Sentence examples for drilling moratorium from inspiring English sources

A simple six-month drilling moratorium.

The current drilling moratorium will hurt the majors and service companies.

The drilling moratorium, initially set to expire in November, was lifted in mid-October.

At least six rigs affected by the drilling moratorium, imposed last June, have left the gulf to drill elsewhere.

An additional 500 claims are for losses related to the drilling moratorium, which are dealt with under a $100 million fund that is not under his control.

After that fatal accident, the administration decreed a deepwater drilling moratorium, lifted it six months later, then took five more months before beginning to issue drilling permits.

The slump is largely tied to the drilling moratorium imposed after the Gulf of Mexico explosion, which prevented routine maintenance drilling required to support production.

Senator Mary L. Landrieu, a Louisiana Democrat who has opposed the drilling moratorium, said Wednesday that the industry's initiative was badly needed.

Chevron has so far felt only a modest impact from the drilling moratorium now in place after the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Jeremy B. Abramowitz Washington, June 26 , 2010• To the Editor: Joe Nocera makes some good points regarding the competing interests in the drilling moratorium issue.

He speaks about foreign aid: "We just keep sending it and sending it and sending it!" On energy policy: "The offshore drilling moratorium by the administration is nonsense".