Drilling Moratorium Challenge Is Kept Alive by Judge
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A federal judge refused to throw out an industry lawsuit challenging the Obama administration’s temporary moratorium on deep-water oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
Offshore oil services companies claim the six-month moratorium on drilling in waters deeper than 500 feet, announced in May, is causing irreparable economic harm to the industry and the region. U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman in New Orleans today denied a government request to dismiss the case.