“I will take a good and hard look and study it,” Salazar said. The Interior officials also said that another round of new safety rules is forthcoming.
Bromwich warned not to expect drilling to resume immediately once the ban is ultimately lifted, noting the need for drillers to show compliance with new requirements.
He warned not to expect drilling to resume “in the next day or even the next week,” once the limits are removed. Asked how many rigs he expected to be drilling in the first month after the ban is removed, Bromwich replied, “In the first month, probably very few.”