- LLOG Exploration Offshore plans approved by federal agency last month
- BP accident in Macondo field killed 11 and caused largest oil spill in US history
Deep-water drilling is set to resume near the site of the catastrophic BP PLC well blowout that killed 11 workers and caused the country’s largest offshore oil spill five years ago off the coast of Louisiana.
A Louisiana-based oil company, LLOG Exploration Offshore LLC, plans to drill into the Macondo reservoir, according to federal records reviewed by the Associated Press.