Inter Press Service: The spreading oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has highlighted the urgent need for stricter environmental rules and standards for deep sea oil rigs. A moratorium on drilling for oil along the maritime frontier between Mexico and the United States in the Gulf of Mexico expires in January 2011. Mexico is planning to speed up exploration on its side of the frontier — something the U.S. has been doing since 1996. “The accident has fuelled the debate on regulations for deep …