WTF!! BP Expects to Resume Gulf of Mexico Oil Drilling in Second Half

[sasha031]

BP Plc (BP/) expects to resume drilling in the Gulf of Mexico in the second half, more than a year after the Macondo well blowout that caused the worst U.S. spill, Chief Financial Officer Byron Grote said.

BP has applied for permits with the U.S. authorities, Grote told analysts today on a conference call. Production from the Gulf of Mexico in the first quarter was down by about 100,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day from a year earlier, a loss that was partly offset by higher oil prices, he said.

The return to Gulf drilling will bolster BP after a drop in output led to lower profit in the first three months of the year. While Exxon Mobil Corp., Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Chevron Corp. restarted some operations last month, BP has yet to receive permission to resume since President Barack Obama lifted the moratorium on deepwater drilling in the region that provides BP with some of its highest margins.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-27/bp-expects-to-resume-gulf-of-mexico-oil-drilling-in-second-half.html

[xchrom]

1. Recommend

[RKP5637]

2. BP's going back in to finish killing off the Gulf. n/t

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. NO!!!! Not until BP licks up the oil that is lying in the bottom of the Gulf.

Millions of gallons of oil that BP caused to sink with Corexit are lying on the floor of the Gulf.


They have done ZERO in the way of any changes of the blowout preventer, emergency planning,
or keeping their promise to clean up the Gulf, beaches and help the thousands of Gulf Coast people who are now unable to work. The toxic effects of Corexit on people is being kept out of the MSM.

Pls. join me in sending our President a note against BP getting new permits.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact

[crickets]

4. Agreed! -nt

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. I actually sent off an email to the WH.

One of the few times I have done that.
Not that I expect it will do any good.

But I wonder how much Obama can ignore the Gulf states.

[AlabamaLibrul]

10. how much? enough nt

[Poboy]

5. We are all suckers.

[Chris_Texas]

7. Corporations own this world.

[in_cog_ni_to]

8. WTF, indeed. SICKENING! K & R! Now I'm pissed, AGAIN! n/t

[AlabamaLibrul]

9. You sound surprised

They still operate here as it is.