That's a good question as well.
When the government establishes its regulatory regime, I think it's always careful to ensure that it's protecting the environment, to ensure that safety is of primary interest, but at the same time recognizes that there's an economic aspect and an economic development component that has to be managed as well. Certainly, all of the energy players offshore are global players and, generally speaking, that requires us to be reasoned with our need to protect and preserve the environment and enable development to occur and to insist on safety as being primary.
In doing so, we feel that the amount we've established is reasoned and companies will be able to manage it. I think you'll be speaking with companies later on. They're probably best able to answer the question directly. Certainly, our consultation and discussion with them established that the majority of the companies are large. All of them behave today as if unlimited absolute liability exists for anything they're responsible for. They have unlimited liability when at fault or negligent in any case, so the sense that we had provided for a substantial amount was to demonstrate that they were ready and able, but by the same token, recognize that it would be something they had to manage and there will be costs associated with doing so.