of the design for the blow out preventer, and new standard for well design, all that must be certified by a professional engineer. obama administration official said they expect some to resume by year s end. shadow drilling in place and the gulf coast officials added that it would mean the same for the deep water exploration and impose new costs that the industry will find punitive. we need certainty and we need it now. i m concerned that the de facto moratorium will continue for some time to come. increase cost for an industry. the costs have to come out of another aspect of the industry. employment in the short-term is always the easiest thing to cut. the other louisianan senator mary landrieu claimed that the white house didn t craft a plan to get drilling industry back to work and would block the nomination as liu as the next budget