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Offshore drilling for oil and gas on the Atlantic coast of the United States took place from 1947 to the early 1980s. Oil companies drilled five wells in Atlantic Florida state waters and 51 exploratory wells on federal leases on the outer continental shelf of the Atlantic coast. None of the wells were completed as producing wells.
The Apalachicola Riverkeeper is mounting a legal challenge to try to stop the latest effort to drill for oil in environmentally sensitive North Florida.. The nonprofit Riverkeeper filed a petition ...
A number of states, including California and Florida, have banned leasing of state waters for oil and gas drilling. In 2009 a bill that would have partially rescinded a ban on oil and gas leasing of Florida state waters failed in the Florida statehouse (see Offshore oil and gas in Florida).
A plan to look and drill for oil in the Apalachicola River basin has drawn angry protests from Leon County’s delegation to the Florida Legislature and a pledge to seek stronger protection for ...
Oil drilling platform about two miles (3 km) off the coast of California, near Santa Barbara. In 1969 drilling bans were established for offshore California and Florida, and in 1990 President George H. W. Bush banned offshore drilling entirely. Nevertheless, offshore drilling continued in offshore Texas and Louisiana.
Florida cannot allow oil-spill disasters to put jobs and Florida’s economic vitality at risk, says Diane Hoskins, of Oceana. President Biden should reject new oil-drilling leases that would ...
An oil drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico. (Getty Images) An energy industry researcher says, despite both praise and criticism of President Joe Biden’s executive order banning offshore ...
Oil and gas law practitioners usually fall into three broad categories. First, oil and gas companies usually have in-house attorneys that advise the company of its rights and the legal issues. These attorneys are usually assisted by landmen, who examine property titles, land oil and gas rights, and acquire property for the company. Landmen may ...