Oil Industry Groups Warn That Court Ruling Could Shut Down Oil and Gas Development in Vital Gulf of Mexico

A coalition of oil and gas groups claim that the recent court order to vacate the 2020 biological opinion regarding oil and gas drilling operations on the Gulf would have far-reaching consequences.

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A crew member looks at the oil slick in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig collapse in the Gulf of Mexico. AP/Gerald Herbert

A coalition of oil and gas groups is warning that a federal court decision to throw out a 2020 biological opinion on drilling activities in the Gulf of Mexico could result in “a wide and substantial swath of offshore oil and gas operations and activities” being “shut down on December 20, 2024.” 

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