NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. has approved the first deepwater drilling permit in the Gulf of Mexico since BP's massive oil spill.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement announced Monday that it issued a permit to Noble Energy Inc. to continue work on its Santiago well about 70 miles (112 kilometers) southeast of Venice, Louisiana. Drilling will resume nearly one year after BP's blowout created the worst offshore spill in U.S. history.
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