The Obama administration's Gulf of Mexico deep water oil drilling moratorium, as I've written in prior posts, has turned into an all-water moratorium. Since they weren't supposed to be sidelined, shallow-water workers aren't receiving cash from BP's restitution fund. But they have bills to pay, children to feed, clothes to buy...
From the Wall Street Journal:
Like many along the Gulf Coast made jobless by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, rig worker Joe Gonzales figured he could turn to one of BP PLC's compensation funds for help. He was wrong.Technorati tags:
As BP's billions are spread along the Gulf Coast to compensate everyone from bartenders to real-estate brokers for lost income, employees of one industry are left out: shallow-water rig workers who, unlike their deep-water counterparts, are ineligible.
"We were thinking we'd be included," said Mr. Gonzales, 59 years old, of San Antonio, who worked until July as a galley hand at rig owned by Seahawk Drilling Inc. "They have millions and millions of dollars."
Mr. Gonzales, whose rig, the Seahawk 2504 has sat idle since June 8, is one of about 300 Seahawk employees laid off since July. That represents about 30% of its work force, company officials said.
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