BP drills even deeper in the Mediterranean

Despite the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico BP wants to set up a new platform off the coast of Libya in August that will drill even deeper than Deepwater Horizon. The daily Le Quotidien accuses the company of greed and calls for stricter security measures: "This goldmine on Tripoli's doorstep promises huge profits, and BP's management - as weak as it may be - has no intention of playing the good student and learning from past mistakes. But the activity planned in the waters off Libya is not just characterised by a lack of responsibility and extraordinary greed. ... It is also political in nature. Britain's interest in the new Mediterranean rig is undeniable. In future the challenge will be to close the security loopholes on the platform ... and above all to put an end to our dependency on oil as quickly as possible."

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