BP wins first drilling permit since spil

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: The Hill

The Obama administration green-lighted a permit Wednesday that allows BP to drill a new well in the Gulf of Mexico, the first such approval for the company since last year’s massive oil spill.

The move paves the way for the embattled oil company to resume drilling in the Gulf about a year and a half after the April 20 spill that dumped 4.9 million barrels of oil into the region.

The permit approval comes a week after the Interior Department’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement approved BP’s supplemental exploration plan. The approval of the plan laid the groundwork for Wednesday’s drilling permit approval.

BSSE Director Michael Bromwich said Wednesday that BP complied with a series of beefed-up safety and environmental standards put in place in the aftermath of the oil spill, which resulted in the deaths of 11 workers.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/189869-interior-approves-bps-first-drilling-permit-since-last-years-oil-spill

[Dont call me Shirley]

1. The worst environmental criminals in history return to the scene of the crime.

[Magoo48]

2. If the MIC is desperate for a new war, oh wait, BP got the milkshake, MIC got the jones...