US Compaines Banned – But Cuba Will Begin Drilling Off Florida Coast By December
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 6:12 AM
Thanks Obama… Thanks Democrats…
For decades, Democrats have blocked one effort after another to responsibly develop the energy resources our country possesses, transforming vast areas of opportunity into “The No Zone.”
Because of current U.S. policy, U.S. companies are prohibited from developing oil fields that lie in Cuban waters and come within 50 miles of Florida. However, Cuba is exploring and developing these oil fields, estimated by the U.S. Geological Survey to possess more oil than the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge, and Cuba is partnering with China and other countries, such as Spain, France, and Canada.
The Castro Regime will begin drilling off the coast of Florida this year and will go deeper than the Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in April.
But, US companies are not so fortunate.
In December the Obama Administration issued a massive new ban on offshore oil drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico or off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
In April, Shell Oil announced that because of Obama’s radical EPA, they will be forced to stop drilling off the coast of Alaska. A village of 250 people 70 miles away may be harmed by emissions.
Then there’s this…
Cuba announced that it will begin drilling in the Gulf by December.
Florida Trend reported, via Free Republic:
A giant, semi-submersible oil rig en route from Singapore will probably be drilling in the Florida Straits between Key West and Cuba in mid-December. The rig could arrive earlier, but Repsol, the Spanish oil company, wants to wait until after hurricane season ends before it begins drilling. This latest report on the progress of the Italian-made Scarabeo 9 oil rig comes from Lee Hunt, the chief executive of the International Association of Drilling Contractors, who just returned from a trip to Cuba last week as part of a joint delegation with the environmental group, the Environmental Defense Fund. Hunt also said that Repsol plans on having one well drilled by the end of the year. Read more at the Miami Herald.
But, Obama did blow a half a billion dollars on Solyndra.
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Baracky commented:
Sure, it seems unfair, but Cuba is full of groovy leftists, so it’s okay!
Finncrisp commented:
Marxism at it’s best. Control everything, with economic misery for all. Soon we will be hearing about the vaunted safety record of Cuban drilling operations. Perfect!
dnb commented:
Makes me want to cry.
StrangernFiction commented:
Ho hum, the ‘rats are the enemy.
Neo commented:
“a trip to Cuba last week as part of a joint delegation with the environmental group, the Environmental Defense Fund.”
So EDF is signing off on this ?
rampart ranger commented:
“The Castro Regime will begin drilling off the coast of Florida this year and will go deeper than the Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in April.”
And bear in mind the Obama Administration provided $10 billion in loan guarantees to George Soros invested Petrobras for ULTRA deep drilling off the cost of Brazil (7,000-10,000 feet deep),
And then Obama went to Brazil and said he was looking forward to the US buying oil from Brazil.
Patty commented:
http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Screen-shot-2011-09-13-at-10.54.11-AM.png
http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Screen-shot-2011-09-13-at-10.53.11-AM.png
Russia have been drilling near Cuba and in or around our waters: http://www.eutimes.net/2010/05/russia-prepares-to-drill-for-oil-off-cuban-coast-in-spite-of-obama-ban/
This shouldn’t be news now, it has been going on for a very long time. Before Obama even.
China, Russia have been drilling in water on the edge or just near U.S. Waters. What really hurts is Obama and his ignorant moratorium and the environmentalists who LIVE HERE, while other countries DON’T CARE. They are getting richer and JOBS, while America just sit back, we really are becoming the Biggest Losers.
#1AMERICAN commented:
what do you expect from omarxist…he does not care about the United States Of America or any American for that matter…he only goal in getting elected was the destruction of this country and now the people who voted for him are the ones crying the loudest about hardship…go F yourselves moochers
Militant Conservative commented:
Remember Obama gave 2 BILLION to Petro Brazil. George Soros owns has
800 million in shares. The oil rigs left the gulf (5,000 ft deep). Brazil will be drilling
in 15,000 ft. deep water.
Crony Capitalism in action from the First Black affirmative inaction zero.
powder is dry
Scott commented:
We have reached the point where our Federal government is aiding and abetting communists at the expense of Americans…Ever wonder why foreign despots love Obama, or Clinton, or Jimmy Carter. They know that our democrat Presidents sell this nation to the highest bidder…
Patty commented:
Environmentalists and Regulations on oil. ONE PERSON CAN START THIS AND IT IS A DOMINO AFFECT.
