Oil Drilling News

MORE ON 5-YEAR LEASING PLAN

Interior Department releases offshore drilling plan

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-offshore-drilling-20111109,0,3798847.story

U.S. to Open New Areas to Offshore Drilling

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/science/earth/us-to-open-new-areas-to-offshore-drilling.html

THE GULF

BP to end cleanup operations in Gulf oil spill

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/09/bp-gulf-oil-spill-end-cleanup?newsfeed=true

"BP will officially be off the hook for any deposits of oil that wash up on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico – unless they can be traced directly to the Macondo well, it has emerged."

Coast Guard OKs Winding Down BP Oil Spill Cleanup

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/11/09/coast-guard-oks-winding-down-bp-oil-spill-cleanup/?test=latestnews

"Louisiana officials wouldn't give their approval because they were concerned about what they perceived as a lack of long-term monitoring in the document. They also complained that the Coast Guard gave them only five days to review the plan..."