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Originally Posted by ardeegee
That is because it isn't true. There are other reserves that could be tapped closer to shore, but to get this reserve, they have to drill where it is. Here's a Newsweek article about it from more than a year ago: link.
And here from the Washington Post in 2006.
The "oil field" isn't like a big lake of oil underground where you can get to all the oil from any location-- it is more like many scattered puddles, where you drain on puddle then find and drain another, unconnected puddle. BP seemed to think this was a very good puddle. |
that actually is not the case. hopefully media will start reporting the "rest of the story" sooner than later. they were pretty much forced to drill there