Foreign flagging of offshore rigs skirts U.S. safety rules

[AlextheDroog]

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-oil-inspection-20100615,0,3043517,full.story

Reporting from Washington

 

[Vermincelli]

yes, been that way for ages.

 

[Diesel66]

and doesn't really affect the situation at hand. The US govt has authority because it was drilling in US water.