Oil inspector admits getting high on meth


Oil inspectors let companies fill in their own audits, while one admitted getting high on meth, report to reveal


http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0525/oil-inspector-crystal-meth-letting-companies-fill-audits-report/

By John Byrne


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The agency in charge of overseeing the United States' oil reserves was plagued with gross mismanagement that in at least one case allowed the companies being
inspected to fill in their own audit reports, an Inspector General's
report will reportedly reveal this week.

Regulators overseeing oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico reportedly allowed oil company officials to fill in their own inspection reports. According to the internal probe being released this week, oil officials
sketched out their answers in pencil and turned them over to federal
oversight officials, who then traced their answers in pen.

And as if that wasn't enough, a Louisiana inspector from the Minerals Management Service purportedly admitted to investigators that he'd used crystal methamphetamine, and may have been high on the illegal stimulant during a drilling
inspection.

The report, which examined Minerals Management Service employees from from 2005 to 2007 after an anonymous tip, also discovered that inspectors routinely accepted tickets to sporting events, meals and
gifts from at least one oil firm they were charged with watching.

The Inspector General's report was previewed Tuesday in the New York Times. The report is sure to set off a bombshell in
Washington, where
Congress is probing how a massive and still-growing oil leak was allowed
to happen in the Gulf of Mexico. None of the reports findings directly
address the lead-up to the spill from the sinking of Transocean's Deepwater Horizon rig in
April, but they certainly draw a picture of a watchdog asleep -- or high
-- at the wheel.

The report also found that during the tenure of President George W. Bush, "inspectors had accepted meals, tickets to sporting events and gifts from at least one oil company while they were overseeing the
industry," the Times said.

The paper added that "the investigation had been presented to the United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Louisiana, which declined prosecution."

The official probe is said to have relied on confidential sources who tattle-taled on the troubled agency.

They "provided additional information pertaining to M.M.S. employees at the Lake Charles District Office, including acceptance of a trip to the 2005 Peach Bowl
game
that was paid for by an oil and
gas company
; illicit
drug use
; misuse of government computers; and inspection report
falsification."

The latest inquiry into the Minerals Management Service is not the first hard-hitting report to reveal mismanagement by the agency. MMS is charged with overseeing the nation's oil resources and with collecting
royalties from oil production firms. Critics of the agency have said
that this dual role often puts the watchdog at a conflict of interest
with its purpose of protecting taxpayers.

A 2008 probe found similarly troubling behavior by MMS workers. Citing what he called a "culture of substance abuse and promiscuity" by workers, the Interior's Department's inspector general found that
employees had sex with and took drugs with energy company
representatives. Workers also reportedly enjoyed gifts, ski trips and
golf outings paid for by oil giants.

In recent weeks, the Obama administration has proposed to split up the MMS into separate watchdog and royalties collection units.

Noted the AP earlier this month: "One agency would be charged with inspecting oil rigs, investigating oil companies and enforcing safety regulations, while the other would
oversee leases for drilling and collection of billions of dollars in
royalties.

"Currently, the Minerals Management Service, an arm of the Interior Department, is responsible for collecting more than $10 billion a year from oil and gas drilling and with enforcing laws and regulations that
apply to drilling operations.".

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Comment by Sweettina2 on May 26, 2010 at 3:46pm
Thank you Lauren, going to read it now. Seems people have no forethought at all anymore, no responsibility, only greed and instant gratification.

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