This proposed action is a major, paper work intensive, rulemaking that will significantly impact our business, both operationally and financially, and will bring little or no benefit towards improving safety of offshore operations. In addition to the unnecessary burden to industry, it will create an additional unwarranted burden to regional MMS staff that will require additional inspector/auditor training and increased workload demand.
Enterprise Field Services September 11 2009 public comment letter to the Mineral Management Service and the Department of the Interior. From the New York Times, “BP, Other oil Companies, Opposed Efforts to Stiffen Environmental, Safety Rules for Offshore Drilling”. April 27, 2010.