US: Abandoned Wells In Gulf Must Be Plugged...says The Obama administration
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posted by tinys_alabama on September 15, 2010 - 1:42pm
US: Abandoned Wells In Gulf Must Be Plugged
by (AP) WASHINGTON
Published: Wed, September 15, 2010 - 11:49 am CST
Last Updated: Wed, September 15, 2010 - 12:17 pm CST
The Obama administration says it will require oil and gas companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico to plug nearly 3,500 nonproducing wells and dismantle about 650 production platforms that are no longer being used.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said a formal notice issued Wednesday would make energy production in the Gulf safer and prevent potentially catastrophic leaks at wells that in some cases have been abandoned for decades.
More than 27,000 abandoned oil and gas wells lurk beneath the Gulf of Mexico, and more than 1,000 oil rigs and platforms sit idle. An Associated Press investigation showed that many of the wells have been ignored for decades, with no one in industry or government checking to see if they are leaking.
http://www.wkrg.com/gulf_oil_spill/article/us-abandoned-wells-in-gulf-mu...
Did you plug the hole, daddy?
Looks like he’s found a way to solve the employment impacts of the drilling ban while still accomplishing his goal of torpedoing the economy.