“A Gulf Drilling Revival”: WSJ on ExxonMobil discovery

June 11, 2011 | Posted by Ken Cohen

Last week, we announced three oil and gas discoveries in the Gulf of Mexico totaling an estimated 700 million barrels of oil equivalent – one of the largest discoveries there in the last decade.

Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal published an editorial analyzing the significance of this find, the technology and safety advancements that made it possible, and the politics that can make or break finds like it.

You can read the article on The Wall Street Journal’s opinion page.

Category: Energy Security
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  1. Robert Gammell says:
    October 15, 2011 at 9:36 pm

    Has Exxon been given a permit license’s by the EPA to switch from discovery to production yet? That’s where the incoming money is.