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Maps Map of OCS Leasing Status as of October 1, 2008 Map of Offshore areas under S.3711 - Senate Bill that passed on December 9, 2006 Map of Offshore areas under HR 4761 - Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act Over 80% of the Outer Continental […]

Graphics Sources of Oil in the Sea III (National Academy of Sciences, 2003) How far offshore can oil platforms be seen? Louisiana Coastal Erosion (projected to 2050)  

Media Coverage Articles TP - Dave Welch - Don't use spill as an excuse to cripple the economy: A letter to the editor(8/11/10) TP - 'Rig Row' in Pascagoula is home to drilling towers idled by moratorium (8/10/10) WSJ Deepwater Drillers Face Labor Dilemma (8/9/10) USA Today Deep-water drilling ban is […]

Press Releases   Salazar Announces Regulations to Strengthen Drilling Safety, Reduce Risk of Human Error on Offshore Oil and Gas Operations (9/30/10) NOIA President Randall Luthi Comments on Interim Final Drilling Rule and Workplace Safety Rule (9/30/10) NOIA President Randall Luthi Responds to Revised Projections of […]

Media Coverage Articles WSJ - The Real Gulf Disaster (9/22/10) Platts - Gulf deepwater drill risk insurance cost seen rising (8/24/10) TP - Dave Welch - Don't use spill as an excuse to cripple the economy: A letter to the editor(8/11/10) TP - 'Rig Row' in Pascagoula is home to drilling […]

Letters NOIA Letter to National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (11/23/10) Vitter Letter to Salazar and Bromwich (9/30/10) NOIA Comments to BOEMRE on Deepwater Drilling Moratorium (9/17/10) Insurance Information Institute to Chairman Oberstar on COFR (7/19/10) PESA Letter to Secretary Salazar on Moratorium (6/28/10) Lockton Insurance […]

Legislation HR 3534 CLEAR Act of 2010 House Republican Conference One-Pager on CLEAR Act S3663 Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act of 2010 S3663 Short Summary S3643 Oil Spill Response Improvement Act of 2010 

Factsheets   The Impacts of GOM Offshore Oil & Gas Development on the U.S. Economy (Quest 2011) Drilling Safety Rule (BOEMRE 9/30/10) Workplace Safety Rule (BOEMRE 9/30/10)  From Crisis to Reform: Raising the Bar for Safety and Environmental Protection on Offshore Oil and Gas Operations (BOEMRE 9/30/10) Impacts […]

Studies Quest Study - U.S. Gulf of Mexico Oil and Natural Gas Industry Economic Impact Analysis (June 2011) Quest Study Fact Sheet: The Impacts of GOM Offshore Oil & Gas Development on the U.S. Economy (June, 2011) The implications of the April 2010 oil spill on deepwater […]

Reports     U.S. Gulf of Mexico Oil and Natural Gas Industry Economic Impact Analysis (Quest, June 2011) National Oil Spill Commission’s Final Report on Deepwater Horizon  Critique of the Inter-Agency Economic Report “Estimating the Economic Effects of the Deepwater Drilling Moratorium on the Gulf Coast Economy” […]