ABSTRACT
This chapter explores characteristics of the Norwegian and US regulatory regimes by comparing difference and similarities, and assess some implications of these regimes for the industrial actors and their roles regarding proceduralization. It addresses the question of assessing main characteristics of the risk regulation regimes, including the positions and roles of the main stakeholders. The chapter addresses the second question on the implications of the different regimes for proceduralization by looking at the following issues: framing the regulations, sources of proceduralization, roles of regulating agencies, implications of violation of the law and coping with the dilemmas. This control and innovation dilemma has been demonstrated in our assessment of the Norwegian and United States approaches to regulating offshore oil and gas operations. The offshore oil and gas industry is composed of major operators, entrepreneurs and contractors working globally in shallow coastal areas and deep-water continental shelf regions further offshore to find and extract oil and gas resources.
