Deep Water Drilling

Big Oil steps up the battle for deep water drilling

Posted by bex — 12 September 2011 at 3:16pm - Comments

by. Credit: Laurent Hunziker / Greenpeace

The winning entry to our 2010 'Rebrand BP' competition

Another week, another push for reckless oil drilling by a UK company. This time it's BP, which wants to drill its deepest ever well in UK waters - a 1300 metre well - off the coast of North Uist.

Article tagged as: BP, climate change, deep water drilling, deepwater horizon, go beyond oil, north sea, oil

Place your bets in the Arctic oil casino!

Posted by Richardg — 30 March 2011 at 11:04am - Comments

Melting icebergs in the path of rigs in the Arctic, the latest oil frontier

Drilling in the Arctic is a risky business. So it’s a good thing that the only company with a license to drill in the Arctic isn’t comparing the whole endeavour to hanging out in Vegas and trying your hand at shooting craps.

Oh wait. That’s exactly what they’re doing.

Article tagged as: arctic, cairn energy, climate change, deep water drilling, energy, oil

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