Administration imposes killer review process of deep water wells

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BBC:

The US will require an environmental assessment for new deep-water offshore drilling, the government has said.

The new policy ends a practice that allowed the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig to drill with little scrutiny.

It was announced as a White House panel reported the project in the Gulf of Mexico had been granted exemptions from review based on decades-old data.

A 20 April explosion on the BP-leased rig killed 11 workers and set off one of the worst oil spills in history.

"In light of the increasing levels of complexity and risk - and the consequent potential environmental impacts - associated with deep-water drilling, we are taking a fresh look at the [environmental protection] process and the types of environmental reviews that should be required for offshore activity," Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said in a statement.

"Our decision-making must be fully informed by an understanding of the potential environmental consequences of federal actions permitting offshore oil and gas development."

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I don't expect a good faith review from this administration. This appears to be meant as an environmental impact statement meant to kill all offshore drilling in deep water and possible in shallow water. These guys have been looking for a way around the judges ruling that their moratorium was illegal and they probably see this as a way to thwart the judges ruling.

I think as long as Salazar and Obama get their way they will seek impediments to the domestic production of oil and gas.
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