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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10270
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/energy council

Suspension of new drilling not necessary

Brussels, 03/12/2010 (Agence Europe) - In the last Energy Council under Belgian Presidency in Brussels on Friday 3 December, EU energy ministers adopted conclusions backing the communication adopted by the Commission in mid-October on the safety of off-shore drilling in which, though calling for safety rules to be tightened for oil and gas exploration and extraction, it stopped short of calling for a moratorium on new off-shore drilling. Laying great stress on the industry's responsibility...

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