Obama regulates and the liberals get their way. While everyone around us, from Russia to China and beyond don’t give a Cr,, and our making money and creating jobs and laughing at us all the way to the bank.
Taqiyyotomist commented:
MC
Also remember that Tony Rezko is a principle in NALCO, the Illinois company which sold millions of gallons of oil dispersant to the government (at who knows how many hundreds of dollars per gallon, and at who knows what actual proifit — like most companies who get magically blessed with the ability to sell stuff to the government.)
And I think Obama waited 40 days or so to even respond to the Deepwater explosion so that NALCO could sell as much of this dispersant as possible.
And hey, didn’t Soros sell off most of his BP stock 2 weeks prior to the “accident”?
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THAT is who these people are. Like their father the Devil, when confronted with a choice, the options are none but steal, kill, and destroy. AND THEY LAUGH WHILE DOING IT.
Scott commented:
The Federal government’s war on domestic energy undercuts our economy and benefits foreign powers, most of whom hate Amerca and Americans…This is madness. We should be energy independant. Instead, our government actively works to make us more dependant on foreigners for energy…Perry called the Fed’s actions near treasonous, he can add Obama’ and the EPA’s actions relative to domestic energy production as absolutely treasonous.
Patty commented:
We are more interested in making illegals happy, gays happy, Muslims happy but what about those who would have a job. A great paying job and the resources in our nations are put to use and Our nations security which is more important becomes secure.
Having other nations tapping into Oil around us has been a real NATIONAL SECURITY RISK.
We really need to elect a President who is considering our best interests. This is more important than anything Obama is discussing now. Our Oil is being comprised and someone must stop it now. Our jobs are given to other nations, needs to be stopped now.
Taqiyyotomist commented:
I do believe it is quite probable that the God of Israel has given us our Saul.
Only Christ will be our David. No man or woman will fix what Obama, the Destroyer, has done. Only Christ Jesus can fix it now, and, hopefully sooner rather than later — because if not sooner, there will be mass graves.
The situation is dire: more than half of our nation, made imbecilic and as deceive-able as the professionally hypnotized, taught that their enemy is their neighbor.
We have seen this before. And it gets worse each time the hypnotists do it.
Hitler killed half as many as Stalin in twice the time.
Stalin killed half as many as Mao in twice the time.
Mao killed FORTY MILLION PEOPLE in just 4 years.
What comes next in this logical sequence? Maranatha, folks. May Christ come before they do it again, and destroy Death once, and for all.
Ginger commented:
OFF TOPIC:
The wording in the links says it all…along with the hundreds of post.
http://conservatives4palin.com/2011/09/even-ralph-nader-acknowledges-governor-palin-is-best-candidate-in-the-gop-fieldopen-thread.html#disqus_thread
http://conservatives4palin.com/2011/09/trump-will-wait-for-governor-palin.html
gus commented:
Obama is a COMMUNIST. So were his PARENTS, his DRUNKEN Father, his Grandparents, and Frank Marshall Davis.
Why is ANYONE suprirsed?? oh oh oh oh I know!!! STUPIDITY.
Ginger commented:
Oh, how sweet JUSTICE will be when those TRAITORS are held accountable for what they have done to our AMERICA.
Heavenly Father above…..We are ready…We understand the ONE set of foot prints in the sand! WE are READY!
Big Al commented:
This was so predictable and utterly frustrating. You can bet your bottom dollar that the Cubans/Chinese will soon be directionally drilling right under FL waters and sucking out all that American oil….and we will continue our descent into the stinking miasma of socialism. You think the 2012 election will not have consequence?
SteveJ commented:
@Taqiyyotomist: Don’t be so hysterical and grandiose. You make our side sound silly. Obama is, unfortunately, moving us toward European socialism, rapidly. But countries like Britain and France don’t have “mass graves” on account of their socialism, do they? Let’s stick to reality — there’s plenty there to oppose without going off the deep end.
bigkahuna commented:
All Part of ObombUS and Liberals plan to punish the scuccessful companies and people and reward failure.
Punish Success
Big Oil
Big Insurance,
Big Banks
Fender,
Coal Companies
Electric Utilities
Casinos
Wall street
Any company who exists and needs healthcare.
Reward:Failure
Solyndra,
Many bankrupt solar and wind Companies
Many bankrupt battery and electric car companies
GE…Failed to pay taxes
Foodstamps,
Wellfare,
HUDD
ACORN
Public Schools
Illegal Aliens,
Muslims ( import those Somolians)
Never changes with Liberals..they just keep getting bolder in their idiotic proposals and lies
Post Office
the list just goes on
Taqiyyotomist commented:
Ginger, we’re all gonna be face-down worried about our own accountability I think.
