US deepwater permits nearing issuance pace before Macondo oil spill

Government statistics show US federal agencies issued slightly fewer Gulf of Mexico deepwater permits during the last 12 months than in the same period before the April 2010 blowout of BP PLC’s Macondo well and resulting explosion and fire on Transocean Ltd.’s Deepwater Horizon semisubmersible.

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