Interior Dept. denies extension of drilling freeze to shallow waters.

[freddie mertz]

I'm posting this link here as a corrective to the two older threads.


Interior Dept. denies it has extended drilling freeze to shallow gulf waters


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/03/AR2010060302738.html?hpid=topnews


By Steven Mufson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, June 3, 2010; 3:05 PM

The Interior Department denied that it has extended a drilling freeze to shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico, contradicting an e-mail written earlier Thursday by the Minerals Management Service's supervisor of field operations for the Gulf of Mexico.

An Interior Department spokesman said "shallow water drilling may continue as long as oil and gas operations satisfy the environmental and safety requirements Secretary Salazar outlined in his report to the President and have exploration plans that meet those requirements. There is no moratorium on shallow water drilling."

[Thrill]

1. The Oil companies sure spread that money around quickly at the Interior Dept

Didn't take them long to get minds changed

[ProSense]

2. WaPo isn't reporting the full story. The

additional information is in the AP article.