for those off shore drilling rigs. I have been told that BP is the only company that does not do this. I think that it should not affect the whole industry because of one mistake. Many of the smaller company are getting hit hard along with the support industries that fix the drilling equipment are going out of business as well. The temporary band should be lifted fast for you can never affect one thing.
ReplyDeleteIt's good that this type of action is being taken, considering the disastrous effects of safety standards being ignored. I am however, a bit surprised at the negative responses to these measures. While the oil rigs have currently frozen production, this means that all rigs and rig workers will be brought up to par, and it is likely that the government will pay for at least some of the training of workers. As we hear so often in class, prevention is cheaper than clean up. This statement is magnified a hundred fold in the oil spill disaster. If only people could realize how much they are potentially saving not only in cleanup costs, but in environmental costs as well.
ReplyDeleteI agree with a lot of the comments above. It is good that something is being done to regulate the drilling in the gulf. However, it is sad that it took a large scale disaster like this explosion to finally get these results. Many of these regulation should have been in place long ago to prevent an explosion, not try to make up for one. This article does have some bias. Because of the Deepwater explosion, many many people are on edge about drilling in the gulf. This article is obviously critical of the oil companies. It is interesting to see how mad everyone is a the oil companies and the effect they have had on the lives of so many people. It is also interesting to look at the flip side and see how one company's mistake has cost hundreds of other oil companies their livelihood as well. One even has effected thousands of people.
ReplyDelete-Mary Jacobs