Regulator Defends Deepwater Drilling Halt As Commission Explores Offshore Policies

摘要

The Interior Department's retooled moratorium on offshore deepwater drilling, issued July 12, is justified by the inadequacy of spill response equipment and doubts about the quality of drilling equipment and inspections, according to Michael Bromwich, director of the department's new Bureau of Ocean Energy.rnBromwich defended the moratorium in testimony July 13 to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, a presidential commission charged with formulating policy recommendations on offshore oil and gas work in the water of the BP Plc oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.