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. Drilling rig in a small oil field Near Sarnia, Ontario, 2001 An oil field is an area with an abundance of oil wells extracting petroleum (oil) from below ground. ... Gulf of Mexico. ... BP (formerly British Petroleum and briefly known as BP Amoco) LSE: BP, NYSE: BP is a petroleum company headquartered in London, and one of the top four oil companies in the world (along with Royal Dutch Shell, ExxonMobil, and Total). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
After all, Atlantis was considered by the ancient world to be the source of all civilization, which existed in the so–called Golden Age.
Accordingly, Plato wrote in the Critias that the original account of Atlantis was written in a language even older than the Egyptian tongue, and that the Egyptian priests had translated the original text to their own language long ago.
Atlantis can be viewed in the same fashion, but we will find its physical remains to prove the point.