Take a moment to click the following link and read the extremely short article which ties Shell, of one of the worlds largest Oil Companies with a significant presence right here in my home town to a horrific photograph of the Deep Water Horizon. We all know that the rig had nothing to do with Shell and that in fact Trans-ocean BP and several other organizations had primary responsibility for the issues and resulting disaster but the fact that a photograph as large as the article itself is being used and that it ultimately is unrelated to the article applauding the approval of an environmental impact study is an egregious misrepresentation of the issue being reported on.
I expect "Fair & Balanced" not a null sum total!
So the good news!
1. Shell has run a hurdle for the process and they are one step closer to a new drilling permit for deep water exploration in the Gulf of Mexico.
Now the rest of the story...
2. Shell must now get the exploration plan approved in order to drill 3 new exploratory wells in roughly 2900 feet deep water about 130 miles from the Louisiana Coast
3. Finally our red-tape wielding bureaucrats need to get off their butts and issue a drilling permit
Hopefully we will see more approvals in the coming months as companies move to meet the new standards set and continue to maintain operations here in our region.
Even more hopeful that we will see the first NEW drilling permit issued before the summer ends.
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