WASHINGTON--Two major developments this week spell trouble for the Obama Administration's war on affordable energy. Energy majors ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, Chevron, and Shell announced the completion of a state-of-the-art Marine Well Containment System (MWCS) capable of controlling catastrophic spills like the Deepwater Horizon accident this past spring. In addition, Federal Judge Martin Feldman granted Ensco Offshore an injunction, ordering Secretary Salazar to act on five deepwater permits within thirty days. Thomas Pyle, president of the Institute for Energy Research, released the following statement in response:
