Skip to content

Why Gulf of Mexico Remains Attractive to Oil Companies

The Houston Chronicle reports that “seven decades after oil companies first bored wells beneath the Gulf of Mexico, it retains its allure, as recent discoveries tempt the industry with the prospect of pulling crude from 200-million-year-old rock buried miles below the seafloor.”  

“The Gulf’s appeal is so strong that it anchors many oil companies’ portfolios, despite an onshore drilling boom that is putting rigs to work from North Dakota to West Texas.”  

“‘This basin keeps reinventing itself,’ said University of Texas-Austin geologist John Snedden. ‘We keep finding new plays. And that’s why everybody’s here.'”  

“The oil riches of the Gulf and coastal territories around the globe draw tens of billions in oil company investment – and they’re drawing tens of thousands of industry professionals to this week’s Offshore Technology Conference in Houston.”

Recent Stories

Cole considered early favorite to win House Appropriations gavel

Joseph Lieberman, an iconoclast who frustrated the Democratic Party, dies at 82

Officials: Baltimore bridge price tag could be at least $2 billion

Race to House majority runs through the 10 Toss-ups

Kuster will not seek reelection in New Hampshire

Appeals court extends hold on Texas deportation law