Houston Chronicle | BP finds trove of oil in Gulf of Mexico Houston Chronicle The find, worth a potential $2 billion in recoverable oil, is in an undrilled section of BP's Atlantis field in 7,000 feet of water 150 miles from New Orleans. Long obscured by a salt dome, which distorts seismic waves that oil companies use to map ... BP finds hidden trove of oil in Gulf of Mexico via new subsea imaging Oil company finds hidden trove of oil in Gulf of Mexico BP Discovers 200 Million Barrels of Oil in Gulf of Mexico |