Opec: Us Should Reconsider Offshore Drilling Ban (ap)

Secretary General of OPEC Abdalla Salem El Badri, center, speaks during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, Monday, June 28, 2010. The head of OPEC said on Monday he hopes the U.S. government will re-examine President Barack Obama's six-month ban on deep-water oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. At left is OPEC President and Ecuadorian Oil Minister Wilson Pastor Morris, and right is the Governor of OPEC Diego Armijos-Hidaldo. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)AP – OPEC called Monday on the United States to reconsider a ban on new deep-water drilling that could hold back oil supplies — despite safety concerns in the wake of the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

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