The United States Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulation and Enforcement has issued a license to Noble Energy to continue work on a well located 115 kilometres southeast of Venice, Louisiana, according to the Globe and Mail and other media outlets.
The company started drilling the exploratory well just before last year’s catastrophe.
The Wall Street Journal reports the well is in 6,500 feet of water.
There are six other permits for deep water drilling currently awaiting approval, according to the New York Times.
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