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IADC Documents Archive

Description Date
IADC files friend of the court brief before US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to prevent reinstatement of deepwater drilling ban (PDF) 2 July 2010
Testimony of Alan Spackman, IADC Vice President, Offshore Technical and Regulatory Affairs Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, House Committee on Natural Resources (PDF) 17 June 2010
Letter to Secretary of the Interior Salazar urging resumption of deepwater drilling (PDF) 4 June 2010
Letter to Secretary of the Interior Salazar urging resumption of permitting for shallow water drilling (PDF) 13 May 2010
News Release: IADC urges resumption of safe deepwater drilling (Word) 4 June 2010
News Release: IADC letter to Secretary of Interior Salazar urges lifting ban on new shallow-water drilling (Word) 14 May 2010
News Release: IADC seeks reprieve for drilling in shallow GOM (Word) 13 May 2010

 

Other News Archive

Description Date
Oil, Gas Drillers Raise Voice as Debate over Ban Intensifies 8 July 2010
Reuters: U.S. drilling moratorium to slash oil production more than previously forecast, EIA says 8 July 2010
Bloomberg: Rig services suffer under moratorium 7 July 2010
Houston Chronicle: Call goes out to attack ban -- Lawmakers, industry leaders urge grass-roots effort in favor of drilling 7 July 2010
Reuters: Economic peril seen from offshore drilling ban 7 July 2010
KPRC-TV Channel 2 reports from IADC Town Hall Meeting on moratorium impact on small business 7 July 2010
Congressmen join drilling industry in town hall meeting, pledge support to fight drilling moratorium 7 July 2010
Landrieu joins U.S. chamber of commerce, LA. business advocates in filing amicus brief against drilling moratorium 2 July 2010
Diamond Offshore CEO Larry Dickerson considering moving all of his rigs out of the Gulf and into international waters.

Federal judge issues injunction against deepwater moratorium 22 June 2010
New York Times: Drill Ban Means Hard Times for Rig Workers 18 June 2010
New York Times video shows the human face of deepwater moratorium 11 June 2010
New Orleans Times-Picayune, 11 June, 2010: IADC President Lee Hunt and US Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., warn of looming unemployment if moratorium continues and suggest a means to continue drilling safetly 11 June 2010
Louisana business/government coalition fights moratorium, endorses IADC's approach (PDF) 9 June 2010
US Rep Steve Scalise, R-La., took a firm stand against the six-month deepwater moratorium during his 8 June town hall meeting.

For video from Fox 8, click below.

 

Government Documents Archive

Issued by the Department of the Interior (DOI), Minerals Management Service (MMS) and/or US Coast Guard (USCG).

Description Date
Link to BOEM website tracking permits for offshore wells in water depths less than 500 ft 19 July 2010
Secretary Salazar Issues New Suspensions to Guide Safe Pause on Deepwater Drilling 12 July 2010
Texas Railroad Commissioner Elizabeth Jones urges President Obama to lift moratorium (PDF) 8 July 2010
PDF of ruling lifting deepwater drilling moratorium (PDF) 22 June 2010
Salazar Swears-In Michael R. Bromwich to Lead Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (PDF) 21 June 2010
Amicus Brief by La. Gov. Bobby Jindal in Support of Lawsuit Seeking to End Moratorium (PDF) 20 June 2010
National Notice to Lessees outlining new MMS requirements to submit blowout scenarios, provide assumptions and calculations for worst-case discharges, and describe measures to prevent a blowout and minimize its likelihood, as well as intervention plans. NTL No. 2010-N06. (PDF) 18 June 2010
Letter from MMS Acting Director Robert V Abbey to Jim Noe, Hercules Offshore, clarifying new requirements for shallow-water drilling (PDF) 18 June 2010
Kevin Roche, Noble Drilling: Representation to the Standing Committee on Natural Resources, Canadian House of Commons - Study of Emergency Response Assets and Adequacy of the Current Regulatory Regime of Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling and Production in Canada (PDF) 17 June 2010
Sen. Vitter and Rep. Olson Introduce Legislation to Lift Offshore Drilling Moratorium (see complete bill below) 15 June 2010
President Obama Announces Members of the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling Commission 14 June 2010
Letter to President Obama from Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu requesting a lift of blanket moratorium on deepwater drilling (PDF) 11 June 2010
Bi-partisan letter from Louisiana Congressional delegation to Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar protesting the deepwater drilling moratorium (PDF) 10 June 2010
9 June Statement of Ken Salazar Secretary of the Interior Before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources United States Senate on Recent Departmental Actions to Improve Safety and Accountability on the Outer Continental Shelf (PDF) 9 June 2010
US DOE Macondo Response website 9 June 2010
MMS: National Notice to Lessees and Operators of Federal Oil and Gas Leases, Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) – Increased Safety Measures for Energy Development on the OCS NTL No. 2010-N05 (PDF) 8 June 2010
MMS News Release: Interior Issues Directive to Guide Implementation of Stronger Safety Requirements for Offshore Drilling (PDF) 8 June 2010
MMS News Release: Interior Issues Directive to Guide Implementation of Stronger Safety Requirements for Offshore Drilling (PDF) 8 June 2010
MMS Current Deepwater Activity List (PDF) 1 June 2010
MMS NTL 2010-N04 Implementing the Deepwater Moratorium (PDF) 30 May 2010
Drilling Moratorium Guidance in Water Depth Greater than 500 Feet (PDF) 28 May 2010
Memorandum from Interior Secretary Salazar suspending OCS Drilling of New Deepwater Wells (PDF) 28 May 2010
DOI Report to President Obama on "Increased Safety Measures for Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf ("Buffalo Report") (PDF) 27 May 2010
Joint USCG/MMS National Safety Alert No. 3 (PDF) 30 April 2010

 

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