Smiling Assassin27
10-19-2011, 09:26 AM
...in the pursuit of Capitalism.
Cuba, Spain, and Venezuela getting busy in the Gulf as our President twangs his wanker. I'm betting that Cuba and China are considerably less safe than American companies that could potentially drill there, given those countries' environmental record. Granted, they are partnering with a Spanish company but when the rig goes boom, guess who's powerless to stop oil from rolling up on our beaches.
So we're gonna inspect the rig and let Cuba go ahead with the money making venture as our administration tells us daily that we need some friggin' jobs. As usual, this president and his bureaucratic clusterfark is late to the party and a dollar short. SOMEBODY is gonna acquire those energy resources, but it ain't us...again.
The government is doing what it can to ensure that the first full-scale oil exploration in Cuba’s part of the Gulf of Mexico will not endanger Florida’s pristine beaches that lie only miles away, the top drilling regulator told lawmakers on Tuesday.
But the assurances did not completely convince senators at a Capitol Hill hearing that the United States would be prepared to respond to a worst-case oil spill scenario in waters controlled by its long-time Communist foe.
U.S. Coast Guard officials and the drilling regulator will inspect Repsol's rig when it reaches Trinidad and Tobago on its way to Cuba, Bromwich said.
"It's not optimal," Bromwich told senators. "But this is a lot better than nothing."
The rig, called Scarabeo 9, is owned by a unit of the Italian oil company, Eni SpA. Repsol, in partnership with Norway's Statoil and India's ONGC, plans to drill at least one well off Cuba.
Repsol, which also has assets in the United States, has been cooperative with the U.S. regulator, Bromwich said.
"We can't obviously direct Cuba to impose our standards, and so really our exclusive vehicle is through the operator," he said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/18/us-cuba-oil-idUSTRE79H6L820111018?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews
“Before the end of the year, a Chinese-made drilling platform known as Scarabeo 9 is expected to arrive in the Gulf. Once it is there, Cuba and its foreign partners, including Spain’s Repsol, will begin using it to drill for oil in waters deeper than Deepwater Horizon’s infamous Macondo well. The massive rig, manufactured to comply with U.S.-content restrictions at a cost of $750 million, will cost Repsol and other companies $407,000 per day to lease for exploration.”
But hey, by all means crank out some more overpriced solar panels and that'll create the jobs we need.
Cuba, Spain, and Venezuela getting busy in the Gulf as our President twangs his wanker. I'm betting that Cuba and China are considerably less safe than American companies that could potentially drill there, given those countries' environmental record. Granted, they are partnering with a Spanish company but when the rig goes boom, guess who's powerless to stop oil from rolling up on our beaches.
So we're gonna inspect the rig and let Cuba go ahead with the money making venture as our administration tells us daily that we need some friggin' jobs. As usual, this president and his bureaucratic clusterfark is late to the party and a dollar short. SOMEBODY is gonna acquire those energy resources, but it ain't us...again.
The government is doing what it can to ensure that the first full-scale oil exploration in Cuba’s part of the Gulf of Mexico will not endanger Florida’s pristine beaches that lie only miles away, the top drilling regulator told lawmakers on Tuesday.
But the assurances did not completely convince senators at a Capitol Hill hearing that the United States would be prepared to respond to a worst-case oil spill scenario in waters controlled by its long-time Communist foe.
U.S. Coast Guard officials and the drilling regulator will inspect Repsol's rig when it reaches Trinidad and Tobago on its way to Cuba, Bromwich said.
"It's not optimal," Bromwich told senators. "But this is a lot better than nothing."
The rig, called Scarabeo 9, is owned by a unit of the Italian oil company, Eni SpA. Repsol, in partnership with Norway's Statoil and India's ONGC, plans to drill at least one well off Cuba.
Repsol, which also has assets in the United States, has been cooperative with the U.S. regulator, Bromwich said.
"We can't obviously direct Cuba to impose our standards, and so really our exclusive vehicle is through the operator," he said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/18/us-cuba-oil-idUSTRE79H6L820111018?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews
“Before the end of the year, a Chinese-made drilling platform known as Scarabeo 9 is expected to arrive in the Gulf. Once it is there, Cuba and its foreign partners, including Spain’s Repsol, will begin using it to drill for oil in waters deeper than Deepwater Horizon’s infamous Macondo well. The massive rig, manufactured to comply with U.S.-content restrictions at a cost of $750 million, will cost Repsol and other companies $407,000 per day to lease for exploration.”
But hey, by all means crank out some more overpriced solar panels and that'll create the jobs we need.