…but yeah. It is still a thing to hope for.
I dearly wish the next administration could possibly try these criminals in court (and they should probably even be tried before a global court, in fact), but I don’t believe for a moment that this is in the cards. Our Republicans are sitzpinklers, wusses, and spineless cowards, for the most part. Our courts and entire legal system are stuffed with academia-brainwashed lefties and abjectly partisan harlots, from the trial lawyers to the top-tier justices.
The forged birth certificate that was released just prior to the “all of a sudden” killing of a supposed “OBL” would, in a just and sane nation, have been reason alone for legal action.
And there are 10,000 other crimes, which we will see in time.
But I don’t believe for a second that anyone will have the guts to bring these folks to justice, short of Christ himself. And that is as it should be.
I shudder when I think of what Jeremiah Wright has in store, when he faces the seat of judgement.
Taqiyyotomist commented:
@SteveJ
Don’t worry — I’m nowhere near the deep end.
The deep end is inhabited by folks who wish to steal, kill, and destroy.
Whereas I got nothin’ but love, hope, and faith.
Patty commented:
Palin and Pickens in recent months told us. ahhha but who listens to them. Who cares? Well, the day is coming soon when they will wish they listen.
Liberals and environmental and Obama regulations are preventing America to Grow. simple as that.
Petrobras, remember them: “Is this the same Petrobras that Obama sent money to? That Soros is involved in? What a coincidence that they are starting to drill.”
“George Soros doesn’t ask obama to do things, he tells him what to do. He owns him. Soros is the puppeteer, he pulls the strings.”
“(Petrobras) caused the drilling stoppage to begin with to allow Obama to pay back George for all the campaign money so he could get cheaper day rates off the rigs.”
Not all of the anger is based on an accurate reading of the facts, however, says Kenneth Rapoza, a former Dow Jones reporter writing for Forbes.com.
Nevermind that the FPSO annoucement wasn’t about drilling — it’s tying up to previously drilled wells – the loan was neither made by Obama nor has Petrobras tapped the funds, according to the piece, called “How the Wall Street Journal set off a firestorm against Petrobras.“
More specifically:
The loan approval was done by an Ex-Im Bank board, not the president (a board apparently made up largely of Bush-era appointees, says Snopes.com)
Under the rules of the Bank, Petrobras has to use the money to purchase goods and services from U.S. companies.
Petrobras hasn’t yet tapped the line of credit.
Yes, Soros has profited from his Petrobras investment big time — but so too would other common stockholders.
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2011/03/22/heard-the-one-about-obama-george-soros-and-petrobras/
Fuel Fix
SteveJ commented:
Taqiyyotomist, the deep end is also inhabited by well-meaning people who focus on the wrong things and bring discredit to their ideological allies. I think it’s high time to stop talking about the birth certificate and stop fretting over mass graves.
Taqiyyotomist commented:
Steve, just because I believe this “mass graves” scenario, oft repeated and improved over time in efficiency, is a probable future for us… doesn’t mean I think we should do something to stop it.
That time has passed. This freight train has momentum and mass, and I’m not about to stick my leg out and try and stop it.
Those who think they can? Off the deep end, as you say.
Taqiyyotomist commented:
And I only mentioned the (latest) birth certificate because it is the LEAST of his crimes since taking office.
You can see that from the context in which I mentioned it.
Deepwater/Petrobas/Soros/BP/NALCO/Rezko is worse.
Gibson Guitars is worse.
LightSquared is worse.
Operation Fast and Furious is WAY worse.
I hardly ever mention the BC (the forged one, which everyone knows was forged, even Democrat graphics experts) for that very reason. It’s BY FAR the least of his crimes.
SteveJ commented:
So who’s going to kill us and why can’t we do anything to stop it?!
Patty commented:
The left is blaming Bush?
west1890 commented:
Is there anyone with a drop of intelligence that doesn’t realize that the explosion and resulting leak at BP rig in the gulf was sabotage? It was just too timely and beneficial to Soros and Obama’s agenda to have been an “accident”. Another one of those “the end justifies the means” incidents. I don’t think enough people realize just how dangerous Obama is.
