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A deep sea drilling moratorium will leave global supplies depleted just as demand gets greater.
By David Strahan

Even as the first oil from BP’s stricken Macondo well in the US Gulf of Mexico washed ashore this weekend, and as the clamour mounts, experts claim the slick will be nothing like as catastrophic as forecast – for either the environment or the oil industry.   Full Story