blowout preventers. we put in place this past fall a set of new drilling safety rules that imposes the first for the first time a set of quite substantial requirements on operators who propose to drill both in the gulf of mexico and anywhere else. it requires certifications by independent engineers of the drilling process. it requires them to address issues relating to well design, well casing, well cementing, which are all in the sat gore of prevention which the president mentioned in some of the clips you played and that you mentioned. i don t think any of your reports have talked about those prevention measures that we ve put in place. which are in fact very significant changes in what industry is required to do, and imposed significant burdens on industry. they ve got to meet all those new requirements in each and every application to drill that they file with our agency. and they ve got to comply with
i want to start just by giving you the opportunity to tell me if you think i ve gotten any of the facts wrong. i think you ve gotten a lot of the facts wrong. i think you ve laid out a narrative about what we ve been focusing on that completely ignores the enhanced safety requirements that we ve imposed throughout the industry. we ve not focused just on containment. we haven t focused just on blowout preventers. we put in place this past fall a set of new drilling safety rules that imposes the first for the first time a set of quite substantial requirements on operators who propose to drill both in the gulf of mexico and anywhere else. it requires certifications by independent engineers of the drilling process. it requires them to address issues relating to well design, well casing, well cementing, which are all in the sat gore of prevention which the president mentioned in some of the clips you played and that you mentioned. i don t think any of your reports have talked about thos
we haven t focused just on blowout preventers. we put in place this past fall a set of new drilling safety rules that imposes the first for the first time a set of quite substantial requirements on operators who propose to drill both in the gulf of mexico and anywhere else. it requires certifications by independent engineers of the drilling process. it requires them to address issues relating to well design, well casing, well cementing, which are all in the category of prevention which the president mentioned in some of the clips you played and that you mentioned. i don t think any of your reports have talked about those prevention measures that we ve put in place. which are in fact very significant changes in what industry is required to do, and imposed significant burdens on industry. they ve got to meet all those new requirements in each and every application to drill that they file with our agency.
of the design for the blow out preventer, and new standard for well design, all that must be certified by a professional engineer. obama administration official said they expect some to resume by year s end. shadow drilling in place and the gulf coast officials added that it would mean the same for the deep water exploration and impose new costs that the industry will find punitive. we need certainty and we need it now. i m concerned that the de facto moratorium will continue for some time to come. increase cost for an industry. the costs have to come out of another aspect of the industry. employment in the short-term is always the easiest thing to cut. the other louisianan senator mary landrieu claimed that the white house didn t craft a plan to get drilling industry back to work and would block the nomination as liu as the next budget
saying they raised the bar pretty high. reporter: they have but they expect deep water drilling in the gulf of mexico to resume before year s end. rig operators must demonstrate in advance they can handle a blowout like the one that kurd april that occurred in april. there will be new inspection requirements and independent third party reviews of the designs for blow out preventsers and new standards for well design and casing and cement which must be certified by a professional engineer. companies and some rigs that will come into compliance and will move forward for the permitting process and we will soon have a deep water drilling resuming in the outer shelf in the gulf. there are others that may take longer for them to come into compliance with the regulations.