NEW : Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal says ban will send `` more jobs overseas '' and that is why he signed it into law. A more `` robust safety regime '' and more environmental analysis are needed , he says . Obama 's decision effectively reverses White House plans announced at the end of March to open the Gulf region -- along with other large swaths of U.S. coastal waters -- to oil and natural gas drilling . The ban is a result of the April 20 BP drilling rig explosion and oil spill .
NEW : Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal says ban will send `` more jobs overseas '' and that is why he signed it into law. A more `` robust safety regime '' and more environmental analysis are needed , he says . The ban is a result of the April 20 BP drilling rig explosion and oil spill .