Gulf of Mexico

(JON FAHEY/The Associated Press) The Perdido oil platform is located 200 miles south of Galveston, Texas, in the Gulf of Mexico. The platform is operated by Shell Oil Co. and owned by Shell, Chevron and British Petroleum.

Deep Gulf drilling thrives 18 months after BP spill

GULF OF MEXICO — Two hundred miles off the coast of Texas, ribbons of pipe are reaching for oil and natural gas deeper below the ocean’s surface than ever before.

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