Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na June, 2011, ExxonMobil kwupụtara nchọpụta mmanụ na gas abụọ dị na Keathley Canyon blocks 918, 919, na 964 (Hadrian field) n'ebe ndịda ọdịda anyanwụ nke New Orleans, na ngụkọta echere echekwa nke. Nchọpụta ahụ bụ "ụlọ ọrụ mbụ na-enyocha mmiri miri emi nke ụlọ ọrụ na-esochi United States moratorium" mgbe mgbawa Deepwater Horizon na
Ọ sịrị na ọ bụ "otu n'ime ebe ndị kacha buo ibu a hụrụ mmanụ n'ime afọ iri gara aga". "Exxon nwere 50% na-arụ ọrụ na anọ... blocks. Ngalaba nke Petrobras na Eni SPA nwere 25% mmasị na atọ n'ime ngọngọ ahụ. Petrobras nwekwara 50% nke otu n'ime ngọngọ ahụ. "