Deepwater oil drilling moratorium
On May 30, 2010 a 6-month moratorium on all deepwater offshore drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf was declared by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. The limitation was in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill which occurred in the Gulf of Mexico. A New Orleans federal judge struck down President Obama 's six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling, giving the oil industry a temporary win in the fight to reopen 33 exploratory well projects in The federal moratorium had suspended all pending, current or approved drilling operations of new deepwater wells (depths greater than 500 feet) in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Pacific for six I've already asked whether President Obama's deepwater drilling moratorium is a smart policy, given the fact that it won't do much unless we attack oil demand at the source. But I still thought that a temporary timeout for certain sorts of deepwater drilling made sense. The six-month moratorium was first issued by Salazar in May after the April 20 explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 people and triggered one of the
A New Orleans federal judge lifted the six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling imposed by President Barack Obama following the largest oil spill in U.S. history.
3 Jan 2012 Almost 20 months have passed since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig involving a moratorium on deep water oil drilling after the explosion, the 5 Dec 2011 Drilling Moratorium. A month after Macondo on May 28, 2010, the Obama Administration issued a six-month deepwater oil and gas drilling 23 Feb 2015 Why U.S. East Coast Should Stay Off-Limits to Oil Drilling They warn of another Deepwater Horizon or Exxon Valdez-type fiasco to end the moratorium on oil exploration along the East Coast from the Delaware to Florida. 9 Jul 2019 “It's important for the government to understand that exploration in deep-water must continue” to reverse production declines and meet a goal of 22 Jul 2010 While a deepwater drilling moratorium makes sense in terms of calling a 'time out' , until it is known what went wrong with Deepwater Horizon it is
3 Feb 2011 in contempt by continuing its deepwater-drilling moratorium after the restricted offshore drilling, following the worst offshore oil spill in U.S.
8 Jan 2019 Buchanan: “We Can't Risk Another Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill” which would make permanent the current moratorium on oil drilling slated to 30 Aug 2010 When BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on President Barack Obama's six-month moratorium on offshore drilling 22 Jun 2010 In a victory for drilling proponents, a federal judge struck down the Obama administration's six-month ban on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of 11 Jan 2011 Offshore oil production in the Gulf represented 8.7 percent of our annual oil consumption before the drilling moratorium, and that number is
May 27 – Obama announces a six-month moratorium on new deepwater oil drilling permits in 500 feet (150 m) of water or more. Based on the oil flow estimates by the Flow Rate Technical Group, the United States government increased its estimate at 12,000 to 19,000 barrels (500,000 to 800,000 US gallons; 1,900,000 to 3,000,000 litres) per day.
The six-month moratorium was first issued by Salazar in May after the April 20 explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 people and triggered one of the
5 Jan 2018 Trump Opens Vast Waters to Offshore Drilling Former President Obama placed the latter two regions under a drilling moratorium in the last weeks of his and downs of the oil market" and added that "deep water is a growth
14 Jul 2010 Last month, as most of you know, the Obama administration's first deepwater drilling moratorium in response to the ongoing BP oil spill was On May 30, 2010 a 6-month moratorium on all deepwater offshore drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf was declared by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. The limitation was in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill which occurred in the Gulf of Mexico. A New Orleans federal judge struck down President Obama 's six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling, giving the oil industry a temporary win in the fight to reopen 33 exploratory well projects in The federal moratorium had suspended all pending, current or approved drilling operations of new deepwater wells (depths greater than 500 feet) in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Pacific for six I've already asked whether President Obama's deepwater drilling moratorium is a smart policy, given the fact that it won't do much unless we attack oil demand at the source. But I still thought that a temporary timeout for certain sorts of deepwater drilling made sense. The six-month moratorium was first issued by Salazar in May after the April 20 explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 people and triggered one of the WASHINGTON The Obama administration lifted the moratorium on deepwater oil and gas drilling on Tuesday, but it will be weeks or months before drilling resumes while industry and government
U.S. Department of Commerce, Estimating the Economic Effects of the Deepwater Drilling Moratorium on the Gulf Coast Economy, Economics and Statistics