BPC faces $400k extra daily costs if drilling halted
nhartnell@tribunemedia.net Bahamas Petroleum Company's (BPC) chief executive is alleging it will incur extra costs of up to $400,000 per day if activists succeed in persuading the Supreme Court to halt its exploratory oil drilling. Simon Potter, in a December 11, 2020, affidavit filed with the Supreme Court, said this would be incurred if the Stena IceMAX was forced to suspend drilling operations and sit in a "holding pattern" above the Perseverance One well in waters some 90 miles to the west of Andros. "The cost of simply extending the Stena agreement and holding the vessel in readiness is ...