Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Na June, 2011, ExxonMobil kwupụtara nchọpụta mmanụ na gas abụọ dị na Keathley Canyon blocks 918, 919, na 964 (ubi Hadrian) na ndịda ọdịda anyanwụ nke New Orleans, na ngụkọta echere echekwa nke. Ihe ahụ a chọtara bụ "olulu mmiri mbụ ụlọ ọrụ ahụ na-egwu ná mmiri miri emi mgbe a machibidoro ọrụ ya iwu na United States" n'ihi mgbawa nke mmiri Deepwater Horizon na nsị mmanụ
na Gulf n'afọ 2010 na "otu n'ime nchọpụta kachasị na Gulf... 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. "