this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt suzanne: good evening, everyone. it s over. today, the white house lifted the ban on deepwater drilling for oil and gas companies in the gulf of mexico. and jeff, secretary of interior ken salazar ended the nearly five-month moratorium a month earlier than planned, saying we are open for business. jeff: suzanne, the obama administration put the ban in place after the blowout of b.p. s mocondo well back in april. that dumped an estimated 200 million gallons of oil in the gulf and led regulators to impose new rules to prevent another disaster. suzanne: but, as stephanie dhue reports, it may take months before deep drilling operations actually start back up. reporter: while the ban on new drilling is lifted, the administration made clear it will take some time before deepwater drilling resumes. somebody can drill only when they satisfy the
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt suzanne: good evening, everyone. it s over. today, the white house lifted the ban on deepwater drilling for oil and gas companies in the gulf of mexico. and jeff, secretary of interior ken salazar ended the nearly five-month moratorium a month earlier than planned, saying we are open for business. jeff: suzanne, the obama administration put the ban in place after the blowout of b.p. s mocondo well back in april. that dumped an estimated 200 million gallons of oil in the gulf and led regulators to impose new rules to prevent another disaster. suzanne: but, as stephanie dhue reports, it may take months before deep drilling operations actually start back up. reporter: while the ban on new drilling is lifted, the administration made clear it will take some time before deepwater drilling resumes. somebody can drill only when they satisfy the
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt suzanne: good evening, everyone. it s over. today, the white house lifted the ban on deepwater drilling for oil and gas companies in the gulf of mexico. and jeff, secretary of interior ken salazar ended the nearly five-month moratorium a month earlier than planned, saying we are open for business. jeff: suzanne, the obama administration put the ban in place after the blowout of b.p. s mocondo well back in april. that dumped an estimated 200 million gallons of oil in the gulf and led regulators to impose new rules to prevent another disaster. suzanne: but, as stephanie dhue reports, it may take months before deep drilling operations actually start back up. reporter: while the ban on new drilling is lifted, the administration made clear it will take some time before deepwater drilling resumes. somebody can drill only when they satisfy the
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt suzanne: good evening, everyone. it s over. today, the white house lifted the ban on deepwater drilling for oil and gas companies in the gulf of mexico. and jeff, secretary of interior ken salazar ended the nearly five-month moratorium a month earlier than planned, saying we are open for business. jeff: suzanne, the obama administration put the ban in place after the blowout of b.p. s mocondo well back in april. that dumped an estimated 200 million gallons of oil in the gulf and led regulators to impose new rules to prevent another disaster. suzanne: but, as stephanie dhue reports, it may take months before deep drilling operations actually start back up. reporter: while the ban on new drilling is lifted, the administration made clear it will take some time before deepwater drilling resumes. somebody can drill only when they satisfy the
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt suzanne: good evening, everyone. it s over. today, the white house lifted the ban on deepwater drilling for oil and gas companies in the gulf of mexico. and jeff, secretary of interior ken salazar ended the nearly five-month moratorium a month earlier than planned, saying we are open for business. jeff: suzanne, the obama administration put the ban in place after the blowout of b.p. s mocondo well back in april. that dumped an estimated 200 million gallons of oil in the gulf and led regulators to impose new rules to prevent another disaster. suzanne: but, as stephanie dhue reports, it may take months before deep drilling operations actually start back up. reporter: while the ban on new drilling is lifted, the administration made clear it will take some time before deepwater drilling resumes. somebody can drill only when they satisfy the