Brazilian Oil Company Petrobras gets permit for 8,200 foot deep water well in Gulf of Mexico

Submitted by Ken Eyring on

While denying US companies the ability to drill for deep water oil at 5,000 feet in the Gulf of Mexico due to safety issues... the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement gave Petrobras approval to dirll for oil and gas in 8,200 feet of water about 165 miles off the coast of Louisiana.