Thursday, June 3, 2010

Interior Denies Extending Drilling Freeze To Shallow Water -WP

2 Interior Denies Extending Drilling Freeze To Shallow Water -WP

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A spokesman for the U.S. Interior Department denies that the agency has extended a freeze on oil and gas drilling to shallow waters in the Gulf of Mexico, the Washington Post reports on its website Thursday.

"Shallow water drilling may continue as long as oil and gas operations satisfy the environmental and safety requirements Secretary (Ken) Salazar outlined in his report to the president and have exploration plans that meet those requirements," the spokesman said, according to the Post. "There is no moratorium on shallow water drilling."

Earlier Thursday, the Mineral Management Service's supervisor of field operations for the Gulf said in an email that "until further notice we have been informed not to approve or allow any drilling no matter the water depth," according to the Post.

Full story at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/energy/article/2010/06/03/AR2010060302738.h ml

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