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US Interior provides details as it implements Obama's offshore orders

06/07/2010
By Nick Snow
The US Department of the Interior began to implement new safety requirements for offshore oil and gas activities in response to President Barack Obama's May 27 order. The rules center on two drilling process failures that may have led to the Apr. 20 blowout and semisubmersible rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico: loss of well control and the blowout preventer's failure."We must proceed with the utmost caution as we examine the many questions that the BP oil spill raises," Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said as he issued orders that included a 6-month extension of a deepwater drilling moratorium, cancellation of two upcoming lease sales, and a delay in accepting Shell Offshore In...
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