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Arctic Offshore Wells Approved Off Alaska’s Coast

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The first oil and gas production wells in federal Arctic waters have been approved by U.S. regulators. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on Oct. 24 announced it issued a conditional permit for the Liberty Project, a proposal by a subsidiary of Houston-based Hilcorp for production wells on an artificial island in the Beaufort Sea.

October 24, 2018
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Obama Lifts Ban on Deepwater Oil Drilling

The Obama administration has lifted a moratorium on deep-water oil drilling that it imposed in April in the wake of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the Associated Press reported.

October 13, 2010