Link: Operators walking on deepwater rig commitments. #rsrh
“At least five deep-water drilling rigs have already left the Gulf of Mexico since the Obama administration’s May 27 decision to halt exploration in more than 500 feet of water.”
Link: Operators walking on deepwater rig commitments. #rsrh
“At least five deep-water drilling rigs have already left the Gulf of Mexico since the Obama administration’s May 27 decision to halt exploration in more than 500 feet of water.”
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Ensco seeks to revive claim over federal drilling ban. #rsrh http://amplify.com/u/hcwy
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Link: Ensco seeks to revive claim over federal drilling ban. #rsrh
Ensco Offshore Co. asked a judge to revive its challenge to the Obama administration’s deep-water oil drilling rules, claiming regulators are preventing rigs from returning to work even after lifting a ban in October.
“None of the work that was being done by the 33 rigs suspended when the initial moratorium was issued has been allowed to resume, no permits for previously suspended activities have been issued, and there are no indications that defendants will unfreeze the permit process in the near future,” Ensco said in a Nov. 30 court filing.
Ensco asked U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman of New Orleans to reinstate dismissed claims and enjoin the government from enforcing the drilling moratorium “by any means.” Ensco also asked the judge to require regulators to act within 30 days on all pending applications for permits to drill in waters deeper than 500 feet.
This week, James Noe, Hercules Offshore Inc.’s general counsel and chief compliance officer, filed sworn statements that Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Director Michael Bromwich told a private industry gathering on Oct. 21 that they wanted to “codify specific requirements and commitments” into a “legally enforceable mechanism” for deep- water spill containment before granting permits.
“Defendants represented to this court that such a mechanism ‘is not a precondition to the resumption of drilling,’” Ensco said in its filing. “The court took defendants at their word.”
Before the drilling ban, regulators typically processed permit applications in about two weeks, according to court papers. Regulators have ignored applications since the ban was lifted, Ensco says.
Is @LaDemos dead? Last tweet 11/2/10 approx 7 pm. Maybe we can have his avatar printed on milk cartons.
At a Capitol Hill media event staged by Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), Progressive Democrats met with environmental activists to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Alaska National Wildlife Reserve. As per usual, these earnest protectors of the flora and fauna of the virgin Alaskan coastal plain did so with the reverence and dignity so commonly associated with Progressive politics.
Oh, and did I mention their devotion to science? We’ve come to expect no less from Markey, outgoing chair of the now-defunct House Select Committee on Global Warming. (That’s the Pelosi committee that incoming Republican leadership has punted into the cheap seats…)
National Review Online has the story.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a number of the attending liberal activists (though no members) are clad in polar bear and penguin garb. “Iconic animals,” Markey beamed.
“Iconic”, Rep. Markey? Maybe you meant “ironic”, since the nearest penguin in the wild lives, oh, about 10,000 miles from Alaska:
Penguins are found only in the Southern Hemisphere. While most people associate penguins with Antarctica, they are much more widespread and penguin populations can also be found in South America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. [Source.]
FoxWolfie Galen (pictured below) could not be reached for comment.

Cross-posted at RedState.com.
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