The petition comes less than 12 months after a rig, which had been leased to BP it exploded, causing a large oil slick and killed 11 workers. The accident raised posted image of BP and questions about security procedures.
Just last week the Ministry of Justice confirmed that there are a number of civil and criminal charges for the death of the rig workers, as part of its ongoing investigation into the accident whereas attracts penalties against BP, including potential homicide.
At the same time, President Obama said, in a major statement on energy policy in the last week, the authorities sought both onshore to reduce dependence on imported oil partially by increasing domestic production, and off. BP was one of the most important producers in the Gulf region before the accident.
BP seeks permission for the drilling to continue in 10 of existing deepwater production and development wells in the region in July in exchange for which compliance with said strict safety and supervision rules, of one of the officials. Contains an agreement be reached could, within the next month but would new drilling, said the officials.
The other official said: "we make progress, but it's still not a Yes." Both people spoke on condition of anonymity, because continued discussions on a possible agreement.
Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico was last summer as one of the accident with BP Macondo well, stopped, the 4.9 million barrels of oil into the sea spilled. The ban was lifted in October.
Melissa Schwartz, a spokeswoman for the Bureau of ocean energy management, regulation and enforcement, the Federal agency that overseas said the development of resources in the Gulf on Sunday, there was no deal with BP. Toby Odone, a spokesman for BP, declined to comment.
The regulator has started recently, allow some deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. Royal Dutch Shell won approval on Wednesday off the coast of Louisiana drilling, on condition that strict new safety standards are complied with. Other companies that were at lower levels in the region include Exxon Mobil, Chevron and BHP Billiton.
Federal officials have every company said, which wants to drill back in the golf would have to meet the new security requirements.
But granting permission to the BP controversial would be, because the British oil company still for costs in connection with the oil spill, cleanup and the ongoing civil and criminal investigations into the accident is paying. BP has allocated more than $40 billion to cover these costs.
The Administration has BP, so that victims are compensated by the spill, but the company has said publicly to back drilling in the Gulf to the financial resources, the claims filed have pushed numbers by federal and officials, and individuals and companies.
The Obama spent managing the effects of the Macondo well 11 months handling blowout and writing new rules to try to prevent similar accidents.
So BP operations to resume in the Gulf a message would be mixed-, that even as the Government tried to increase the safety of offshore drilling and to punish bad actors, it critics in Congress and the oil industry responds to was, who say the Administration is the production and drive energy prices.
What is clear that the Gulf will return to full production until all major players on drilling may continue.
BP is eager for this to happen, and its Managing Director, Robert Dudley, has repeatedly said that the company remains committed to its activities in the United States. Mr Dudley is committed to improving BP safety record to make his priority. He set up a new Department in the last year to monitor security and some operations in Alaska and the North Sea suspended after the projects meets the new standards do not.
A permission again to drill in the Gulf would help, Mr Dudley BP of their painful and expensive move recent history in the region, which has undermined shareholder confidence. It would give a boost of confidence also BP.
The British oil company suffered a setback a $10 billion agreement with Rosneft of Russia in its expansion strategy in the last month as a Swedish court, which blocked access to the Arctic should be the company.
The drilling ban costs had oil companies tens of millions of dollars, as they were necessary, warm to rigs and drilling to keep. Obama managing drilling ban lifted early but said that companies must meet the new safety standards before she could resume drilling.
These include new standards for well design, housing and bonding. Companies should also check third-party, that security features such as blowout blowout, which have been properly designed and tested during the BP spill.
Some environmental groups criticized the decision, saying that too early, again allows drilling to grant agreements, while details of the accident is still assessed.
Julia Werdigier reported from London and John M. Broder from Washington. Clifford Krauss contributed reporting from Doha, Qatar.
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