BP gets go-ahead for £4.5bn North Sea oil field

[alp227]

Source: Press Association

BP said the story of North Sea oil still has a "long way to run" after the company today received the go-ahead for a major £4.5bn project.

The second phase of the giant Clair field, west of the Shetland Islands, forms part of £10bn being spent on four projects by BP and its partners from Shell, ConocoPhillips and Chevron over the next five years.

At £4bn, BP's involvement represents the highest level of annual investment the company has made in the UK North Sea.

BP chief executive Bob Dudley said: "Although it began over 40 years ago, the story of the North Sea oil industry has a long way yet to run.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/oct/13/bp-north-sea-oil-field-shetland-islands

[truebrit71]

1. I am shocked I tell ya, SHOCKED...

:sarcasm:

[Cleita]

2. Time for the fishermen of the islands to have an

occupy the North Sea movement like a "boat-in" to prevent the equipment for the project from moving in or at least making it really uncomfortable for BP to proceed. Looks like this could be a project for Greenpeace as well.

[asjr]

3. I suppose we will never learn. Who knows

how much damage has been done to all of us. How much of our marine life has been murdered? When we constantly dump refuse, oil and God only knows what else, into the oceans it can only be described as murder. It must be a race among oil companies to see which one will be the winner in eliminating human life as well as marine life.

[defendandprotect]

4. Obama pushing BP oil drilling and Charter schools ... and what's good about this???

[aquart]

5. What a very bad idea.

[benld74]

6. Palm-Forehead x Infinity

[Celefin]

7. Oh for f... sake!

They can't safely operate deepwater wells in the Gulf of Mexico.

So next stop, ultra-deepwater drilling in the fucking North Atlantic?!

And they basically admitted in their 'contingency plan' that there is absolutely no way this won't turn into an epic disaster when things go wrong.
Figures. Now they got the green light from the government despite telling them this has a high chance of ending as disaster,
there is absolutely no way they will pay compensations for any damages. Beyond Prosecution.

My head hurts.