Inspectors got paid meals and tickets to sporting events from companies they monitored ; let oil and gas company workers fill out their inspection forms in pencil , with the inspectors writing over those entries in ink before turning them in ; and in 2008 , one conducted inspections of four offshore platforms while negotiating a job with the company that operated them , the report found . Bobby Maxwell spent 22 years at Minerals Management Service . Maxwell , who routinely visited offshore rigs , says inspectors did little real work . The agency has been criticized for its handling of the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010 and other oil spills since then.
Bobby Maxwell spent 22 years at Minerals Management Service . Maxwell , who routinely visited offshore rigs , says inspectors did little real work . The agency has been criticized for its handling of the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010 and other oil spills since then.