Pompano is a offshore
oil platform
An oil platform (also called an oil rig, offshore platform, oil production platform, etc.) is a large structure with facilities to extract and process petroleum and natural gas that lie in rock formations beneath the seabed. Many oil platforms w ...
in the
Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico () is an oceanic basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, mostly surrounded by the North American continent. It is bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States; on the southw ...
. The platform was formerly owned and run by
BP Exploration but sold to
Stone Energy in early 2012.
See also
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Offshore oil and gas in the US Gulf of Mexico
References
External links
Vessel Details
Oil platforms off the United States
Petroleum industry in the Gulf of Mexico
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