Executive Order: No New Gulf Drilling For 7 Years....

[Obama 2012 1,714]

This ####### needs to be tossed out of the white house... What a joke.

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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12/01/source-no-new-drilling-in-gulf-for-seven-years/

(CNN) - A senior administration official confirms that President Obama will not be allowing new drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico for at least seven years. This is a result of the BP oil spill.

The official said Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will hold a call on this news at 1:30pm today.

[luckytxn 2,263]

Well that is going to destroy a few industries completely. Houston's unemployment rate will just take a tad longer to recover.

[The_Dude 1,142]

I think there should be a moratorium on offshore drilling, but 7 years is a bit extreme. I think that the moratorium should only last as long as it would take to clean up the EPA and redefine restrictions and regulations on the industry. The BP spill was a complete FUBAR situation on all fronts. We need to ensure that something preventable like that doesn't happen again.

[Obama 2012 1,714]

I think there should be a moratorium on offshore drilling, but 7 years is a bit extreme. I think that the moratorium should only last as long as it would take to clean up the EPA and redefine restrictions and regulations on the industry. The BP spill was a complete FUBAR situation on all fronts. We need to ensure that something preventable like that doesn't happen again.

video documentation of inspections is the only way I can think that this would be possible.

This way there's someone to review the tapes, etc of key areas and things that should have been inspected.

It would make it a lot harder to pay-off/bribe government officials like happened with the BP incident.

[The_Dude 1,142]

video documentation of inspections is the only way I can think that this would be possible.

This way there's someone to review the tapes, etc of key areas and things that should have been inspected.

It would make it a lot harder to pay-off/bribe government officials like happened with the BP incident.

Thats a good start. I was thinking more along the lines of the personnel who actually govern things like drilling rights etc. This is a department that should not be run by political appointments, ever.

[peejay 327]

Executive order? Doesn't that just apply when the president that orders this is still in office?

Otherwise I'd say 7 years is a bit optimistic.

[The_Dude 1,142]

Executive order? Doesn't that just apply when the president that orders this is still in office?

Otherwise I'd say 7 years is a bit optimistic.

Well, seeing recent polling data, it's a ####### shoot at this point. I was hoping someone who works in the industry would weigh in on this topic.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Executive order? Doesn't that just apply when the president that orders this is still in office?

Otherwise I'd say 7 years is a bit optimistic.

A new president can reverse earlier executive orders.

[scandal 951]

This ####### needs to be tossed out of these forums... What a joke.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/05/AR2010120503632.html

Sunday, December 5, 2010; 7:31 PM

THE OBAMA administration announced last week that it will not allow "scoping" of the Atlantic Coast and the eastern Gulf of Mexico for offshore drilling, preventing oil exploration there for at least seven more years. This reverses a decision President Obama made in March to examine these areas for potential drilling, with oil companies possibly bidding for leases sometime between 2012 and 2017. What changed in nine months?

One obvious answer: Shortly after Mr. Obama's March announcement, the Deepwater Horizon rig blew up. That should have changed, and did change, administration calculations about drilling safety and inspection inadequacy. But the administration isn't shutting down domestic offshore drilling; on the contrary, it lifted its post-spill moratorium on drilling in the western and central gulf, where oil companies have been operating for decades, earlier than scheduled. Administration officials have said that they are increasingly confident that risks are low enough to allow drilling to proceed, and regulation will be only more stringent.

So why reinstate a ban in the Atlantic or the eastern gulf? Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says his department wants to use its "critical resources" to supervise areas in which rigs already are operating. One translation: The administration won't waste time scoping off the Gulf Coast of Florida as long as Congress maintains its own ban on drilling there. But that doesn't explain the reversal for the Atlantic Coast. Both Democratic and Republican governors of Virginia have expressed support for careful exploration.

Environmental groups and liberals dismayed in March that the president endorsed a GOP-friendly policy without securing anything in return are happier now. But policy considerations haven't changed. America will require oil for years, and a lot of it will come from undersea wells - off Brazil, Nigeria and Azerbaijan if not the United States. Mr. Obama's about-face may make some Americans feel better, but it's unlikely to be a net plus for energy independence or the global environment.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

http://www.washingto...0120503632.html

Sunday, December 5, 2010; 7:31 PM

THE OBAMA administration announced last week that it will not allow "scoping" of the Atlantic Coast and the eastern Gulf of Mexico for offshore drilling, preventing oil exploration there for at least seven more years. This reverses a decision President Obama made in March to examine these areas for potential drilling, with oil companies possibly bidding for leases sometime between 2012 and 2017. What changed in nine months?

One obvious answer: Shortly after Mr. Obama's March announcement, the Deepwater Horizon rig blew up. That should have changed, and did change, administration calculations about drilling safety and inspection inadequacy. But the administration isn't shutting down domestic offshore drilling; on the contrary, it lifted its post-spill moratorium on drilling in the western and central gulf, where oil companies have been operating for decades, earlier than scheduled. Administration officials have said that they are increasingly confident that risks are low enough to allow drilling to proceed, and regulation will be only more stringent.

So why reinstate a ban in the Atlantic or the eastern gulf? Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says his department wants to use its "critical resources" to supervise areas in which rigs already are operating. One translation: The administration won't waste time scoping off the Gulf Coast of Florida as long as Congress maintains its own ban on drilling there. But that doesn't explain the reversal for the Atlantic Coast. Both Democratic and Republican governors of Virginia have expressed support for careful exploration.

Environmental groups and liberals dismayed in March that the president endorsed a GOP-friendly policy without securing anything in return are happier now. But policy considerations haven't changed. America will require oil for years, and a lot of it will come from undersea wells - off Brazil, Nigeria and Azerbaijan if not the United States. Mr. Obama's about-face may make some Americans feel better, but it's unlikely to be a net plus for energy independence or the global environment.

Please don't spread facts here. You're raining on Paul's "I hate Obama" parade.

[The_Dude 1,142]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/05/AR2010120503632.html