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July 12, 2010 · about 16 years ago

North Sea drilling ban sought by EU

A European Union official has called for a temporary drilling ban in the North Sea to be imposed until the exact cause of the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the US Gulf of Mexico is uncovered. Gunther Oettinger, the European Union’s Energy Commissioner has called for the temporary drilling ban – echo

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A European Union official has called for a temporary drilling ban in the North Sea to be imposed until the exact cause of the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the US Gulf of Mexico is uncovered. Gunther Oettinger, the European Union’s Energy Commissioner has called for the temporary drilling ban – echoing the deepwater drilling moratorium imposed by President Barack Obama in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico Macondo oil well blowout.

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