[org.whodat]

So 82 days from start of leak and these duds cut and run. BYE!!! Actually was probably planned for months.

[opentalk]

from link in article

Dan Pickering, a financial analyst with Tudor, Pickering Holt & Co. Securities, said the legal uncertainties surrounding the ban - and the administration's plan to issue a new, revised moratorium - ensure that no companies will resume deep-water drilling in U.S. waters anytime soon.

"Are you really going to spend $5 million … getting ready to drill a well that someone would then probably block you from drilling?" Pickering said.

This is a big hit to jobs and economy, Seems like Obama is working for someone else.

[avacado]

"So 82 days from start of leak and these duds cut and run. BYE!!! Actually was probably planned for months."

I guess you are in the dark about Obama's moratorium on Gulf drilling? Until all the appeals have been exhausted ain't nobody gonna drill out there in the deep water. You'd be a fool to do so. Money down the drain!

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

CUT AND RUN? What the hell do YOU think we should do with a half a million dollar a day rig? Sit there with our thumbs up our a$$ while Washington decides what to do? Should we do this to keep people like YOU happy??