The American Petroleum Institute urged the U.S. Court of Appeals to uphold Judge Martin Feldman’s decision to stay the federal moratorium on deepwater offshore drilling. “The government took the proper steps to review the safety and operations of all rigs in the Gulf, following the Deepwater Horizon incident, but a blanket moratorium was a step [...]
Moratorium Causes Significant Harm to Economy (Update)
July 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment
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Industry Responds to Lifting of Drilling Ban
June 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment
The American Petroleum Institute today issued the following statement regarding the decision by U.S. District Court Judge Martin Feldman to lift President Barack Obama’s moratorium on deepwater offshore drilling: “We welcome Judge Feldman’s decision to lift the moratorium on deepwater operations in the Gulf of Mexico. “The administration acted appropriately in its immediate steps to [...]
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Deepwater Horizon Response Team Update 5-9-10
May 9th, 2010 · No Comments
Today, I received an update from Jim Hoeft, social media coordinator for the federal government’s Deepwater Horizon Response Team. Excerpts from that update appear below: Right now, we have approximately 9,900 personnel who are responding to protect the shoreline and wildlife with an additional 9,500 volunteers. There are already 335 vessels that are on the [...]
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Industry Task Forces to Address Oil Spill Issues
May 4th, 2010 · No Comments
In the wake of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. oil and natural gas industry has formed two task forces to address both short- and long-term issues related to offshore equipment and offshore operating practices, according to an American Petroleum Institute news release, an excerpt of which appears below: “This tragic [...]
Tags: · american petroleum institute, Bob McCarty, deepwater horizon, gulf of mexico, offshore drilling, oil and natural gas industry
Drilling Plan for Doomed Rig Approved By Obama
April 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Dan Riehl brought to light an interesting piece of trivia related to the offshore drilling rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. It appears the blame for this event, one of history’s worst environmental disasters, can’t be shuffled off to President George W. Bush. That’s right! It seems the initial exploration plan for the British [...]
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Lease Sale Attracts Nearly $1 Billion in High Bids
March 17th, 2010 · 1 Comment
News that the Central Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 213, held today in New Orleans, attracted nearly $1 billion in high bids, according to the Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service, had leaders in the nation’s oil and natural gas industry excited and calling upon the federal government to replicate the [...]
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Obama to Close GITMO, Submerge Prisoners?
September 26th, 2009 · 4 Comments
File this under “never would have guessed it.” In a piece published today at Right Truth, writer R.J. Godlewski unwittingly provides the evaluatory “tools” needed to connect the future of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility with President Barack Obama’s relentless assault of the nation’s oil and natural gas industry. Before I continue riding this train [...]
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