BP builds the largest fleet of drilling rigs…in the Gulf Of Mexico
Like Louis Armstrong said: "There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell them." But they do know. They know oh too well.
"They" in this equation would be British Petroleum, who paid $113 million in fines to impacted states last week for Deepwater Horizon fines. How can you put a price tag after killing workers, ecosystems, and fisheries? It doesn't slow BP down as they've deployed two more oil rigs, bringing their fleet to nine in the Gulf, now the largest in the area.
From Fuel Fix:
The two new rigs reflect “the vital importance of the deep-water Gulf of Mexico to the future of BP,” Richard Morrison, the company’s regional president for the Gulf, said in a written statement.
Every year for the next decade, the British oil giant plans to spend about $4 billion on its deep-water fields in the Gulf. And it’s working to ramp up operations in several fields including the Atlantis North and the Na Kika, the company said.
As international oil giants dip back into the Gulf, the region’s daily production could rise by 180,000 barrels to 1.55 million barrels next year. And in three years, the Gulf could beat its 2009 peak production of 1.8 million barrels per day, according to research firm Wood Mackenzie.
