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DOI's permitting problems unresolved, API official charges

06/20/2011
Nick SnowWashington EditorThe US Department of the Interior has not made its new oil and gas regulations sufficiently clear for drilling permits and exploration plans to be approved within a reasonable time period, an American Petroleum Institute official charged. "Not enough is happening to assure that the oil and gas development this country needs will occur," said Erik Milito, group director of API's upstream and industry operations. "The regulatory process is more time consuming than ever."DOI's Bureau of Offshore Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement has extended some Gulf of Mexico leases, where operations were suspended following the Macondo well accide...
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