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Alabama faces offshore drilling hurdles in Mobile Bay
Alabama executives clash with federal rulings over offshore oil in Mobile Bay. Atty Gen. Baxley vows court action to block drilling as the state weighs regulations, lease extensions, and the impact of a California court ruling on Santa Barbara Channel leases. Mobil Oil seeks to test Rodessa and Smackover formations off Dauphin Island, while state officials debate timing, permits, and environmental reviews.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
California
Alabama
Bill Baxley
Mobile Bay
Baxley
Bay
U. S. District Court
Francis C. Whelan
Los Angeles
Interior Department
Santa Barbara
Congress
Mobil Oil Corp
New Orleans
State Conservation Department
Dauphin Island
State General Fund
Conservation Department
State Oil and Gas Board
Albert Brewer
George C. Wallace
Oil and Gas Board
P. E. LaMoreaux
Drexel Cook
Elba
Ship Channel
Board
Army Corps of Engineers
Coast Guard
Environmental Protection Agency
Mobil
G. Sage Lyons
Mobile
Corps of Engineers
Environmental Affairs
Hank Caddell
Rodessa
Mobile County
Smackover
Florida
Caddell