Report shows close ties between rig inspectors, oil industry
Wed, 05/26/2010 - 9:05am — Mike
The result, the report found, was regulation that often looked less than rigorous. One confidential source, it said, told investigators that service inspectors let the oil and gas companies fill out their own inspection forms -- in pencil. Then an inspector would trace over their writing in ink.
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