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Oil search may mean Florida showdown
Florida may become a major new oil and gas frontier offshore and on as the Interior Department plans to offer the eastern Gulf of Mexico for drilling in May 1973. A Tallahassee hearing on a Phillips permit drew industry support and a Humble Oil chairman endorsement.
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Florida
Washington Star
Washington
State of
Interior Department
Gulf of Mexico
Alabama
Mississippi
M. A. Wright
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Phillips Petroleum Company
Big Cypress Swamp
Tallahassee
Humble Board
Wright
Humble
Pensacola
Friends of the Earth
the Audubon Society
Big Cypress
National Petroleum Council
United States
Panhandle