[LibLieSlayer]

I can PROMISE you that I have seen many wells drilled and capped in the Gulf of Mexico, and these wells can produce at high volumes. They were capped off (and still are) waiting for the price of crude to get to the point of maximum profit... Natural Gas wells too.

I have fished many times off of these dormant rigs.

LLS

[snowsislander]

Also, Florida's Gulf Coast is worth opening for drilling also.

I can PROMISE you that I have seen many wells drilled and capped in the Gulf of Mexico, and these wells can produce at high volumes. They were capped off (and still are) waiting for the price of crude to get to the point of maximum profit... Natural Gas wells too.

I have fished many times off of these dormant rigs.

Yes, we are indeed producing in the Gulf of Mexico. What we are not doing, unless I missed something, is allowing any drilling near the coast of Florida. I believe that the closest allowed is 100 miles from Florida's Gulf Coast, indicated on this pdf file.

Here is a web page from May 2004 about the current situation.