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Crist Scores Points, If Not Votes, on Oil Drilling Issue

By Andrea StoneJul 20th 2010 – 5:12PM
Joe Raedle, Getty Images

Joe Raedle, Getty Images

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (July 20) -- So what if Gov. Charlie Crist hasn't held an "official" grass-roots Senate campaign event since May? A 43-minute special session of the Florida Legislature to permanently ban offshore oil drilling -- three months to the day after the BP oil rig exploded -- may yet prove just the thing for the...

Background on offshore oil drilling

Offshore drilling refers to a mechanical process where a wellbore is drilled through the seabed. It is typically carried out in order to explore for and subsequently produce hydrocarbons which lie in rock formations beneath the seabed.

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