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62Maritime Reporter & Engineering News At BOEMRE, New Orleans-based spokeswoman Eileen Angelico provided a tally of permits issued recently, and said in deep water, 14 unique wells have been permitted as of May 23, since Oct. 12 of last year. In shallow water, 55 new well permits have been approved since June 8 of last year.? Angelico said offshore wells that were sus- pended during the moratorium wouldn't have ap- plied for new well permits, rather they would have applied for revised, new well permits, or sidetrack or bypass permits, or revised sidetrack or bypass permits.? The 14 unique? deepwater wells receiv- ing permits as of May 23 included one, new Shell Offshore Inc. well that's located 137 miles south of Lafayette, La., and 13 other wells ? for which ac- tivity had been suspended by the moratorium. Angelico pointed to the following drilling-permit figures and explanations from BOEMRE's website. For deepwater permits requiring subsea contain- ment in the event of a leak or spill, BOEMRE said since an applicant first successfully demonstrated containment capabilities in mid-February, we have approved 36 of these permits for 14 unique wells, with 20 permits pending, and 25 permits returnedto the operator with requests for additional infor- mation, particularly information regarding con- tainment? of oil.And for deepwater activities not requiring subsea containment, 38 of those permits have been ap- proved, with two currently pending, since new 2011 YEARBOOKOFFSHORE REPORTConrad Industries Morgan City shipyard Conrad Industries Morgan City deepwater shipyard.