Bromwich Says Will ‘Take Time’ to Resume Drilling After Ban Ends

Michael Bromwich, director of the Office of Ocean Energy Management that oversees offshore oil exploration, said few rigs are likely to quickly resume work in the Gulf of Mexico when a U.S. ban on deep-water drilling ends.

“Even when the moratorium is lifted, you’re not going to see drilling going on the next day or even the next week,” Bromwich said. “It’s going to take some time.”

To contact the reporter on this story: Jim Efstathiou Jr. in New York at jefstathiou@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Steve Geimann at sgeimann@bloomberg.net

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