Government Says Blowout Containment Remains Hurdle For New Deepwater Drilling Permits

Responding to oil industry criticism of perceived delays in approvals of deep-water drilling permits after the Obama administration’s lifting of a deepwater drilling ban several months ago, the director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement recently made it known that a primary stalling point is the availability of systems to contain another deepwater blowout in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Source: Gulf Coast Maritime