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US Senators reject plan to accelerate Gulf of Mexico drilling
Publication date: 19 May 2011
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The United States Senate has rejected a Republican-backed plan to accelerate oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of Virginia, amid concerns that the safety regime is still not adequate to prevent a repeat of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill last year.