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March 18th, 2011 | 
Author: WASHINGTON, DC – In spite of the fact that on the weekend of March 12, 2011 the government issued a new permit for deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, a major oil industry trade group says it’s not enough.
On March 12, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) agreed to allow BHP Billiton PLC to resume deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, but this was only the second deepwater permit to be issued by the government since the BP oil spill of 2010. ... Read Full Story
Posted in BP British Petroleum, Environment, Government, Gulf Coast, Uncategorized | 
Tags: BP Oil Spill, Deepwater drilling | 
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The Department of the Interior has issued the first deep water drilling permit in the Gulf of Mexico to Noble Energy, Inc. since the BP Oil Spill, a senior official said Monday.
After a thorough vetting process, Noble Energy Inc. has been granted permission to resume drilling in 6,500 feet of water off the coast of Louisiana. Work on the well was suspended, along with virtually all other drilling activity in water deeper than 5,000 feet, immediately after the Deepwater Horizon accident last April 20, which killed 11 rig workers and spewed nearly five million barrels of oil into the ocean. ... Read Full Story
