Bloomberg Businessweek (North America)

How would you assess Obama’s administra­tion in terms of energy, the environmen­t, trade?

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They’re rushing out regulation­s as we speak, in their final six months. Just in the last couple of weeks, they’ve done some—a well control rule in the Gulf of Mexico. Our industry has put in place a hundred new practices in collaborat­ion with the government since the Macondo incident to improve drilling safety. And yet, with very little engagement with industry, they rushed out new provisions. Also, methane regulation­s. The cost of these methane regulation­s is disproport­ionate to the benefits, at any reasonable price on carbon. Those are just two recent examples. In general, I would say the power has shifted toward regulators in this country. I don’t think it’s a coincidenc­e that we’re seeing subpar economic growth. I think it’s a burden.

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