Oil & Gas / Health, Safety & Environment MPs accused of failure over pledge on offshore safetyThe UK Government is struggling to recruit the new North Sea inspectors it promised more than two years ago following the Macondo tragedy in the US. March 12th 2013, 1:00 am 2 min read Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. WAITING: The safety pledge was made in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico