Activists must pay $200k in security of costs in BPC case A Supreme Court judge yesterday ruled that activists seeking a judicial review into the government’s decision to approve exploratory oil drilling in The Bahamas by Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) must pay security of costs in the sum of $200,000 within 30 days. “I order that the applicants pay security of costs in the sum of $200,000 for BPC,” Justice Petra Hanna-Adderley ruled. “Such security to be provided by cash, bond, or a letter of credit from a commercially licensed bank within The Bahamas within 30 days and not the 14 days as requested by BPC.