Senate Bill Would Open Oil, Gas Fields in US Gulf – NYT

(Dow Jones)- Senate Republicans have agreed on legislation that would open four times as much of the Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling as the Bush administration was seeking, and a vote on the bill is expected next week, the New York Times reported on its Web site Saturday.

The Senate’s only energy measure with a chance to pass this year, the bill would open 8.3 million acres of the gulf to new drilling for oil and natural gas, according to the report.
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