By Bob Ruff and Carol Costello, CNN

(CNN) – While the Obama administration has come up with new rules and regulations for shallow water drilling, it is not releasing any new rules when it comes to new deep water drilling until it figures out what happened with the BP disaster.

It has slapped a 6 month or more moratorium on new deep water drilling and that has the oil industry, lobbyists and some politicians ratcheting up efforts to change the president's mind. For all of these players, one area of special concern is Louisiana’s immense Port Fourchon. It spans 1400 acres and is designed to meet every need an oil company might have.

Chett Chiasson is the executive director of the port. He calls it the “Walmart of the oil and gas industry.” Chaissson is eager to criticize President Obama's 6 month moratorium on new drilling in the Gulf.

That moratorium is affecting 17 oil companies, including BP, Shell and Chevron. Every one of these oil company rigs is serviced by Port Fourchon, from welders to caterers, to those who "taxi" rig workers out to the platforms.

Chiasson told CNN that if the moratorium lasts more than six months, he fears “losing 50% of the business that we have in Port Fourchon.” That would mean, says Chiasson, that rigs would be moved overseas to places such as Brazil’s Santos Basin or South Africa’s Orange Basin, where deep water oil also has been discovered.

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(CNN) – It's now day 50 of the worst oil spill in this nation's history. With every gallon that pours out of the broken well, anger and frustration grows along the Gulf Coast. It's the start of the summer, but hotel rooms sit empty, fishermen are stuck on dry land, and a way of life for millions is threatened.

Tony Kennon is the mayor of Orange Beach, Alabama. He joined us on Tuesday's American Morning where he lashed out against BP and the government's response to the oil disaster.