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Offshore oil rigs can resume deep water drilling, as Obama moratorium is lifted

Offshore oil rigs will be able to begin deep water drilling again, as the Obama administration has lifted the moratorium on the practice, set in place after the Gulf oil spill. The Secretary of the Interior said new safety regulations are now in place on offshore oil rigs that would greatly diminish the chance of another spill.
Offshore drilling: Judge who lifted moratorium has oil interests

Offshore drilling: Judge Martin Feldman, who overturned the government's moratorium on offshore drilling for oil, has reported owning stock in Transocean Ltd, the company that owned the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig which exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico over two months ago.
Gulf oil spill: Judge slams Obama's drilling moratorium, blocks it

The judge said the federal report that led to the drilling moratorium didn't 'explicitly justify' a ban. Some independent engineers who reviewed the report agree. The administration will appeal.
Oil drilling ban has Transocean boss Steven Newman criticizing Obama

Oil drilling ban in the Gulf of Mexico has Transocean president Steven Newman upset with the Obama administration.
Louisiana backs oil industry, wants drilling moratorium thrown out

Louisiana is supporting a lawsuit to overturn the six-month moratorium on deep-water drilling. The ban could cost the local oil industry as much as $330 million a month, the state says.
Offshore oil drilling protest: Companies tell judge 'no more'

Offshore oil drilling moratorium could cost Louisiana thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in lost wages, according to one company.
BP cuts pipe, plans to lower cap over Gulf oil spill

The next chance for stopping the Gulf oil spill won't come until two relief wells meant to plug the reservoir for good are finished in August.
Once again, BP experiment in Gulf spill hits snag, beaches unprotected by oil containment booms

BP CEO says BP and its oil containment booms had been successful in keeping most of the oil away from the eastern coast.
Thunderstorms, stuck saw stall BP oil spill cleanup, containment

Efforts to curb the effects of the worst oil spill in US history have hit multiple snags.
Effort to cut and cap Gulf oil stalls with stuck saw

Engineers may have to bring in a second saw to finish the cut-and-cap operation.
Gulf oil spill now bigger than Exxon Valdez disaster

The Exxon Valdez disaster caused 11 million gallons of oil to leak into Prince William sound. BP's Gulf oil spill may have leaked 39 million gallons into the Gulf of Mexico.
In Pictures: Sticky mess: The Gulf oil spill's impact on nature
Investment fraud suspect Stanford was major political donor

Robert Allen Stanford, his firm, or its employees are said to have delivered $2.4 million to political operations since 2000.