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Offline CG6468

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Oil Rigs Abandoning Gulf
« on: July 21, 2011, 09:57:30 AM »
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Ten Oil Rigs Have Exited the Gulf of Mexico Since President Obama’s Moratorium Went Into Effect
by Kevin Mooney

Ten oil rigs have left the Gulf of Mexico since the Obama Administration imposed a moratorium on deepwater oil and gas drilling in May 2010, according to documentation the Pelican Institute obtained from Sen. David Vitter’s (R-La.) office.

The ten rigs named in the document are: Marinas, Discover Americas, Ocean Endeavor, Ocean Confidence, Stena Forth, Clyde Bourdeaux, Ensco 8503, Deep Ocean Clarion, Discover Spirit, and Amirante. The rigs have left the Gulf for locations in Egypt, Congo, French Guiana, Liberia, Nigeria and Brazil.

“This highlights the problem we have with losing domestic energy production as a result of the drilling moratorium and the slow permitting,” David Kreutzer, a research fellow in Energy Economics and Climate Change at the Heritage Foundation, said. “We must also keep in mind that the impacts are not instantaneous, the rigs may be idle for a while, but once they move it’s going to be difficult to move them back once they are drilling in say Nigeria or Brazil.  The oil companies must have confidence they can move forward with their drilling plans and to know these plans won’t be revoked. Only certainty will bring them back.”

Although federal officials announced they were lifting the restrictions last October, a “de-facto moratorium” remains in effect that stifles energy production and undermines large and small businesses in the Gulf region, industry officials have argued.

“I don’t think the people in Washington D.C. who implement these policies have an understanding of how much this has impacted our economy, especially in Louisiana,” Renee Baker, the state director for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), said. “We can’t just look at the large businesses to understand what’s happening, there are small businesses that do a lot of services for the rigs and they have been set back. We just want to see people get back to work.

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Re: Oil Rigs Abandoning Gulf
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2011, 10:29:19 AM »
...As George Soros wrings his filthy greedy hands with glee. No doubt the Chinese will move right into Cuban waters.

Ask yourself, if you were out somewhere with friends enjoying an evening over cocktails and you noticed some stranger sitting next to you had their straw in your drink, wouldn't that just piss you right off?
IIRC that's about how the first Gulf War got started.
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Re: Oil Rigs Abandoning Gulf
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2011, 11:00:48 AM »
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“I don’t think the people in Washington D.C. who implement these policies have an understanding of how much this has impacted our economy, especially in Louisiana...”

I call bull puckey. Obama knows EXACTLY what he is doing, and he has a COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING about the issue of energy policy making. He wants to destroy the energy industry, pure and simple. NOTE: Windmills and solar panels are NOT energy "industries" but pure unadulterated claptrap that cumulatively create a far bigger environmentally destructive footprint than oil, gas, or even nuclear.
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Re: Oil Rigs Abandoning Gulf
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2011, 12:11:20 PM »
There goes Louisiana's Tuna industry.
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Re: Oil Rigs Abandoning Gulf
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2011, 06:48:22 PM »
Quote from: GOP Congress on July 21, 2011, 11:00:48 AM
I call bull puckey. Obama knows EXACTLY what he is doing, and he has a COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING about the issue of energy policy making. He wants to destroy the energy industry, pure and simple. NOTE: Windmills and solar panels are NOT energy "industries" but pure unadulterated claptrap that cumulatively create a far bigger environmentally destructive footprint than oil, gas, or even nuclear.
I agree.  Why else would he give Brazil money to drill?  His intention is to so starve our country for energy that he can get his "green" stuff done.  Never mind that if it were actually feasible, the government wouldn't need to be involved in producing it.  Besides, by doing this, he guarantees that he can shove the US out of first place in the world.
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Re: Oil Rigs Abandoning Gulf
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2011, 08:20:15 PM »
Quote from: GOP Congress on July 21, 2011, 11:00:48 AM
I call bull puckey. Obama knows EXACTLY what he is doing, and he has a COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING about the issue of energy policy making. He wants to destroy the energy industry, pure and simple. NOTE: Windmills and solar panels are NOT energy "industries" but pure unadulterated claptrap that cumulatively create a far bigger environmentally destructive footprint than oil, gas, or even nuclear.
Bingo. Well played. I agree fully.
Everything you said above plus, he wants America to fail.
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