NU Online News Service, June 23, 1:35 p.m. EDT
In the latest chapter of the British Petroleum oil spill, a federal judge has ruled that a six-month moratorium on deepwater oil drilling by the federal government was imposed "contrary to law" and agreed to lift an injunction.
The civil action to stop the moratorium was taken by Hornbeck Offshore Services, LLC, which owns and operates a fleet of vessels supporting deepwater and ultra-deepwater exploration in the Gulf of Mexico. Hornbeck challenged the six-month moratorium issued by the Department of the Interior and the Minerals Management Service, according to case documents.
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