You gotta get a drill to the oil before production. The Liberty project is the biggest side drill in America. It may not be producing oil yet but hey, in the long run It may produce more than any other field.
It really is not fair to say its not in production when they started building the drill rig a year ago.
BP Liberty field was never a point of contention.
All those comments about sitting on Lease are directed to ExxonMobil at Point Thomson.
Gov Palin had no negotiations with BP about Liberty. It was ExxonMobil at Point Thomson.