arguments fortunate arguments. meanwhile out in the gulf of mexico, it s the new safety concerns that have slowed oil operations. off the coast of louisiana, sits the spartan 151, off-shore rig used to dig new wells and finish work on others. then listen for where the fire is at. on board, the disaster drill comes first. but aside from that ringing bell for our ears, this rig has been pretty quiet the past month. as you can see right now, it s dead silence, there s nothing going on out here. this rig here is a shallow drilling rig. in fact, the water depth below us here just 40 feet. the government s moratorium applied for the civic legion s deepwater exploration. that idled 33 operations. it s new requirements applied to all shallow water operations. while those have been digested over the past month, 18 workers were laid off here and this rig has had no job to do. new well permits, work over