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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10232
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/energy

Safety of offshore drilling debated

Brussels, 08/10/2010 (Agence Europe) - Despite the reservations of some member states and the European Parliament, European Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger is likely next week, to argue for a moratorium on deep water oil drilling, while awaiting the exact causes of the explosion in April on board the BP oil platform Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico which resulted in the United States' worst oil spillage. On 13 October, the commissioner will present a communication on safety...

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