“There is good news regarding offshore operations. Katrina and Rita – both reaching Category 5 strength as they spun through the Gulf and the heart of the offshore energy production – caused no loss of life among offshore industry personnel or significant spills from any offshore wells on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). This bears repeating: We faced down two of the most devastating hurricanes ever to hit the Gulf of Mexico without one significant spill from any offshore well on the Outer Continental Shelf.”
Source: Gale A. Norton, Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior
Prepared testimony at today’s Energy Committee Hearing