THEY'VE BEEN TELLING US THAT OFFSHORE DRILLING IS EFFECTIVELY BANNED

By "they" I mean rightwing gasbags. Once again, that's a FAIL for them:

ExxonMobil Announces Three Discoveries in Deepwater Gulf of Mexico
June 08, 2011 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE1)--Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) today announced two major oil discoveries and a gas discovery in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico after drilling the company's first post-moratorium deepwater exploration well.