WASHINGTON, May 27 (UPI) -- U.S. President Obama is expected to announce Thursday a moratorium on new deepwater oil drilling permits will be extended for six months, the White House said.
Obama also is expected to announce lease sales off the Alaskan coast will be delayed pending the results of a presidential commission's investigation and lease sales planned for the western Gulf of Mexico and off the Virginia coast will be canceled, the aide told The Washington Post.