Quote Originally Posted by Beskar View Post
and people argued against regulation, when it would have prevented this happening.
A prohibition on drilling would have prevented it. Regulation? Possibly, but possibly not. Remember, you can only establish regulations covering forseeable problems. I strongly suspect that coping with a major explosion such as occurred wasn't really considered and certainly wouldn't have been rated likely enough to warrant meticulous regulation.

Regulation has its place, but mostly its to prevent repeat occurrences.