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'''Oil drilling''' is the [[commerce|commercial]] activity of [[drill]]ing for, and exploiting [[subterranean]] [[petroleum]] or [[hydrocarbon]] [[resource]]s.

'''Oil drilling''' is the [[commerce|commercial]] activity of [[drill]]ing for, and exploiting [[subterranean]] [[petroleum]] or [[hydrocarbon]] [[resource]]s.

For decades there has been a federal moratorium on new offshore oil drilling for much of the continental United States.  In September 2008, under pressure by high oil prices and the status of drilling as a Presidential campaign issue, Democrats in Congress refrained from renewing the ban and allowed it to sunset.

For decades there has been a federal [[moratorium]] on new offshore oil drilling for much of the continental United States.  In September 2008, under pressure by high oil prices and the status of drilling as a Presidential campaign issue, [[Congress]] refrained from renewing the ban and allowed it to sunset.

== References ==

== References ==

 

*[http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2008/2008-09-30-091.asp Congress Allows Offshore Oil Drilling Ban to Expire]

[http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2008/2008-09-30-091.asp Congress Allows Offshore Oil Drilling Ban to Expire]

[[Category:Industry]]

[[Category:Industry]]

[[Category:Geology]]

[[Category:Geology]]