[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 67 (Wednesday, April 25, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H3561-H3562]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           OFFSHORE DRILLING

  (Mr. FRANCIS ROONEY of Florida asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. FRANCIS ROONEY of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to continue 
to talk about how dangerous the offshore drilling business is for the 
eastern gulf and our environment in Florida.
  Blowouts reached an all-time high offshore in 2016. For every 1,000 
new wells offshore, 20 blowouts occur.
  For 14 years, Taylor Energy has had a well off of south Louisiana 
that has leaked. It has leaked hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil 
every year.
  Leaks from LL&G's pipeline leaked 392,700 barrels of oil in 2017, and 
in 2016 Shell Oil had a similar leak in one of their pipelines. That is 
really bad because Shell Oil is one of the best companies in the 
industry. It shows you that human error cannot be eliminated from 
offshore drilling, and we should ban it in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

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