NEW : Salazar Governor Dan Lothian says ban will send `` more jobs overseas '' Drilling in sensitive areas of the Gulf Coast will proceed `` with utmost caution , '' Louisiana says . A more `` robust safety regime '' and more environmental analysis are needed , he says . Under the plan , roughly two-thirds of available oil and gas resources in the eastern Gulf would have been opened to drilling . The ban is a result of the the end of March BP drilling rig explosion and oil spill .
NEW : Salazar Governor Dan Lothian says ban will send `` more jobs overseas '' Drilling in sensitive areas of the Gulf Coast will proceed `` with utmost caution , '' Louisiana says . A more `` robust safety regime '' and more environmental analysis are needed , he says . The ban is a result of the the end of March BP drilling rig explosion and oil spill .