June, 2011, ExxonMobil waxay ku dhawaaqday labo saliid iyo gaas oo waaweyn oo laga helay Keathley Canyon blocks 918, 919, iyo 964 (Hadrian field) koonfur galbeed ee New Orleans, Waxyaabaha la helay ayaa ahaa "biilkii ugu horreeyay ee shirkadda ee sahaminta biyaha qotoda dheer ka dib markii Mareykanka uu mamnuucay" ka dib qaraxii Deepwater Horizon iyo saliid daadis
" Mid ka mid ah waxyaabaha ugu weyn ee laga helay dalalka Khaliijka tobankii sano ee la soo dhaafay " Shirkada Exxon waxay 50% ka leedahay afar... meelood. Qaybaha ay leeyihiin shirkadaha Petrobras iyo Eni SPA ayaa leh saami dhan 25% saddex ka mid ah blocks-ka. Petrobras sidoo kale waxay leedahay 50% mid ka mid ah baloogyada. "