Re: Huge oil field found in Gulf of Mexico

Jo Schaper wrote:

George wrote:

Devon`s Stephen J. Hadden, senior vice president, exploration and
production, said that, with 273 blocks under lease and 19 exploratory
prospects already identified in the area, the find could more than double
the company`s current reserve base of about 2 billion equivalent barrels.

What country controls oil out that far? I thought the US limit was 200
miles.

We own it to the edge of the shelf and to a line straight eastward from the mouth
of the Rio Grande. Likewise for other shelves.
http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/regulate/environ/flow_gar/ocsdef.html
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