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A New Study Examined the Impact on the American Economy of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in the Gulf of Mexico
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(OPEN):
A JUST-RELEASED STUDY THAT WAS COMMISSIONED, IN PART, BY THE
NATIONAL OCEAN INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION LOOKED AT THE IMPACT OF
THE OFFSHORE OIL-AND-GAS INDUSTRY IN THE GULF OF MEXICO ON THE
AMERICAN-ECONOMY. "NOIA" PRESIDENT, RANDALL LUTHI
[AS IN "LUCY" AND "LUTHER"], DESCRIBES SOME OF ITS FINDINGS...
(LUTHI):
"TODAY, THE
GULF ENERGY-INDUSTRY SUPPORTS 240-THOUSAND JOBS--ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THE BAD NEWS IS [THAT] THOSE NUMBERS ARE DOWN FROM 2008. IF THE
FEDERAL-GOVERNMENT FINDS A WAY TO RETURN TO HISTORIC PERMITTING-RATES,
WE COULD CREATE 190-THOUSAND NEW, INDUSTRY-SUPPORTED JOBS, NATIONWIDE,
BY 2013. OVER 95-PERCENT OF INDUSTRY-RELATED SPENDING STAYS RIGHT
HERE IN THE UNITED STATES--CREATING MORE JOBS AND MORE ECONOMIC-GROWTH
RIGHT HERE AT HOME, INSTEAD OF SENDING IT OVERSEAS. THE GULF COULD
DO MORE TO FUEL AMERICA, AND AMERICA'S ECONOMIC-RECOVERY--BUT WASHINGTON
MUST DO MORE FIRST."
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FOR MORE ON THE STUDY, VISIT
"N-O-I-A"-DOT-ORG.
