[WOBBLY BOB]

Noble rig leaves U.S. Gulf for Brazil (from early March)

Last week, the Interior Department approved the first deep-water drilling permit since a five-month moratorium on the practice was lifted in October. But the oil and gas industry says the process must move faster or more rigs will leave, jobs will be lost and U.S. offshore oil production will decline.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2683712/posts

[Drill Thrawl]

But the oil and gas industry says the process must move faster or more rigs will leave, jobs will be lost and U.S. offshore oil production will decline.

That is the goal!