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Running the Numbers on Offshore Drilling Inspectors

By | 10.12.10 | 3:36 pm

Here’s one interesting tidbit from today’s conference call on the deepwater drilling moratorium. Even though the administration has decided to lift the moratorium, the Interior Department has not yet hired new inspectors to look at rigs in the Gulf.

Michael Bromwich, head of the newly formed Bureau of Energy More…

Key Interior Department Offshore Drilling Report to Come ‘Later This Week’

By | 09.27.10 | 3:00 pm

Michael Bromwich, who heads the newly formed Bureau of Ocean Energy Management at the Interior Department, told a national commission on the Gulf oil spill today that he will release a report outlining new rules for offshore drilling “later this week.”

New Offshore Drilling Standards Coming Within Two Weeks

By | 09.21.10 | 10:52 am

It’ll soon be clear just what offshore oil drilling in America will look like, post oil spill. The newly formed Bureau of Energy Management is expected within the next two weeks to release new drilling standards, Dow Jones Newswires reports.

Kevin Costner to the Rescue

By | 09.20.10 | 2:13 pm

Kevin Costner (yes, that Kevin Costner) has proposed a nearly $895 million plan to prevent future oil spills.