February 12, 2009
Bumpy Start For Oil Industry, Administration
Oil industry executives are encouraging the government to open more offshore regions to exploration and production. However, the new Interior Secretary, Ken Salazar, recently rejected a Bush administration plan to open vast areas of offshore waters to oil and gas drilling, Mercury News reports.
At a time when oil industry executives are seeking closer cooperation with the government to satisfy global energy demand, Salazar has rejected plans to expand offshore drilling citing a need to “restore an orderly process” to energy planning.
Speaking at an energy conference in Houston, BP chief executive Tony Hayward said it’s important for energy companies and governments to have confidence in each other if the industry is to make the massive outlays necessary to meet future energy use. He notes that the International Energy Agency has projected that the world will need 40 percent more energy in 2030 than it consumes today.
Hayward also noted that one-fourth of U.S. oil production comes from the 15 percent of the Outer Continental Shelf not off-limits to drilling, according to the Mercury News.
Hayward and other oil industry executives say the oil industry should have a seat at the table regarding policy decisions.
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Reader Comments
what we have here is a failure to communicate…
these oil industries will pay a fee to reserve their oil leases.not just get another open free hand by the bush admin.another bush plank falls on a billion dollar industry in less than 30 days…all ceos better be listening as the day of accounability is here…
sustainable guy | February 13th, 2009
Survival is taking over. Let’s just forget everything we know about the issue of combustion engines and drill for more oil. Another band-aid solution.
Iain | February 16th, 2009