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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/energy

Oettinger calls for moratorium on oil drilling in deep waters off Europe

Strasbourg, 08/07/2010 (Agence Europe) - Speaking in the European Parliament plenary session debate on “Oil exploration and extraction - risks, liability and regulation” in Strasbourg on Wednesday 7 July, European Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger called for a moratorium on drilling in the deep waters off Europe while awaiting a report into the precise causes of the explosion of the BP Group oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico in April. “In the light of current circumstances, all...

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