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In wake of disaster, drilling is examined
The drillship Discoverer Enterprise (top) burns off gas from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig spill site on the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Venice. The Development Driller II is seen at the bottom left.
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Energy Stocks: Oil drilling stocks drop on offshore ban
Oil drilling companies’ shares fell hard Friday as the prospects for an offshore exploration moratorium hung over the sector in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
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AP: BP shoots mud at oil as Obama halts drilling plans
ROBERT, La. (AP) — BP hoped to know as early as this afternoon if a stream of mud will finally end its Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a five-week disaster that was putting other U.S. offshore drilling projects on hold as far away as Alaska.
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BP oil spill: Barack Obama to extend moratorium on deepwater drilling for 6 months
President Barack Obama will extend a moratorium on deepwater oil drilling for six months while a commission studies the reasons for the Gulf of Mexico spill.
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Obama Extends Moratorium on Deepwater Drilling
President Obama is extending a moratorium on deepwater oil drilling by six months. In a White House news conference, Obama unveiled new federal guidelines for offshore drilling.
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Pro: Should the US cancel plans for offshore drilling?
CLAREMONT, Calif. – Although some progress has been made in recent days, BP is still struggling to stop the oil pouring from the wreck of the Deepwater Horizon. The April 20 explosion that caused the calamity, and tragically killed 11 workers, has spilled at least 6 million gallons of oil – and perhaps five times that amount – into the waters of the Gulf Coast.
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N.J. officials ask Pres. Obama to reinstate moratorium on off-shore drilling off Atlantic coast
Elizabeth Bordelon/AFP/Getty ImagesIn this image released by the US Coast Guard, response boats work to clean up oil where the Deepwater Horizon oil rig sank on April 22, 2010. The mobile offshore drilling platform was engulfed in flames after an…
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Obama Orders Halt in New Offshore Oil Drilling
President Obama said Thursday he is halting or delaying new offshore drilling in the Arctic Ocean, off the Virginia coast, and in new deepwater wells in the Gulf of Mexico.
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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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