After that, we will have to find a new source, or keep drilling deeper". Last year, the World Bank funded the drilling of 10 new government wells about two-thirds of a mile deep near Sana.
"If we let the oil companies keep drilling off our oceans, eventually we'll lose all our beaches and our fisheries," said Andrew Sharpless, the chief executive officer of Oceana, an ocean conservation advocacy organization in Washington.
If we keep drilling in the ocean, no one, of whatever office or skill level, will be able to speak intelligently about the odds of an even worse disaster — or know the right insurance rate to cover it.
That is where we need to keep drilling.
While the energy transition moves on, BP just keeps drilling.
The point should be just below the shear line, the dividing line between the inner and outer cylinder of the lock, which will keep the drill bit on the center plug.
These incentives are powerful, and the industry will do whatever it takes to protect their investments and keep drilling," he said.
"I'll save you the suspense: step one is drill, step two is drill and step three is keep drilling," he said.
