Obama Administration Announcing Virginia Offshore Drilling Plan Wednesday?
By D.J. Spiker | Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 | PolicyThe journalism world is abound with speculation today that the Obama administration’s planned Wednesday press conference will be the first step in announcing drilling can commence off the Virginia coast.
WSJ:
WASHINGTON—The Obama administration is expected Wednesday to unveil a long-awaited five-year national offshore oil and natural-gas drilling plan, which may include new drilling off the Virginia coast.
The plan is expected to reveal when and where companies such as ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips and Royal Dutch Shell can explore off the coasts of long-proven oil states such as Texas, Alaska and Louisiana. It also is expected to open new areas offshore between 2012-2017.
Industry officials say the administration is likely to offer a lease sale for exploration blocks off the Virginia coast. This section had been previously set for a 2011 lease sale before the White House pulled it from the program last year. Also, the plan is expected to include a timeline for seismic work on the Atlantic and a schedule for decisions on possible future lease sales off the Eastern shore.
If true, this would be a big step for Bob McDonnell as well as the state. Next step would be legislation that mandates funds go to the state, not the federal government.
More to come as this story develops.
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12 Responses to "Obama Administration Announcing Virginia Offshore Drilling Plan Wednesday?"
DJ, as we reported here last week, Bob Goodlatte has introduced that legislation with Glenn Nye and Tom Perriello as co-sponsors.
That legislation is going nowhere. Do you think Pelosi will allow Nye a victory in return for all of his NO votes on her agenda. Doubt it.
Ron, Pelosi arrangeged for Nye to disagree without losing her prize. She blew kisses at the dem no’s with few exceptions.
My interpretation was the administration is going to formerly announce allowing the drilling to commence. No timetable on when. Revenues completely separate, but I was remiss in failing to link to Goodlatte’s legislation.
Call me paranoid, but I have to wonder if the timing isn’t designed to play off the national ADHD and take some heat off of health care.
Oh, to have a President whose every move we didn’t need to second guess.
I wonder why you all can’t just be happy the President has announced this measure. Stop being negative and just be thankful…
I have to agree with William here. Obama made a good move.
This could actually add wealth to the country rather than just take it away, as other policies have done.
True enough, the benefit would not be for a few years, as will most of the harm from Obamacare. However, bringing more resources/wealth into our markets will be beneficial. Give credit where it is due.
Another “head fake” from Obama today… allow drilling off the coast but give the EPA unlimited authority to tax carbon emissions. Who’s fooling who?
That’s just another reason to make sure Cap & Tax stays dead, Tim.
While we’re researching alternative energy and developing what has been discovered already, there is no reason to return to the Stone Age. Any step toward exploration and opening up resources, I’ll take. I won’t reject it just because Pesident Obama took a positive step for exploration.
Let’s be frank, this political move is vaccinating the Nye congressional run in VA-02. The O in his infinite wisdom is inocculating Nye and as the months progress more issues traditionally touted by republicans will roll out of the WH in an attempt to water down candidates.
When Bush was in office, the dems and O were against offshore oil exploration and drilling before they were for it.. so much for the phoney ideology.. any words from the neoenvironmentalists who carried water for O in 08?
Oil is big money and this is politics but isn’t it interesting that in Obama’s generosity he is offering to open sites with little promise and blocking efforts to open areas with siesmic R&D potential.
Classic political BS folks, I don’t buy it.
Evidently, Bobby Scott STILL is opposed to it.
Quoting the Virginian Pilot:
“U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Jim Webb, both Democrats, applauded the president’s decision. Democratic U.S. Rep. Robert Scott cast the rare dissenting opinion among Virginia officials.
“The commonwealth’s beaches and the Chesapeake Bay should not be put at risk while the public may only enjoy negligible benefits,” he said in a statement.”
Just another reason to support James Quigley for Congress in the 3rd district!
I suspect Eileen at VBDems has hung herself. Four people she helped elect – Webb, Warner, Nye and Obama – all now support drilling off the Virginia coast. She has dedicated her life’s work to defeating this evil plan and now they go and support it wholeheartedly. The ultimate betrayal. Eileen, when are you going to learn that you just can’t trust these sonsabitches?
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