May 10, 2011
The U.S. must act on deepwater drilling permit applications from Ensco Offshore Co. contractors within 30 days, a Louisiana federal judge ordered Tuesday.
January 14, 2011
A federal judge has declined to dismiss Ensco Offshore Co.'s lawsuit alleging the U.S. government wrongfully delayed issuing permits for deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, though he refused to make the government immediately process Ensco's pending permits.
October 20, 2010
The U.S. Department of the Interior overstepped its authority when it enforced new safety requirements for offshore drilling operators, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, siding with Ensco Offshore Co. in its challenge to the government's ban on deepwater drilling.
October 14, 2010
The Obama administration has asked a federal judge to toss part of Ensco Offshore Co.'s lawsuit challenging the government's ban on deepwater drilling, arguing that two of the suit's claims are moot now that the moratorium is no longer in place.