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Ruling on oil drilling expected ‘ASAP’ Stena Drilling’s Stena IceMAX drillship. After hearing both sides on the matter involving whether Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) should be allowed to proceed with its exploratory oil drilling yesterday, a Supreme Court justice is set to deliver a ruling “as soon as possible.” Justice Petra Hanna-Adderley heard from the lead attorneys representing Waterkeeper Bahamas Ltd and Coalition to Save Clifton Bay, the government as well as BPC yesterday and adjourned the matter until 5 p.m. today. Fred Smith, QC, who represents the environmental grou...

The Stena IceMAX drillship. (PHOTO: BPC VIDEO) NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Bahamas Petroleum Company’s (BPC) attorney Clare Montgomery, QC, today advised the Supreme Court that notwithstanding an application for judicial review of the approvals concerning the company drilling for oil in The Bahamas, now that drilling has begun it is “impossible to halt it”. She made the statement during a hearing on an application for judicial review of the approvals concerning the company drilling for oil in The Bahamas. While the UK-based attorney did not expound, she said there was a “very detailed...