Feds approve new Gulf oil well off Louisiana coast as shallow-water ban lifts

[Robbien]

Source: AP

Federal regulators have approved the first new Gulf of Mexico oil well since President Barack Obama lifted a brief ban on drilling in shallow water.

The Minerals Management Service on Wednesday granted a drilling permit sought by Bandon Oil and Gas for a site about 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana.

Obama has extended a moratorium on wells in deep water like the BP one that blew out in April and is gushing millions of gallons of oil. But the president quietly lifted a brief ban last week on drilling in shallow water.

The new permit allows drilling in a water depth of 115 feet. Bandon Oil and Gas first sought the permit in April, shortly after the Deepwater Horizon operated by BP exploded and sank.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=10807595

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They are completely clueless.

[mikelgb]

1. kick

can't wait for the apologist brigade

[DrDan]

2. well . . . it is well known that oil disasters do not come from platforms

but from ship incidents

[chill_wind]

3. Here's the new deal:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8463306

[Altoid_Cyclist]

4. I think that this picture sums it up best.

They still haven't cleaned up all of the oil in Valdez and now with this latest assault on the environment, where the hell will it end?

From MSNBC slide show:


River Shay,13, stands in the front yard of his camp with his dog "Smash", while his father Patrick Shay, a seafood business owner from River Ridge, Louisiana, digs grave sites "In Memory of all that is lost courtesy of BP and our Federal Government", during Memorial Day at their fish camp in Grand Isle, Louisiana

Other pictures: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36880053/ns/news-picture_stories/displaymode/1247/?beginSlide=1

[Smashcut]

5. They're not clueless.

They just don't work for us.

[FiveGoodMen]

7. That's it exactly.

We don't have representation in our 'democracy'.

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. BP says it is "Flying Rand Paul in to consult."

"Evidently he's an expert at keeping black out of places."

http://twitter.com/bpglobalpr

[LiberalArkie]

8. 115 ft of water is pretty safe place. A lot easier to fix than 1 mile down.

[Kelvin Mace]

10. Yeah, that well that blew out in 200' feet of water in 1979

didn't cause much problem. It only spewed oil for nine months.

:sarcasm:

[Kelvin Mace]

9. Goddamn these people are stupid!

At this point, I am about to throw in the towel and just say "Fine, destroy the planet. There is just too much money to made in shitting in our own nest to stop."

[glitch]

11. Far past time to evolve away from this mode of operation.

If we're going to make it we must leapfrog over their bottleneck.