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Gov't: 23K workers affected by Gulf oil drill ban

Gov't: 23K workers affected by Gulf oil drill ban

A six-month ban on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico would directly put more than 9,000 people out of work and indirectly affect another 14,000 jobs, according to a memo from the nation's top drilling regulator.

 

U.S. Request to Delay Lifting of Drilling Ban Denied

A federal judge denied a request by the U.S. government to delay an order that allows deepwater drilling to resume.

 

Obama administration to issue new drilling moratorium

The Obama administration scrambled on Tuesday to resurrect a ban on deepwater oil drilling after a U.S. judge declared that its six-month moratorium was too broad and arbitrary, despite the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

 

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