Up to date there is close to 50 680 wells in the Gulf of Mexico of which approximately 15 000 have been abandoned. This includes both oil and gas wells.
Just the United States and Mexico. There are, however, many platforms outsourced to foreign companies such as BP Oil (England) or Shell (Netherlands).
currently no
Gulf of Mexico(Kaylop)
BP will continue exploratory drilling, including deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, Angola, Brazil and China.
The United States, Mexico and Cuba are the only countries with shores on the Gulf of Mexico.
The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, while drilling the Maconda well. It is not an oil carrier or tanker.
gulf of Mexico
It was not an oil tanker, but a drilling platform.
The two countries that border the Gulf of Mexico are ; USA and Mexico. And The Peninsula in SE Mexico is the Yucatan Peninsula
British Petroleum employees were involved in the drilling when the oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010. The drilling was part of BP operations off the coastal United States of America. But the platform that became involved in the original, explosive event didn't belong to BP. It was being leased.
since 1940 for 70 years
50k per year offshore gulf of Mexico
Currently it is in the Gulf of Mexico