Tag Archives: Moratorium

Study Reveals the Gulf of Mexico Permitting Mess

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Steve Maley

In a rational world, the Federal government would act as a motivated lease owner who was interested in promoting the safe and environmentally responsible development of his mineral resource, consistent with sound conservation practice. That’s why there’s a permit process … Continue reading →

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Rx for Job Growth, Federal Revenue and Energy Security: Drill, Obama, Drill!

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Steve Maley

The Gulf Economic Survival Team (GEST) is a consortium of large and small companies that have been negatively affected by the Department of the Interior’s bureaucratic overreaction to the BP oil spill. Earlier this year, GEST commissioned a study by … Continue reading →

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BOEMRE Slowdown Costs 230,000 Jobs, $44 Billion in GDP

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Steve Maley

A new study from IHS-CERA, one of the leading energy think tanks, projects the cost of the Department of the Interior’s ongoing regulatory slowdown and its impact on the energy industry, employment in the coastal states, and the U.S. economy … Continue reading →

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BP’s Macondo Disaster, One Year Later

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Steve Maley

On April 20, 2010, an explosion and fire on the Transocean drilling rig Deepwater Horizon caused the deaths of 11 rig workers. The subsequent blowout flowed uncontrolled to the Gulf of Mexico, ultimately spilling an estimated 5 million barrels of … Continue reading →

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