Offshore staff
GALLIANO, Louisiana – Representatives from local governments and oil industry service and supply companies from Grand Isle, Port Fourchon, and Golden Meadow are heading to Washington, D.C., to urge and end to Gulf of Mexico drilling permit delays and “de facto moratoriums.”
The group of officials and business representatives from boat companies, service industry providers, small and independent oil and drilling companies, engineering firms, and vessel owners says it plans to show “real-life examples of the economic slowdown” which they attribute to government policies.
The group is scheduled to meet with Ken Salazar, secretary of Interior, and Michael Bromwich, director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement.
“President Obama said in the State of the Union address, ‘When we find rules that put an unnecessary burden on businesses, we will fix them.’ We want to show the federal government firsthand how they are burdening us, and we want them to honor their word and fix it,” said David Camardelle, mayor of Grand Isle.
“We know that energy and environment can coexist,” said Chett Chiasson, Port Fourchon director. “We’ve been doing it down here for decades. We have a successful economy in this region because we work hard, and we work together. All we’re asking is for our government to work with us, not against us.”
02/08/2011