Patty commented:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YICGV7XuLrs
listingstarboard commented:
Just like the plane crash that killed the president of Poland and 96 of its top leaders was an accident.
waicool commented:
Obama lied, USA died!
wtd commented:
Canadian, Ezra Levant has a video clip posted online which exposes yet another element enforcing these bans. EZRA LEVANT UNDER LAWFARE ATTACK FROM THE SAUDI REGIME……..
This is the first time I’ve seen that video segment in which Saudi prince bin Talal informs CNN of his thoughts on the oil sands
@ approx. 10:40 —- That very brief yet extraordinarily candid admission should go viral immediately. Here’s what bin Talal (self assumed regal title intentionally unrecognized, given 9/11 and the 14 centuries of disgusting hegemony)
Alternatives in this case refer to oil sands, but I’m certain the House of Saud doesn’t want to encourage any drilling which could jeapardize their income for global jihad.
bg commented:
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OT..
Ex-Afghan president Rabbani killed in blast
[KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Former Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani, who headed a government peace council set up to facilitate contacts with Taliban insurgents, was assassinated Tuesday by a suicide bomber concealing explosives in his turban, officials said. Four of Rabbani's bodyguards also died and a key presidential adviser was wounded.]
mini flashback:
Ahmed Wali Karzai, Afghan President’s Brother, Assassinated
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Taqiyyotomist commented:
Steve, did you see Carpenter’s They Live?
I can’t make you put on the glasses.
In this case, the glasses would be the Bible, only understood with the aid of God’s spirit.
Your choice. I recommend (after praying to God that he will make you see truth) the KJV.
Taqiyyotomist commented:
#30 west1890
#32 listingstarboard
And just like the killing of THIRTY members of DEVGRU, or “Seal Team 6″, was an accident.
The team that took out “OBL” to hurriedly distract America once again from the crimes of this administration.
So many accidents with Democrats.
The death of Paul Wellstone trailing badly in the polls, and the subsequent rally, and the subsequent sympathy-victory for the Democrats, comes to mind.
9/11 Trutherism was projection and turnspeak, preemptive.
bg commented:
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extremely informative read..
that is what started me researching, which has led to all sorts of “crazy
postings”, which one by one are finally being connected (well, there a
so many i guess those responsible for investigating & reporting acquired
cloward & piven freeze brain syndrome.. /s/
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Taqiyyotomist commented:
Make America sick to death of “conspiracy theories” (the term itself already made derisive, as if conspiracies per se are ALL bullsh*t), and then engage in them yourself.
By the time you do, after pushing all that Michael Moore, Illuminati, Loose Change, Didn’t Land on the Moon, Chupacabra bullsh*t…
…NOBODY CARES, and nobody will listen. No matter how egregious the crimes.
SteveJ commented:
Taqiyyotomist said: “In this case, the glasses would be the Bible, only understood with the aid of God’s spirit.”
There’s nothing in the Bible about mass graves in the United States, nor anything about the United States at all. What are you talking about?
bg commented:
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i don’t get it, all of this is OLD NEWS..
ergo, why the ruse?? *sigh*
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bg commented:
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Ginger #16 September 20, 2011 at 11:22 am
Sarah ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ Palin Accuses
Obama Of Being In Bed With Big Oil ..
an interesting take via Cuba begins deep-water drilling 2011..
[However, should the administration get into bed with the oil lobby and finally put an end to the embargo, then how can it hope to maintain the drilling moratorium in US waters? I'm sure the US Oil Lobby wont concede drilling in US waters for a chance to drill or monitor drilling in Cuban waters. Thus, the rock and a hard place.
And of course, as with everything Cuba related, the real losers in all of this, the ones stuck at the bottom of the pot in this stew of governments and special interests, are the Cuban people, who permanently reside between that rock and that hard place.]
way too late.. BHO has always has been
in bed with the oil companies, hell=O??
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bg commented:
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ps re: #38 September 20, 2011 at 12:26 pm
bg #42 September 20, 2011 at 12:53 pm bg
follow the money
follow the links
ie: BP set to begin oil drilling off Libya
don’t forget the DhimmicRats were
in charge of Congress at the time..
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JoyO commented:
I really thought China would be the first to drill offshore America! When is the ACLU going to start going after the environmentalists for forcing their religion down America’s throats? Surely, the Progressive’s version of the Constitution demands this…Oh, that’s right, it’s only our religions that are illegal.
