Oil firms hurt by Gulf spill welcome back drill rigs 04/10/2012 | 07:54am Gulf of Mexico oil drillers will be busier this year than at any point since the BP (>> BP plc) oil spill in 2010
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"Ryan Hanemann, managing partner at Audobon Engineering, whose Petro Construction Management is based just outside New Orleans, sees a gradual "big wave" of work sweeping over the region as drilling leads to oil and gas production. "That wave's got to cycle through the entire industry," Hanemann said. "Larger deepwater projects, which are the really big employers, that's a two-year cycle."