Offshore News and Current Events

Know and understand what your current administration (Obama / Salazar) are doing to your future job opportunities in the Marine industry.

January 14 2012

"At a time when more than 13 million Americans are unemployed, you’d think that the president would be doing everything possible to stimulate employment. But his jobs-creation policy lacks direction and focus, based largely on blind faith in renewable energy sources and a childish trust in the good intentions of solar energy companies."  The link for the full story; Copy this link and past it in your brouser, http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/219883/group/Opinion/

 

 

January 11, 2012

API bemoans slow return to Gulf of Mexico

"A study prepared for API by Quest Offshore Resources found at least 90,000 jobs and billions of dollars were lost to slow permitting processes in the gulf."

Read more: http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Resources/2012/01/11/API-bemoans-slow-return-to-Gulf-of-Mexico/UPI-42691326291900/#ixzz1jAo19ywz

 

November 17 2011

Obama Abandons (Private) Labor

"Recall as well the president's gut reaction in 2010 to the BP Gulf oil spill: an order shutting down deep-water drilling in U.S. waters. The effect on blue-collar workers in that industry was devastating."

Copy and paste the following link into your browser for the full reoprt.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204323904577040430486060086.html

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October 13, 2011

"It's time to get people back to work and get the gulf's economy growing again,"

               Hastings: U.S. blocking gulf development

U.S. Rep. Doc Hastings said in a statement.

Good Article;

http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Resources/2011/10/13/Hastings-US-blocking-gulf-development/UPI-46561318509406/?spt=hs&or=er

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September 7th 2011

OMSA: Offshore Drilling Creates American Jobs

Great  video;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkDJpGXHsIw&feature=player_embedded

 

IHS Global Insight published a 277 page study quantifying the opportunity for job creation and GDP growth in the United States. OMSA distilled that info into a 4-minute video. If President Obama and his regulators -- Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and BOEMRE director Michael Bromwich -- simply cleared the backlog of offshore drilling permits and exploration plans, the oil and gas industry could return to operations at historic norms. But today, that's not the case. The slow-pace of administrative approvals leaves exploration and development activities at a near standstill. Clear the bureaucratic gridlock and industry will create 230,000 jobs by 2012.

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August 17, 2011

 

Over-reaction to BP Gulf spill costing 230,000 US jobs

"the red tape is holding back employment, to the tune of 230,000 jobs in 2012"

_http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-08-16/news/29892211_1_oil-spill-oil-import-bill-oil-and-gas

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July 21, 2011

The Greatest visual explanation of the Illegal Drilling Moratorium that I have ever seen.

Obama’s illegal oil drilling moratorium, explained and illustrated http://www.therightscoop.com/obamas-illegal-oil-drilling-moratorium-explained-and-illustrated/

 

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                                           July 20, 2011

Ten Oil Rigs Have Exited Gulf Since Obama Moratorium Went Into Effect

"Over the past three months, deepwater permits are down 71 percent from their historical monthly average of 5.8 permits per month"  "Shallow-water permitting have also fallen in past few weeks by 34 percent from the historical monthly average of 7.1 permits" Quoted by blogger and Journalist Robert Bluey with the Heritage Foundation.

Full article;  Click on the above article heading and it will link you directly to the full article.

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                                                              6/15/2011,

                             Salazar's War On Jobs
“I think they have constructed the most effective job-killing machine in the history of the country,” said Rep. Tom McClintock (R.-Calif.)."

Copy the below link and paste it in your address bar for full story;

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=44092
 

Moratorium on deepwater drilling permits will have lingering impact on energy industry, panelists say

http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2011/06/moratorium_on_deepwater_drilli.html