Atlantis Oil Field

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The Atlantis oil field is the third largest oil field in the Gulf of Mexico, estimated at about 600 million barrels (95 million m³). The British energy company BP owns the field, which is expected to produce about 200,000 barrels (32,000 m³) a day beginning in late 2006. The oil field was discovered in 1998 by the Ocean America semi-submersible, mobile drilling rig operating in a water depth of 1870 meters.