Norman - Take a read of the budget and smell the coffee yourself... you need to get in the modern world.

Drilling for oil (closer to Cuba than these shores) is smart when it will earn the Bahamas potentially billions in revenue.

Great article and well written.

The drill has the possibility to transform the country once and for all.

" Bahamians will not simply get money for doing nothing ".

Thats what the UAE guys have been doing for years with their oil money - you never know guys.

We could all be driving around in Ferrari's soon and be doing nothing.

Fantastic - get drilling BPC.

Get that oil rig drilling.... last roll of the dice for us.

Out of touch with reality... how many tankers pass by each day with no risk?

Lets go bankrupt in 5 years - we are on the fast track now.

Porcupine -

Shall i post a few links of massive oil discoveries in the Caribbean?!

Let’s leave the oil in the ground and import it instead and go bankrupt !

Drilling for oil is a step forward the whole country. Of course do it safely, but what is the risk with one exploratory well? I wonder if Mr Darville realises who many millions of barrels are shipped through our waters each year?

Great news for the economy with hardly any risk / outlay by the government.

The sooner a well is drilled the better.

Good news, I hope BPC can find an oil major that will invest in the Bahamas.