Mariner Energy Fire Won’t Result in Drilling Moratorium Extension
Despite the best efforts of some environmentalists to argue that a fire on an offshore oil platform last week should cause the Obama administration to extend
Jul 31, 202036.1K Shares1.3M Views
Despite the best efforts of some environmentalists to argue that a fire on an offshore oil platform last week should cause the Obama administration to extend its moratorium on deepwater drilling, the nation’s lead offshore drilling regulator said yesterday that it would not affect the ban.
Michael Bromwich — director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, which replaced the Minerals Management Service in the aftermath of the spill — said yesterday, “I don’t think it changes the timeline,” according to Reuters.
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