to afford that drive as it is about the actual cost of the fuel. greta: so, what exactly hearings what do you hope to accomplish? one of the things we are going to feature is up in north dakota in the last four years we ve had 1,000 fold increase in oil production. there s now over a quarter million barrels a day produced. yet, that type of technology what you would call lateral and advanced tracking is being driven down by every effort made by this administration. more importantly, we are going to debunk the myth that oil companies sit on leases. when in fact, a lease is not a drilling permit. it is not an operating well. it is the time to market that has is being pushed up by moratoriums, court battles that the administration has always lost. we ve lost time. up in alaska, shell lost a year because of an unreasonable delay created by this administration.
now, of course, the debate going on here now is are we ready to go back into the gulf of mexico to begin drilling? are the safety responses there to be able to respond to an accident like the one that happened at bp? since that disaster there are a couple of companies that have been put together which will be the first responders in the case of any potential blowout. one of them is the helix corporation which was involved in mitigation of the bp spill. the other one is the marine well containment company, which is the company that has been contracted for this will, and the drilling permit was contingent on that company being involved. john hollowell is the executive vice president of shell deepwater, and john people want to know can they have confidence in a company like shell to go back into the water to drill the first well, what is different since the bp disaster, what is different about your company that wouldn t allow this
a suspect is accused of helping to attack the ship in 2000. 17 sailors were killed. 47 wounded. the original charges against al-nashiri were withdrawn after president obama took office. it was a year ago that oil rig exploded in the gulf of mexico and triggered the worse offshore spill in american history. vigils and observances were held in several gulf coast states. kris gutierrez is in southern louisiana, to look at how that area is recovering from the disaster. the images of oil-soaked wetland and beaches will never fade from the memories of those who live and work in the gulf coast. it s not if there is another accident but when. some say it s still too early to issue new drilling permit in the gulf of mexico.
cole attack. a suspect is accused of helping to attack the ship in 2000. 17 sailors were killed. 47 wounded. the original charges against al-nashiri were withdrawn after president obama took office. it was a year ago that oil rig exploded in the gulf of mexico and triggered the worse offshore spill in american history. vigils and observances were held in several gulf coast states. kris gutierrez is in southern louisiana, to look at how that area is recovering from the disaster. the images of oil-soaked wetland and beaches will never fade from the memories of those who live and work in the gulf coast. it s not if there is another accident but when. some say it s still too early to issue new drilling permit in the gulf of mexico.
thankfully. now they re just trying to keep all the diesel and jet fuel stored on board from leaking into the gulf. that s not even the rig, itself. that is just the dorm thingy for the people who work on the rig. pen max is the company operating the rig. they re working on salvaging it. now i m sure they ll do great. remember they re the experts and it s just the gulf of mexico. come on. who cares? cut them some slack. i should also note that the interior department agency that gives out drilling permits they have just announced their tenth post bp new drilling permit. they announced at the same time that for future permits no more press releases. still going to give out permits. they re just going to stop announcing it when they do it. i wonder why. somewhere in america, a city comes to life. it moves effortlessly, breathes easily. it flows with clean water.