Congressmen join drilling industry in town hall meeting, pledge support to fight drilling moratorium | Drilling Contractor

Congressmen join drilling industry in town hall meeting, pledge support to fight drilling moratorium | Drilling Contractor

Congressman Olson also voiced his support for the industry, reiterating the fact that the drilling moratorium will do nothing to make deepwater drilling any safer yet will do everything to damage the US economy. “There’s another motivation here, and it’s not the safety of the rigs,” he said.

“Quite frankly, this is a misguided policy that destroys an entire industry. It’s the equivalent of shutting down all coal mines after the tragic mine collapse in West Virginia that took the lives of 25 miners before you even have a clue as to why it actually happened,” he said.

Dear Congressman Olson:

No. It is not a misguided policy. The BP blowout has killed 11 people and destroyed the fishing and tourism industries throughout the entire Gulf region. And the Massey mine was given SEVERAL warning about the conditions. The company ignored those warnings and people died. The same with BP. The company has an international reputation for utter disregard of people, and ALL life. BP has an international reputation for human rights abuses. After listening to days of testimony and reading volumes about the Maconda well, BP ignored all the safety warnings and went ahead. Plus, they had lied to the American people. BP submitted documents to the U.S. government that were false. BP are murderers and criminally negligent. Not all companies are the same as BP. Thank God. But as each of the blowout plans submitted by ALL the companies operating in the Gulf were merely copies of an Alaskan emergency plan - then the DOI needs time and the industry needs time to come up with a proper response plan. The Congressional Hearings indicated that MMS was understaffed in the Gulf Region. There are some 27,000 wells in the Gulf and the U.S. government does not know the condition of these wells. Plus, the Russian scientists have stated that the entire Gulf floor has been damaged. I hope that your constituents do come to visit you; and that you listen to THEM instead of the American Petroleum Industry that is lining your pockets.

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