US business groups rail against Bahamas oil drilling
US business groups rail against Bahamas oil drilling Concern that oil spill in The Bahamas would ‘absolutely devastate Miami’s coastal economy’ Stena Drilling’s Stena IceMAX drillship. Our Islands, Our Future (OIOF), which through the local courts is challenging the legitimacy of Bahamas Petroleum Company’s (BPC) right to drill its exploratory well, now has the voices of the business community of South Florida and the US Eastern Seaboard added to the cacophony of calls for oil drilling in The Bahamas to be stopped. A press statement issued by OIOF yesterday said comments from vari...