Sentences with phrase «water drilling moratorium»

Now a much - discussed report by the inspector general of the Department of Interior shows how officials in the Obama White House were responsible for a last - minute change in the language of a document on deep - water drilling safety that formed the basis for President Obama's controversial decision in June to enact a six - month deep - water drilling moratorium (the move was more politically harmful than economically damaging, in the end).

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Last summer Gov. Andrew Cuomo lifted the official moratorium on the controversial drilling technique, which involves shooting a high pressure mixture of water and chemicals into the shale rock deep below the Earth's surface.

So why are they chomping at the drill bit to open up the moratorium waters and survey them anew?

Obama will visit the Gulf again on May 28 and ordered today an extension of a moratorium on new offshore drilling in all U.S. waters until the end of the year as well as cancelled planned lease sales.

Due to certain unforeseen circumstances, such as hurricanes, the downturn in the national economy, the BP oil spill, and moratoriums on deep - water drilling, the project realized significantly less traffic and revenue than originally projected.

The Gulf of Mexico is still under a drilling moratorium after the BP oil spill but plans to step up deep - water exploration on the other side of the world, in the South China Sea, remain largely unchanged.

Both Democratic and Republican politicians are up in arms about the offshore drilling moratorium, attacking the president for suspending further operations in deep waters.