US greenlights BHP Gulf re-start

Shenzi: new well is only the second permit to be issued since the US issued a moratorium on new drilling in the Gulf of Mexico

Australia's BHP Billiton has been awarded the second new permit to drill in the Gulf of Mexico since the Macondo oil spill, the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has announced.

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