Valerie commented:
#41 September 20, 2011 at 12:35 pm
bg commented:
I’m confused, but if you are asking what’s the “new news,” here it is. A drilling rig platform is in transit to the drill site.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/09/19/2414621/drilling-off-keys-to-begin-by.html
D2T commented:
Oh-no! The communist are drilling for oil! It’s a good thing we are in Iraq then! Because when it comes time to “Protect our interests” Iraqi oil will come in handy when we bomb the snot outta Cuba. It’s a good thing the Saudi’s are our ally (see 9/11). But wait. There is a large Cuban population here in America, so we might have to ‘detain’ them to…….Guantanamo! Don’t worry! KNB/Haliburton are on call. We have seen Exxon’s record (Valdez) We have seen BP’s record (Gulf Coast) Shell’ (toxic emissions). Die for oil, suckers!
bg commented:
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Valerie #45 September 20, 2011 at 1:39 pm
heard that before ergo, not the first..
part of what i mean is, Venezuela, China, Russia, etc, etc, etc, have all
been drilling off the coast of Cuba/Florida for some time now.. and what
about the following??
[All this while, as The New York Times points out, offshore drilling
continues seemingly unabated. President Obama had announced a
moratorium on granting drilling permits and environmental waivers
on May 14, but since then at least seven new drilling permits and
five environmental waivers have been granted.]
and a few flashbacks (unfortunately extremely
informative comments not included in some)..
Bush Will Call On Congress To Lift Ban On Offshore Drilling Tomorrow
much more here..
Dems Continue to Restrict New Energy Development
Update on ‘Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.’
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bg commented:
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re: #47
re: Valerie #45 September 20, 2011 at 1:39 pm
recall this flashback??
Obama Opens Up East Coast For Offshore Drilling
what’s fact & what’s fiction?! or should i just
stfu, eat my peas & take the blue pill!? /s/
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bg commented:
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re: #43 September 20, 2011 at 1:14 pm bg
BP Chief Sold Stocks Shortly Before Oil Rig
Explosion, Goldman Sachs Sold Shares …
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Obamas regulation destroy jobs commented:
Oh GOD help us. I can’t stop crying. I just can’t get over how many men needed those oil jobs in Louisianan, how many of our boys, girls fought and died for America, and this slimy MSucker is giving our oil our gulf shores to China and Cuba!! This is OUR SHORES!!!! This is horrible, god its horrible. He has done so much to our country, our truckers, our farmers, our land…Lisa Jackson, Vallerie Jarrett..Lamar Beshar (DOJ) from the tanning salons, to shutting down our Space shuttle program (how shameful) that we have to hitch a ride? Now taxes on our rich people??So we are being punished for SUCCESS!! They earned the money–they already pay 50% they make the JOBS!! Our middle class??? Leave us alone!!!! He sure likes to spend, spend spend spend our money and use our golf courses, and fly around and give speeches..Take your thuggery posse and your RACIST 10 Million dollar vacation wife and move to KENYA!! You and your fraud SSN and fake documents!!! He is a DICTATOR!
S. Wolf commented:
‘Their goal was to learn how committed the Cuban government is to operating offshore oil and natural-gas rigs safely and responsibly, and to find out the best way for American companies with oil-spill expertise to work with Cuba, despite a 50-year-old economic embargo by the United States.’
In other words a Communist nation that hates the United States is allowed to drill wells and exploit oil and gas off the American coast but American companies aren’t allowed to explore and drill for oil and gas off their own coast.
Trent Nicolajsen commented:
As a Canadian I have the freedom to go to Cuba. where as The USA is a Communist goverment becuse the US controls it’s citizens to what country they are allowed to go to. So in anouther perspective USA and Canada perhaps is Imperialism. and that’s worse then socialisum. Cuba considers it self socialist not red communist.
people freeze and allmost starv to death in Canada and the USA. and people die in the USA becuse they do not have medical insurance. if you add up all the deaths per capita in Cuba produced by political repression there, it would probably still be higger in the USA. The USA has still slavery, and on and on I can go. But worse of all US citizens all where investors at one time or purchasing energy or products made from the energy of CHEVRON TEXACO. and you all did not clean up your mess in Ecuador that is also now a socialist true democratic country. But finally this is all a game, the petrolium investors just like texas petrolium companys used the Canadian flag in Calgary Alberta and move funds from sister to sister company untell it’s in the hand of a Cuban company so that again the American consumer can wash his hands on blameing a Jesus sacrifice rather then taking responsability and trucking each other to the gulf of mexico to clean up your messs!!!
John T commented:
Cubans -Doing the jobs Americans can’t…
Moyet, L. J commented:
vote their asses out