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On the recordMarch 15, 2011
I do not think, sir, that oil companies are sending the rigs back just to idle. I do not think they are sending new rigs in just to idle.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey asserts that oil companies are returning rigs due to new opportunities, not idling.

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