Deepwater Drilling Permit

The Obama Administration has 30 days to take action on six pending deepwater drilling permits in the gulf.

The US House of Representatives is expected to debate this week a bill that would challenge the Obama Administration's handling of the drilling permit process in the Gulf.

For the first time since the deadly Deepwater Horizon explosion, the Obama administration is giving its approval to a deepwater oil and gas exploration plan.

(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Sen. David Vitter made the following statement regarding the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) announcement of its approval of another deepwater drilling permit.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jeff Landry (Republican, New Iberia), the House’s leading proponent of domestic oil and gas drilling, released the following statement after the Interior Department announced it approved Noble Energy’s deepwater drilling permit:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, DNR Secretary Scott Angelle and members of the Back to Work Coalition met with Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael Bromwich and staff to continue the discussion of the obstacles affecting the issuance of new deepwater drilling permits in the Gulf of Mexico.

Washington, DC -   US Congressman Charles Boustany, Jr. (R-Southwest Louisiana) today praised the issuance of the first deepwater drilling permit since the offshore drilling moratorium began in May 2010.

(Washington, D.C.)   – U.S. Sen. David Vitter made the following statement regarding the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) announcement of its approval of the first deepwater drilling permit since the Deepwater Horizon explosion.

(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Sen. David Vitter today issued the following statement in response to federal judge Martin Feldman’s ruling that the Obama administration must decide within 30 days whether to grant a set of five deepwater drilling permits in the Gulf of Mexico.

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Jeff Landry (Republican, New Iberia) issued the following statement after Judge Martin Feldman ordered the Obama Administration to decide within 30 days whether to grant a set of five permits for deep-water drilling projects in the Gulf of Mexico: