. OIL SPILLS : INDUSTRIES: PETROLEUM : UNITED STATES: GOVERNMENT: Deep-Water Drilling to Be Subject to Environmental Reviews After BP Spill Deep-Water Drilling to Be Subject to Environmental Reviews After BP Spill By Jim Efstathiou Jr. August 16, 2010 4:57 PM ET Bloomberg <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-16/u-s-to-require- environmental-reviews-for-deepwater-oil-and-gas-drilling.html> A shorter URL for the above link: <http://tinyurl.com/34t68lj>The U.S. released environmental guidelines subjecting oil and natural-gas drilling in deep water to full environmental reviews while offering assurances that operations in shallow waters can proceed.
Blanket exemptions such as one granted to BP Plc before its Gulf of Mexico spill wont be allowed for deep-water projects during a pending review of environmental requirements, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said today in a statement. Such categorical exclusions from the reviews required by law will be restricted to drilling projects that involve limited environmental risk, he said.
Shallow-water drilling using technology different from BPs Macondo well, where a blowout preventer failed 5,000 feet below the surface, remains eligible for exemptions, according to the statement. The Obama administration halted virtually all energy production in the Gulf after the BP spill, including less risky operations that arent in deep water, according to Jim Noe, general counsel for Hercules Offshore Inc., the largest owner of shallow-water rigs in the Gulf.
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