US sharply curtails offshore leasing plan

摘要

Washington-Lease sales planned for the Gulf of Mexico in March and August of 2011 will be pushed back until late 2011 at the earli- est as part of a US offshore drilling plan revised in the aftermath of the BP Macondo disaster, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced December 1. Salazar also reversed plans announced in March to open the eastern Gulf of Mexico and parts of the Atlantic to offshore exploration in the upcoming 2012-2017 five-year drilling plan.