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Shallow Gulf Drilling Grinds Toward Halt as Permits Trickle Out
Hercules Offshore Inc. and Rowan Cos. face the threat of oil drilling in shallow Gulf of Mexico waters coming to a standstill as the slow pace of U.S. permits after BP Plc’s spill adds to the impact of a deep-water moratorium.
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Gov’t to issue more shallow water drilling permits
An Interior Department official says the government is expected soon to issue more permits for drilling in shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
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Obama suspends oil permits, deepwater exploration
US President Barack Obama on Thursday unveiled tough moves to suspend new oil drilling and exploration following the Gulf of Mexico disaster, while denying the government was too slow to tackle the crisis.
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New Arctic Drilling Suspended: No New Permits Until 2011
What’s Your Reaction? Interior Secretary Ken Salazar testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 26, 2010, before the House Natural Resources Committee hearing on the “Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Strategy and Implications of the Deepwater Horizon Rig Explosion.”
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