[thackney]

Thunder Horse is the world’s largest floating platform.

http://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?categoryId=9004519&contentId=7009088

[Realism]

The BP-operated Thunder Horse field, the largest-ever oil discovery in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, is finally onstream and headed toward higher production following repeated startup delays dating back to 2005. First oil was achieved June 14 from a single well, BP confirmed.

“We have a lot yet to do as we prepare other wells for production and continue to drill and complete other wells,” BP spokesman Ronnie Chappell told Petroleum News June 17.

Not true, everyone knows the U.S. doesn't allow off-shore drilling.

[thackney]

Location:
Mississippi Canyon Block 778, 776, and 822

Water Depth: 5,993 feet (1,827 meters)

Date of map creation: May 06, 2005

Project: Thunder Horse
http://www.rigzone.com/data/projects/project_detail.asp?project_id=20

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Discovered in 1999, first oil in 2008. Cost of exploration-to-production: Billions of dollars.

And the Democrats make everyone think that Big Oil is just taking their profits home with them at night.

“Windfall” profits? Bovine scatology!

[Red Badger]

Here’s a question:

Can Carbon-14 dating be used to see how old this oil is?.............

[listenhillary]

Tax those profits! Because drilling for oil is just sticking a piece of steel in the ground and pumping the dollars in fat cats pockets. (/sarcasm off)

[HereInTheHeartland]

The Democrats are most likely upset with this.

I'm sure they were saying 10 years ago; this area should not be drilled because it would take to long to come online.

[chimera]

Back in 1999, the ‘Rats were probably saying about this what they say today, how it's 10 years in the future, it won't make any difference, it's not worth the effort, blah blah blah. The lousy, stupid ‘Rats always seem to ignore the fact that the future has an interesting way of becoming the present. If we'd told them 10 years ago to stuff it when it came to developing the ANWR resources, those wells would be coming online today, and perhaps taking some of the pressure off prices.

[PogySailor]

Good post. We need more of these ASAP.

[kellynla]

Excellent news!

Thanks for posting.

One of these a week would certainly get us off our dependency on foreign oil! BIG SMILE

[dbacks]

If oil is composed of dead vegetation, etc., how did old leaves/rain forests get down to 6000’?

[Gritty]

startup delays dating back to 2005

I'll bet if Marxine Waters, Hinchey, and the Dems had managed to nationalize this operation 10 years ago, the US Government could have done it quicker and better. /s/

[Mr. Lucky]

It's pretty clear to me that BP is earning excess profits.

Just think how much better off the American consumer would be if BP's profits were confiscated rather than squandered on follies such as this.

[CharlesWayneCT]

This is probably one of the hardest drilling jobs we could have — and it took 9 years to get oil.

Most of the places we WANT to open to drilling would be a lot easier to drill. Obviously we can do it in less than 10 years.

[Paleo Conservative]

The original name for this field was “Crazy Horse,” but the political correctness nazis at BP change the name to “Thunder Horse”.

[Hoodat]

I met a Schlumberger engineer who what at the site when they discovered it. Phenomenal.

[Salvation]

British Petroleum is drilling, but the U. S. can’t?

Congress is truly wrong.

[Salvation]

 

 

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